A Plea for the Rational

[jasonbudd1984]

I realise even at reading these post’s implies a considerable concern for the condition of ‘male pattern baldness’. It’s a obvious point, but if its in your genetic make-up to lose your hair now, if that’s that’s what this mechanism has in store for you, if that’s your real concern with that which is ‘you’, please keep some context.
I am only 22.I have had hairloss since I was 17, yes I am finally seeking treatments for it. But I know how easy it is to obsess about this type of problem. I had really bad acne as a teenager, which I would have done anything to rid myself of, which I felt my g.p. (am in dear old Blighty) treated flippantly. But increasingly I have identification with the significance/context issue of the condition.
A best friend was recently in a severe car accident, he was lucky to survive, others in the vehicle didn’t.
He is having to go into MASSIVE (I use the caps lightly) reconstructive surgery to give him something LIKE a “NORMAL†face. I know there are counter arguments, I know its an extreme case, I know that I would give far more than I consider its probably worth to have a full head of hair.
I hate to post the question because I wish it to be so painfully obvious: what about all the children suffering from incurable disease, what if it is(and who would give more) a curable illness and as a side effect, you LOST YOUR HAIR. I want the treatments I use to work, that’s why I choose to use them, but ifs it’s all the dice of circumstance can play is that I have a total-slap-head/have-you-thought-about-renting-that-space-out-to-an-ad-company head: frankly, f*** IT.

 

[dorianyates]

good point

 

[OverMachoGrande]

I hear you...

...but I'm definitely always going to obsess about hair loss! Let the cards fall where they may for me or others, but the fact remains that I would look horrible completely bald. If I don't do all I can do to fight for my hair while I still can, then a pox on ME!

I'm trying to keep the days when young girls completely ignore me because I'm too old looking, too fat looking, and too BALD looking as far away from right now as possible! Don't forget to keep *that* in context too! It's a balance...

 

[powersam]

i'm not too sure i see the connection. i don't want to go bald so i'm taking steps to stop this from happening. if i had side effects i would stop. its just like taking something to get rid of your acne, or using a cream to get rid of your warts.

i assume your talking about certain members on this board who go a little overboard talking about how their life is over, suicide etc, and how if they could just have their hair everything would be fine. hairloss has nothing to do with these peoples problems, but it is a convenient scape goat.

so why are you comparing hairloss with permanent disfigurement or life threatening illness when they simply arent in the same ballpark? you do what you can to be happy about yourself, and accept what you cant change. the vast majority on this board just take the treatments and get along with their lives.

 

[The Gardener]

In life, all things are relative to your own personal experience.

 

[bluntman]

In life, all things are relative to your own personal experience.

so true.

 

[hairwegoagain]

I realise even at reading these post’s implies a considerable concern for the condition of ‘male pattern baldness’. It’s a obvious point, but if its in your genetic make-up to lose your hair now, if that’s that’s what this mechanism has in store for you, if that’s your real concern with that which is ‘you’, please keep some context.
I am only 22.I have had hairloss since I was 17, yes I am finally seeking treatments for it. But I know how easy it is to obsess about this type of problem. I had really bad acne as a teenager, which I would have done anything to rid myself of, which I felt my g.p. (am in dear old Blighty) treated flippantly. But increasingly I have identification with the significance/context issue of the condition.
A best friend was recently in a severe car accident, he was lucky to survive, others in the vehicle didn’t.
He is having to go into MASSIVE (I use the caps lightly) reconstructive surgery to give him something LIKE a “NORMAL†face. I know there are counter arguments, I know its an extreme case, I know that I would give far more than I consider its probably worth to have a full head of hair.
I hate to post the question because I wish it to be so painfully obvious: what about all the children suffering from incurable disease, what if it is(and who would give more) a curable illness and as a side effect, you LOST YOUR HAIR. I want the treatments I use to work, that’s why I choose to use them, but ifs it’s all the dice of circumstance can play is that I have a total-slap-head/have-you-thought-about-renting-that-space-out-to-an-ad-company head: frankly, f*** IT.

An excellent commentary you've made. Everyone on this board is here to treat hairloss (including yours truly), but many do take it to emotional extremes, allowing it to completely control their thoughts and lives. There is life with hairloss, and it's good...it just takes a while for some to come to grips.