Got Called Bald Today For The First Time :(

[GoldenMane]

never go as bald(ing) in Asia if you aren't older 50

it is worse than being fat and short 10000 times

This is true, Japanese people are usually a bit more polite but it is unusual for men under 40 to be balding here for sure...

 

[michel sapin]

lol man , you are not bald at all . maybe they said this because of the transplanted area .
But nobody could call you bald man relax

 

[blackg]

..I've been on dates with a few Asian girls, and from what they told me, balding is seen as a curse in China for example, if you're balding, it means you don't take care of yourself (I know, enraging).

It's great sharing the planet with other so called "intelligent beings."

 

[blackg]

I triggered by Don't care yourself

f***

I haven't enraged like this for a while

YOU TRIGGERED ME

"Don't care for yourself," you should of wrote. Please take a bit more time to be clearer with your posts.

I'm not being a smart ***. I just want people to be able to understand your thoughts a bit better.
I happen to think you have some worthwhile things to say.

 

[blackg]

I haven't enraged like this for a while
YOU TRIGGERED ME.

Ohh.... and.. Fred triggers a lot of people.
The reaction you're having is only natural.

 

[blackg]

You should of wrote... Please more mistakes in the same sentence when you try to correct people.

What I "wrote" is correct in Australia, Dante.

 

[Dench57]

should have*

 

[blackg]

should have*

Ahh, damn!! Hang on... one pain in the *** at a time!

 

[Roberto_72]

absolutely give them a low grade because of this

then put up a giant photo of Tsuji-sama in the classroom and make them ask him for forgiveness everyday

* DEAD *

 

[Dench57]

* DEAD *

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@EvilLocks think i need your photoshop skills for our lord and saviour

 

[EvilLocks]

I remember that day when I walked past a group of kids and one said loudly; "Why is her hair so weird?!" That was the day I decided on going the hair piece route. Just couldn't take it anymore. I'll probably get shot down for this, but I kinda hate kids. They always say exactly what's on their minds, no filter whatsoever. And that can really hurt.

 

[davesmith420]

Golden, if I remember correctly your hair looks great. I think you're like me, where our larger foreheads makes the recession look a lot worse than it is.

Over the summer I got invited to my friend's place to go swimming. This girl that I know was there, and when I got out of the pool and my hair was wet she said to me "Wow your hair looks horrible." She might as well have kicked me square in the dick.

 

[Marky]

Golden, if I remember correctly your hair looks great. I think you're like me, where our larger foreheads makes the recession look a lot worse than it is.

Over the summer I got invited to my friend's place to go swimming. This girl that I know was there, and when I got out of the pool and my hair was wet she said to me "Wow your hair looks horrible." She might as well have kicked me square in the dick.

I think I'm more or less in the same boat here, my hair coming out of a pool vs how it looks after I groom it nicely is night and day.
I know others don't have that much of a dramatic difference.

Same with when I go for a hair cut, most people go to the barber and walk out looking the same only with a shorter version of it. Me, after the shampoo, wash, cut - there is no way the barber can comb it the way I had it, and neither can I. I have to go home, wash it and do the daily ritual.
These little things full heads never think about....sheesh.

 

[kj6723]

I teach English at a Japanese junior high school. I've been at it for 2 and a half years. Nobody has mentioned it before now. I had a hair transplant in August at my hairline and temples. The transplanted area is covers except where I part my hair at the centre. Today students pointed at it and said bald in Japanese, I knew what they meant but when they said it I ignored it and hoped they would leave it, but no, they went on to look up the word in the dictionary and then shout out bald. A crushing moment... Totally mortifying...
I think they just meant the transplanted hairs that are still thin, or at least I hope so... If my scalp is visible elsewhere under classroom lighting I don't know.

Sorry you had to go through that, I've been publicly mocked for hairline recession and it sucks. Even for us who are minor baldites it's a humiliating ordeal....goes to show hot terrible this is

Unlike your transplant I plan to shave all the way down for mine, so it's basically a given that people in my life I would prefer not find out about it inevitably will, and I'll be unable to rely on fringe covering

Just going to have to suck it up and endure the harrassment. I'd rather be a NW1 and have people know I got a transplant than continue with my current hairline

 

[blackg]

Why are you bringing me into this? f*****g kangaroos must be taking its toll....

You have a hand in everything, Dantay.

 

[GoldenMane]

I'm almost certain it was the transplanted hairs they were referring to... They even asked the Japanese teacher there to translate the word for bald to English and one student even drew a picture to show me what he was referring to (looked like the transplanted area. I guess it's just a small taste of what it must be like for proper bald people. I don't know how they could do a job like this, most other teachers are full heads. I'm probably ok for now, and when my hair transplant grows in I'll hopefully have a reprieve. But when I'm actually properly visibly balding again, I don't know how I'll deal with it. That brief taste was so horrible, Wanted to crawl into a hole. They're usually such nice kids too, quite fond of them, which is why I felt extra hurt. I guess this is the reality of being a teacher after a hair transplant to the hairline, can't wear a hat to class so was bound to get busted sooner or later.

 

[GoldenMane]

Yeah I know, compared to some here I have it easy, I'm 30 and can still pass as a full head... But I can certainly empathise, I was pretty bad before finasteride and minoxidil, I live in the worst place imaginable to be balding, and this was the first real taste of public bald shaming, even if it is a temporary hair transplant thing.
You have to admit though, being exposed like that in front of a room of 15 year old Japanese kids is a pretty horrible experience!

 

[infinitepain]

I'm sorry this happened to you .

I think this kind of thing is cultural, I could never imagine children do that in Belgium for example. I've had dozens of bald(ing) teachers in middle school and high school, or even university, and no one ever called them bald, either in front of them or when they were talking about the teacher in private.

I've been on dates with a few Asian girls, and from what they told me, balding is seen as a curse in China for example, if you're balding, it means you don't take care of yourself (I know, enraging).

Also, Japan? Look no further than their video games or anime, all the characters (except maybe Krillin ) have fabulous hair, no wonder balding is seen as abnormal.

Incidentally, Krillin is revealed to be a NW0 that was just shaving his hair, and in consequence, gets the hot blonde.

You can't win as a bald(ing) male.

 

[F2005]

I agree with Wolfpack. You're far from bald, Golden Mane, and when I once saw a photo of your hair, I didn't think the average person on the street would even consider you balding. So that's very peculiar that the kids would say something like that. As you said, they must've been referring to the newly-transplanted hair. One thing that I've gleaned from these forums is that some people notice even the slightest hair loss. For instance, before I came on here, I would've never even equated an NW2 with balding.

Lastly, what good metal have you been listening to lately, Golden Mane? Since you're in Japan, maybe you're familiar with the 80s hard rock bands Loudness and EZO (who kind of resembled a Japanese Kiss). I've been on a Poison kick lately myself.

 

[IggyPop]

For instance, before I came on here, I would've never even equated an NW2 with balding.

That´s true, but people rate your looks on a subconscious level. So if you have gone from Norwood 1 to a thin Norwood 2, they might not see you as really balding, but rather as not being good-looking anymore.