Going bald

Festy

Is it really as bad as people say it is ?

gifted

No, met a baldy in a pub years ago, I was only 18/19 and he rubbed me head and told me I'm gonna be a baldy, jaysus, I nearly started crying. then he told me about the women that love the bald men....and over 20 years later he was right, the women love the baldy man

SharpshooterTom

Why OP? Where on the Norwood scale are you at the moment?

http://www.americanhairloss.org/img/content/norwoodscale.gif

Festy

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

Why OP? Where on the Norwood scale are you at the moment?

http://www.americanhairloss.org/img/content/norwoodscale.gif

I have a full head of hair atm thankfully.The reason I started this thread was to see if it has affected men's confidence when it come to the opposite sex and how women view bald men.

Mr. G

I know a good few people that are bald and I don't really think about it, and I think nobody else does either. It actually suits some people.

Festy

Is it true that baldness is hereditary ? or is that just BS ?

gifted

My old man is bald..

Festy

gifted wrote: »

My old man is bald..

Are you bald ?

gifted

Festy wrote: »

Are you bald ?

of course, did you not read my first reply?

Festy

gifted wrote: »

of course, did you not read my first reply?

Sorry...Im drunk

Sinfonia

It worked out for Walter White..

MurdyWurdy

Festy wrote: »

Is it true that baldness is hereditary ? or is that just BS ?

Yes, it's hereditary but from your maternal side. Women tend not to go bald because the genes for baldness need higher levels of testosterone to be expressed. That's why people say bald men are full if virility - it implies high levels of testosterone.

kneemos

Probably feels weird when it rains and like a child you have to wear a cap in the sunshine presumably.

bnt

It's not like hair just stops growing all over your head, You can end up being essentially bald on top but with shaggy growth on the sides. Grow it out long enough, and you can do a comb over. :eek:

This guy shows you how it's done:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1dKFCZQaxE

This one's in Japanese, but the pictures tell the story:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHm_1116f_Q

Sam Kade

gifted wrote: »

No, met a baldy in a pub years ago, I was only 18/19 and he rubbed me head and told me I'm gonna be a baldy, jaysus, I nearly started crying. then he told me about the women that love the bald men....and over 20 years later he was right, the women love the baldy man

Was it a crystal ball or the drink that gave him an insight to the future

smcgiff

MurdyWurdy wrote: »

Yes, it's hereditary but from your maternal side. Women tend not to go bald because the genes for baldness need higher levels of testosterone to be expressed. That's why people say bald men are full if virility - it implies high levels of testosterone.

Both myths are wrong. It can be inherited from your father as well, not surprisingly. Also, bald men generally don't have more testosterone, they just have hair follicles that that allow more "super" testosterone through to the hair which damages it. That's how the drug propicia works. It turns "super" testosterone into normal testosterone which isn't as damaging to hair.

"super" testosterone isn't the technical name for the testosterone, but you can google it.

Speisekarte

Google Leon Maliniak Method.

If you believe his claims men have been regrowing hair by massaging the Galea around the back and sides of the head.

As te theory goes, tight galea restricts blood flow allowing DHT to bulb up in the scalp and kill off hair follicles.

gifted

Sam Kade wrote: »

Was it a crystal ball or the drink that gave him an insight to the future

Bit of both I reckon.:pac:

harry Bailey esq

gifted wrote: »

No, met a baldy in a pub years ago, I was only 18/19 and he rubbed me head and told me I'm gonna be a baldy, jaysus, I nearly started crying. then he told me about the women that love the bald men....and over 20 years later he was right, the women love the baldy man

i hope that's true,mine is falling out in spades

Ice Storm

kneemos wrote: »

Probably feels weird when it rains and like a child you have to wear a cap in the sunshine presumably.

I'm a girl with a full head of hair and I have to wear a hat in the sun, otherwise I get burnt along my parting or any little bit of scalp that is exposed!

It's not just baldies that need to be careful in the sun.

Thom Merrilin

Festy wrote: »

Is it really as bad as people say it is ?

It is if you're a woman.

gifted

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

i hope that's true,mine is falling out in spades

honestly dude, I have yet to meet a woman who doesn't love a baldy man.:D...

stefan idiot jones

The rule of thumb is, you inherit your mothers fathers hair.

My mothers father always had thin hair. My father always had thin greasy hair. My brother went bald in his mid twenties.

Me, I have thick long locks that I got from my mother. I am forty two and I have the hair of a teenager, I have the best hair out of all my family. However, I am the only fat b@stard in the family too.

So maybe moro bars and garlic cheese chip is the answer to all your hair loss worries.

kylith

The only person who cares if you're bald is you. Friends and family may tease you, but the general pubic will only notice if you have a combover or are otherwise trying to hide it.

cantdecide

I was well on my way at 19 and it really got to me at that age. Now at 31, I don't even think about it. I've been shaving my head for years.