Long hair guy, am I balding? -Video Update

Mygoodness

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I updated with a video of me in the sun, can you guys look at it and tell me if I can still pull off the long hair? Thanks,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJSBNmmyFUU
Hey guys, nice to join the forum and a pleasure talking with you all. I can say that like some, the terrible paranoia of whether I am balding or not has driven me to join this forum. Denial can be a powerful thing! It is really unfortunate we can't look at ourselves the way others do, for me its making me crazy thinking I may be balding. I have really long hair, chest length. When you grow this long, there is a weird phenomenon where guys will bald and be completely oblivious to it. I, like most can't accept being a bald, long hair so I am enlisting your eyes to let me know if I am balding or just maturing and being really neurotic. I'll let the pics speak for themselves, but to preface, there is no balding in my family, My paternal side all has thick, though slightly receded hair in the corners. My maternal grandfather kept a thick, juvenile hairline till he died. My hairline has always been a prominent widows peak. I have two cowlicks in my hairline, both were always fine and thin but now it looks like they are "maturing??" away. I attached pics just after washing so you get a true look. Also when I was young the cowlicks on both sides of my central widows peak always arched up. I wrinkled my brow in one pic to show the juvenile placement. I am 27. Anyways, let me know and thanks!
 

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Re: Long hair guy, am I balding?

dude you reposted your thread, are you that paranoid? :)

You got nothing to worry about. YOu arent balding since there is no balding history in your family. and since your 27, you wouldnt be balding now as it would have occured earlier. THe worst case scenario is your hairline is maturing.
 

LooseItAll

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Re: Long hair guy, am I balding?

I disagree long hair look so much cooler and they suit him just fine.
 
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TravisB

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Man, where da f*ck did you get the idea that you are balding? If you're balding, then I must be slick bald already
 

Paladine

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Re: Long hair guy, am I balding?

Nice mane dude. I'm growing mine long again since my regimen has restored my hair so successfully.

If you think you're starting to thin at least jump on a couple supplements and maybe some Nizoral shampoo and see how it goes. Your hair looks fine to me though.

:punk:
 

Shift

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Re: Long hair guy, am I balding?

You are balding. Face the facts!
Enjoy your hair now , cos in a year or two you will have to shave it.
 

cuebald

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Re: Long hair guy, am I balding?

No signs of balding at all, barely even a mature hairline infact. I would guess you don't even have the gene and will keep that hair well past it going gray.
 

Thom

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Re: Long hair guy, am I balding?

Smells of trolling to me...

but if not, don't worry you're fine.

and don't cut the hair, you look like Link! (This coming from a fellow long-hair)
 

pantsjock

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Re: Long hair guy, am I balding?

I love long hair but my parents would never let me grow long hair. I moved out after high school and started growing my hair but ..... about six months ago, it began falling out. I don't make much money and have a bad habit of buying lots of clothes thinking a bold outfit would draw attention away from my hair. I am only 19 and could be completely bald in a year, what do I do?
 

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Re: Long hair guy, am I balding?

pantsjock said:
I love long hair but my parents would never let me grow long hair. I moved out after high school and started growing my hair but ..... about six months ago, it began falling out. I don't make much money and have a bad habit of buying lots of clothes thinking a bold outfit would draw attention away from my hair. I am only 19 and could be completely bald in a year, what do I do?

Have you started your own thread? I'd suggest spending that money on some treatment, depends how far you're willing to go, I have heard Finasteride combined with Minoxidil works, but Finasteride can cause permanent impotence (not likely) and Minoxodil doesn't really work on its own.
 

Esprit

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Re: Long hair guy, am I balding?

Can't believe you lot even answered this, he's taking the piss, he doesn't have any sign anywhere, quite the opposite, even his temples are nowhere near anything towards receding. He's winding you up!
 

Mygoodness

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Re: Long hair guy, am I balding?

I don't mean to offend anyone, though I am kinda flattered that you guys think I am playing. I just am getting kinda freaked as I always notice all the long hairs that fall. It seems like more shedding than normal as the long hairs are more noticeable then short hairs when they fall. Also, my widows peak makes any corner recession that much more prominent and I am sure the corners have gone back; at least 1/4 to 1/2 an inch. Thanks to all that replied!
 

mothernature

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Re: Long hair guy, am I balding?

obviously if u have long hair u are much more likely to notice it than if u had a buzz cut and shed the same amount. I notice my gf whos 18 sheds alot of hairs, like around 30-40 in a day but shes obviously not going bald whatsoever, she has huge density and thickness everywhere.
 

fodandahalf

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Re: Long hair guy, am I balding?

Esprit said:
Can't believe you lot even answered this, he's taking the piss, he doesn't have any sign anywhere, quite the opposite, even his temples are nowhere near anything towards receding. He's winding you up!

Don't be so bitter people get worried at the slightest bit of change you don't have to lose a noticeable amount of hair to start worrying. Obviously judging by these pics he's not going bald but it's always good to check.
 

Mygoodness

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Re: Long hair guy, am I balding?

Yes I can testify to the above. Infact I have developed a little bit of OCD over hairless which in turn causes undo stress. I think most ieveryone looses hair with age, whether just general density or male pattern baldness or general receding but honestly I never look at a bald guy and fixate on their head. Instead I am only critical about my own hair when infact I am sure i would look fine bald like most others. The only way to cure baldness is to embrace it!
 

uncomfortable man

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Re: Long hair guy, am I balding?

Jenifer Aniston, is that you?
 
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