I can empathise with a lot of what has been said here. I had a stunning girlfriend when i was 17 up until about 20, like 9 out of 10, however that also coincided with when my hair-loss was at its worse, I did start treatment during those years but it continued to worsen. She was a very superficial girl (but 90% of them are) and to this day i am certain it was my hair-loss that became a factor in us splitting up. Anyway once we split up I was awful with girls, i was probably a NW3.5 at age 20/21 and I got nowhere, I had no confidence which is definitely a factor but there is no denying that girls are just turned off by hair-loss, especially in the 20s, Also I have a good-looking face (not trying to be arrogant), i suit short hair and even a shaved head, yet i got next to zero attention from girls at uni. Anyway, i'm now 23 and a bit, back to a NW1 and I have lots of regrowth, and I clearn up on nights out; of course my confidence is boosted but i still think the most important factor is an improvement in hairloss. When styled it just looks like a have a slightly mature hair-line. My girlfriend (a solid 8) said to me the other day do i think i will get my fathers hairline (i.e bald) because she would hate that, i split up with her yesterday, that one thing she said made my blood boil, doesn't realise the anguish, insecurity and general unhappiness i went through (and still going through). As far as im concerned most girls deserve to be treated badly, they do it to guys, if they see a bald or balding guy i bet they go back to their friends and say cruel unfair things; i'm not saying we should hate women, but it's naive to think they are anything but superficial, and if we improve our situations and we become desirable again, we have a duty to play them at their own game.
