Cincinnati Kid
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Well, it was fun while it lasted. I haven't been very active on the forums lately, but I felt like I needed to check-in. Anyway, my hair is done for. I cannot believe how badly my hair loss has progressed since last summer. I believe that I last posted in June wondering if I should buzz my hair shorter than the 2 I was buzzing it at. It was looking decent for a while, but this story (obviously) doesn't have a happy ending.
Unfortunately, those halcyon days have long passed. My hairline has receded quite a bit at the corners, my crown has gotten especially thinner, and the entirety of my hair has begun thinning. I've been forced to keep my hair buzzed to Marine Corp boot camp length, and even that only lasts for a day or two before the hair on the sides and back of my head is significantly darker than the thinning areas. These last 9 months or so have been a deathblow to my hair follicles.
Worse yet, my Norwood pattern has proven to extend farther down in the crown area than my dermatologist predicted. Thought I would develop into a 5a, but it's looking more like a traditional 5 or even a 6. I turned 28 a few months ago, and the sun has pretty much set on the hope that I could maybe get a hair transplant(s) in the future. With already finely textured hair, my donor area just isn't big enough to cover up the balding areas.
Basically, I am learning to come to terms with my genetics. It's been quite a process. I think I am entering the acceptance portion of the stages of grief. It sucks that there's not yet a cure for all of us, but there's worse things in life to be stricken with than baldness. I would love to have a full head of hair, as we all would on these forums, but I'm trying to be stoic in defeat. I wish you all the best of luck in your battles against androgenic alopecia, but I'm afraid that Father Time has forced yet another player to hang up his cleats before he was ready. Godspeed, gentlemen.
Unfortunately, those halcyon days have long passed. My hairline has receded quite a bit at the corners, my crown has gotten especially thinner, and the entirety of my hair has begun thinning. I've been forced to keep my hair buzzed to Marine Corp boot camp length, and even that only lasts for a day or two before the hair on the sides and back of my head is significantly darker than the thinning areas. These last 9 months or so have been a deathblow to my hair follicles.
Worse yet, my Norwood pattern has proven to extend farther down in the crown area than my dermatologist predicted. Thought I would develop into a 5a, but it's looking more like a traditional 5 or even a 6. I turned 28 a few months ago, and the sun has pretty much set on the hope that I could maybe get a hair transplant(s) in the future. With already finely textured hair, my donor area just isn't big enough to cover up the balding areas.
Basically, I am learning to come to terms with my genetics. It's been quite a process. I think I am entering the acceptance portion of the stages of grief. It sucks that there's not yet a cure for all of us, but there's worse things in life to be stricken with than baldness. I would love to have a full head of hair, as we all would on these forums, but I'm trying to be stoic in defeat. I wish you all the best of luck in your battles against androgenic alopecia, but I'm afraid that Father Time has forced yet another player to hang up his cleats before he was ready. Godspeed, gentlemen.