Why Is Hair Loss So Difficult To Cope With?

AI117

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I can’t help to worry about my hair. I know there are so many people who have much worse health conditions and I sometimes feel bad but I just think to myself my hair means so much to me.

At work the majority of men are balding so it’s pretty much the norm. But then you see that one man who has a great head of hair and the depressing feeling comes back.

How are people coping with this?
 

stachu

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Everyone has another type of strategy to combat this. I just started to keep distance about hair loss and probably the best option its just simply accepting it. Seriously man, no time for depression! And if its gonna help you, in few years hair loss will be cured.
 

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It's good that you have a little perspective here. It can seem a bit funny when looking at the grand scheme of things that hairloss can affect some so terribly. But we're the centre of our own universes and regardless of whether someone else's issues are far more objectively worse than our own, its human nature for us to become obsessed and fixated on our own shortcomings.

I think it comes down to a few factors. Hairloss is so obvious, its pretty much impossible to hide past a certain point. People may well perceive you differently if you have extreme hairloss vs a full head of hair. Not that its right to do so but we've developed a knack for prejudgements and everyone does it.

It's not as attractive (for most men) so you knock yourself down a few pegs in the social/dating hierarchy. That's not an easy pill to swallow for some.

The way I see life is you've got to play the cards you've been dealt. I know I've been blessed with a life so many would kill for. I have my shortcomings, hairloss being one of them, but overall I'm pretty f*****g lucky to be me. I do what I can with hairloss, I take what needs to be taken and then I do my best to put it aside because I feel as though obsessing over it makes things one hundred times worse. Its mentally exhausting and not productive in any way shape or form. I've accepted that as long as I'm doing the absolute most I can do to preserve my hair (risking negatives up to the point I value my hair) I can't be upset or angry at life. And if I'm really not doing as much as I could be to prevent hairloss than I have no basis to talk about being unfortunate whatsoever.

But mainly, I invest in other areas of life. My work, my relationships, my health, philosophy, history, spirituality. There are so many fascinating endeavours in life I know I'm not gonna let myself get hung up over the small things.
 

Dr.Kinnar Kapadia

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Hair Loss is very common problem in men and women.It can be caused by illness,chemotherapy,hormonal disturbance,stress,lack of proper diet etc.If you are bald then there are multiple options to deal with such problem.

First you have to consult with doctor and give answer of all questions asked by the doctor because he/she will diagnose your scalp and skin condition and after diagnosis surgeon will suggest you what will be the best option for handling hair loss.Doctor will check your medical history and conduct some medical test to find out may be you are suffered from any disease or not.As well as he/she will consider your family history also.Because hair fall can occur due to several reasons and diseases like-Thyroid,Hereditary reasons etc.

If surgeon suggest you then try medications like Minoxidil used to rub into your hair,Propecia but it will control your hair fall but not effective for hair growth.But from all these things if your hair fall is not controlled then you should go for the surgery or hair transplant.
 

@GeraltOfRivia

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Because being bald takes u closer to being ugly.Once u go bald u are bald.Your dating options will be limited.You will lose self confidence.And everything would change.
 

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I can tell you that at 32 I had no real noticeable thinning and had some amazing hair. I got ID for being 18 most places. Few years later some visible hair loss and you get treated quite differently. People just look at you as being much older, and instead of girls giving you attention anymore its more like you needing to give them attention. It flips around, and its pretty subtle which is why a lot of people could argue that hair loss isnt a big deal.
 

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Because being bald takes u closer to being ugly.Once u go bald u are bald.Your dating options will be limited.You will lose self confidence.And everything would change.

Hair transplants (including hair from the body if there’s not enough) and hair systems exist though. Even if you have no hair underneath, a hair system makes it look like you have hair, it’s the second best option if you can’t/don’t want to get a hair transplant.
 
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