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Ask your doctor about hair growth products, do your research. Or if you really don't trust them, get a toupee. You should only shave your head if you really want to.

 Iron_Captain wrote:
If you are really are going completely bald, your life has just ended. There can be no life without glorious long manes. Maybe you could grow a long beard to compensate?

I currently have a huge beard and the "" äggassi"" shaved look, low maintenance and well you could look worse. Being bald is not the end of the world, I knew it was coming so got my long flowing mane done when I was younger.
I_do_not_like_that , don't let it bother you , you are going to be bald for a long time, best get used to ikt. I do agree that slapping people with a toupee you just yanked off your head could be cool though.

I've seen some people get their head shaved, then tattoo "stubble" to make them look like they just buzz their head instead of shaved. There is more to it, but here is what I'm talking about.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/05/06/seen-at-11-bald-men-turn-to-ink-procedure-known-as-micropigmentation/

Baldness is not a problem, I have classic horseshoe shaped hair, and am happy with it.

When I wanted to, I could shave it all off and have a Kojak, or shave everything except the goatee and have a Kane. Both are as cool as sin, or would be on a more lithe bloke.

Going bald?
Worried?
Get over it you wuss!

Baldness is a terrible tragedy for women, but for men its just fine. Baldies got shot back in the 70's, now its generally ok even cool. Numerous characters saw to that from Kojak to Jean Luc Picard. You can be Hollywood A grade and bald, you can be voted sexiest man by various ladies magazines and bald.
If you are going bald, man up about it, you can reinvent yourself with your new image, all masculine, all adult.

After a few months you will either develop:
a) a complex about it that will haunt you for the rest of your life. Not recommended
b) an attitude be content to be bald and not care about it. This is my current option, it's low maintenance.
c) an attitude to be bald with style. Become the smooth headed sex god, tough guy, wise man, whatever image you want to be, baldness wont take it away, in fact it can enhance it if done right.

Choose wisely.

If you are bald and confident about it, you will be even more of a man, being bald and worried shows you to be vain and childish. People notice that.

The bottom line is: Man up. baldness is not for losers, it says nothing about you, however whining about baldness is for losers, vain losers who cant hack lifes changes, and girls will notice this.

Yeah my hair is thinning. I don't worry about it much though, it isn't too bad yet. My gf bought me this caffeine shampoo and hair tonic stuff. I don't think it does anything, but it doesn't seem to hurt. I still have the tonic. I slop a bit on my head occasionally when I'm feeling lucky. I think having shortish hair helps. I also get my hair bleached sometimes anyway, which makes it much less noticeable.

The only thing that really bothers me about it is that I already rocked the shaved head through most of my 20s when I didn't need to. I thought I'd moved on from that, but it looks like I might be heading back there one day. I did things the wrong way around. I should have pulled off a few more daring haircuts when I had the chance.

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
It's ok for you - you're American. If anybody laughs at your baldness, you can shoot them! Being in the UK, I don't have that option! Damn those liberals!

You could always blind them with sunlight, reflected off your shiny head.

I don't have the baldness thing.

I have the premature greying thing. I started going grey at 16. Almost 30 years later and it's whiter than aquanet.

You can't have the premature baldness thing AND the early grey genes - they are an either/or proposition. Not to say I won't lose it at some point, but it's going to be a long wait.

I've got a mate who started going bald in his 20s, though. He just shaves his head.

Well, thanks to everybody for the advice.

I'm pretty much in denial - I'll probably start wearing a hat or opting for the Roy Munson comb over

I'll see what my friends Jack Daniels and Johnny Walker think before I do anything

Get yourself a syrup like this fellow:

 chromedog wrote:
I don't have the baldness thing.

I have the premature greying thing. I started going grey at 16. Almost 30 years later and it's whiter than aquanet.

You can't have the premature baldness thing AND the early grey genes - they are an either/or proposition. Not to say I won't lose it at some point, but it's going to be a long wait.

I've got a mate who started going bald in his 20s, though. He just shaves his head.

No offence, but Australian standards are lower than any where else Only joking.

I'd hate to be bald in a hot country...hell I'm going to hate being bald in this country!


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 filbert wrote:
Get yourself a syrup like this fellow:

I'm tempted to get a toupee for the sole reason it can be thrown at somebody during an argument

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Is it bad to do that? I mean, a big fat guy like me isnt good bald

Depends... can you pull off the large biker look?? If not, then maybe you may want to check out some hair regrowth products

I think I might try that first TBH. What is the harm?
But my dad was a Hells Angel, so maybe I can


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Well, I bought some Rogaine.....Although it says it may not work on reciding or frontal baldness....

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
I think I might try that first TBH. What is the harm?
But my dad was a Hells Angel, so maybe I can


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Well, I bought some Rogaine.....Although it says it may not work on reciding or frontal baldness....

Forget Rogaine, I've got a better idea. Bandana. Bandana. Bandana!!

Why didn't I think of this before? In fact, why should I blame myself - why didn't anybody else think of this for me?

Bandanaaaaaa!!!!

Because im a whiteboy wearing a bandana?

Option 1. It's life. You don't even need to shave it.

In fact, I'd go as far as to say that nowadays mocking or ridiculing someone for being bald (I mean spitefully, not joking between mates) will just make people think you're weird...

Outwardly yes, but you still will judge.

 LordofHats wrote:

 Iron_Captain wrote:
If you are really are going completely bald, your life has just ended. There can be no life without glorious long manes. Maybe you could grow a long beard to compensate?

Do remind your glorious leader.



A five year old could spot that comb over.Might resolve a few things

I kid, I kid

Glorious Vladimir Vladimirovich already epitome of manliness without beard. If he would grow beard, his manliness would reach such extreme, unnatural levels that it would disrupt space-time continuum.

Really? I haven't lost any hair and can still be empathetic towards guys that have. It happens - not their fault. Just shave it, it looks cooler, even with a little stubble.

IDK, maybe because im 22, I feel everyone silently laughing at me at work.

Buzz the top. Grow a beard.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
IDK, maybe because im 22, I feel everyone silently laughing at me at work.

I started when I was about 20-21, and it was pretty substantial. I could pass my hand through my hair and have a large amount of hair in my hand, and I don't even have a history of baldness in the family really.

I started balding at the the grand age of 17 back in 1994. I actually had a modelling contract prior to that which was pretty much "revoked" when I started going bald so it was somewhat rough.

I recommend never growing a comb over, getting a toupee, or getting plugs. Hair club for men all that crap, its plugs, you look like you have doll hair. It never, ever looks good IRL and what they do not tell you is that you will have to go back regularly to get more implants put into your head because your body more or less rejects them as foreign and pushes them out overtime. Nothing is more unattractive than a man who is trying to hide who he is, or is ashamed of how he is. The act of trying to hide it with these things only makes it more obvious.

If you are going bald from genetics(thank your mom, its on the X chromosome btw jk not her fault she doesn't get to pick which X you got), you cannot do anything to stop it. Most men do two things at this point. They try and cover it up, or get rogaine or something else that promises to fix it, it doesn't and just slows it down. Or you shave it all off immediately and go completely bald.

TBH if its genetics, there is nothing you can do to stop it. There is no diet, no excercises, no magic creams or pills, or shampoos. Save your money and more importantly time.


I highly recommend just shaving it very very short, like the lowest setting on a pair of shears, and calling it a day.

I also recommend buying hats. Not to cover up that you are bald, but the top of your head can sunburn quite easily, you should get a hat if you are in the sun a lot. Having a sunburned head, or red lobster colored head is not fun. Also it is not comfortable.

Beards do look good on bald guys, but remember not to let the beard get too bushy otherwise you just look like magna doodled where someone dragged all the stuff to the face.

I've never met a woman, or man, that cared that I was balding(bald) In fact many of my girlfriends have enjoyed shaving my head for me while wearing nothing. So as others have said, most people do not find a balding man as unattractive. From my experience if you are dating in the very young range like 16-20 you might find some girls that have a hard time with it. Almost anyone you meet over that age will not care about what hair you have, but they will care about how you feel about yourself. I mean if they think you are insecure and want to cover up and hide who you are, they will probably not be all that thrilled. If you are okay with it, or do not see it is a big deal, neither will they.

I feel a little silly now. Just realized we've gone three pages and no one has mentioned Heisenberg!



Yes, you too can now pursue a career in Meth research and development

I remember my boss making that joke when I said I was going bald "Well you could cook meth, just sayin"

I'm having a Robert E Lee moment - I'm caught in two minds. Should I accept Lincoln's offer of command of the Union forces, or should I defend my native Virginia?

Or in my case, should I reject the comedy appeal of a comb over in favour of shaving my head?

Decisions...