Early signs of baldness, what to do?

[ChewDawg]

Whenever friends of mine take the piss of my receding hairline I always remind them that balding means too much testosterone.

These people with full sets of hair and John Edwards-$500 type of haircuts have a lot of estrogen for a male.

[Rabidpie]

Well I'm 24 years old and I've just noticed my hair seems to be thinning. The advice you guys are giving me is just don't worry about it... I can accept that but If I could I still rather keep trying to preserve the hair I have for as long as possible.

I'm sure sooner or later I won't care If I go bald or not, but for now I really do. Actually, I care more about how attractive I will be if I lose my hair. I know it depends on your confidence regarding your own balding when it comes to women, but I always felt Taiwanese women were always a bit rougher to baldies. Any insight?

[bigduke6]

I once heard wanking will cause hair to grow on your palms. I am sure this hair can be transplanted to your head.

A win-win situation, if ever there was.

[trubadour]

I always felt Taiwanese women were always a bit rougher to baldies. Any insight?

not true. I've recently had to buzz cut (not shaved - so can't comment on that) but have also been working out and, despite being older (32), I'm getting good reactions. Better than ever. I think it's confidence, but it's not some kind of voodoo - just look after yourself - face the facts, be a man, women dig it. Whose that guy from Fast and Furious? The short one? Girls think he is hot. He's balding but no one cares.

Get a buzz cut and get cut! Don't get juiced tho..thats stupid!

[Taiwan Luthiers]

I think Taiwanese women are more interested in the appearance of your bank account (or jobs) than you.

[trubadour]

mate - thats it! its all about the fucking credit card!

[headhonchoII]

I always felt Taiwanese women were always a bit rougher to baldies. Any insight?

not true. I've recently had to buzz cut (not shaved - so can't comment on that) but have also been working out and, despite being older (32), I'm getting good reactions. Better than ever. I think it's confidence, but it's not some kind of voodoo - just look after yourself - face the facts, be a man, women dig it. Whose that guy from Fast and Furious? The short one? Girls think he is hot. He's balding but no one cares.

Get a buzz cut and get cut! Don't get juiced tho..thats stupid!

Danny de Vito.

[trubadour]

he'd f**k you

[cake]

Going the hair transplant route is a huge gamble. If your hair thins out more to say a norwood 7 your hair transplant that covered the front will be useless. Hair transplant companies will tell you to do more when they know you are wasting your cash.
Transplants are only useful if you have a little thinning and you won't thin out any more - so a huge gamble.
You will also have a lovely scar across the back of your head that will make it difficult to shave it off in years to come.

If you hair at the front is growing to to a shorter length then you can crop it to that length or a little shorter and you 'll be OK.
Maybe in 5-10 years you if you thin out more you can look at alternatives.

There are other alternatives.
A hair piece, or what a friend of mine (recently) had - a pigment put into the skin on his head that make it look like he has a full head of hair when shaved down/cropped very very short (a few celebrities have had it done).

[Taiwan Luthiers]

Dying the scalp only works if you still have hair, if its really thin all it will look like is crap. If you get to that point might as well embrace it or just shave it.

The whole hair loss industry is all based on false hope and selling you stuff that is expensive and you must use it again and again to hopefully have any effect. I am of the opinion that scientists don't even know what causes hair loss or at least how the whole process works. The current treatments are all intended for something else and there is no treatments, drugs or natural solutions that are designed to stop hair loss. Stem cell has somehow become the magic cure-all for any and all diseases and one would ask, is it really as they say?