I think my hairline might be receding. This is not good, as I am not one of those people who would look good bald, and I'm not keen on looking sillier than I do now. Short of surgery, a rug, or whatever other hilarious joke suggestion could be made (that spray-on hair, etc), is there anything that will actually stop this from happening? I know this is a stupid question, but I'm curious. My suspicion is that any sort of anti-balding anything is a crock of shit manufactured to dupe the insecure, but I've been wrong about many things in my life...

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I have seen many people pull some stupid shit in the name of male pattern baldness. Here are my suggestions:

1) Keep your chin high.

2) Be proud of who you are.

3) Be yourself, no facade needed.

4) Lastly, embrace the baldness, be the baldness, make the baldness your friend and life long companion.

Until there is a true cure. This is the only way to preserve your dignity.

there is actually something that works. it's a compound called Finasteride. if you look it up on the internet, you will probably start to wonder if it's some ridiculous hoax. instead, ask your doctor. seriously.

grow a beard

The first four years are the hardest. You'll eventually get over it.

BARRRRRRRRRRRY.

its so uplifting to hear support from such a strong man. i'm 24 and starting to bald. my coworkers wont stop talking about it. my mother keeps telling me to go to the doctor to get some type of treatment...right now i'm a little more concerned with who is going to be the closer for the cubs this season.

props to BP,
andyk

Barry Phipps wrote:The first four years are the hardest. You'll eventually get over it.

shagboy wrote:there is actually something that works. it's a compound called Finasteride. if you look it up on the internet, you will probably start to wonder if it's some ridiculous hoax. instead, ask your doctor. seriously.

Heh heh.... finasteride... heh heh... I'd sure like some finasteride! Ha ha ha!

shagboy wrote:there is actually something that works. it's a compound called Finasteride. if you look it up on the internet, you will probably start to wonder if it's some ridiculous hoax. instead, ask your doctor. seriously.

Male pattern baldness is caused by intolerance to nortestosterone - a metabolite of the male hormone, testosterone. It's irreversible.
Treatments do exist for various forms of alopecia but the underlying causes of these are different. Drug companies will continue to prey on insecurity in this area and others. Don't be fooled.

Trust me, I'm a bald chemist.

I'm 23 and will probably be bald or at least balding by the time I'm 30/early thirties. It's something that I'm not completely comfortable with, but I'll get there. Just don't Ron Howard it.

what about stress related baldness? i used to date a girl that was losing her hair and the doctor believed it was caused by stress. he told her to get rogaine and within a couple of months it had all grown back.