Me With A Bald Head - How Does It Look?

[soo]

It's not very smart to put pictures of me into the web, but maybe that just illustrates the importance to have some comments on my appearance. Please be honest - how bad does it look?

I started to use finasteride, minoxidil and a ket-shampoo (regenepure dr/nt) a year ago - at the age of 26 - and it stopped the hairloss and I got some density back. Right now, nobody would assume that I'm loosing hair (NW1-status). But I shaved my head to see what would happen if it ever got to the worst case scenario...

I've read nearly all of the comments on the "new technologies"-section with people claiming that nothing will be out for 10+ years while others say that there should be something around till 2020. So, given the fact that we can't know from the data we have so far, how likely is it from a subjective standpoint that there will be something out just to maintain your hair status lifelong for nearly 99,9%? From the Rossi et al. studies I should assume that finasteride will maintain my hair with a 86% chance for 10 years, right?

Especially for people that have been here for more than 5-10 years: since minoxidil and finasteride there was nothing out that seemed to be promising for a long time... do you think that with all these things from pretty professional companies there should be something coming out in - let's say - 5 years or was it exactly the same situation back then with the same amount of "promising things" in the pipeline that failed and we should stay pessimistic?

Thanks for every response!

 

[PappinAce]

whoa! you're lucky, the look really works for you. you have a handsome and tough face, but you still look approachable.

if you want to continue the fight that option is available to you, but now you know it's not a huge deal if you do lose ground.

 

[hanginginthewire]

Looks awesome. Facial hair helps, you're doing it right.

 

[JohnOKelly]

Looks good!
I was here over 10 years back and the same things were being said... that a new treatment is just around the corner... never happened so I wouldn't get your hopes up on that... but for you at least, the shaved look works.

 

[soo]

thanks a lot! it really helps to get over it.. and a good beard is the only way to make it look a little better

@JohnOKelly :

Is it true that a lot of people lost their hopes because of aderans/intercytex? I can understand that you should look at new options with much more skepticism since you've seen something fail. But aren't there simply too many things (especially for maintenance) that should fail all together to definitely lose hope? Just if you look at Follica, Shiseido, Brotzu etc.

 

[spring15]

You suit the bald look better than most. Kudos

 

[JohnOKelly]

thanks a lot! it really helps to get over it.. and a good beard is the only way to make it look a little better

@JohnOKelly :

Is it true that a lot of people lost their hopes because of aderans/intercytex? I can understand that you should look at new options with much more skepticism since you've seen something fail. But aren't there simply too many things (especially for maintenance) that should fail all together to definitely lose hope? Just if you look at Follica, Shiseido, Brotzu etc.

I'd say a lot of people lost hope because of this, however I left the forum some years back and only checked in every so often to see had anything progressed. I can't speak for other people, but for me, I was very disappointed that nothing had really changed regarding regrowth in all this time... pretty much since minoxidil came on the market. Maybe things will progress soon, but I personally won't be following the progression of new treatments during their trials until it becomes available.

 

[Dante92]

You suit it better than many here, myself included. Cool, man.

 

[sunchyme1]

i would definitely hit it

 

[FutureSaitama]

Yea, you look good. I look like a child molester.

 

[soo]

You suit the bald look better than most. Kudos

Hard to believe, but thanks a lot!

@JohnOKelly :

You have to consider the fact that 5 years of development now are not the same as they were 10 years ago. My company just started to use a web cloud to collect and evaluate data, which makes things 10 times faster. And we've got Internet since nearly 20 years... things start getting better really slow, but then it just gets faster and better exponentially. Same goes for research. Maybe it's dumb, but I think that 5 years from now on you will at least be able to maintain your hair for sure. If it's not the case, I'll buy you a beer

 

[soo]

i would definitely hit it

One additional like as a comment, because 1 is not enough

You suit it better than many here, myself included. Cool, man.

Thanks a lot! And we're all sitting in the same boat.. really hope something better will come out soon as a treatment

Yea, you look good. I look like a child molester.

We all have to deal with the child molester thing unless we're black. Just make the best out of it and get a huge smile when a child looks at you in order to make the parents uncomfortable. Have some fun if you already have the opportunity

 

[JohnOKelly]

Hard to believe, but thanks a lot!

@JohnOKelly :

You have to consider the fact that 5 years of development now are not the same as they were 10 years ago. My company just started to use a web cloud to collect and evaluate data, which makes things 10 times faster. And we've got Internet since nearly 20 years... things start getting better really slow, but then it just gets faster and better exponentially. Same goes for research. Maybe it's dumb, but I think that 5 years from now on you will at least be able to maintain your hair for sure. If it's not the case, I'll buy you a beer

I just upped my game slightly by adding Dutas 2x weekly in the hope for maintenance and maybe if I'm really lucky, regain recent losses. We'll see...

 

[Jnix]

Well I've read from numerous reliable sources that the cure is in fact, 5 years away.

 

[JohnOKelly]

Well I've read from numerous reliable sources that the cure is in fact, 5 years away.

They've been saying that for a looooong time. Don't get your hopes up!

 

[Bklyn_23]

Bald looks good on you. Would look even better if you grew your beard out in full instead of just along your lower jawline. Fill the cheeks in and it would look even better imo.

I've found that folks with darker hair and dark/thicker eyebrows pull off the shaved look better. Helps to draw attention away from the dome and frame things.

 

[biddybomb]

looks good man, If you cut some more weight it would bring out ur cheekbones and jaw more and make u look very masc, which you do already but would enhance it.

 

[soo]

I just upped my game slightly by adding Dutas 2x weekly in the hope for maintenance and maybe if I'm really lucky, regain recent losses. We'll see...

Since when are you on finasteride?

Bald looks good on you. Would look even better if you grew your beard out in full instead of just along your lower jawline. Fill the cheeks in and it would look even better imo.

I've found that folks with darker hair and dark/thicker eyebrows pull off the shaved look better. Helps to draw attention away from the dome and frame things.

I'll do exactly that when I get to shave my head forever. You really get some serious compensation for not having anything on your head. Thx!

looks good man, If you cut some more weight it would bring out ur cheekbones and jaw more and make u look very masc, which you do already but would enhance it.

And that's one of the reasons I made this post, never thought about that but makes sense. I've already started hitting the gym, just got some more motivation now

 

[soo]

By the way: I've never posted pics of me with a bald head anywhere else, absolutely didn't know what to get back as a reaction and now this stuff just really cheered me up. Just in case someone gives a f*ck. Thanks a lot guys

 

[JohnOKelly]

Since when are you on finasteride?


I'll do exactly that when I get to shave my head forever. You really get some serious compensation for not having anything on your head. Thx!


And that's one of the reasons I made this post, never thought about that but makes sense. I've already started hitting the gym, just got some more motivation now

Over 10 years.