Went bald at a young age

[MattC]

Who else went bald at a young age?

I always had a thick head of hair growing up. In my early teens I had blonde locks. The girls loved my hair. Then after I turned 18 I noticed hair in the sink, hair on my pillow. I got it cut short hoping to stop the horror. I stopped wearing hats and tried shampos that said they helped slow it down. By the time I was 21 I was certifiable bald, I lost it up front and in the back.

I got it cut very, very short for about a year or so, then one day I shaved it all off. So now for about the last 12 years or so I have kept my head shaved. I grew a go-tee to give my face some hair.

I wouldnt grow my hair back if I could.....well maybe I would.

Any other brothers of the bald out there?

[RodeoTex]

Yeah, well I didn't want to admit it but me too.
My hair loss started as a widow's peak at 20. By the time I was 24 and in college it couldn't be missed.
Today I'm 48 and refuse to wear a rug. I figure that is like a woman wearing a big padded bra - sooner or later the one you care about the most is going to find out.

I wear a golf cap to protect my scalp from the sun but never, NEVER hesitate to take it off in the proper circumstances.

OK, sorry for my rant.

[Del Pickup]

Sadly, I have to admit to the same problem and I also have to say that, if there was one thing I could change about myself, it would be the lack of hair cos it has always bugged me.

And it really bugs me when people make a joke about it - why is baldness so funny to those who aren't? They never think twice about making comments about the reflection coming off the top of my head but I wonder whether they'd be just as happy to comment on someone being fat or missing a limb?

My hair started thinning when I was in my early 20's and by the time I was in my late 30's the top of my head was all but bare naked!

I shave my head down to a number 1 or 2 razor cut and it looks OK cos it's reasonably fashionable to have this sort of style these days.

But if I could have a full head of hair again, I'd love it - even if it was totally grey or white!! At least I'd have the option of using Grecian 2000!!!!

As an aside, I often wonder just how many of the older generation pop/rock stars now in their 50's and 60's actually have their own hair. When you look at a random sample of older men there's a fairly high proportion of them are bald or very thin on top. But Keith Richards, Jagger, Clapton, Bowie, McCartney, Beck, Page, Plant, etc are all hirsutely complete - or at least in public they are!!

I suppose they've got enough money available that they can go to the top salons and get hair pieces made as often as they want anyway but I've always wondered whether they have or haven't got all their own hair.

[woodman]

i've still got a little fringe on the top and a bird's nest in the back, but i had to quit worrying about it. count your blessings, right?

[Mike Eskimo]

But - alot of you chrome-domes could buy beer in high school couldn't you ?

So there's that...

[Carzee]

When you're young...
I'm no DNA tech, but my take is that early shaving/deeper voice/hairy chested types have higher testosterone (sp?) and get "the Do" probs more.

I'm not bald. I'm the opposite. I'm 51 soon and still have all my head hair, not even widows peak... but I've never had "sideburns" and you'd need the CSi team to find a chest hair on me (low testarossa levels LOL).

[B Valley]

In my early twenties I had what I used to call "thigh burns", the early loss of hair on either side of my forehead. Then, when the rest went, I told everyone I'd lost it due to "too many U-turns under the sheets".
I saw a bumper sticker that said "The more hair I lose, the more head I get". A nice thought.

[Canuckcaster]

I shaved my head 10 years ago, and liked it so much that I kept shaving it for 5 years. My lovely wife always told me that she missed my hair, so I decided to grow it back for her. As it grew in I noticed that I had developed a bald spot. I always believed the myth that if you shaved your head, or stopped wearing hats that your hair loss would stop. I got a few comments about my thinning hair and started shaving my head again. I figure that there's no point fighting nature. Besides, I've had tons of women (1 or 2) tell me that bald men are sexy.

CC

[bandeapart]

I'm 23 but I've had a widow's peak my entire life... born with that hairline, not one I acquired from a receding hairline... I have a full head of hair, and it doesn't seem to be falling out at all, but my bro who is a year older than me is starting to lose it just behind the front of his hairline, and my dad is nearly completely bald on top... he's in his mid 50's. They both have the same hair texture - wavy and curly, and they're both losing it in the same pattern, that ring up front. I'm the only one in my family with asian style hair - perfectly straight and finely textured... I hope the difference has created an immunity to balding.

I love having hair too much, I really can't imagine going bald, and I will absolutely freak out if it happens... I already have nightmares about it - I'm so shallow. My first step will be rogaine, second step will be a good set of plugs. I'm not joking, and I have no shame in my potential plan to keep a head of hair... I will not make a good looking bald person, it will just be awkward and wrong on me.

[redstringuitar]

Yep, me too, I use clippers without the guard on as shaving my head leaves me feeling just a little too naked.

I used to use the excuse that "grass doesn't grow on a busy street," until someone came back with "yeah and they don't thatch empty barns."

[Papa Joe]

With me it started when I was about 17.The guys in my platoon nicknamed me the Judge because of my high forehead.By 20 the front was gone except for a little spot in the middle..By 30 itwas all gone on top.It took a while to except it but it hasn't bothered me for a long while. The only real down side is sun in the summer and cold in the winter.Gotta wear a cover year around.Besides I figure God gave me a very pretty face and cleaned off a spot for another one in case I didn't like it..
I've heard all the bald jokes and this one is a favorite..
When a man first loses hair in front it means he's a thinker..
When he loses it in back first he's sexy..
When he loses it front and back he just "thinks" he's "sexy"..

[Wardpike]

I've been slowly losing my hair since I was 21. Still got some of it on top, and thinking about trasnplants or something else actually.

Bald looks great, but I like my look with hair. :-)

[bandeapart]

Originally Posted by Wardpike

I've been slowly losing my hair since I was 21. Still got some of it on top, and thinking about trasnplants or something else actually.

Bald looks great, but I like my look with hair. :-)

No shame in transplants IMO. At least they've got the technique down these days, back in the day, they had these perfectly straight rows of hair, these days, they mimic real hair growth patterns.

[Carzee]

Originally Posted by Wardpike

I've been slowly losing my hair since I was 21. Still got some of it on top, and thinking about trasnplants or something else actually.

Bald looks great, but I like my look with hair. :-)

Transplants...

About 15 years or so back, Laser Transplants hype arrived here and set up franchises. This thread brings back a memory of that time. It was all over TV with commercials.
I was called out to fix a broken/jammed fax machine at the main "shop" for a "Yeah Yeah" franchise. They had this a small lounge at the front door where clients in big sunglasses (trying to be invisible I guess) would be quickly moved off into private consult rooms. Piped muzak etc.
I worked on the fax and chatted to the guy in a lab coat. Since I was not a prospective client, he chatted freely and showed me around.
The laser treatment chair room was out of Star Trek and hi-tech looking. The Laser had a price menu on display -OMG- big money! $3000 and up.. so he says after we test clients for laser whatever and then show them the price (after the OMG moment) they move them on thru the next door to a much bigger display room. It was full of fantastic photos of male models (all with great "Do"s), special lighting and rows of styro human heads modelling wigs! It was really a rug shop in effect, cause the wigs were under $1000 and so economical! (Have you ever seen a rug shop with a big sign saying "Wigs Are Us"?) Anyway, I'd say they must've made a fortune, sly marketing.

[pengipete]

I always had very thick hair and wore it long - long enough to be able to sit on it. I got a small bald patch in my late twenties but the worse thing was going thin on top. It made my hair look straggly especially as it was still really thick on the back and sides. I had it cut shorter which wasn't quite so bad for a while but as it got thinner on top and the bald patch got bigger I started to look like Coco the Clown. A couple of years ago I decided I'd had enough and shaved it all off and now I keep my head totally shaved.

I also had a full beard for many years but I shaved it off about ten years ago when it went grey. I've recently grown it back and have a very grey goatee. I'm nearly 50 but I look very young for my age - most people guess my age to be in the mid 30's - so having a white beard really throws them. I've had people ask me why I dye my beard white.

A couple of weeks ago I shaved the beard off but it made me look even younger so I'm growing it back.

It's funny because on the one hand I really miss having long hair - it was almost a trade mark for years - but I also like being completely bald. It's the bit in between that I couldn't stand - going bald is a lot worse than being bald.

[Tim Armstrong]

My hair loss didn't really kick in until I was in my mid-30s when I first noticed a bare patch towards the back of the crown of my head, along with the beginning of a widow's peak. Now, I'm pretty darn bald on top (there's a little bit left, but it's lonely!). I've been cutting the rest of my hair with a #2 guard on the clippers for about ten years now...

My beard, which used to me a manly reddish brown, is now almost completely white. I cut most of it off, too, keeping a mustache. I like to THINK that it looks blonde...

Tim

[T_red7882]

My hair started falling out when I was 14, yup, 14, but it has been a slow balding process. My older brother started losing it at about 18, but he went bald much faster. I am fortunate enough to look good bald, but I always wish I had hair. i'm jealous of everyone who does.

[Steve G]

Been gradually thinning since early twenties. Still most of it left now but I guess its inevitable over time that it will disappear. Dont mind too much now, am settles with partner and family and have no need to attract anyone(!).

Also have a good 'hair' role model (and guitar hero) either way it goes

[PeteMac]

. . . Suck it up, boys . . .






. . . I went UGLY at a young age !!!

[kp8]

grass don't grow on a busy street.