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shocktop311

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Re: Competitive Breakdancing and hair loss, the worst combo/

Excessive sliding, rubbing, standing, friction between a cap and the floor certainly causes already thin hairs to fall out faster. The side of my head that I roll on is farrrr more receded than the other side which experiences far less. Many guys without male pattern baldness even experience a loss of hair. If you look at the video you will certainly see the magnitude of damage I'm speaking of.
 

shocktop311

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Re: Competitive Breakdancing and hair loss, the worst combo/

Not quite sure why you would ask if this is a joke. Not sure if you compete in anything and are aspiring to get to higher levels at it besides academics or work. It's pretty difficult dissonance to deal with. I don't think you've seen professional bboying. It's a sport unlike any other with extremely high levels of skill.
 

Cassin

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Ok ok ok...this makes more sense. The way you were phrasing this I thought you were saying it gave you male pattern baldness. We get people with a lot of weird theories here.

But now that you have explained this in further detail I get it.

And I am not knocking dancing at all! I have a friend who teaches dancing (not your kind) and he is in better shape than anyone I know without lifting a single weight.
 

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shocktop311 said:
Hey guys,
I've been shedding heavily since I was 18, am currently 21. I've been on propecia for the past 5-6 months, nizoral the past 2 months, and rogaine the past month and am starting to have minute results. One of my biggest conflicts while experiencing hair loss is the fact that I've been breakdancing for several years and am starting to break into the public competing ring for bboying (breakdancing). As you know, any harsh impact on the hair causes a whole lot more shedding and sincere scalp damage. I use my head for a lot of my big moves and am now finding myself backing off to save my hair. It's sad to see hair loss get in the way of my competitive nature especially at something I'm talented at and have been doing longer that I've been losing hair. On the positive side since I haven't been practicing a whole lot of moves using my head I've learned many other difficult moves. However, it's still sad because your head is extremely important in dancing. Just here to vent and relate to any of you other athletes that lose hair because of helmet, wrestling, or dancing. If you haven't seen professional breakdancing here's a vid to give you guys an idea of how much stress we put our hair under: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTcXxVOM4B0

If you are going through the same thing let me know.


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shocktop311

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2020, watch the video and tell me what you're doing with your spare time.
 

shocktop311

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For real? Wouldn't it just continually propel the problem? I understand the rate of thinning/ extinction would continue at the same rate but that hair would be coming out almost within a month or two of re-emerging. It's just strange that my right temple if far worse then my left. I know this is common with guys but it's to a greater extent than that. Also, it can cause a lot of scalp damage. You're putting calluses on certain parts of your head. Many guys even advise not to rub your hair with your towel when you're drying your hair. Bboying basically rubs your head raw,because of spinning, dropping, sliding on it so much. I'm not quite sure if I should go back to dancing like I used to or be careful till I get the full effects of my regimen. It causes so much shedding that it's scary.
 
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It's simple, break dancing= young, baldness=old
 

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You'd think they'd make a special cap to wear for that kind of dancing.

BTW.. I thought THIS was Breakdancing: [youtube:36ha2wa6]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYFDYX4i2EY[/youtube:36ha2wa6]

But I guess maybe it's evolved.
 

shocktop311

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Haha no, that's popping. That guy is actually still around, too old to compete anymore. He was in mountain dew commercials. Breakdancing on the other hand has evolved into something unbelievable. There are olympic gymnasts who have attempted and failed to do many, many, many of these moves. Glad y'all enjoyed the vid.

I don't know what you mean by male pattern baldness=old. I'm 21 and have been experiencing male pattern baldness since i was 17. I'm currently a Norwood 2+. The simple fact is that bboying is making it worse and that I need to wait to go hard on my head again till I get the full effects from my meds.
 

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Beingbaldsucks said:
It's simple, break dancing= young, baldness=old
^THIS! That's the real issue here, not weather you have enough hair padding for your headspins. :roll:
 

shocktop311

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Re: Competitive Breakdancing and hair loss, the worst combo/

Uncomfortable man and beingbaldsucks- I'm uncertain as to what you all are implying. Are you saying that if I breakdance young I'll be bald when I'm old? I'm already on a relatively fast track to losing my hair from male pattern baldness. My hairline has receded, not just thinned, about a half an inch in the past 8 months. My temples are far worse than that. I certainly respect your opinions so let me ask you, can engaging in a sport for about two hours a day six days a week worsen hair loss through scalp damage and a drastic increase in shedding? I would almost parallel it to rubbing your head roughly with a towel for 30 min a day straight. Would that simply shed only telogen hairs and leave the rest unaffected? Or pull out premature hairs and quicken the amount of shed hairs overall increasing the % of thin hairs? If I can partake in normal bboying activities because it doesn't actually quicken the proces I'd be a happy man. Sorry about the long messages, this has been a battle since my hair loss became bad two years ago.

I say that I'm a 2+ on the norwood because I feel I'm slightly past a two. I'm new to these terms because I've only gotten serious about fighting hairloss for the past 6 months. Ive studied the pictures in the norwood scale and I'm most associated with a 2. The middle of my scalp is just now starting to thin in the middle and my crown is the same but my temples and hair line is a mess. I have random hairs all over the place. I have odd hair loss.
 

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Re: Competitive Breakdancing and hair loss, the worst combo/

what they were saying was you'd look odd breakdancing while having visible hair loss, baldness makes you look old and breakdancing on the other hand is a youthful activity. so these two things clash together.

imagine a skateboarder with horseshoe grandpa hair. wouldn't work.
 

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I hope you intend breakdancing in the comfort of youre own home,lest you ruin someones gathering,with youre shabby,shiny head.
 

slipy

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i suggest a wig and a very strong glue. :)
 

shocktop311

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Re: Competitive Breakdancing and hair loss, the worst combo/

Not quite sure y'all understand whatim trying to say. And yes, there are in fact many guys who have drastic hair less and compete. Hair loss doesn't change skill. What I'm trying to say is I can't do the moves ive spent years learning and new moves that use my head because of the rate it increases my shedding/ recession. I'm trying to get invited to professional tournaments in about a year but cant because of male pattern baldness. All I'm trying to point out is that its sad I cant progress even though I have the skill because of male pattern baldness.

Exodus - I started noticing my hair loss at your age. It's terrifying the first time you have to tell yourself that you have male pattern baldness. My advice is to enjoy the hair you have every second because unless you start on the big 3 now it's only going to get worse. I bet you still have some more Years ahead before it starts to make a solid noticeable difference. Enjoy it while you can.
 

shocktop311

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Re: Competitive Breakdancing and hair loss, the worst combo/

Not quite sure y'all understand whatim trying to say. And yes, there are in fact many guys who have drastic hair less and compete. Hair loss doesn't change skill. What I'm trying to say is I can't do the moves ive spent years learning and new moves that use my head because of the rate it increases my shedding/ recession. I'm trying to get invited to professional tournaments in about a year but cant because of male pattern baldness. All I'm trying to point out is that its sad I cant progress even though I have the skill because of male pattern baldness.

Exodus - I started noticing my hair loss at your age. It's terrifying the first time you have to tell yourself that you have male pattern baldness. My advice is to enjoy the hair you have every second because unless you start on the big 3 now it's only going to get worse. I bet you still have some more Years ahead before it starts to make a solid noticeable difference. Enjoy it while you can.
 

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Haha monty I understand. It's an odd sport that not too many people know about. They make excellent caps that eliminate a whole lot of the friction but there's only so much it can do. I don't do headspins but many other moves that require me to put the full weight of my body on my head and spin and slide simultaneously. That amount of friction does terrible things to the head.

And exodus- good for you bud. Wish I was at this site instead of trying revivogen at your age. Propecia does wonders for younger guys so if you're not on it id certainly recommend you do so. A lot of the guys who are on a strictly rogaine or rogaine/nix regimen have good effects for a year but without an anti-dht agent they end up losing again.
 
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