I never really ever thought about how my life may be different if it wasn't for hair loss, and its hard to say hair loss brought me down this road, but I definitely don't think I'd be who I am today if it wasn't for hair loss. My hair loss started at 20 and progressed pretty fast. Am 25 now. AR inhibitors haven't helped much, am on dutasteride now. Still have hair but my hair is pretty thin and hairline ruined. I've posted pictures, my hair is pretty bad at this point. Hair loss didn't turn me into a social recluse like a lot of people say it does, but I am not who I was before.
I got super depressed and have had depression pretty bad since I started losing my hair. I have had depression since a teenager, and honestly don't know why as my life has been pretty good, but its always been there. I think this just triggered it more and caused it to get worse. Over time I just started caring less about other stuff. I made more stupid and risky decisions.
Before my hair loss started I was basically like a preppy douchey frat kid. I always had really long hair, like hockey player flow. The first comment I would get from girls was on my hair. I was literally obsessed with my hair and it was my favorite feature. I never would have gotten a tattoo. I wore preppy clothes like ralph lauren polos all the time. Didn't really do drugs, other than drink a lot. Never smoked, except weed sometimes. Never would do any tobacco products except if really drunk. I was into lifting, but it wasn't like it is now. My physique wasn't as important to me, my hair was though. I only dated girls that were from good families and had their sh*t together. Most girls I dated had rich parents and were wealthier. I used to think of girls that fucked around or had tattoos or did drugs as trash. I used to think I was better than everyone tbh, which isn't a good thing, but I basically thought I was like a god.
After hair loss started, I still got through college and got a good job, but often will spend nights out drinking with some dumb slutty girl I met on tinder until like 3-4am on a weekday and literally would get nothing done at work the next day. These girls mostly worked at bars or were strippers or didn't have sh*t going for them, but I would have to get up at 7am and go to a good job working from 8/9-5/6. I do a lot more drugs, and if someone wants to try something I always say yes. I used to always wear condoms with random girls, but I literally never wear them/even buy them now. I've dated a couple girls since my hair loss started that I would consider trashy. Didn't go to college, did a lot of drugs, drank all the time, have slept around a lot, didn't have me wear condoms ever. They were good looking girls, but their decisions were sub par, and I guess mine kind of have been too. I started getting tattoos, and have a decent amount now. I wear hats a lot more often now then I used to, and always keep my hair short as it looks terrible long. I wear cut offs and cut up jeans more. One good thing it did, is I got super into fitness and am super into lifting. My physique is more important to me than anything, because I can actually control how it looks, unlike my hair which it seems like there is nothing I can do about. I've contemplated steroids multiple times but still haven't pulled the trigger on that and don't know if I will because of the affects it has on your hair, and I am afraid I will get too big from them. Another good/bad thing it did is it completely got rid of my health anxiety. I had terrible health anxiety and it prevented me from trying a lot of drugs as I thought I might get a heart attack. I am super addicted to nicotine now and dip a lot, have to dip or chew nicotine gum at work now. I literally just don't give a f*** about a lot of stuff now. I definitely have less worries which is good, but I am engaging in riskier sh*t which I guess isn't.
I am not sure if hair loss brought me down this road and turned me into this person, but I feel like it turned me into what I guess you would say is a trashier person just looking at who I am today. I didn't lose my sense of humor and still am the person I was, but looking back I don't act at all like the person I used to be, and don't think I'd ever have imagined turning into this person. Maybe it is because my hair was my favorite aspect of myself, and it got taken so fast out of nowhere without me being able to do anything about it, and kind of changed who I am. I know hair loss is a natural thing a lot of guys go through, but I felt so helpless, given that no treatments worked and I kept getting told I would keep my hair if I take these drug or try these vitamins or apply some topicals, and nothing worked. I kind of felt like I had no control anymore, and maybe that is why it drove me down this road. Anyone else feel like hair loss changed them? Maybe it wasn't the hair loss and was just a bunch of different stuff occurring throughout my life that changed me, and honestly I don't hate the person I am today, but I'm just not who I thought I'd be.
Maybe I need to talk to a therapist lol.
I got super depressed and have had depression pretty bad since I started losing my hair. I have had depression since a teenager, and honestly don't know why as my life has been pretty good, but its always been there. I think this just triggered it more and caused it to get worse. Over time I just started caring less about other stuff. I made more stupid and risky decisions.
Before my hair loss started I was basically like a preppy douchey frat kid. I always had really long hair, like hockey player flow. The first comment I would get from girls was on my hair. I was literally obsessed with my hair and it was my favorite feature. I never would have gotten a tattoo. I wore preppy clothes like ralph lauren polos all the time. Didn't really do drugs, other than drink a lot. Never smoked, except weed sometimes. Never would do any tobacco products except if really drunk. I was into lifting, but it wasn't like it is now. My physique wasn't as important to me, my hair was though. I only dated girls that were from good families and had their sh*t together. Most girls I dated had rich parents and were wealthier. I used to think of girls that fucked around or had tattoos or did drugs as trash. I used to think I was better than everyone tbh, which isn't a good thing, but I basically thought I was like a god.
After hair loss started, I still got through college and got a good job, but often will spend nights out drinking with some dumb slutty girl I met on tinder until like 3-4am on a weekday and literally would get nothing done at work the next day. These girls mostly worked at bars or were strippers or didn't have sh*t going for them, but I would have to get up at 7am and go to a good job working from 8/9-5/6. I do a lot more drugs, and if someone wants to try something I always say yes. I used to always wear condoms with random girls, but I literally never wear them/even buy them now. I've dated a couple girls since my hair loss started that I would consider trashy. Didn't go to college, did a lot of drugs, drank all the time, have slept around a lot, didn't have me wear condoms ever. They were good looking girls, but their decisions were sub par, and I guess mine kind of have been too. I started getting tattoos, and have a decent amount now. I wear hats a lot more often now then I used to, and always keep my hair short as it looks terrible long. I wear cut offs and cut up jeans more. One good thing it did, is I got super into fitness and am super into lifting. My physique is more important to me than anything, because I can actually control how it looks, unlike my hair which it seems like there is nothing I can do about. I've contemplated steroids multiple times but still haven't pulled the trigger on that and don't know if I will because of the affects it has on your hair, and I am afraid I will get too big from them. Another good/bad thing it did is it completely got rid of my health anxiety. I had terrible health anxiety and it prevented me from trying a lot of drugs as I thought I might get a heart attack. I am super addicted to nicotine now and dip a lot, have to dip or chew nicotine gum at work now. I literally just don't give a f*** about a lot of stuff now. I definitely have less worries which is good, but I am engaging in riskier sh*t which I guess isn't.
I am not sure if hair loss brought me down this road and turned me into this person, but I feel like it turned me into what I guess you would say is a trashier person just looking at who I am today. I didn't lose my sense of humor and still am the person I was, but looking back I don't act at all like the person I used to be, and don't think I'd ever have imagined turning into this person. Maybe it is because my hair was my favorite aspect of myself, and it got taken so fast out of nowhere without me being able to do anything about it, and kind of changed who I am. I know hair loss is a natural thing a lot of guys go through, but I felt so helpless, given that no treatments worked and I kept getting told I would keep my hair if I take these drug or try these vitamins or apply some topicals, and nothing worked. I kind of felt like I had no control anymore, and maybe that is why it drove me down this road. Anyone else feel like hair loss changed them? Maybe it wasn't the hair loss and was just a bunch of different stuff occurring throughout my life that changed me, and honestly I don't hate the person I am today, but I'm just not who I thought I'd be.
Maybe I need to talk to a therapist lol.
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