Should I bring up solutions to an obvious hair loss sufferer?

[ossrey]

So I can tell that a cousin of mine is losing his hair. He has pretty diffuse thinning, yet still fortunately has a good frontal hair line (one I'd actually envy, though I don't envy his thinness). You can sort of see his scalp when he's not wearing a hat, which also brings me to mention that he's become more or less of a hat slave these days. Wherever we seem to go, this guy is always wearing a hat, and I don't remember this being the case in the past.

Anyways, the path of least resistance for me would be to not say anything, but I also feel I could help him (i.e. mentioning the "big three"), though at the cost of some potential awkwardness and perceived superficiality. I honestly could not care less about him losing his hair if I felt he didn't care (and how often does that legitimately happen?), but I also wonder if I should say something because he seems to be hiding it.

Thoughts? Has anyone been in a similar situation with friends/family and have recommendations on how (or whether) to bring it up in the least awkward way possible?

 

[Pray The Bald Away]

Find a way to inform him of his options anonymously. Then later if they work you can tell him it was you who saved his hair. It's a win-win.

 

[PappinAce]

You don't have to throw solutions in his face right away. Just bring it up casually during conversation: "hey, looks like your hair on top is thinning a bit, did you notice?" and if it seems like that's something that's bothering him then mention finasteride.

 

[hellouser]

Did it once to a family that had a young kid (around 7 years old) with alopecia areata. Walked up to the father and told him i 'work' here at HairLossTalk.com and asked him if he knows what alopecia areata is. Then got to talking about hair loss and mentioned to him all the work by Dr. Christiano and JAK inhibitors that DO work for AA. Eventually the mom joined the conversation and we had a long talk about options, costs, research being done, etc. They really wanted to know more about it and thanked me for the info.

Just make sure you are SINCERE about it.

 

[smitylax1111]

Yes

Bring it up gently

 

[Austin:316]

At midnight leave an anonymous note tucked beneath the window wiper of his car that reads "finasteride will help your hair - look it up."

 

[shookwun]

guilty pleasure of mine. ****s funny when you look at their pictures and the over night difference it makes.

rele goes to show that hair is everything, when someones goes from hero to zero.


A lot of men in my gym are hat prisoners.

 

[sheraz1392]

I could never imagine being in this kind of situation , but I have seen few people who dont evn care about their baldness and still they are confident and feel happy all the time , what I prefer in this situation is one should concentrate on his physique if he's bald because this thing can cover your other negative point , am I right or wrong ?

Everyone cares, people pretend not to care, I also pretend not to care to the people I meet in person. Working on body will hardly change anything on your face, which is the focal point of attractiveness.

 

[Austin:316]

Everyone cares, people pretend not to care, I also pretend not to care to the people I meet in person. Working on body will hardly change anything on your face, which is the focal point of attractiveness.

Cold hard truth

 

[DoctorHouse]

guilty pleasure of mine. ****s funny when you look at their pictures and the over night difference it makes.

rele goes to show that hair is everything, when someones goes from hero to zero.


A lot of men in my gym are hat prisoners.

I wear a hat when I go to my gym. Unfortunately 95 percent of the men that go to my gym are hispanic and sport a thick NW1 that would tear the stomachs out of each and everyone of you with envy. These guys can roll out of bed and their hair would still look perfect. Most of them could easily be hair models. Its tough living in an area where the norm is a thick NW1 to NW2. When I see a balding hispanic, I really feel sorry for him as he got the short end of the stick. However it very rare to see one. Most hispanic men keep their NW1 to NW2 well into their 70's. Just picture everywhere you go, you see men of all ages with hair like Zayn Malik.

 

[GoldenMane]

So I can tell that a cousin of mine is losing his hair. He has pretty diffuse thinning, yet still fortunately has a good frontal hair line (one I'd actually envy, though I don't envy his thinness). You can sort of see his scalp when he's not wearing a hat, which also brings me to mention that he's become more or less of a hat slave these days. Wherever we seem to go, this guy is always wearing a hat, and I don't remember this being the case in the past.

Anyways, the path of least resistance for me would be to not say anything, but I also feel I could help him (i.e. mentioning the "big three"), though at the cost of some potential awkwardness and perceived superficiality. I honestly could not care less about him losing his hair if I felt he didn't care (and how often does that legitimately happen?), but I also wonder if I should say something because he seems to be hiding it.

Thoughts? Has anyone been in a similar situation with friends/family and have recommendations on how (or whether) to bring it up in the least awkward way possible?

Just nonchalantly slip him a pack of proscar or a note with - propecia, minoxidl and ketokonazole on it and tell him to google it.

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I wear a hat when I go to my gym. Unfortunately 95 percent of the men that go to my gym are hispanic and sport a thick NW1 that would tear the stomachs out of each and everyone of you with envy. These guys can roll out of bed and their hair would still look perfect. Most of them could easily be hair models. Its tough living in an area where the norm is a thick NW1 to NW2. When I see a balding hispanic, I really feel sorry for him as he got the short end of the stick. However it very rare to see one. Most hispanic men keep their NW1 to NW2 well into their 70's. Just picture everywhere you go, you see men of all ages with hair like Zayn Malik.

Move to England, you'll just blend into the crowd!

 

[oye_rg]

You could bring up the topic and talk about your treatments without alluding to him. If he is interested he will mention and ask/tell.

 

[shookwun]

I wear a hat when I go to my gym. Unfortunately 95 percent of the men that go to my gym are hispanic and sport a thick NW1 that would tear the stomachs out of each and everyone of you with envy. These guys can roll out of bed and their hair would still look perfect. Most of them could easily be hair models. Its tough living in an area where the norm is a thick NW1 to NW2. When I see a balding hispanic, I really feel sorry for him as he got the short end of the stick. However it very rare to see one. Most hispanic men keep their NW1 to NW2 well into their 70's. Just picture everywhere you go, you see men of all ages with hair like Zayn Malik.

they all have sharp dense line ups to typically.

Most have monkey hairlines.

 

[abcdefg]

Everyone is different. Personally I would never touch the subject unless they brought it up first. Any guy that far along knows what he faces already, and if they care they already looked up options and came to a decision. My job isnt to change someones mind because in the end its just a personal decision. The options are not that great right now anyway so deciding to accept fate is not a wrong one.

 

[parisienne]

Same dilemma here. My cousin (female) has an obvious bald spot. I don't dare saying anything as she's 40, she must know already. Maybe she doesn't give a **** ?