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So I'm new to this and as my pictures will demonstrate - haven't hidden my face, so if I end up being the face of a hair-loss themed revenge p**rn site then I'll understand why you guys scratch out your faces on Microsoft Paint before uploading - my hair loss isn't terminal quite yet. My self esteem however has taken a bludgeoning. I turn 25 this June and in the last two years I've gone from having hair that was often remarked upon for it's volume. Such thick hair you have! People would remark and thus my self image became entangled in what my hair looked like on any given day. I'm also a part time aspiring actor (it doesn't say that on my business card) and since not everyone can look like Jude Law, I feel like the hair line that was once nearly two inches beneath where my hair has currently taken refuge on it's great escape across my scalp, well, it would have helped if I wanted to seek parts that are roughly of my own age group. When I say I'm 24, I've had numerous people balk at me and shout f*** off are you 24! The amount of people that have asked to see my ID in beer gardens on nights out because they think I'm older than I claim to be is a sad joke.
I'll cut to the chase. In the two years I've had two minor health crises; a back injury and an asthma attack that my breathing has only recently recovered from. Even so, I'm way stiffer when i move around, feel i look way older than my age and I feel like sh*t, my self esteem is decidedly low; can't help but feel that if i sorted the hair problem out, my self esteem would recover immediately. I'm a terrible hypochondriac so Propecia is just not option; I'm the sort of person that would will the side effects on, so obsessed with their likelihood would I become. Minoxidil gave me dark bags (perhaps self-willed on, I know stress contributes and I've got enough stress to be getting on with) I'm not opposed to a hair transplant, but shock loss sounds like a pain as does it's success' reliance minoxidil and propecia, but still considering it if my hair loss slows down. At the moment, I lose a f*** tonne of hair every-time I shower/sleep/move my head and suspect at this rate I'll be bald before I'm 30. I've started derma-rolling, using oils and powders to not much effect. admittedly it hasn't been too long but I'm not hopeful that I'll end up with the locks of hair I'd love to have.
Having gotten over my initial problems with the lack of glamour/dignity that comes with physically glueing a bit of rug to my head, I realised that the real glamour/dignity comes once it is glued down. So many of the promotional videos for salons online show so many young guys leaving looking like new men. Do you think a system would be right for me? I'm not too worried about people I know knowing that I'm wearing one as i'd likely tell them, I probably wouldn't even mind telling people I don't know that I'm wearing one, so long as it looks good enough to style out the inevitable disbelief/joshing that would follow. yeah, yeah, laugh it up, I still have great hair! My only real concern is that it looks absolutely real, so the idea of putting it on myself and mucking it up and not even realising that people in the same tube carriage can immediately spot my toupè is obviously unnerving.
The photo's I've attached are in lighting that don't quite show how thin it is up top but doubtlessly I'd probably have a lot more hair than most people turning up to get a system fitted. What do you think? Is there too much to practically go ahead with it? Would my hair growing underneath cause problems? Would a front partial suit me better? I'm quite an active guy, gym going, semi-sporting (I play badminton), love swimming and am rather partial to good sex, which is rarely thought to be enhanced by a glue covered guinea pig leaping off a mans head and into their partners face, so that is a slight concern too. Happened to anyone here?
Ah and I live in london, or at least will be moving back there in a few months. So if you have any recommendations of a first class place to go for this, then please do let me know. Id be interested to talk about that.
Thanks so much for taking the time to wade through all this nonsense, Id really appreciate any pointers you might have!
So I'm new to this and as my pictures will demonstrate - haven't hidden my face, so if I end up being the face of a hair-loss themed revenge p**rn site then I'll understand why you guys scratch out your faces on Microsoft Paint before uploading - my hair loss isn't terminal quite yet. My self esteem however has taken a bludgeoning. I turn 25 this June and in the last two years I've gone from having hair that was often remarked upon for it's volume. Such thick hair you have! People would remark and thus my self image became entangled in what my hair looked like on any given day. I'm also a part time aspiring actor (it doesn't say that on my business card) and since not everyone can look like Jude Law, I feel like the hair line that was once nearly two inches beneath where my hair has currently taken refuge on it's great escape across my scalp, well, it would have helped if I wanted to seek parts that are roughly of my own age group. When I say I'm 24, I've had numerous people balk at me and shout f*** off are you 24! The amount of people that have asked to see my ID in beer gardens on nights out because they think I'm older than I claim to be is a sad joke.
I'll cut to the chase. In the two years I've had two minor health crises; a back injury and an asthma attack that my breathing has only recently recovered from. Even so, I'm way stiffer when i move around, feel i look way older than my age and I feel like sh*t, my self esteem is decidedly low; can't help but feel that if i sorted the hair problem out, my self esteem would recover immediately. I'm a terrible hypochondriac so Propecia is just not option; I'm the sort of person that would will the side effects on, so obsessed with their likelihood would I become. Minoxidil gave me dark bags (perhaps self-willed on, I know stress contributes and I've got enough stress to be getting on with) I'm not opposed to a hair transplant, but shock loss sounds like a pain as does it's success' reliance minoxidil and propecia, but still considering it if my hair loss slows down. At the moment, I lose a f*** tonne of hair every-time I shower/sleep/move my head and suspect at this rate I'll be bald before I'm 30. I've started derma-rolling, using oils and powders to not much effect. admittedly it hasn't been too long but I'm not hopeful that I'll end up with the locks of hair I'd love to have.
Having gotten over my initial problems with the lack of glamour/dignity that comes with physically glueing a bit of rug to my head, I realised that the real glamour/dignity comes once it is glued down. So many of the promotional videos for salons online show so many young guys leaving looking like new men. Do you think a system would be right for me? I'm not too worried about people I know knowing that I'm wearing one as i'd likely tell them, I probably wouldn't even mind telling people I don't know that I'm wearing one, so long as it looks good enough to style out the inevitable disbelief/joshing that would follow. yeah, yeah, laugh it up, I still have great hair! My only real concern is that it looks absolutely real, so the idea of putting it on myself and mucking it up and not even realising that people in the same tube carriage can immediately spot my toupè is obviously unnerving.
The photo's I've attached are in lighting that don't quite show how thin it is up top but doubtlessly I'd probably have a lot more hair than most people turning up to get a system fitted. What do you think? Is there too much to practically go ahead with it? Would my hair growing underneath cause problems? Would a front partial suit me better? I'm quite an active guy, gym going, semi-sporting (I play badminton), love swimming and am rather partial to good sex, which is rarely thought to be enhanced by a glue covered guinea pig leaping off a mans head and into their partners face, so that is a slight concern too. Happened to anyone here?
Ah and I live in london, or at least will be moving back there in a few months. So if you have any recommendations of a first class place to go for this, then please do let me know. Id be interested to talk about that.
Thanks so much for taking the time to wade through all this nonsense, Id really appreciate any pointers you might have!