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I wanted to introduce myself and give a good example of how balding too fast too early can utterly crush your spirit.
My balding probably started arround age 19-20 resulting in a more mature hairline. There were two things that prevented me from seeking advice right away. One was denial and the other was the fact that my dad pulled off a similiar hairline at a quite young age and kept his hair since, also my maternal grandfather had a full head of hair during chemo.
The hairline started receding only gradually and I told myself to do something about it when it passed a certain point, what I didn't realize due to my incredibly thick hair was that I also thinned on the top gradually more than I actually reced. It wasn't noticeable until december last year, my hair felt ill and shedded like a b**ch. In panic I just shaved it off and forgot about it....and the hair came back somewhat weaker than before but still fulll coverage.
I worked my *** off to get this foreign semester in a Japan , which has always been my dream. I even overcame a schizophrenic episode to do that and finally my university granted my wish.
This was when things got really got from bad to worse (age 24 mind you) , my top hair became so thin that I hade to get a certain haircut which covered it quite well and the stupid **** I am I told my self that the hair fell out because of stress and came back after recovery. One month passed and I lost my coverage, which freaked me out because I had to go to Japan in 5 months and I didn't want to alienate people.
What followed was severe panic attacks and insomnia which made my pale face sag and wrinkle prematurely and hollow cheeks. I look horribly disfigured and hide in my dormitory 24/7 only taking classes occasionally. My persona went from sassy, smart and handsome looking guy to complete shut in with a old man's face and diffuse norwood 6.
For me the game is lost now, I think that I made some mistakes but mostly life was dealing me very bad cards and I didn't have much of a chance.
Sorry for this depressing story.
My balding probably started arround age 19-20 resulting in a more mature hairline. There were two things that prevented me from seeking advice right away. One was denial and the other was the fact that my dad pulled off a similiar hairline at a quite young age and kept his hair since, also my maternal grandfather had a full head of hair during chemo.
The hairline started receding only gradually and I told myself to do something about it when it passed a certain point, what I didn't realize due to my incredibly thick hair was that I also thinned on the top gradually more than I actually reced. It wasn't noticeable until december last year, my hair felt ill and shedded like a b**ch. In panic I just shaved it off and forgot about it....and the hair came back somewhat weaker than before but still fulll coverage.
I worked my *** off to get this foreign semester in a Japan , which has always been my dream. I even overcame a schizophrenic episode to do that and finally my university granted my wish.
This was when things got really got from bad to worse (age 24 mind you) , my top hair became so thin that I hade to get a certain haircut which covered it quite well and the stupid **** I am I told my self that the hair fell out because of stress and came back after recovery. One month passed and I lost my coverage, which freaked me out because I had to go to Japan in 5 months and I didn't want to alienate people.
What followed was severe panic attacks and insomnia which made my pale face sag and wrinkle prematurely and hollow cheeks. I look horribly disfigured and hide in my dormitory 24/7 only taking classes occasionally. My persona went from sassy, smart and handsome looking guy to complete shut in with a old man's face and diffuse norwood 6.
For me the game is lost now, I think that I made some mistakes but mostly life was dealing me very bad cards and I didn't have much of a chance.
Sorry for this depressing story.
