Hello all, this is my first post so nice to meet you all.
Well, I'm 21 with pretty rapid diffuse thinning on top of my head. Been dealing it with for around a year going by pictures but it only consumed my life around last October when I took a picture of the top of my head to find I was thin.
For a while I was in denial. I though it's just stress, or just my hairstyle. It's not dawned on me that this is the hand of cards I've been given and I'm trying to accept what will come.
I see a lot of people here being overly worried and I'm in the same boat. Thankfully, I can't seem to get truly depressed about it but man, does it suck. I just think about how much I'll miss out on without hair but when it really comes down to it I don't get why I'm so worried. It seems most of the big worries people have are in tegards to women. Well, dating isn't something I'm overly onterested and even if I were I'm not the type of guy that likes going out and having random sex. I'm looking for someone who I can spend my life with, not some 10/10 one night stand.
Career wise I think that all the self pity stemming from hair loss is far more damaging than the actual baldness. I feel like if I just shave it all off now a weight will be lifted off of my shoulders but it's so tough to go through with it.
Essentially, I'm not sure what I really want to say here except that maybe I and others in similar situations should just do our best to overcome the self esteem issues or at least kind of mask them. We fret so much over our hair yetI'd wager the majority of people don't even notice and if they do its a quick glance and they move on with their lives. I'm at the point where I feel self depreciating humor can really help. I bring it up at times, before others do and it's never mentioned again.
It is a really crappy thing to have, especially at such a young age (I am 21) but the stress of worrying iver something that's natural is just killing me more than actually being bald.
I've dealt with being overweight, and thankfully fixed that. I've dealt with acne and thanfully it's now healing. It sucks that now I have to deal with hair that's running away but I guess that's life.
I think I'll just start working out, and lifting to get ready for the inevitable shave.
Well, I'm 21 with pretty rapid diffuse thinning on top of my head. Been dealing it with for around a year going by pictures but it only consumed my life around last October when I took a picture of the top of my head to find I was thin.
For a while I was in denial. I though it's just stress, or just my hairstyle. It's not dawned on me that this is the hand of cards I've been given and I'm trying to accept what will come.
I see a lot of people here being overly worried and I'm in the same boat. Thankfully, I can't seem to get truly depressed about it but man, does it suck. I just think about how much I'll miss out on without hair but when it really comes down to it I don't get why I'm so worried. It seems most of the big worries people have are in tegards to women. Well, dating isn't something I'm overly onterested and even if I were I'm not the type of guy that likes going out and having random sex. I'm looking for someone who I can spend my life with, not some 10/10 one night stand.
Career wise I think that all the self pity stemming from hair loss is far more damaging than the actual baldness. I feel like if I just shave it all off now a weight will be lifted off of my shoulders but it's so tough to go through with it.
Essentially, I'm not sure what I really want to say here except that maybe I and others in similar situations should just do our best to overcome the self esteem issues or at least kind of mask them. We fret so much over our hair yetI'd wager the majority of people don't even notice and if they do its a quick glance and they move on with their lives. I'm at the point where I feel self depreciating humor can really help. I bring it up at times, before others do and it's never mentioned again.
It is a really crappy thing to have, especially at such a young age (I am 21) but the stress of worrying iver something that's natural is just killing me more than actually being bald.
I've dealt with being overweight, and thankfully fixed that. I've dealt with acne and thanfully it's now healing. It sucks that now I have to deal with hair that's running away but I guess that's life.
I think I'll just start working out, and lifting to get ready for the inevitable shave.
