What to do about baldness?

Wibbs · 11-03-2013 01:04AM

Joey the lips wrote: »

Tattoo of hair

I saw that on the telly once. WTF. Talk about pain.

Banjo String · 11-03-2013 01:15AM

Paramite Pie wrote: »

Maybe I've been on the internet to long but I'm wondering if your being sarcastic or not!!!:P

It's no consensus on regrowing hair (most say it's impossible for now) but the normal everyday products I mention have a huge success rate in stopping baldness so start early and hope for the best!!;)

Stops only.

I'll not feel any better in the morning, than I did this morning?

Might be a deal breaker tbh.

woodoo · 11-03-2013 01:21AM

Hair plugs

Wibbs wrote: »

Baldness is mostly due to excessive genetic sensitivity to testosterone/QUOTE]

Thats it.

Unless people can afford to do a Wayne Rooney its best to avoid potions and gimmicks. The baldness is coming for you if its in your DNA. They are only tormenting themselves trying to halt it. Getting used to it and accepting it is the best option in the long run. Keep the hair short and then when it gets past a certain stage shave it imo (not with a razor just clippers).

stateofflux · 11-03-2013 01:29AM

Praetorian Saighdiuir wrote: »

Embrace it dude.

Shave it all off and wax the bejayis out of it.

Make that thing shine!

this. then look in the mirror each morning and see yul brinner mixed with jason statham (don't look for too long / foggy mirror advisable)

WoollyRedHat · 11-03-2013 01:47AM

I'm using Biotin 1000mg supplements atm, look it up. In my case, hair i thinning at the back. Very frustrating.

Qualitymark · 11-03-2013 01:53AM

Comb-over

Cutting your hair short looks kind of macho and sexy if you're bald - not necessarily the shaved-bald look, but a very short cut.
A comb-over, or as the Japanese call it, barcode, is just sad. Watched a TV programme the other night in which a brilliant academic had her hair styled in a wave across her bald spot; she had her head tipped back, obviously habitually, and to her looking in the mirror it must have seemed that the bald spot was concealed. The interviewer was using superhuman strength to keep her eyes from drifting up towards that spot. Awful.

kwestfan08 · 11-03-2013 02:12AM

Why not go for the Pep Guardiola look by shaving it but also growing out some stubble. He seems to make it work.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQgRRhcUn55KdymkC6ryCn6wqQGIrIsOmmbHGBPKicyIqKHXbK6

.Henry Sellers. · 11-03-2013 02:25AM

Get a lovely wig, it can double up as a pet.

FatherLen · 11-03-2013 04:07AM

Comb-over

i got drunk and shaved my head last night.

i'm cold.

Ruudi_Mentari · 11-03-2013 04:18AM

You know when you see a picture of somebody as you never did, whether their hair was still dark or just there and you just think they look better now? Whether that's or minds playing games with is or not but It can be liberating.....

Losing can be winning. it will bring your face, to the fore. And remind you that maybe you need to buff up, in fact maybe baldness is the bodyshock I need

E.S.T. · 11-03-2013 06:37AM

You know there is an approved pill, finasteride, you can take that stops you from continuing to go bald (at least in many people). I started taking it when I thought my hair was getting a bit lighter and I know other people that it has worked for.

Qualitymark · 11-03-2013 06:49AM

Comb-over

Some of those pills are concentrated fish and seaweed mixes, which seem to supply a mineral supplement that revives the hair roots, I think.

Crooked Jack · 11-03-2013 10:19AM

Comb-over

Shave it, man and grow a big bastard motherfucker of a beard as well.

Three Seasons · 11-03-2013 10:27AM

There is a diet you can eat supposedly which stood and even reversed baldness in some cases.

Google the Danny Roddy diet.

Legs.Eleven · 11-03-2013 10:37AM

Hair plugs

My boyfriend rubs some crap into his hair that he swears by. I've no idea if it works or not. This piece of advice is of no help.

I'd keep it very short but not shave it. Or grow it long on the sides with a beard. Or glue dog hair to your scalp. Or get a tattoo of hair onto your head ala a Ken doll.

Qualitymark · 11-03-2013 11:11AM

Comb-over

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

I'd keep it very short but not shave it. Or grow it long on the sides with a beard. Or glue dog hair to your scalp. Or get a tattoo of hair onto your head ala a Ken doll.

Or what about a tattoo of the globe... though, wait, that could be a nuisance if there is regime change and countries' borders and names change. What about an orrery effect, with the constellations prettily laid out, perhaps in jewelled studs, on a midnight-blue background?

Legs.Eleven · 11-03-2013 11:19AM

Hair plugs

Qualitymark wrote: »

Or what about a tattoo of the globe... though, wait, that could be a nuisance if there is regime change and countries' borders and names change. What about an orrery effect, with the constellations prettily laid out, perhaps in jewelled studs, on a midnight-blue background?

Wouldn't it be easier just to get a tattoo of a digestive biscuit instead?

Sergeant · 11-03-2013 11:30AM

You can get Hair in a Can: http://telebrandstheblog.com/wp-content/uploads/spray-on-hair-color1.jpg

Spray on the colour of your choice, throw your leather jacket over one of your shoulders in a nonchalant Tom Cruise in the 80's style , then get ready to hit the clubs and be a master of seduction once again.

Handsome Bob · 11-03-2013 11:37AM

Shave it off.

Pumpkinseeds · 11-03-2013 11:39AM

Comb-over

My brother has this problem, he's been shaving it really short for years. I say shave it all off, just get it over with. It'll be easier in the long run and can look quite attractive.

Crooked Jack · 11-03-2013 11:57AM

Comb-over

Qualitymark wrote: »

Or what about a tattoo of the globe... though, wait, that could be a nuisance if there is regime change and countries' borders and names change. What about an orrery effect, with the constellations prettily laid out, perhaps in jewelled studs, on a midnight-blue background?

Just do it without the borders. I know the continents are technically moving but they are unlikely to do so noticeably over the course of one man's lifetime

kylith · 11-03-2013 11:59AM

Comb-over

Seriously OP, and I don't wish to make light of what I know is, for a lot of men, a delicate subject: there is nothing more pathetic than a man trying to pretend that he isn't going bald. Get your hair cut whatever way you like, but own the baldness. Say to the world "I'm going thin on top, and I don't give a rat's ass. Deal with it".

mackg · 11-03-2013 01:35PM

Comb-over

Seachmall wrote: »

Shaving your head or not giving a shit and leaving it bald are the only reasonable solutions to this problem.

Shaved head looks silly for a couple of months until your scalp darkens but it'd be my preference by far.

Scalp Darkens?

Larianne wrote: »

I also suggested keeping it short, rather than bald.

Or just wear hats.

I'm definitely getting a hat. Hairs fairly short at the moment and I was freezing walking to work this morning.

Thanks for all the serious replies too. I don't think I'm going to go down the treatments route, too much cost/hassle, but have friends who I think are going that way who will be the beneficieries of your advice.

Also,

Hair in can >>> Tattoo of hair.

Three Seasons · 11-03-2013 01:46PM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

My brother has this problem, he's been shaving it really short for years. I say shave it all off, just get it over with. It'll be easier in the long run and can look quite attractive.

If you have a nicely shaped head it's attractive, however, if you have a watermelon shaped head with protruding bones and lumps and dents then going bald can make you very unatteactive. Saying "just shave it off" in that instance doesn't help. A top quality wig would be much better.

Dwork · 11-03-2013 04:22PM

Three Seasons wrote: »

If you have a nicely shaped head it's attractive, however, if you have a watermelon shaped head with protruding bones and lumps and dents then going bald can make you very unatteactive. Saying "just shave it off" in that instance doesn't help. A top quality wig would be much better.

Such thing exists? I thought people only wore wigs to give everyone else a laugh?

11-03-2013 04:27PM

Comb-over

Dwork wrote: »

Such thing exists? I thought people only wore wigs to give everyone else a laugh?

I used to work with a man with both bad eyesight and a ginger wig. It sat on his head like a helmet, and his grey hair would peek out the back.

He never washed it. It got dusty, it got smelly.

He never convinced anyone that it was his hair.

nocoverart · 11-03-2013 04:36PM

Candie wrote: »

I used to work with a man with both bad eyesight and a ginger wig. It sat on his head like a helmet, and his grey hair would peek out the back.

He never washed it. It got dusty, it got smelly.

He never convinced anyone that it was his hair.

Why on Earth would anyone buy a GINGER wig?

11-03-2013 04:37PM

Comb-over

nocoverart wrote: »

Why on Earth would anyone buy a GINGER wig?

Thats where the poor sight might come in.

This was also in a country where ginger is really rare. Top marks there for lack of believability!

Pumpkinseeds · 11-03-2013 04:40PM

Comb-over

Three Seasons wrote: »

If you have a nicely shaped head it's attractive, however, if you have a watermelon shaped head with protruding bones and lumps and dents then going bald can make you very unatteactive. Saying "just shave it off" in that instance doesn't help. A top quality wig would be much better.

I have to disagree. A man who is confidently comfortable with his baldness is going to be more appealing to women than a man wearing a wig. In my opinion wigs look ridciulous on men.

davet82 · 11-03-2013 04:45PM

Comb-over

shave it off, baldy can be cool but trying not to be baldy is pathetic

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