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El Psy Congroo
Member Since Aug 2014
Location: UK
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Hey guys,
So I'm 28 & I guess I first noticed my hairline receding when I was about 20. It's been progressing since then but thankfully not too fast... I've yet to get a bald patch on the top of my head but since my hair is very fine, you can see my scalp a bit in certain lighting. However, my hairline has quite noticeably gone back at the front. Currently, I just keep my hair reasonably short with a short fringe, which I brush to the side. I've pretty much used that hairstyle since it started getting noticeable. My friends at Uni always said I could pull it off but these days, now it's worse, I tend to think it's not a particularly attractive look. The problem is I can't pull off a shaved head / extremely short hair either since my head isn't really a good shape for that. It seems I'm stuck with things the way they are. I've never considered using rogaine or whatever you call it, from what I can tell... it probably wouldn't have any major effect. I mentioned it to my doctor once & he just said sometimes it's best just to just embrace it. I largely agree. It's something that has bothered me on and off. In some ways I accept the change but in others it has really had an impact on my self-esteem. I think I'm a reasonable looking guy but I don't really suit hair loss as such; I've got a large forehead & the receding hairline just makes that more obvious. I guess being relatively young for MPB, I see it as a barrier to getting a girlfriend. I figure older women probably wouldn't mind as much, but for girls around my age it's a big turn off. I do know to some extent, it's about my perceptions. Although perhaps many women will be turned off, I know if I'm confident that I will be able to find someone who doesn't mind. It does somewhat narrow the playing field though. I don't really have many opportunities to get a girlfriend at the moment, since I graduated Uni I've been suffering on & off from psychosis & have been unemployed. I did try online dating last year but it never really got anywhere. I was always best at getting girlfriends who I met through my social circle but nowadays, I don't have a social life. I am hopeful though that when I get a job it might open up some opportunities. I'm not entirely sure what the point of the post is, but I just thought I'd share & see what people thought... perhaps some people have similar issues. __________________ The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again... "To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive." Robert Louis Stevenson
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My experience was that women around 30 actually like a shaved/bald head and found it sexy. Of course that was 12 years ago so I can't really speak to today.
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Well... I'm an old man. So it really doesn't matter for me. But, over the years, I did develop the typical bald crown. I HATE IT! But there's nothing I can do about it. So I just make it a point to avoid seeing it in the mirror. I thought about shaving my head, but my wife nixed that idea. (I probably wouldn't have done it anyway.) One barber I saw, years ago, suggested that I massage my scalp to increase blood flow. I still do this. I don't think it does any good. But it feels good & it makes me think I'm doing something to help control my condition.
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