...that's about 3 stones for the Americans
That still doesn't help us! =p
...that's about 3 stones for the Americans
Look harder, or give yourself a horseshoe with some clippers and go grocery shopping. I'm not saying everyone reacts negatively, but enough for it to hurt and feel like a problem.DoctorHouse said:I have no idea what kind of people you seem to be around but I have never been around any people who give negative looks to someone who is bald. People who are fat or obese tend to get those looks but I have never seen it with bald people. :dunno:uncomfortable man said:The emotional/psychological toll is devastating and it never gets better. The looks I get from people feels like I am getting stabbed. I can't heal. I want to hurt them back, to see the realization of fear and regret in their eyes for being such judgemental assholes before I wash away my suffering with their blood.
slowburn said:I can second that, I don't know why they do that. People just can't accept people that are different. They make me feel like I don't belong in society. Funny thing is they look at you like you killed one of their family members yet I'm one of the nicest dudes anyone could ever meet.DoctorHouse said:I have no idea what kind of people you seem to be around but I have never been around any people who give negative looks to someone who is bald. People who are fat or obese tend to get those looks but I have never seen it with bald people. :dunno:uncomfortable man said:The emotional/psychological toll is devastating and it never gets better. The looks I get from people feels like I am getting stabbed. I can't heal. I want to hurt them back, to see the realization of fear and regret in their eyes for being such judgemental assholes before I wash away my suffering with their blood.
I don't know what it is, but I can't get the Norwood scale off of my mind.
From the time that I go to bed, to the time that I wake up, I always think about the Norwood scale.
I would love a Norwood scale.
But I can't have one.
I want a Norwood scale so I can pin it on my wall instead of my Pamela Anderson poster.
The Norwood scale makes me feel complete.
You can do a lot of things with a Norwood scale.
You can look at it.
you can walk up to it, look at it closely or you can look at it from afar.
When your parents visit, you can show them your Norwood scale.
You can look at it. Show them it.
If you have a girlfriend, you can take her to your room and give her a full run down of the Norwood scale.
You can both gaze it open mouthed in astonishment.
You can do lots of things with a Norwood scale.
Sometimes I look at my room, and think to myself ”If I didn’t have these 16 Norwood scales on my wall” my life wouldn’t be complete.
I'm a really keen about the Norwood scale.
I get so excited and I just can’t hide it.
I sometimes cream my pants when I view the Norwood scale.
The other day I was watching a programme with my parents when someone on the tele mentioned the word "Norwood".
I got the wrong idea.
I thought they were talking about the Norwood scale.
So I started jumping up and down pulling a retarded face enthusiastically shouting "Norwood, Norwood, norwood"
I'm really keen to what the Norwood scale has to offer.
Sometimes I like to dress up as the Norwood scale.
I cut up an old cereal box, pull out my crayons and scribble "Norwood scale" on it.
Then I stick it on my head.
I then think to myself - my life’s complete, because I'm the Norwood scale.
I'm not going to let anyone tell me otherwise!
Sometimes I feel really daring, because I open my front door, stand on my door-step, and whilst pulling a dumb face, I proudly shout "I'm the Norwood scale" then run back in doors and laugh to myself like a complete retard.
I'm the coolest person in my street.
I feel really hip.
I'm really the Norwood scale.
wow
Look at me, I'm the Norwood scale.
Without the Norwood scale, I wouldn’t be here today.
No! I'm not a loser at all, I'm the Norwood scale. Look at me.
Sometimes I pull a hunchback, gaze in the mirror and think "Who needs money babes and hair" Why?
because I’m the Norwood scale, wow.
Then I roll around on the floor doing the Norwood groove.
When I go to the nightclubs. I don't dance like everyone else.
I pull out my Ken mask, place it firmly on my head and do the Norwood groove.
I feel really hip, wearing my ken mask. It adds to the way the Norwood groove works.
The Norwood groove has really made me open up.
I now feel I can discuss anything with anyone.
I’m not losing the plot at all.
The Norwood scale keeps me going.
I’ve only creamed my pants twice in the last 3 days over the Norwood scale.
Norwood scale
Norwood scale.
Wow, it’s the Norwood scale
-- Gunner
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Hairloss looks are more, more subtle than fatass looks. You are not sensitive enough to capture them.
one of the most epic and true posts in all HairLossTalk.com historyI haven't posted for a long time. I used to be known as 'Hope4hairRedux' and similar aliases. To be honest, I don't aim to win the prize, but I would just like to vent.
To tell the truth, it will be impossible to say exactly how hairloss has effected my life. You can't quantify things like this. You know it changes you as a person, your perspective, your self esteem. But you don't know how much of you is just 'you' and how much of you is the you that has been shaped by hairloss. I used to be known as a very good looking guy from around 17-22. I am 24 now, 25 next year. I guess I am still fairly good looking, but hell, I don't feel good looking. I feel hideous, like a monster. Its strange. And everytime i see my reflection, I realise that its not so bad, and that i am still looking ok. But the pyschologyical damage is far and deep reaching. It massively changes your self esteem in a deep way that will stay with you, as long as your hair doesnt. If hairloss happened to girls all of a sudden, it would probably cause irrerversable damage in some respects. Its just that as men, its a culturally normal thing to happen, but deep down, it still effects you just the same.
I was never someone with a lot of confidence but now its much lower and it translates into everyday life i think. in my interactions with people. I come across as someone that feels lower then most people somehow, as if I am almost not worthy of the same amount of respect and love as other people. I mean its not like i am outwardly a nervous wreck, but I dont think I am anywhere near living my potential as the confident free spirit that I could have been. And of course, it would be easy to blame hairloss completely and its obviously a number of factors, but lets be honest, most of the time, the guys with hairloss are the modest, humble guys that don't have that unbeatable confidence. We are not the guys that feel they can go up to any girls and try it on anymore. There is that glaring problem that is noticeable to everyone, and I think it massively changes the way you come across.
I dont see a handsome man in the mirror anymore. I see a guy who is one point away from ugly, just about managing to be somehow average looking. The stupid thing is, I am seeing a girl right now, she is lovely. but i always worry about a slick NW1 approaching her. Its like sub-concously I feel like they have something we don't and never will again. The ability to look as good as you could if you are in good shape and wearing nice clothes. No matter how hard we try, we won't be as attractive as them to women. And that scars me. It stops me from approaching pretty women. It stops me from approaching women that look like they might be a b**ch. Because I am already at a massive disadvantage before i even speak with them.
Its made me find girls who are down to earth, loving and not the hottest women out there. Maybe that will be a good thing in time to come. I don't know. Perhaps because we over-estimate how bad we look, we under-estimate how good we actually look to women. And that translates into going for girls who aren't the hottest in the room. Just your girls that are pretty maybe but not the knock out gorgeous types.
I know there is more to us then our hair. I know we can still get girls, I know we way over play our hairloss issues. But ultimately it still depresses me even though I 'accept' it and it has become a part of me now. what depresses me even more is looking at bald older white guys and thinking hell, this doesnt get any better. Ultimately, it becomes harder and harder to stay in the upper echolons of attractiveness and we will always be fighting a losing battle. Receeding/bald guys that work out, live in hot countries, have alpha lifestyles and are naturally very confident will still be ok. The hardest thing was to be told how good looking you were, and for everyone to say this all the time, only for hairloss to eat at your apparently most important asset. Its cruel when you have known both sides of the coin. Not saying that I am ugly by any stretch. But its like at this point I dont think I will ever turn heads again. I am just an average guy living an average life. And as arrogant and ungrateful as that may sound, I only say this because I know what things were before my hairloss had progressed. Thats the hardest thing. Knowing how much better life can be in some respects when you have a full head of hair.