KlotzConchord

Bad ass mofo. And he doesn't even have to shave it to the skin. It's all about perception and confidence. He looks good onscreen because he projects confidence and the willingness to kick some arse. Do you think this guy ever agonized over a Norwood chart? Well, maybe. But you'd never know it from looking at him.

Check out this doctor's website. I'm a digital media specialist by trade and work extensively with Photoshop. To echo other statements made earler, the "before" pictures on the good doctor's home page are clearly photoshopped to make the patient (if they even are patients) look way balder then they really are (if they were even balding to begin with). Look at how blurry the balding area is. There's a good chance that the only "work" these "patients" have had done has been done with a few mouse clicks... If these images aren't Photoshopped, then I'm Mickey F*****g Mouse.

As the author of this thread I vote whole-heartedly with option B. This thread should remain open. I feel it may have helped people and certainly shown a different approach to hair loss than normally seen here. Since I have more forum seniority than you guys who were arguing amongst yourselves...STFU n00bs!!! j/k

Come on guys, let's not turn this thread into an argument between you two. LMS, I appreciate your post on my behalf, but I didn't read his post that way. PGP, I wasn't offended by your post, I read and understood it completely. Yes my wife is still with me. She's read most of this thread. Believe it or not, she's a hairdresser (until she finishes college to be a physical therapist). Let's keep this thread civil.

That's it Lotus. That's the ticket. This is exactly what one needs to do. You're trying to paint it with a negative brush, but the message is there. What you left out in your example (in order to parallel our discussion) is that Car A is well within the buyer's price range and requires minimal maintenance. You can depend on Car A to look and perform the same every day. On the other hand, the buyer (especially a younger one) would most likely have to take out a large loan to purchase Car B and it may require lots of expensive maintenance in addition to the high purchase price. You also get the added bonus of excessive worrying about the dependabilty and appearance of Car B for the rest of your life. I said earlier that yes I would be lying if I said I didn't prefer having a full head of hair over shaving. But I have yet to see a hair transplant that restores a full head of hair, it's technically impossible and everyone knows it. So I've moved on. If you're saying that myself and others like me have conditioned ourselves to view baldness as the preferred "hairstyle" then yes, we have. In addition, I've also conditioned myself to be happy in a three bedroom house instead of a 9 bedroom mansion, and to be happy driving a Honda instead of a Ferrari. I suppose I would be happier driving that Ferrari, but you're right, I'm just LYING to myself that I like my Honda. I'm such a tortured soul.

That's all I'm trying to do, offer a way out. I secretly suffered and agonized over hair loss for such a long time. Now it seems like it was in another lifetime. You older guys who have already started the HT process can ignore me if you want. I'm sorry if my opinion offends you since that's the path you chose. I'm mostly speaking to the younger guys who have yet to go under the knife. You know who you are. I just want to let them know that their minds can change. What seems so important now may not be so important in a matter of a just a few years.

Yes I would be lying if I said I preferred to Bic my head every other morning over having a full head of hair... But I will never have a full head of hair again. So the case is closed. You gotta make lemonade from your lemons.

I hardly think that confidence would be high on the list of priorities if she had boobs hanging to her knees. I would think that basic things like walking, dressing, hygiene, excercise would be made difficult and would require some kind of corrective action. We'll cross that bridge when we get there (which would hopefully be never).

There's a big difference here. You're comparing apples and oranges. The doctors and drug companies are in it for the money. I, on the other hand, stand nothing to gain other than perhaps the peace of mind knowing that I helped someone out there who was just like me realize that spending tens of thousands of dollars all for some extra hair up top just doesn't cut the mustard when one looks at the big picture. The difference between my opinion and theirs is that if you follow my advice, you get richer; if you follow theirs, they get richer. I didn't accuse this community of overselling anything. If you would have paid more attention to my earlier post (which you quoted) you would have noticed that I said: I have seen (and succumbed to) that type of "overselling" before. But not here.

You can download a 30-day trial of Photoshop from the Adobe website I believe. I'm digital media specialist and use Photoshop every day to edit and create stuff. Great program.

Quoted for truth. It's JUST HAIR, people. Don't try to tell me different. I've been there and back. Don't throw away tens of thousands of $$$ for what you mistake for true confidence. True confidence doesn't come from HAIR, it comes from inside you, and accepting who you are.

I haven't looked to see who all sponsors this site. But I have seen lots of advertising elsewhere that does exactly that. They show guys with their new hair dancing and flirting with beautiful women, making you feel like you need to have hair to do such things. Then when they show before and after photos, they make sure to show the before picture as a pale, bedraggled loser. They make sure that his hair is combed out and looks stupid like Larry Fine of the Three Stooges. Then after he gets his hair, he's all of a sudden got a nice tan, his hair is combed and styled, and he's an Adonis that women just fall all over. So stupid. And Bill, I saw your pictures of your progress. Your HTs came out very well from what I could see, but you could have made it as a great-looking bald guy.

Thanks for the replies guys. I didn't know if I'd be run out of town on a rail or praised for my choices. I actually posted here somewhat by accident. All I was trying to do was clean up my email address and get rid of all of the unwanted mail I get from time-to-time. Once I logged in I looked at my profile it was an interesting experience to see the way I used to think. Sort of like a window to a past I had long since forgotten.

Like I said, this is a success story. But this is probably not the success story that some of you think is possible. Well I used to be you. I started losing my hair just out of high school in 1995, it started at the temples and went back and thinned me out all through the top. In 1998 I joined Hair Club for Men and wore a glued-on, taped-on "hair system". I was excited about it at first because of the change in my appearance. But the hair system has it's limits. I was too afraid to get to into a relationship with any girls I met for fear of that intimate moment they would try to run their fingers through my "my" hair. I felt (and feared) that I was a very shallow and phony person. In 2001 I decided to shave my head for the first time. I had trouble getting used to it so after a week I decided to grow my hair out and see what I was left with after 4 years of wig-wearing. Well to my surprise I wasn't completely bald. I had a thin layer of hair that covered most of my head. It was enough that I could use Toppik fibers somewhat successfully. I continued dusting my head with Toppik for the next couple of years, during which time I joined this website. My hair loss was getting worse and it was getting harder and harder to try and create a phony hairline using Toppik. I was single at this time and worried about how I was going to find a girlfriend who could possibly love a guy who was losing his hair (this sounds ridiculous to me now). I frequented this website for about three or four months. By the time spring and summer had come around I had enough of my self pity and just decided to shave my head and go for broke this time. It was the best thing I ever did. See, the first time I shaved my head, I never gave myself a chance to get used to it. I now love shaving my head and not worrying if someone can see that I have lost hair. I love being able to go swimming and not worry if my "hair system" is going to fly off. I love the fact that I never decided take out an automobile-sized loan to go though with hair surgery. Most of all, I love the feeling of being real, not trying to cover up what some see as a fault. It just doesn't matter. HAIR doesn't matter. Later that year I met my wife. She didn't care one bit that I had male pattern baldness. Most women don't. We dated for 5 years and were just married this past October. I don't know how the moderators and admins will take to this kind of a post. It works against all of the people who advertise on this website to to try and convince you that you have a problem. Maybe this thread will be deleted or locked. Who knows. I just wanted to share my thoughts with you and tell you that you are more than your hair (or lack of). YOU CAN GET OVER THIS. My wife and I: With one of my two pugs: Wedding day: With a few friends:

Like I said, this is a success story. But this is probably not the success story that some of you think is possible. Well I used to be you. I started losing my hair just out of high school in 1995, it started at the temples and went back and thinned me out all through the top. In 1998 I joined Hair Club for Men and wore a glued-on, taped-on "hair system". I was excited about it at first because of the change in my appearance. But the hair system has it's limits. I was too afraid to get to into a relationship with any girls I met for fear of that intimate moment they would try to run their fingers through my "my" hair. I felt (and feared) that I was a very shallow and phony person. In 2001 I decided to shave my head for the first time. I had trouble getting used to it so after a week I decided to grow my hair out and see what I was left with after 4 years of wig-wearing. Well to my surprise I wasn't completely bald. I had a thin layer of hair that covered most of my head. It was enough that I could use Toppik fibers somewhat successfully. I continued dusting my head with Toppik for the next couple of years, during which time I joined this website. My hair loss was getting worse and it was getting harder and harder to try and create a phony hairline using Toppik. I was single at this time and worried about how I was going to find a girlfriend who could possibly love a guy who was losing his hair (this sounds ridiculous to me now). I frequented this website for about three or four months. By the time spring and summer had come around I had enough of my self pity and just decided to shave my head and go for broke this time. It was the best thing I ever did. See, the first time I shaved my head, I never gave myself a chance to get used to it. I now love shaving my head and not worrying if someone can see that I have lost hair. I love being able to go swimming and not worry if my "hair system" is going to fly off. I love the fact that I never decided take out an automobile-sized loan to go though with hair surgery. Most of all, I love the feeling of being real, not trying to cover up what some see as a fault. It just doesn't matter. HAIR doesn't matter. Later that year I met my wife. She didn't care one bit that I had male pattern baldness. Most women don't. We dated for 5 years and were just married this past October. I don't know how the moderators and admins will take to this kind of a post. It works against all of the people who advertise on this website to to try and convince you that you have a problem. Maybe this thread will be deleted or locked. Who knows. I just wanted to share my thoughts with you and tell you that you are more than your hair (or lack of). YOU CAN GET OVER THIS. My wife and I: With one of my two pugs: Wedding day: With a few friends: