I'm heavily balding at Age 16: Feel like my life is over(PICS)

[Roberto_72]

This is a very uncommon pattern.
My suggestions:
- try and shave your head completely. I never say this to people, because generally it makes you look older, but, let's be honest, that baldness at 16 is not common. Hide it with a good shave.
- ask derm if minoxidil is already viable
- lose as many pounds as possible with a controlled diet, start a sport
- wait until you are 18 and start finasteride if derm is ok
- try and regrow hair at 18
- hair transplant at 21 with a good, conscious doctor

 

[Chezdon]

Some people are just meant to be bald. Looks like you're one of them. You'll be ok. Focus on other things.

 

[Wolf Pack]

Just want to commend everyone on supporting this young fellow with kind words. Lots of sensible holistic advice from almost all long term members. It's good to give him general advice as well as hair related. And for the OP, it took great courage for you to post here in the way that you did (unless it's a troll). Recognising a problem is the first step, taking charge of your life is the next one.

 

[Eazy12]

Op all you can do is:

Protein sparing modified fast until you reach 10% bf
Start lifting heavy 3 times a week
Do a prohormone cycle, shave your head and get jacked.
Balding so early in your life means you have to let it go, you can't save it. All you can do is aim to look like Cesaro from WWE, you'll make it if you try

 

[Funkymonk1]

If it means anything I don't think you're ugly. As other's have said you just need to make the most of what you have - get in shape, shave your head, maybe grow a beard and I don't think you'll have any problems with girls. Most importantly keep your head up; Show the bullies they can't hurt you and believe in yourself.

 

[FWIW]

Dont shave it,it will be worse.

 

[shookwun]

Wear a hat. it's what I did when I was a NW2 at 16-17 .\




Focus on school & get a good career.
Loose weight, and get into shape

 

[Eazy12]

Wear a hat. it's what I did when I was a NW2 at 16-17 .\




Focus on school & get a good career.
Loose weight, and get into shape

Grown *** man who can't tell the difference between, 'loose', and, 'lose'.
Damn son

 

[shookwun]

damn, my life must be so difficult :unsure:

 

[Greenlandic guy]

If your hair loss is that severe at age 16, you are unlikely to be able to stop it even with medication, let alone regrow what you've already lost. And anyway, you are too young to be able to take hair loss medication yet. What is true is that male pattern baldness is entirely genetic in origin. Somebody earlier in this thread stated that it can be caused by environmental factors such as stress and diet, but that person was incorrect. It is 100% genetic, both in terms of the age of onset as well as the speed and pattern of its progression.

Perhaps you could look into getting a hair system. It is a long way from a perfect solution, but in your own case it might be your best option.

 

[pegasus2]

If your hair loss is that severe at age 16, you are unlikely be able to stop it even with medication, let alone regrow what you've already lost. And anyway, you are too young to be able to take hair loss medication yet. What is true is that male pattern baldness is entirely genetic in origin. Somebody earlier in this thread stated that it can be caused by environmental factors such as stress and diet, but that person was incorrect. It is 100% genetic, both in terms of the age of onset as well as the speed and pattern of its progression.

Perhaps you could look into getting a hair system. It is a long way from a perfect solution, but in your own case it might be your best option.

Nothing is 100% genetic or environmental. If baldness had no environmental triggers then we'd either be bald our whole lives or we'd never go bald. Some people more genetically prone to baldness, just like some people are more prone to heart disease. That doesn't mean someone with good heart genetics can eat garbage their whole life and never have a heart attack, or that someone with bad genetics should just accept that they are going to have a heart attack no matter what they eat.

 

[sachalamp]

Nothing is 100% genetic or environmental. If baldness had no environmental triggers then we'd either be bald our whole lives or we'd never go bald. Some people more genetically prone to baldness, just like some people are more prone to heart disease. That doesn't mean someone with good heart genetics can eat garbage their whole life and never have a heart attack, or that someone with bad genetics should just accept that they are going to have a heart attack no matter what they eat.

In his case, in case thats his own mother in his first picture, it seems to have a stress factor as well, the woman has some skin issues, which are usually stress related as well, so it might be a case of an improper schemes of handling of stressors in the family.

 

[Roland87]

You have to join a gym and start eating properly.

 

[tox]

"Grown ***" - are you a ******? No? Then speak proper english, you ****ing ******lover.

What the hell is wrong with you?

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@OP, Sorry to see that man. It's been said before, but hit the gym and get in really good shape. You should be able to pull off the rugged look well enough, if you get really strong.

 

[Greenlandic guy]

Nothing is 100% genetic or environmental.

There are a great many things which are 100% genetic. Fragile X-syndrome and Down syndrome would be two examples.

If baldness had no environmental triggers then we'd either be bald our whole lives or we'd never go bald.

Our genes determine the age at which male pattern baldness kicks in. It does not need any environmental trigger; our genetic makeup is the trigger. It is all determined and pre-programmed by our genes, both the age at which it kicks in and the speed and pattern of its progression. There are many medical conditions which are 100% genetic but which kick in later in life. Just because we are not born with a particular medical condition does not mean that our genes are not pre-programmed to cause that condition to kick in at a specific point later in life.

Some people more genetically prone to baldness, just like some people are more prone to heart disease. That doesn't mean someone with good heart genetics can eat garbage their whole life and never have a heart attack, or that someone with bad genetics should just accept that they are going to have a heart attack no matter what they eat.

I know, and I never said anything to imply that I disagree with this. After all, heart disease is dependent upon both genetic and environmental factors. male pattern baldness, however, is determined entirely by your genes. If you don't have the male pattern baldness genes, you won't go bald.

 

[pegasus2]

There are a great many things which are 100% genetic. Fragile X-syndrome and Down syndrome would be two examples.

Those are things you are born with, not things you develop later in life. Even a person's height is in part dependent on their nutrition and other factors. If you don't have the right genes you will not be tall no matter what, but having those genes doesn't mean you will be tall.

Our genes determine the age at which male pattern baldness kicks in. It does not need any environmental trigger; our genetic makeup is the trigger. It is all determined and pre-programmed by our genes, both the age at which it kicks in and the speed and pattern of its progression. There are many medical conditions which are 100% genetic but which kick in later in life. Just because we are not born with a particular medical condition does not mean that our genes are not pre-programmed to cause that condition to kick in at a specific point later in life.


I know, and I never said anything to imply that I disagree with this. After all, heart disease is dependent upon both genetic and environmental factors. male pattern baldness, however, is determined entirely by your genes. If you don't have the male pattern baldness genes, you won't go bald.

Sorry, but you're just flat out wrong.
http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-...ce-heavy-drinking-smoking-linked-to-hair-loss

[h=3]Twins and Hair Loss[/h] For the studies, Bahman Guyuron, MD, a plastic surgeon at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, recruited 90 male and 98 female identical twins. “Twins are genetically destined to have the same number of hairs,â€￾ Guyuron says. “And if one has fewer it means that it is related to outside factors.â€￾


In men, genetics appeared to account for most balding. It was the single biggest predictor of hair loss along the front of the head.
But it wasn’t the only determining factor. Habits like smoking, heavy drinking, outdoor exercise -- a measure of sun exposure, and being sedentary also increased the risk that a male twin would lose more hair than his brother.

 

[Roberto_72]

Those are things you are born with, not things you develop later in life. Even a person's height is in part dependent on their nutrition and other factors. If you don't have the right genes you will not be tall no matter what, but having those genes doesn't mean you will be tall.



Sorry, but you're just flat out wrong.
http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-...ce-heavy-drinking-smoking-linked-to-hair-loss

Everyone knows that smoking/drinking/being lazy exacerbates EVERY disease predisposition. This does not mean that you will be save from anything if you don't drink / smoke / are lazy.

My father never drank or smoked; is an avid tennis player. NW6 at 30. His brothers all smoked (except for one) and never practiced any sports. All NW2 at 50.

I inherited my father's gene, of course. I never smoked, drank always little, have skied and swum since I was four. Started thinning at 16.

 

[cocohot]

Being fat causes baldness. The fat releases hormones that ruin your hormone profile. It's called metabolic syndrome.

Here is your action plan:

1) Lose weight immediately. This should stabilise and slow down your hairloss. Get your parents to pay for a personal trainer if necessary.

2) Jump on finasteride and get a hair transplant in 18 months time when you're old enough. Your parents can pay.

3) At 18 you should be in good shape from the weight loss and exercise with a full head of hair from the hair transplant and finasteride.

 

[pegasus2]

Being fat causes baldness. The fat releases hormones that ruin your hormone profile. It's called metabolic syndrome.

Here is your action plan:

1) Lose weight immediately. This should stabilise and slow down your hairloss. Get your parents to pay for a personal trainer if necessary.

2) Jump on finasteride and get a hair transplant in 18 months time when you're old enough. Your parents can pay.

3) At 18 you should be in good shape from the weight loss and exercise with a full head of hair from the hair transplant and finasteride.

A hair transplant at 18 is a definite no. I don't think any reputable surgeon would do it because it's way too young. Although if Replicel is available by then, and actually works, that could change everything.

 

[cocohot]

A hair transplant at 18 is a definite no.

lol

finasteride