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As the title says, do you respect guys who embrace the poor hand they were dealt more than guys who try to cope with it? I think of the hair loss community as being comprised of three main groups.
First group: Most of the people on this forum. They are terrified of hair loss and are willing to go to great lengths to preserve what they have left, or better yet, get back what they lost (transplant, etc.). This is at one extreme end of the spectrum of acceptance -- namely, on the complete denial side.
Second group: The baldcels. The guys who see their hairline going south, and not wanting to look bad, they shave it off. Lots of them grow a beard. They've embraced hair loss to an extent, but at the same time, not completely. Most of them are embarrassed by how bad their hair naturally looks so they figure that if they shave, at least people won't see how truly bad their hair is. This is nowhere near as bad as the guys who take meds or get procedures, but they still haven't completely embraced hair loss. They're somewhere in the middle of the spectrum.
Third group: Personally, I think these guys deserve a lot of respect. They are the ones who have completely embraced their hair loss, shrugged their shoulders, and, in the parlance of our times, "give zero f***s" about it. They don't go to hair loss forums, they don't freak out about every hair in the drain, they don't look into spending thousands of dollars on procedures, they don't risk side effects, sexual dysfunction, depression, no, none of that. Nor do they attempt to hide it by altering their hairstyle (looking at you, voluntary pilgarlics). I'm talking about the Larry Davids of the world. The Danny DeVitos. I get it, they're millionaires, but there are non-famous guys with the same hairstyles as them among us regular Joes. How badass are these guys? To me, walking around with hair that bad shows a level of confidence that most guys couldn't dream of. They have gone through the fires of hair loss and when they come out of the other side of that crucible, they're stronger than before. Examples of such men:
First group: Most of the people on this forum. They are terrified of hair loss and are willing to go to great lengths to preserve what they have left, or better yet, get back what they lost (transplant, etc.). This is at one extreme end of the spectrum of acceptance -- namely, on the complete denial side.
Second group: The baldcels. The guys who see their hairline going south, and not wanting to look bad, they shave it off. Lots of them grow a beard. They've embraced hair loss to an extent, but at the same time, not completely. Most of them are embarrassed by how bad their hair naturally looks so they figure that if they shave, at least people won't see how truly bad their hair is. This is nowhere near as bad as the guys who take meds or get procedures, but they still haven't completely embraced hair loss. They're somewhere in the middle of the spectrum.
Third group: Personally, I think these guys deserve a lot of respect. They are the ones who have completely embraced their hair loss, shrugged their shoulders, and, in the parlance of our times, "give zero f***s" about it. They don't go to hair loss forums, they don't freak out about every hair in the drain, they don't look into spending thousands of dollars on procedures, they don't risk side effects, sexual dysfunction, depression, no, none of that. Nor do they attempt to hide it by altering their hairstyle (looking at you, voluntary pilgarlics). I'm talking about the Larry Davids of the world. The Danny DeVitos. I get it, they're millionaires, but there are non-famous guys with the same hairstyles as them among us regular Joes. How badass are these guys? To me, walking around with hair that bad shows a level of confidence that most guys couldn't dream of. They have gone through the fires of hair loss and when they come out of the other side of that crucible, they're stronger than before. Examples of such men:
