What percentage of baldies do you think are on treatments?

[CCS]

None of my balding (bald) friends and family is doing something to combat hair loss.

And no one likes loosing their hair, and I mean no one. They just accepted it after suffering for years.

Most of my balding friends are now at Nw6 or 7. With treatment, maybe they could’ve stayed at Nw3.

Many people see ads from manufacturers and the first thing they think is “snake oil†or “too much hassle†or “to expensive†or “it only works at the vertexâ€.

If they bothered to visit forums like this one, or search the Internet, they could become educated about all the different treatments available and their pros and cons. It’s hard to make a decision just by watching a TV commercial.

And all of my friends and family have a computer with Internet access, and they could pay for any treatment available if they wanted to. Many people don’t want to be bothered with topicals, pills and possible side effects.

Many people don't go to sites like this because they think the comercials already told them the important info. If it leaves any out, it will be the bad stuff, not the good stuff, they think. So if it says it only works in back, many Norwood 2's and 3's give up. I did. I reached NW3 because of that miss-information.

What really sucks about the miraculous claims of snake oil ads is women point at them and say, "see? there is a cure, but these baldies are too lazy to go get it." They say the same about breast pills and penis pills and acne treatments. And propecia only stops hair loss in 17% of men at the 1 year mark. I never regrew 90 hairs per circular inch. I think my thinning just slowed way down.

 

[CCS]

This is true many guys who are settled down, married with kids cant justify the expense. (Their wives would rather spend the money on something important like soft furnishings or a new pair of shoes!)

No matter how old i get, I am not getting off meds no matter what my wife says. I'd rather divorce her. That's like me asking her to donate a breast to someone for $5,000, and not spend money to replace it with a fake one. That would make her completely dependent on me for sex. If I divorced her, she'd have a very hard time finding another guy.

But dutasteride and finasteride are a lot cheaper than they used to be. Rogaine also was very expensive.

 

[Guest]

i'm prob getting off meds in my fifties. i won't care then anymore.

 

[Fallout Boy]

I bet you there are a decent amount of people out there using just Minoxidil alone. You cant assume that everyone out there knows as much as we do and that minoxidil is just a temporary solution (if it regrows hair for them) So I don't think you can rule out Minoxidil (as the only treatment) users based on the fact that it's not a smart route to go.

 

[r1989]

I think we're definitely the minority in regards to treating hairloss. It just seems like most guys simply don't care.

Or they do care but don't wanna waste money on treatments.

 

[Guest]

I think we're definitely the minority in regards to treating hairloss. It just seems like most guys simply don't care.

Or they do care but don't wanna waste money on treatments.

I don't think that's it. They care, but they think most hair loss treatments are inffective or a scam. They thought Propecia and minoxidil only work in the crown like college said, and that if you take Propecia you're guaranteed to have sexual problems.

A lot of them give up and start to shave their head when they're NW2 or NW3. A lot of them don't recognize a real receding hairline as male pattern baldness- they think it's just part of getting older that everyone has happen. Yeah, that's true, but if it's happening in your twenties or thirties it's probably male pattern baldness.