time for a serious discussion

Post by **Jonathan** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 1:35 am

when you start to go bald, there are exactly two alternatives: rogaine and shaving your head. what do you do if neither works for you?

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 4:59 am

Wear a hat all the time.

Jason · Post by **Jason** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 6:05 am

Well there are other options, but they start to get more risky and they're highly dependent on hair type. There is a prescription drug you can take that modifies hormones that helps to stop loss, it doesn't really regrow. You have to go to a doctor, however, and I have no idea what it would cost. There are also surgical types of things, but I think those should only be a last resort. There are also weaves and such, but I have no idea how those work.

How long has the rogaine been ineffective? It usually takes months to begin to help and at best it slows hair loss, but doesn't usually stop it completely. I can't use it anymore since it irritates my scalp.

Peijen · Post by **Peijen** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 6:38 am

I have been losing hair slowly since college. However I find hair lost is slower, and I even regrow some, when I cut my hair short. Might or might not work for you.

bob · Post by **bob** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 7:34 am

I wear a hat often, and I try not to let the camera see me from an overhead behind angle. I'm considering trying the shaving approach. I'm not sure if I've lost a significant amount in the past few years, or if it all really just happened in high school or something. I know it at least started then.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 7:36 am

I've already gone completely bald. I dipped by head in Nair for men, and now I look like Uconn forward Charlie Villanueva. or that avatar to the left

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I guess I'm one of the few not losing my hair yet? Kind of odd, but I think my hair is growoing shorter over time. In the past 6 months I've had one cut lol.

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 12:49 pm

No baldness on either side of my family. Some thinning on my dad's side, but nobody's bald or balding.

Post by **Jonathan** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 3:53 pm

Oh, don't get me wrong. I still have a glorious, thick head of hair. I'm just wondering for the sake of all you poor bald schlubs out there.

Post by **Jonathan** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 7:36 pm

Is there no decent hairstyle for balding men other than a shaved head? I guess a hat is a reasonable answer.

bob · Post by **bob** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 8:42 pm

Dwindlehop wrote:Is there no decent hairstyle for balding men other than a shaved head? I guess a hat is a reasonable answer.

I think the monks came up with a pretty rockin' answer to that about a thousand years ago.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 8:15 am

my avatar is as bald as jon's!

http://people.howstuffworks.com/hair-replacement7.htm

I vote for scalp reduction