Baldness anxiety

vertigoaddict · Wed 14/11/2007 04:18:14

I have this fear of turning bald. I'm always freaked out when my hair falls off, I'm scared that some of them actually have the folicles on them (those bumps at the end are hair folicles right?). I haven't got split ends, until now.

My dad has a bald spot and my mum actually has a brush with her thick roll of hair. Is there anyway, anything I can do to prevent or at least slow down the process?

I might as well try being blonde (I know it won't look good, but I want to, for experience) and shave my head afterwards like last time.

Evil · Wed 14/11/2007 04:49:19

You'll be fine, Dude. You just need to accept it and use it as a sexual device. Make up a bunch of bald pickup lines or something.

Stupot · Wed 14/11/2007 08:01:09

Keep your hair on, fella.

Seriously though, look how many bald people there are... quite a lot, so it's not as though it's some grimy underclass that you don't want to be associated with. And as Evil said, some girls are attracted to men with less hair. Going bald will be just the opportunity you need to let your hair down and... oh... sorry.

vertigoaddict · Wed 14/11/2007 09:24:42

Quote from: Stupot on Wed 14/11/2007 08:01:09
Keep your hair on, fella.

Seriously though, look how many bald people there are... quite a lot, so it's not as though it's some grimy underclass that you don't want to be associated with. And as Evil said, some girls are attracted to men with less hair. Going bald will be just the opportunity you need to let your hair down and... oh... sorry.

It's not women I want to attract! Oh wel, I might as well shave my head and get some leather, how's that?

EDIT: btw Evil, pick up lines always tend to be cheesey and don't work. Saying hi is enough.

Khris · Wed 14/11/2007 09:58:50

Hell buddy, you're 16! Don't waste your time worrying about pickup lines and baldness, enjoy your youth! Seriously.

Tuomas · Wed 14/11/2007 11:34:24

Growing bald by time might give you an intellectual look. it did to my dad, though he's only forehead-bald. My grandad is more bald, so i might just as well be, but I'm not worried. Though if you want to postpone this, better stop drinking, smoking, dying your hair, masturbating and stuff like that, everything that might wear out your body. Though still if it's going to happen, it's going to happen. You could always get a hair transplant after it's gone.

Babar · Wed 14/11/2007 11:59:51

I have a humongous forehead, and people always commented on how I was bald. It didn't mean anything to me because I knew I had a big forehead:
The reflective shield of Headedness

However, now, probably because of my constant changing of hair-styles from age 13 onwards, and my lack of proper hair care, I can almost see my head through my hair. FEAR!

I'm chicken enough that if it actually happens, I'll shave my entire head and keep it like that always.

ManicMatt · Wed 14/11/2007 13:05:29

Same here Babar.. if I get too bald I'm gonna shave the rest off!

My hair is starting to recede, at 25!!!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! Its getting thin as Babar described.. although my hair has been well looked after..

My girlfriend says she will still love me as a bald guy!

veryweirdguy · Wed 14/11/2007 13:06:33

Quote from: vertigoaddict on Wed 14/11/2007 04:18:14
My dad has a bald spot and my mum actually has a brush with her thick roll of hair.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think baldness is hereditary on the mother's side? So if your mum's dad is (or was) bald, then...er...get a hat?

ManicMatt · Wed 14/11/2007 13:07:30

Hmm, my mother's dad didn't live long enough to find out..

m0ds · Wed 14/11/2007 13:38:35

Going bald is nothing! It's a natural process, one you can't avoid. You can always buy a wig

I had allopecia at 16. Lost all my hair by 17. Some of it grew back by 18. Lost it all again at 19. By 22 it had grown again, well, most of it. But being bald when you're 16/17 is shit. Especially when you want to get laid and you know girls like hair.... Allopecia messed me up completely, because it's not natural and its not a "balding" process. Its classed as a disease.

My advice is eat more stuff with iron in it, don't put hair products in your hair like gel, don't dread your hair or have any crazy hair do's, and keep it clean. That might slow the balding process down. Might

Oh, and don't get anxious, stressed or worried! Those are the mental factors that contribute to loss of hair. So smoke a GIANT spliff and take it the fuck EASY!

ManicMatt · Wed 14/11/2007 14:05:59

Quote from: m0ds on Wed 14/11/2007 13:38:35
don't get anxious, stressed or worried!

Yeah... I'm almost always feeling those. I'm feeling anxious right now and I don't even know why.

Mods, you can have the hair on my chest if you like, make an authentic wig with it or something.

rubywaves · Wed 14/11/2007 15:51:20

Hey, hey. Don't go fretting about follicles. There are plenty of bald(ing) guys out there who have turned their lack of hair into super-hotness. Patrick Stewart comes to mind. Mmm, Picard...

My fiance has thinning hair and a receding hairline, and is worried about going completely bald. He's pretty damn cute and handsome, and I tell him not to worry about his hair. Besides, several girls have hit on him!

It's all about how you present yourself. As long as you have a sense of humor and a genuine smile, potential mates won't turn away from you.

lo_res_man · Wed 14/11/2007 17:10:35

Quote from: ManicMatt on Wed 14/11/2007 13:05:29
My hair is starting to recede, at 25!!!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! Its getting thin as Babar described.. although my hair has been well looked after..

I am 20 and I am getting a totel dracula widows peak DAMN!

Babar · Wed 14/11/2007 17:19:04

I also have a widows peak. But I always had it. How can you be developing one now?

lo_res_man · Wed 14/11/2007 18:07:23

in my family( not sure about others) the first sign of hair loss is it delving into the sides, so if comb my hair back I look like dracula, considering I also already have a massive forehead. I'll post a pic. and I will admit I used the wrong word with widows peak. I was just thinking of Murry the skulls claim to not been bald

MrColossal · Wed 14/11/2007 18:20:04

Quote from: veryweirdguy on Wed 14/11/2007 13:06:33
Quote from: vertigoaddict on Wed 14/11/2007 04:18:14
My dad has a bald spot and my mum actually has a brush with her thick roll of hair.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think baldness is hereditary on the mother's side? So if your mum's dad is (or was) bald, then...er...get a hat?

Consider yourself corrected! This is a myth as far as my earlier reading has proven.

vertigoaddict · Wed 14/11/2007 19:03:43

Quote from: m0ds on Wed 14/11/2007 13:38:35
Going bald is nothing! It's a natural process, one you can't avoid. You can always buy a wig

I had allopecia at 16. Lost all my hair by 17. Some of it grew back by 18. Lost it all again at 19. By 22 it had grown again, well, most of it. But being bald when you're 16/17 is shit. Especially when you want to get laid and you know girls like hair.... Allopecia messed me up completely, because it's not natural and its not a "balding" process. Its classed as a disease.

My advice is eat more stuff with iron in it, don't put hair products in your hair like gel, don't dread your hair or have any crazy hair do's, and keep it clean. That might slow the balding process down. Might

Oh, and don't get anxious, stressed or worried! Those are the mental factors that contribute to loss of hair. So smoke a GIANT spliff and take it the fuck EASY!

I'm sorry about your ...loss.

I should eat more, my doctor and the school nurse actually suggested I eat more because the diet I'm living off now is not enough for a person of my ...size.

I should buy that shampoo for damaged and dry hair (although my hair isn't really that dry, it tends to get dry after washing, same goes to my face) I had it once and it worked, but it was confiscated at the airport :

right, like I'm going to moisterize people to death! (I know, I know, safety percautions)

Anxious, stressed or worried? I've turned 16 (my B-day is at 17th september, AGS 18th, if only I stayed in that womb for 1 more day...but no, I HAD to be pre-mature ) I go to a private international school where I'm the youngest in my class. My art grades are failling because I'm being taught by a teacher who, if I ask anyone who knows her, is a fooking female dog; she's the one who made me hate art. I've been having insomnia, same as I had a few years back (in which my mother peformed a ritual thinking that the 'jin' was disturbing me in my sleep. I don't want to go through with that, not again) My dad has high expectations which degrade by the minute. I upset both my parents, I didn't want to, but now their beginning to upset me but I always felt guilty because their the ones paying for school and taking care of me. Everyone has their expectations of me and I can't seem to fufill it. The things that I enjoy doing (singing) is being critisized by my 'friends' as being 'suprano' and not 'tenor' (it's called counter-tenor idiots! and I'm not even singing that) or it being noise (I'm PRACTISING in the MUSIC ROOM for whoever's sake!). I always feel guilty when I blame anyone so I tend to blame myself (maybe it's not the teacher, maybe I'm just not good at art, maybe I'm not good at singing) I can't do anything else, I can't seem to do anything right and I just end up feeling like I'm not good at anything at all. I've never had a boyfriend and well is it because I'm not attractive enough? is it because I'm wierd, my personality is wierd? Am I not relationship material? At least with cybersex I feel apreciated. I used to be fat (98kg) And I dieted and worked my ass off and now I'm thinner (73kg, my height is about 1.80 m but I haven't measured my height recently, it was last measured 2 years ago) I still consider myself fat and I don't have much time to excersize wih all this school work. My head hurts 19/7 (the other 5 hrs being me asleep, this is an estimate). I always tend to feel weak (thus the username Vertigo addict). I know that other people have it worse than me so, again, I feel guilty whenever I rant about it, but I know it's good to do so sometimes and I can't really go to anyone who I feel comfortable with ( my family? no. My psyciatrist, I was banned from seeing her by my parents; they say I should just rely on God :

. Both my parents are highly religious, my mum is a boss of this religion firm or something, apparently she's teaching one of the royal kids about rules in marriage or something like that, my dad works for the ministry of education is in charge of the religious field and in charge of a few schools...and I'm gay GUILT). There *sigh* another hair fell off, I don't think I should go into detail, it'll just stress me out.

Oh and I have to quit smoking, it's not good for the singing voice.

EDIT: I should save up money to spend one day for myself, get a massage, enjoy eating and stuff. Shopping sucks in Brunei though.

Neil Dnuma · Thu 15/11/2007 00:28:38

It's no big loss. Besides, as you grow older, you're gonna grow so much more hair in other places to make up for it.

vertigoaddict · Thu 15/11/2007 00:37:59

Quote from: Neil Dnuma on Thu 15/11/2007 00:28:38
It's no big loss. Besides, as you grow older, you're gonna grow so much more hair in other places to make up for it.

I age too fast, I started looking 21 at 13. Well, at least now I'm starting to look my age. Maybe it's the effects of smoking at 7?