SAY NO TO CONCEALERS!!!

[easy1234]

SAY NO CONCEALER ADDICTION. Ultimately, I used concealers for 3 years.It started off with a bit of dermatch, then dermatch/toppik, then couvre/toppik.I have now trimmed it off real short with zero guard - I feel much better.

Concealers are ok, but they are NOT ok if you are ADDICTED – if you have to use themevery morning, if you have to use them even when you come out of the gym/swimming pool – if you cannot be seen by friends/colleagues without them - This is a major problem.Truth is, most people who use concealers become addicted because the concealer becomes part of WHO they are.This is the dangerous part – if something fake (concealer) becomes part of WHO you are – then you yourself are a fake.

It will affect your personality. Your personality becomes vain.You cherish image – you cherish the concealer you use everyday or even twice a day if you go to the gym or swimming pool that day.Like the women who cherish make up and material items, you cherish image and materials just the same. You are then a weak man, a man who is shallow and not deep.

This is why Buddhists shave their heads – they symbollically become free from vanity and materialism.

So if you are addicted to concealers – you really need to have a long hard think.

 

[zdm632]

SAY NO CONCEALER ADDICTION. Ultimately, I used concealers for 3 years.It started off with a bit of dermatch, then dermatch/toppik, then couvre/toppik.I have now trimmed it off real short with zero guard - I feel much better.

Concealers are ok, but they are NOT ok if you are ADDICTED – if you have to use themevery morning, if you have to use them even when you come out of the gym/swimming pool – if you cannot be seen by friends/colleagues without them - This is a major problem.Truth is, most people who use concealers become addicted because the concealer becomes part of WHO they are.This is the dangerous part – if something fake (concealer) becomes part of WHO you are – then you yourself are a fake.

It will affect your personality. Your personality becomes vain.You cherish image – you cherish the concealer you use everyday or even twice a day if you go to the gym or swimming pool that day.Like the women who cherish make up and material items, you cherish image and materials just the same. You are then a weak man, a man who is shallow and not deep.

This is why Buddhists shave their heads – they symbollically become free from vanity and materialism.

So if you are addicted to concealers – you really need to have a long hard think.

Speak for yourself...

 

[brian]

Cannot agree more with the idea of saying no to concealers, although for slightly different reasons.

I used concealers for over a year when my hair went downhill (black hair, pale scalp, very noticeable thinning in NW4 pattern crown & temples, 20 years old). Admittedly they were a savior at first but in the ealy stages of balding I was living under the illusion of concealers rather than dealing with the problem at its root and using medication.

Living your life hidden under something that hides who you really are is NOT healthy for the mind - this is why I would never consider the hairpeice route. after about 12 months of wearing concealers and avoiding: rain, swimming pools, laying my head on a white pillow, wearing white shirts, avoiding bright lights, staying out of the sun, sitting/standing where somebody would be behind me etc etc I started to get very paranoid. This paranoia lead to major anxiety and then real nasty depression.

Then something happened, I started to look around and realised that a **** load of guys were bald/thinning and nobody gave a f*** at all. I decided that it would be better to look balding rather than look balding whilst obviously trying to unsuccessfully hide it at the same time.

I said f*** it and gradually scaled back on using concealer and guess what - the less concealer I used - THE MORE THE TREATMENTS KICKED IN - I experienced a huge surge of regrowth. I am confident that part of this was due to me no longer stressing out about whether people knew i was hiding my bald head.

I am nowhere near perfect and still have noticeable thinning however now I am well above baseline and much happier as a result.

Ditch the concealers!!!

 

[EvilLocks]

If a concealer makes you feel even the slightest less like a bald freak then I don't see the problem ? Concealers are not the problem, balding is. I know my time with concealers are running out bc of my hairs bad state I am thankful I've had them on hand or else id been in a wig months ago

 

[azuri]

I've been using dermmatch every day for just over a year.
it works great for my sitch where I'm thinning around my temple area. It gives my frontal appearance some balance overall.
I apply every morning after minoxidil and go about my day accordingly. I workout, swim and never once did it drip down my face like the fibers are known to do. I still have my down moments, where I feel little fake but the benefits out weigh the cons. Since using derm I have been a hell of a lot less stressed about my hairloss for the first time in years.

If my thinning was to dramatically worsen then I would just shave it off rather than adding more concealer. It all depends what stage ur loss is at? If you are beyond a nw3 then concealers may make you become delusional eventually IMO.

 

[JimmyJones]

To the OP - don't accuse people who use concealers as fake people. That is a very idiotic generalization, you shouldn't be judging someone by what they do with their appearance.

 

[easy1234]

To the OP - don't accuse people who use concealers as fake people. That is a very idiotic generalization, you shouldn't be judging someone by what they do with their appearance.

why are you getting so sensitive about it? Seriously.

 

[easy1234]

1/ Sorry but why are we obliged to follow Buddhists if we have male pattern baldness ? male pattern baldness is already a disease so I don't want to spend my energy for a new thing like that
2/ Women cherisch make up ,and be sure that they will not cherisch you if you have baldspots on your head
3/ We are weak man with concealers ? I think we are just at our best, and in our society we have to be at our best, if we want to succeed (with girls for example)
4/ We need to have a long hard think ? I already thought about male pattern baldness, I really don't want to think whether I become a girl or not when I use Toppik
5/ Where do you come from ? Never saw you here

1/ you are not obliged, the point is not to be vain.
2/ & 3/ yes the current Society in which we live promotes materialism and image, but you are an individual who can choose to have deeper values. Girls which merely value your car or your hair - do you really want such a girl? This same girl will jump into a car with a man with a rented benz and some bling - she wouldn't know any better.
4/ Not all girls are about make up, only the more shallow ones are.
5/ You see my post and reply, deal with it.

 

[easy1234]

you misunderstand me. I asked a rhetorical question. I said, do you really want a girl who is merely looking for image and material items? I never said you can get all the girls you want by doing so. In fact you are more likely to pick up trashy girls - if they are just looking for materials and image.
A lot of girls want a man with good morals, a man who is honest, has achievements under his name, good spirit and mind, positive deeds, an innate ability to be stable, provide and be a good dad, has sense of humour, a good understanding, who is dependable, and most importantly a man they can trust.
Here you are thinking toppik and a benz will get you a good girl? You must be mad.If you just want to **** around with shallow sl*ts, you may as well seek a prostitute, what’s the difference?
I shouldn’t even have to spell all this out for you, but you have become shallow. The toppik got to your head.

 

[easy1234]

All girls are looking for image dude, if you do nothing about your appearance, maybe if she is the uggliest she will accept you.
But I don't think it's a "bad" thing that they are looking for somebody with a perfect image as I'm looking for the same...
Maybe you and me are differents, but I couldn't live with an ugly girl with the nicest heart ...

I used to think like you, but then in the longer term you will realise that as men we always get bored of the same looks. Even the hottest girl – once you have been with her for over a year, the looks just don’t do it anymore, you get bored of her, its like watching the same p**rn movie over and over again. You need more. I mean i’ve been with hot narcissistic b****s, and trust me, after a few months you can’t even bare to look at their selfish and self centred face.
You have two choices, you can either go from hot girl to hot girl in a never-ending (and unfulfilling) cycle, or you can find someone you can appreciate for their personality – even if she is not 10/10. Those with good personalities will also look for men with good personalities,

 

[JimmyJones]

The way it works in the real world is a girl will show interest in you if she likes the way you look and likes your personality. Then after she is yours she will love you and not how you look. Point is it's human nature for appearance to be the deciding factor in initial attraction.
I'm not being sensitive about what you are saying rather I feel I should address your disrespect and ignorance.
You said if you use something fake then you yourself become a fake, what does this even mean? You are who you are, I'm pretty sure you still exsit as a person. As Descartes said, I think therefore I am. I don't think you can judge the merit and integrity of a person on whether they decide to use caboki.

 

[easy1234]

The way it works in the real world is a girl will show interest in you if she likes the way you look and likes your personality. Then after she is yours she will love you and not how you look. Point is it's human nature for appearance to be the deciding factor in initial attraction.
I'm not being sensitive about what you are saying rather I feel I should address your disrespect and ignorance.
You said if you use something fake then you yourself become a fake, what does this even mean? You are who you are, I'm pretty sure you still exsit as a person. As Descartes said, I think therefore I am. I don't think you can judge the merit and integrity of a person on whether they decide to use caboki.

At the end of the day you will get found out sooner or later.