JDW said:
Sometimes in life you just have to surrender. male pattern baldness is usually a process that can never be halted (with virtually no exceptions, all though it can be slowed for generally short periods). Your on all these different treatments and they dont seem to be working for you. I would really take a few deep breathes and just look at things objectivly. You might realise that really all this is holding you back, all these treatments, pills, lotions, etc, that arent actually working are just further keeping you from just accepting yourself as you are.
In my case I struggle with the whole thing obvouisly. And although my general mindset at the moment about hair loss and life in general isnt quite where i want it to be, I feel that im almost there. I visualize myself being bald, popular, good looking, happy - whatever. Im not going to let hair loss take over the next few decades of my life. Im not saying thats bad; to want to improve in all areas, and to try and be good looking, of course not. But when it comes to hair loss, we need to be logical and objective and be able to know when enough is enough.
As previusly said - Theres no point flogging a dead horse. I am not saying this in direct reference to your hair as first I havent seen any recent pics and 2nd Im not here to judge. For the record, your first pics, you still have a fair amount of hair anyway. But from what you have said it seems like your not getting much out of the way you are trying to handle your hair loss. You never know how you will look when your head is shaved. Either shave it, or just let it be as it is. I think all this attempy to treat your hair loss only creates suffering and stress for you.
This is a very general thing to say - but in my observations - dont always think about ways to look good, but think about ways to be healthy. Out of all the guys I observe who are bald, its generally those who look healthy, have clear skin, and are toned, in decent shape(yet in proportion to their bdoy) that suit it well. Thier heads may not be in perfect shape, they may not be that good looking, but its the overall glow that is important. You dont need to have movie star looks or be a bodybuilder, you just need to go for an overall image of health. I guess biologically, a woman subconcously goes 4 a healthy man as well. ( Ironically, contridicting what I just said to some degree, hair is part of what makes us look healthy) But I think it looks far worse having a a half head of hair, which looks messy and crap, instead of no hair at all.
