How Much Notice Do People Take In Hair Loss

[brownhair]

I was watching saving private ryan yesterday which I haven't seen it in about a year. I found myself looking at hairlines and diffuse thinning all the way through the film. I had never took notice or cared about so much thinning and low density when watching it (and so many other films) before. For instance, there are a couple of shots where tom hanks has thinned on top quite a bit- never took notice before. Which makes me think about before I noticed my hairloss and I never took any notice of anyone elses and probably couldn't even tell most of the time.

My hair loss has made me quite paranoid, especially under certain lights or weather conditions and I have to remind myself that people probably don't notice or don't even think much of it.

Still don't want to lose it though

 

[BigOl'BaldingHead]

I feel exactly the same way. There is actually a psychological name for it called the Spotlight Effect.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_effect

 

[Derelict]

I notice balding more since i started balding myself, usually think to myself what type of regimens they would benefit from etc lol pretty sad, i never took much notice of people balding before that really, one of my friends had to shave when he was about 18, like i said, never thought twice about it.

 

[brownhair]

Yeh, I just have to keep reminding myself that it is natural process of growing up and I have unfortunate genes in my family. I suppose it's the same with any insecurity. I didn't have the best skin in my teens and I was the same with that

 

[justbeconfident]

it's not insecurity, it's called awareness, you just rationally know that you are balding and it makes you ugly

it's not like you have normal nose, but think it's too big or something

also did you take accutane for your problematic youth skin?

 

[brownhair]

Well I feel pretty insecure when my hair is blowing around! And no, I didn't take accutane

 

[whatintheworld]

Never noticed or cared about it before it happened to me.

 

[Lurker85]

I notice actors who use concealers now when it completely fooled me before. From being pretty OCD about my own application being perfect I notice when other people mess theirs up. I constantly see fibers on hair line, or dermmatch being applied wrong and looking shiny. I drive my girlfriend crazy some times because I'll overly focus on it. I have severe ADHD though.