Anybody Else Take Way Too Many Pictures?

[InMisery93]

Delete.

 

[Hangin'on Hair]

Stop doing that. You're gonna drive yourself crazy.

 

[-G-]

I take pictures too, probably the same amount as you but more frequently with less pictures per day.

I like to see if the hair transplant and the finasteride is making a difference. I have also added a few other things so I like to see if there is a cosmetic difference. I also ask my mother to check it. It is what it is.

 

[baba_yaga]

I used to, for about 15-20 minutes per day if not more (yes it was that bad). But, ever since I hopped on finasteride, that daily count dropped to 0. Now I take about 10 photos per month at worse, sometimes months go by with no photos taken.

 

[Hairs45]

yes, I used to do that. Its a symptom of Body dysmorphic disorder

 

[karatekid]

Haven't taken a picture of myself for 8 years. I also avoid mirrors as much as possible. All thanks to hairloss of course.

I finally going to have transplant soon, so as part of the online consultations I had to take pictures, it really took so much effort to do that...

 

[karatekid]

That sounds really narcissitic, but I know the feeling. I hate to look at my hairline in the mirror too, but before hair loss I loved looking at myself lol. Now that the hair is filling in again it's nice to see. When you get your transplant you are going to feel so much better. I feel tons better just from being on my way towards having good hair again.

OP: I will take a bunch of pictures for a few days straight, not fifty, but close up pictures and such, then I won't take pictures for a couple weeks or a month. It's good to have a lot of pictures for comparison, but the more pictures you have also means more work keeping them organized and finding the right pictures to compare to. It does make for more accurate comparisons.

You keep saying the word narcissistic, do you know what that mean? I mean, the definition is kinda broad, but usually it is used when someone is in love with himself and so full of himself. How is the fact that I hate seeing my receding hairline make me such? Or the fact that I dont take pictures? Isnt it the opposite - someone that always take pictures of himself (and there are lots of those people today) would be consider narcissist?
I dont include op since the reason here is just obsession with hairloss, nothing to do narcissism.

Anyway, ye Im really looking forward to it, hope it will end up the best

 

[pegasus2]

You keep saying the word narcissistic, do you know what that mean? I mean, the definition is kinda broad, but usually it is used when someone is in love with himself and so full of himself. How is the fact that I hate seeing my receding hairline make me such? Or the fact that I dont take pictures? Isnt it the opposite - someone that always take pictures of himself (and there are lots of those people today) would be consider narcissist?
I dont include op since the reason here is just obsession with hairloss, nothing to do narcissism.

Anyway, ye Im really looking forward to it, hope it will end up the best

That's the classical definition of a narcissist. I mean it in the psychological sense of the word. People with narcissistic personality disorder are usually very insecure, so yes they could develop an aversion to taking pictures if they are unhappy with the way they look now and want to maintain the image of how they looked before hair loss.

 

[karatekid]

That's the classical definition of a narcissist. I mean it in the psychological sense of the word. People with narcissistic personality disorder are usually very insecure, so yes they could develop an aversion to taking pictures if they are unhappy with the way they look now and want to maintain the image of how they looked before hair loss.

No, this is just twisted way to look at it. Whether some narcissists are insecure or not, doesnt mean every insecurity is interpreted as narcissism. I can literally twist anything to be interpreted as narcissism.
I just hate my shitty hairline, nothing to do with narcissism. I do have bdd like I already said

 

[countjulian]

Get a vanity mirror, it gives you a better view

 

[Pazzini86]

I don't take pics but it's hard to resist the urge looking at in the mirror with handheld mirror behind or frontcam.

The less you do it the saner you will be lol.

 

[Siisid]

yes, I used to do that. Its a symptom of Body dysmorphic disorder

How did you stop?Im a 16 male ive posted like dozens of threads already. I take about 1000 photos every single month. i know this because its in the recently deleted photo album of my iphone and every photo there is of my hair.Its been like this ever since January. Everyone told me im not balding but the fear of it just consumes me everyday.I really dont want to an annoying kid bothering everyone with threads. the comments from threads telling me im not balding gives me a sigh of relief but it only lasts 2-3 days and my suspicions come back. I know i need to seek help from a psychologist but im afraid of telling anyone i know about my obsession.Nobody would expect me to be this bad and i would be super embarassed if anyone found out. Do you have any tips?I wish i could just go back to when i didnt know about hair loss.I know im not balding like any of u but idk why im like this its killing me everyday.Me being 16 just makes everything worst.I always think at times whether i will be this miserable my whole life haha.

 

[Siisid]

How did you stop?Im a 16 male ive posted like dozens of threads already. I take about 1000 photos every single month. i know this because its in the recently deleted photo album of my iphone and every photo there is of my hair.Its been like this ever since January. Everyone told me im not balding but the fear of it just consumes me everyday.I really dont want to an annoying kid bothering everyone with threads. the comments from threads telling me im not balding gives me a sigh of relief but it only lasts 2-3 days and my suspicions come back. I know i need to seek help from a psychologist but im afraid of telling anyone i know about my obsession.Nobody would expect me to be this bad and i would be super embarassed if anyone found out. Do you have any tips?I wish i could just go back to when i didnt know about hair loss.I know im not balding like any of u but idk why im like this its killing me everyday.Me being 16 just makes everything worst.I always think at times whether i will be this miserable my whole life haha.

sorry for such a long rant i really have no where else to let out my thoughts

 

[OldnBald]

I don't take them everyday. But at least 2 to 5 times a month I will take pictures, and I usually end up taking 20 to 40. Though today I just broke my record with 53. It made me feel so bad to think this is doing this to me.

I always take mine in the same location with the flash turned on. It's crazy how much where the angle or where the flash hits on the hair or skin can change the way it looks. Sometimes the flash can make certain hairs basically disappear unless zooming in to really look. Other times it helps hair stand out. I know I'm not the only one who notices this. Sometimes it looks like I am ok (I guess) but then certain angles & the flash will look horrendous to my eye. It would be way to many pictures to post.

I still want to take 0.25 of finasteride a day but haven't done it yet. I really just need to get it and do it. Just the thought it would ease my mind any, makes me want to, even if I my hair would stay this way without it. Going to stop there or I will just type aimlessly, about this and that.

Honestly, I am just coming here to talk again as I really have nowhere else to go.
Today is the 6 years since I buried my daddy that I have mentioned here before. That time really went by kind of fast. Going to stop there or I will type too much. Anyway, I hope everybody is doing as best as they can. I really hate that this happens to people. I also wish depression didn't exist in people.

Stop saying its doing this to you- you're doing it to yourself. Also, I can see you're the paranoid type. Not only by the pictures but by the .25 finasteride per day talk. Usually someone who wants that dosage is afraid of finasteride. And someone who is too afraid to even take that is typically a hypochondriac when coupled with obsessive picture taking behavior. Just go to the doctor and get the 1mg prescription n start taking it. Sure you'll obsess for a while after n I'm sure you'll get limp dick psychosomatically for a while- but keep at it n tell yourself it's all in your head n push through it. Because barring rare occurance- it will be.

Just go and get it done. Do yourself the favor before its too late.