Fist thing as being bald changes the way we look. Actually transition from a good looking and confident guy to just a bald guy trying to look good and be confident is extrmely tough and it takes 4 or 5 years of your life specially if you dont have a solid support in form of wife or girlfriend. Once you are bald or accepted it after 4 or 5 years things are no so bad.

In my practice, I tell patients they do not need hair they are fine justt the way they are. However, if they desire hair, then I tell them what I can do for them. Hair loss is a personal issue and for some not an issue. We do not make it an issue unless the patient is very concerned about it.

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Ricardo Mejia MD, FAAD
Jupiter FL
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i think alot of the stigma comes from two sources, one being the vanity of non hairloss sufferers and two the poor quality of most hairloss remedies such as comb overs, toupees, wigs and plugs.

It is especially psychologically impactful on a young man, particularly those 30 to 18 as it effects their appearance more dramatically than other age groups and gives them the stigma of "premature aging" although it is an asinine comment because hairloss is not age specific and can effect anyone and any time with a genetic predisposition to it.

Unfortunately youth is known for its vanity and so youthful men afflicted by the "premature aging: stigma are particularly subconscious and feel socially wounded whether true or not.

Personally I have never condescended to follicularly vulnerable men, probably because the genitc predisposition was in my family and I knew what goes around comes around, yet as much as I am not judgmental of hair loss in others i am uncomfortable having to deal with it personally, its a personal dilemma for every man.

Some men press on hardly deterred my it and accept it and adapt with it gracefully, others understandably find it unacceptable and look for ways of mitigating the damage.

The expense of cosmetically catalytic procedures such as hair transplants and good systems often keep budget minded men, particularly young ones, from investing or investigating into seriously pursuing one.

Ultimately hairloss is a draw back cosmetically that all men deal with differently but ti is a health concern to all because of scalp vulnerability to sun damage and it is an expensive one to remedy in an aesthetic sense.

So it possesses few pluses beyond hair cut expenses.

That's an interesting comment that runs some what antithetically to historical perception of balding men, typically they are deemed wiser since the condition is associated with age and experience.

I must concede that on some men a slight recession is cosmetically appealing and actually looks rather dignified and distinguished, even on a younger age bracket, assuming the man as a whle is full of character and charm, our hairlines can take on personalities and I think that's due to self and not the hair. We cripple ourselves when it is the hair that dictates personality.

Very true Speegs.
I little receeded hairline in some cases makes guys more personable and approachable. If yo have a strong personality which superseeds being dictated by hairline then you wont have much problem in relations and social life but this doesnt mean trying to have good hair or look better is anything wrong. Hair is just a small part of you and just try to keep it that way.

I guess I assume that since bald men are losers in one area (hair), they are also losers in other areas (such as intelligence).

Depends I guess, the Apostle Paul, Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare, John Adams, Napoleon Bonaparte, Charles Darwin, Dwight Eisenhower and Robert Oppenheimer might all want to have a word with you however.