I hide behind a hat a lot of times, or use concealers so I do feel like I'm hiding from my friends in a sense, but you got to do what works for you at the end of the day, and concealers make me feel a little better at times around my friends, I just hope they don't notice lol!
Being the victim of bad hair transplants and scarring as well as hair loss. I hide behind a hat and concealers too. I am not as concerned with people knowing I use concealers as much as I am about them wondering or seeing what I look like without them.
Don't get me wrong, being bald is one of the worst things that can happen to a guy. However, if you go out bald and people or girls somehow manage to like you, you know they like you for who you are.
If you use concealers or hide behind a hat because of a bad transplant, scars, and baldness and people like you, you know it isn't real because they would be repulsed by the way you really look.
As a bald guy, they may be repulsed and not like you but they also know you didn't do anything to cause it, like overeating and being fat.
On the other hand if you are like me, you look like a freak and you did cause it by trying to fix the problem (which will be seen as insecurity by everyone). Not only will they be 100 times more repulsed than they are to a bald guy, they will tell other people about what a freak you look like, how stupid you were to do that to your head, and laugh at you.
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Just don't underestimate the impact that going bald can have on someone's self esteem and to a greater degree, their life.
How we feel about ourselves is of primary importance, is it not?
How big of a role does our appearance play in our self esteem?
Be honest...
See my post above. My self esteem is totally shot due to my appearance. It is constantly on my mind and a source of ongoing depression. I know I will be alone for the rest of my life. I have the double whammy of not only being bald, but also looking like a freak due to bad hair transplants and scarring.
Even a burn victim who is disfigured may repulse people, but they will get sympathy and no one would think of laughing at them for the way they look. I can't even have friends at work for fear if one found out about the way I really look, they would tell everyone else and I would be the laughing stock of the place.