Would shaving my hair look bad? Photos...Photoshop magic!

[Galaxy86]

Hey guys, I've been a lurker for quite a while now.

I have been thinning and receding slowly since something like 16-18 years old, I honestly cant remember the exact date, it feels like forever lol.

Anyway I'm 23 years old now. For years I have been hiding my hairline and thinning hair, with different hairstyles. And It worked well.

But lately I've noticed that I really cant pull it off so good anymore. A couple of people have commented, hey your forehead looks huge etc lol

Like many here my age, I've been through the, "why me? why so young? Why cant I enjoy nice hair until at least 30? AAAARGH!!!!!!!"

Oh well I'm way over that now. But it still hits my confidence every now and again and I get depressed and confused as to what to do. But the only way to live life is to stay positive, so I try my best.

So I've been thinking of three options to take, either keep my hair crappy, shave all my hair off which might make me look worse, or take the big 3 medications and possibly suffer the side effects of them.

Shaving my head scares me, because first the reactions I will get from everybody might be extreme, because they have never seen me like that before. And second, I have no idea how bad it might look, I dont think I will be able to pull it off. Basically I'm too much of a pussy to do it lol.

So here is where the power of photoshop comes in haha. I would really like your opinions on what I should do, it would help a lot. This whole situation is affecting my confidence.

Here are some pictures and photoshop manipulation.

My hair now, covering my receading hairline just barely.

 

[timbo]

This is a question that you need to answer yourself. Is hair important enough to you that you would spend the time and money on treating it? Also, I don't know why you're counting on side effects. You certainly aren't likely to develop them if you choose to start the Big 3.

 

[McFlyer]

Simple, go for the big 3 and if that doesn't workout at least you wont regret not trying.

You dont appear to have a bad head shape and you have a good facial structure. Only thing I would recommend is to slightly build up the neck/shoulder area and you'll be one pimp mofo!

Good luck bro!

 

[Galaxy86]

This is a question that you need to answer yourself. Is hair important enough to you that you would spend the time and money on treating it? Also, I don't know why you're counting on side effects. You certainly aren't likely to develop them if you choose to start the Big 3.

Hey thanks for the reply. I guess I'm leaning towards trying to improve my hair. But I also know the freedom of forgetting about it would also be nice.

Anyway I've started nizoral for now at least.

 

[Galaxy86]

Simple, go for the big 3 and if that doesn't workout at least you wont regret not trying.

You dont appear to have a bad head shape and you have a good facial structure. Only thing I would recommend is to slightly build up the neck/shoulder area and you'll be one pimp mofo!

Good luck bro!

Hey thanks lol. Yeah I'm actually thinking about starting a workout routine for my body soon. Because I've started to become thinner lately.

Yeah I should start the big 3, I'm leaning that way, I just still have doubts towards the whole side effects and the fact that I have a bit of ocd and it will affect my daily life.

I just made this thread to help finalise my decision. Kinda crazy I know. Thanks mate!

 

[bunchies]

Hey man , i should get on the big 3 and give it a year to see if u get results .
Who knows you might be in the succes story party of the forum in a year .

btw dont think about the sides since theyre mainly in youre head , and also start with 0.25mg finasteride since ive read that allot of ppl are having succes with 0.25 or 0.5 .

greetz and good luck .

 

[Galaxy86]

Is your hairline just receded, no further thinning? If that's the case and you won't shave it, MAN UP, you don't have to go all the way just buzz it to a number 4/5. I wouldn't go ahead and jump on the 'big 3' just yet, minoxidil is a last resort imo. Try out finasteride, and use Nizoral a few times a week. If your body responds well to the Finasteride you could halt your hairloss for years, if you get side effects I would get off it.

If you don't shave your head at least style it a bit better, at the moment a shaved head will look much better than that I reckon.

It's receded, but lately slighty more and a bit thinner, getting harder to manage.

The way my hair is in the picture is actually with no styling or anything, I just woke up lol plus I havent had a haircut for a while. And my hair changes all the time from really curly to wavy. Depends if I just washed it, put any styling in it, or how humid it is etc.
example of changes with no styling:

All these pictures were taken 1-3 years ago. In all of them I try to cover my hairline and slight thinning, my hair has always been hard to manage because of this lol.

I'm actually half Moroccan, so that might be one reason for this.

But it's getting harder to style and manage now as I get older and my hair is worse.


So here I am. Time to fight back.


And yeah I should man up, I guess posting my face all over here is the first step lol. It's quite embarassing.

So maybe I will shave and go on the big three all at once. I'll wait a week to make up my mind and also see if there are any more replies.

Thanks for your post mate.

 

[Galaxy86]

Hey man , i should get on the big 3 and give it a year to see if u get results .
Who knows you might be in the succes story party of the forum in a year .

btw dont think about the sides since theyre mainly in youre head , and also start with 0.25mg finasteride since ive read that allot of ppl are having succes with 0.25 or 0.5 .

greetz and good luck .

Thanks for your input, it's helpful.

If I do start finasteride, I think your right about starting with 0.25 and see how it goes.

The side effects that worry me is,
finasteride: man boobs, weight gain etc.

minoxidil: Bloated face, dark circles, large pores and wrinkles.

Now reading this forum is scary sometimes, but I cant tell if its people coming here complaining about side effects that might not be releated to finasteride, minoxidil. Or that it just seems like a lot is complaining because people are more likely to register to complain than if they were having success?

Anyway a lot to think about. Thanks.

 

[sadscalp]

You look much better shaved/buzzed imo.

 

[Boondock]

I think you look pretty cool with the buzzed look.

 

[muhu]

haha you lucky devil...you're a buzzcut guy!