― Tom, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― MarkH, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Ronan, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― ethan, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Omar, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Richard Tunnicliffe, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― anthony, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― gareth, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Billy Dods, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― mark s, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
No sign of baldness either, but if it does ever happen (which I don't think is likely) it'll be the grade one all over á la the Mitchell brothers.
― cabbage, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― nathalie, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
(not that i'm worried about such things, mind you. propecia works wonders, and i'm as randy as ever, so poo poo side effects.)
― jess, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
nb. please do not use Herbal Essences until they take that awful Urge To Urbal ad off the telly.
― Madchen, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
girls colour = hep cat classic
so which colour am I going to do mine just to complete the tonsorial rainbow effect?
― DV, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Nick, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Hmmmmm......
Euthanasia.
― Trevor, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Emma, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Back on Topic. My hair is constantly falling out in huge chunks but there is never any less of it and there is LOADS of it. How can this be? And I won't notice when I go grey, it will merely be another colour to add to the myriad already there.
― Dan Perry, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Ally, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
I think the shaved head look is vastly underrated by mainstream society. More men (and WOMEN) should at least try it.
― Bill, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
First grey hair located (and destroyed) last week. I attribute this to the stress of being off 'the sauce'. So bald and grey = classic as a result of straightforward unavoidability.
My goodness me, I'm falling to pieces.
― Tim, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
grandmother went white (no intermediate grey at all) around 25, and i'm starting to develop white hair at the temples. my grandfather went bald at 15, so here's hoping i'm past risk for that.
― your null fame, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Looking forward to getting back to enjoying the rubbish views from neglected away sections around the land, though.
grey=richard gere=gerbil=possibly sexy.
― Geoff, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
― DG, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
*Incidental music signifying impending doom*
― Ally C, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
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― Mark C, Friday, 9 March 2007 18:01 (eighteen years ago)
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― Rib Dinner, Friday, 9 March 2007 20:03 (eighteen years ago)
― Abbott, Friday, 9 March 2007 20:04 (eighteen years ago)
― kenan, Friday, 9 March 2007 20:09 (eighteen years ago)
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― Laurel, Friday, 9 March 2007 20:45 (eighteen years ago)
Ergonomic head-shaving doodah
― Mark C, Thursday, 13 March 2008 11:04 (seventeen years ago)
neat!
― electricsound, Thursday, 13 March 2008 11:17 (seventeen years ago)
I got some rogaine for free. it didn't work.
― ledge, Thursday, 13 March 2008 11:23 (seventeen years ago)
Unfortunately I’m going bald and grey, the only thing I can do really is to just keep it super short. I ain’t really bothered about it as I know I’m not the only one on the planet going through this.
Just embrace it guys (oh and the very unfortunate few women)
― not_goodwin, Thursday, 13 March 2008 11:29 (seventeen years ago)
I don't see the problem with going grey, I think it's cool. About the only sign of my impending physical dissolution I can deal with. Don't think I'm gonna go bald tho.
― Noodle Vague, Thursday, 13 March 2008 11:31 (seventeen years ago)
I went to the doctor in my late teens to see about getting Rogaine or Propecia and he dissuaded me from it. Now that I'm past the point of no return, I'm fine with it. I wouldn't have been able to pay for that stuff in my mid-twenties anyway.
If you can go bald with dignity, do it.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 13 March 2008 11:43 (seventeen years ago)
I had my first grey hair last year. Probably won't go bald as my mum's dad wasn't, just receding, widow's peak type thing, which I've always had a bit.
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 13 March 2008 11:56 (seventeen years ago)
and just say NO to shaving yr head
― m coleman, Thursday, 13 March 2008 12:26 (seventeen years ago)
Sorry, but if I end up going bald from the inside out, it's coming off. And I'm shaving my head.
― David R., Thursday, 13 March 2008 12:33 (seventeen years ago)
I was Eno-bald by 25, and whatever left was completely grey within about 7 years after that. Neither fate was all so bad, and probably saved a lot of wasted years I'd have just spent having sex. Now that other guys of my generation are beginning to catch up, it is to laugh.
― briania, Thursday, 13 March 2008 13:24 (seventeen years ago)
I spent much of my early to mid-20s realizing that my hair was thinning, while my friends were telling me I was crazy for worrying. Now that it's thinned considerably on top, there's no refuting it. I didn't care for a long time, but lately it's been really bothering me. I've considered shaving it, but I did that when I was 19 and absolutely hated it. I imagine I would hate it much worse now, ten years later. It's a big bummer, to be sure. I don't have a good dome for a buzzcut. I think the best thing to counterbalance the grief is to stay in good shape, while your friends with thick mops get fatter.
― Benjamin-, Sunday, 27 February 2011 20:44 (fourteen years ago)
i'm going grey. apparently premature grey runs in my family. as a woman who's not blessed with the perfect face of circa-1990 sinead o'connor, i'd rather be grey than bald.
― hauntological-hysteric theater (get bent), Sunday, 27 February 2011 20:59 (fourteen years ago)
my hair started thinning about 2 years ago. I started using generic Rogaine recently, but I dunno if it'll make a difference. Shit makes my head itch like hell.
― corey, Sunday, 27 February 2011 21:20 (fourteen years ago)
first of all, there's no contest here. loads of people go grey gracefully. only Jason Statham goes bald gracefully.
I think the best thing to counterbalance the grief is to stay in good shape, while your friends with thick mops get fatter.
Oh man this is so otm. I wish I had implemented this plan as soon as I realised my hair was thinning. I'm working on it on occasion now, but until I sort this out I've got nothing to counterbalance the baldness and as such I will not even approach a girl.
― Gukbe, Sunday, 27 February 2011 21:39 (fourteen years ago)
Question is whether I'll keep wearing it long or not.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 10:00 (9 years ago)
good question
― yesterday's twat (sic), Sunday, 27 February 2011 23:08 (fourteen years ago)
i've decided that if i go grey before 40, i'm dyeing it. after that, i'll let nature take it's course.
― http://i56.tinypic.com/xnsu1g.gif (max arrrrrgh), Sunday, 27 February 2011 23:38 (fourteen years ago)
i'm already balding at 24, i've basically resigned to becoming a hat person for most of my life. haven't found a hat i like yet though.
― ciderpress, Monday, 28 February 2011 00:03 (fourteen years ago)
yah ill be totes bald in like three years i think. but like there's no point getting like bothered by it i guess. turn turn turn.
― plax (ico), Monday, 28 February 2011 00:41 (fourteen years ago)
With plax on that one, tho he's skinny and therefore not totally cursed
― Achillean Heel (darraghmac), Monday, 28 February 2011 00:55 (fourteen years ago)
About a third of my hair spontaneously turned grey not coincidentally about the time of the late 2008 financial crisis (when my smoking and drinking peaked). It motivated me to clean up my act re: diet & drug excess. I've dyed it a handful of times when vanity demanded.
Fortunately, I've zero likelihood of male-pattern baldness. Either my testosterone levels are too low, or I lack the folicular receptors. My maternal grandfather passed at 90 with all his hair (while the rest of his body was falling apart).
― Competent Person Statement (Sanpaku), Monday, 28 February 2011 01:22 (fourteen years ago)
my maternal grandfather is in his 80s and he has a full, thick head of hair. it hasn't helped me any.
― Gukbe, Monday, 28 February 2011 01:27 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah, my mum's dad died with a hippy quiff, I'm getting zero benefit
― Achillean Heel (darraghmac), Monday, 28 February 2011 01:39 (fourteen years ago)
I'm going grey and shaving my head which is an awesome combo imo
― bang-proof-bling-mans (forksclovetofu), Monday, 28 February 2011 01:49 (fourteen years ago)
I was on Propecia for a few years. It may have helped. I've been off about 2.5 years and have seen accelerated thinning, but it's hard to be certain. When you're on Propecia or Rogaine, you're even more hypersensitive to what's happening. I spent my entire time on Propecia worrying that it wasn't working and that I was wasting money. Now that I'm off, I wonder if it was working. It's ridiculous. In the end, I don't think it's worth buying anti-baldness products.From what I can tell, they haven't actually produced magnificent results for anyone. Plus, the side effects are sketchy.
― Benjamin-, Monday, 28 February 2011 05:02 (fourteen years ago)
Don't feel like my baldness is the end of the world. Just have to work harder to lose weight as well as foster a decent personality to compensate.
― Gukbe, Monday, 28 February 2011 05:04 (fourteen years ago)
or maybe just start thinking about trying to get rich enough until I reach that magical point where looks don't matter.
as a dude with a solid head of hair, i am reveling in my fatness and bankruptcy. suckas
― mookieproof, Monday, 28 February 2011 05:17 (fourteen years ago)
DAMN YOU!
― Benjamin-, Monday, 28 February 2011 05:29 (fourteen years ago)
just going from what I've overheard from female friends, I kinda don't think that girls care about male balding as much as guys do
if a girl likes you, she likes you, hair be damned
(speaking as a gay guy with full head of hair here, so I'm admittedly not a first hand expert on str8 dating world)
― the tune is space, Monday, 28 February 2011 06:31 (fourteen years ago)
The problem is getting the girl to like you in that sense that if I were at a bar, a girl is going to notice my baldness pretty quick. I don't think I'd much care for a girl that thought that baldness was a dealbreaker, but it certainly doesn't help when trying to get your foot in the door.
― Gukbe, Monday, 28 February 2011 06:43 (fourteen years ago)
Not only do I not care about bald at all, I actually think it's AGL. Ditto greying. I do feel you have to go for it and shave or mostly shave the head at some point of hair loss, though -- hanging on and letting the top thin and thin but stay over-long is what makes guys look like they're way too insecure about finally hitting adulthood.
― go peddle your bullshit somewhere else sister (Laurel), Monday, 28 February 2011 14:42 (fourteen years ago)
I do feel you have to go for it and shave or mostly shave the head at some point of hair loss, though
On another thread I believe someone called this The Haircut. (i.e. the Full Statham)
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 28 February 2011 14:54 (fourteen years ago)
Yes, and I know it is now A Thing and there's a whole separate backlash against it, but seriously, there's a reason for its popularity, and that reason is that it works.
― go peddle your bullshit somewhere else sister (Laurel), Monday, 28 February 2011 15:03 (fourteen years ago)
i don't have a real problem with going bald in general but i hope I get it like my Dad or Elvis Costello where you don't really have a noticeable recession until you're around 50, then you can just get it cut short and have it look ok. I mean I know the methods and products are out there but you don't want to have hair like a 21 year old when you're 50, lest you wind up looking like this guy:
http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos/gary-numan-q-awards-2009-cFdSVW.jpg
― frogbs, Monday, 28 February 2011 16:22 (fourteen years ago)