Age 15 and balding badly

[nothing]

I can't get over with it. I first noticed my hairline drifting up when I was 13. Now 15, just passed my birthday(and damn, it's Christmas and Jesus isn't even losing any hair), my greatest fear-being called a bald JESUS!

My father started balding very quickly at age 21, straightly after he went traveling to a cold place. His hair fell a lot at once and returned to losing slowly over time. Now he has a shinny head and even his sideburns are falling off.

My hairline has gradually went up from 4-finger wide to now 6.5-finger wide. Also a bald patch is developing since last month I guess and it's growing pretty quickly. I can pull out strands of hair in shower. So, guess I'm balding badly?

Everyone of you knows the feeling......People laughing at you and stuff. Can't get girls, being teased by relatives and friends. I know about it of course, but it really does feel bad, especially when you've seen it before: I have another friend who is also balding, constantly laughed by pretty girls, described his head as "c***-like"......Well, the society just cannot accept any variety. Since you're young, they want you to look young and act young.

I am anxious now, but at the same time I am not. No matter how hard you try, male pattern baldness would eventually take out all your hair. No harm trying, you might say......But what's the point taking all these meds? Artificial stuff that would definitely damage your liver......Remember how the first bald meds are made:They are on random! So I guess I am totally frustrated? There are always problems that won't have a solution, roadblocks you must face......

BUT how can I accept that fact that I am not handsome, no, I am turning ugly.......NO. What did Oscar Wilde say? Perfectness exists in youth. I am still a student, so all those pretty faces, high grades, muscular hairy football players, boobs, parties are behind me......It's just not a typical kiss goodbye. Matter of fact, it's gonna be a rather hideous one. I am not star-like, but were called good-looking sometime and got very close to some girls. Ugly people should go to Paralympics .

Can you imagine the worst nightmare of someone nothing in particular? Being bullied. O, I did have some experience. I used to be fat in elementary school, can you picture that? Being bald is even worse 'coz it's irreversible. I can picture right now, when my bald patch becomes noticeable, how I would be lower than a rat at school, all eyes on me, trying not to laugh too soon......

 

[Liron1991]

hey

you are young, so i guess your hairloss isn't so big.. you can simply grow a long hair, and conceal the temples where you have bald by the long hair..
your story sounds very interesting, i am in the same depression like you.... if you want somebody to talk to about this painful issue , dont be shy you can send pm s =]

the medications today are strong and actually work, have you tried hairloss medications?

 

[Quantum Cat]

too young for Propecia. you could try minoxidil

go to see a hairloss specialist to rule out that it isn't a different form of alopecia is my advice

 

[antman]

i get the feeling u r just going to a mature hairline - i had that at 14 and now at 22 i've only receded about a 1cm more. can u post a pic of your hair?

btw - the liver can just regenerate itself but the lost youthful years from hairloss can't do the same.

 

[BrightonBaldy]

hes already said hes dad is slick bald too.

horrible story

i wish you luck in life nothing

 

[The_Mentalist]

OP!

ANy pictures, please ?

 

[Quantum Cat]

Hey you should try cardio and increase your zinc intake!
I know it's hard to go outside and run when you feel ugly but you got to increase your blood flow...

Sure you could go Minoxidil, etc, but it wont save your hair, you need to change your habit!
- stop with sodium and satured fat food
- take a shower everyday to clean your sebum In your hair ( Do not use shampoo everyday just wash your hair with water aswell as doing a scalp massage.
- TAKE! zinc piles if you are ejaculating often!
- etc, etc

Im french sorry for mistakes!

are you referring to the mistakes in your spelling and grammer, or the mistake in believing there's any truth to that pile of BS?

 

[nothing]

Thanks for your help.....Recently purchased Rogaine, see if it works. I will never get on finasteride anyway.

but I also discovered one thing strange:My father was balding with a mature hairline(NW4 at 26), but mine, though agressive too, seem to be a alternative pattern.

Is it diffuse thinning? My old hairline thins out and develops a new, higher whole hairline without temporal loss AT ALL.

My mother side appears to have zero casualty, and my father side's baldies all start with mature hairline. Can the descendants of a bald guy develop a different pattern of balding? God, I'm so tired.

 

[Nicholas Tamayo]

i get the feeling u r just going to a mature hairline - i had that at 14 and now at 22 i've only receded about a 1cm more. can u post a pic of your hair?

btw - the liver can just regenerate itself but the lost youthful years from hairloss can't do the same.

 

[GreekGod]

Try using Nizoral shampoo twice a week and rogaine foam twice a day. You can do this until you're old enough to get finasteride and maybe you'll be able to preserve whats left or even regrow some. Then a hair transplant could fill in your hairline. Either that or you buy a clipper and shave your head. Best of luck

 

[recedingornot87]

Sorry to hear that man. 15 is really young for balding. My dad was full bald at 21 and even I only started balding at 21. Couldn't imagine having to deal with this at 15 years old. Can you post pictures of your hair? I ask this because a lot of time young guys come on this forum at the first signs of recession and think they are balding but they aren't and are just going through some normal hairline changes. My friends hairline changed significantly when we were 15 and now both of us are 22 and his hair is exactly the same while mine went from thick nw1 to being diffused. Like others have said, right now rogaine and nizorol are your best options. Rogaine/Minoxidil can potentially save you a lot of time before your hairloss becomes noticeable but you have it give it atleast 6 months to a year to see any progress.

Goodluck bro.

 

[AlexJay80]

This is something to keep an eye on but don't panic just yet.

My recession started incredibly early. I lost my entire temporal points on both sides at 13 and was a Norwood 2 by 17. Yet despite that, I stayed at Norwood 2 for 19 years and only became a Norwood 3 Vertex at 37. Now I'm on Minoxidil and Finasteride, I'm back to Norwood 2 within 2.5 months and have thickened up my crown considerably.

Another friend of mine was a Norwood 3 at 17 and is still a Norwood 3 at 38 with no obvious signs of thinning. Yet, I've another friend who was Norwood 1 at 34 and had a great head of hair but 2.5 years later is diffusing very badly and is now a Norwood 4.

It's a lottery and no one quite knows how hair loss will turn out and when it'll start. Keep an eye out, maybe see a doctor but try not to stress out too much as this will invariably make it worse.