[slashyellow]

It's always disappointing when the subject of baldness comes up. It's an unpleasant issue that affects men, and nobody takes it particularly seriously. The article (from the university that developed this even) use it as a place to make bad jokes about LA traffic.

Also kind of not great to see people in this thread with very over-confident but incorrect advice (just use oral finasteride - not saying it can't help but it has side effects and isn't a cure-all).

Believe me, before I struggled with it, I had all the same comments, like just cut it off etc. But you don't really ever know how something will affect you until it happens.

If there are men, and it is mostly men, who are struggling with this in this thread I know it can really suck. I hope this treatment works and helps.

[tasuki]

> Believe me, before I struggled with it, I had all the same comments, like just cut it off etc. But you don't really ever know how something will affect you until it happens. If there are men, and it is mostly men, who are struggling with this in this thread I know it can really suck.

Why is baldness a problem for you? Why are you "struggling with it"?

I'd say baldness is not a problem, your attitude towards it is the problem. (Source: I'm bald, not a problem)

[slashyellow]

> Why are you "struggling with it"? > your attitude towards it is the problem.

Totally agree this the best way to handle a lot of issues in your life. But that doesn't stop it from being a negative experience. If you have something that you liked about yourself and lose it, it's negative.

You can overcome that (and I feel somewhat better about it than I have previously), but doesn't somehow make it a positive experience.

It would be better if you could spend that time and mental energy on making your life better, instead of dealing with a random flaw in your genes.

[senordevnyc]

I spent twenty years feeling ashamed about my very crooked teeth. I told myself that it didn't matter, that it wasn't a problem, but I was very self-conscious of it. People used to give me shit for not smiling in photos, but it was because I hated the way my teeth looked. Then in my late 30s, I finally just gave up and got braces. 18 months later, they came off, and now I love the way my teeth look. I have a huge smile in all my photos.

So yeah, accept the things that you need to in life. But it's also OK to avoid needless suffering.