Why Can't I Just Accept What Is?

[worrywart]

As I sit here writing about this, a brand new morning to obsess over the ache in my groin from the .5 Dutasteride I told myself I would take once every other day but the fear grips me and I took one this morning although I took one yesterday, I wonder....Why can't I accept going bald? Why does my hair affect my happiness so much? I feel pathetic, taking this prostate medication, conducting hormone manipulation every morning so my hair MIGHT grow but my dick Might not grow if I ever get a chance to sleep with a woman again, although I have no confidence to go get women anyways. I guess I should accept that a quality of life was robbed from me?....and what makes me so special that it shouldn't be this way?

Oh why can't I just love myself for whoever I am, hair on head or not? Does anyone ever wonder why? And if taking medication is worth it? Should I keep fighting it, staring desperately into the mirror, watching peach fuzz consume my life?

 

[ibulicious9955@gmail.com]

Bro tbh some of us do feel this way. But this is reality. male pattern baldness punches you in the face, you get back up and punch it back harder. You have got to make a choice here - Take medication, keep your hair and keep enjoying life or lose hair and pretend to exist.
I would suggest taking Finasteride rather than dutasteride. 99% of the sides are psychological.

 

[g.i joey]

Bro if ur getting sides just quit wtf. Balding sucks but u can't give up ur whole sex life for it. If you do have sides switch to finasteride ull do just as good and maybe even alleviate the sexual sides you do have?

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I'm on 5 months with a couple breaks here and there of 4 o 5 days but my sex drive Is still great.

 

[Waterloosunset]

You don't have to think about it like that, I mean would you rather have hair or not have hair? Also I'm pretty sure DHT doesn't effect your penis size after you are out of the womb, so wouldn't worry about that. Since you are taking dutasteride so you almost for sure won't lose more hair. The fact is, it's not just you that will think you are less attractive if you accept baldness.

How old are you and what is your Norwood? How long have you been treating your hairloss?

 

[worrywart]

You don't have to think about it like that, I mean would you rather have hair or not have hair? Also I'm pretty sure DHT doesn't effect your penis size after you are out of the womb, so wouldn't worry about that. Since you are taking dutasteride so you almost for sure won't lose more hair. The fact is, it's not just you that will think you are less attractive if you accept baldness.

How old are you and what is your Norwood? How long have you been treating your hairloss?

I'm almost 32 and my pattern is weird. I have hair all over but its light and thin over the crown and in the front at the hair line. I started taking finasteride about 2 yrs ago but I quit due to sexual sides. The frequent loss of erections during sex were embarrassing. So about 4 months after I quit the finasteride I noticed morning wood and midnight erections and I was stoked I was returning to normal, but then my scalp started to itch like crazy and I knew what was happening. My general physician gave me dutasteride (.5 every day) but I'm going to have to take it every other the day at the most because its already killing my sex drive.

My scalp still feels better even when I dont take the dutasteride in the morning because of the long half life I suppose so I'm hoping that I can take it like twice a week and still get results. Its powerful stuff and I'm scared of it kind of

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[Waterloosunset]

I had sexual side effects on finasteride and they stopped after a while, so I would give it a lot of time to see if it goes away. Maybe take it every other day at least.

 

[Chris2009]

WRight there with you man. I've been through so much in my life and now at 24 my hair is receding like a scroll. I can't accept it. Just wear a hat and try not to think about it. But I know I'll have to face it sooner or later. I too wonder what lies ahead now as far as my social life. Seeing people I use to know. Being that bald guy. But as for now I can only go with it and hope for a cure

 

[HLTDeelite]

Because for some of us balding is the last straw. We might have not looked too great pre balding and after we start balding it would make us look pretty bad. I guess you just keep chugging on in the end and accept what it is.

 

[abcdefg]

I dont think many men ever want to accept it I mean who would. It just comes down to a lot of people weight the options and say its not worth treating. There are so many risks and downsides to treating it verses just letting nature rock. Not suprising to me a lot of people just live with it verses blowing up their endocrine system, life long doctor appointments for refills, costs, and so on.