Taylor Launter loosing hair?

[Rawkerboi]

Many of you know Taylor Launter, he is famous for his role in Twilight saga!

 

What you think, is he receding little bit or its normal?

[Ashitaka]

Well, I think that there is some loss. When you look at his old photos, seems like those corners receded a bit.

[Dr Blake Bloxham]

I saw these pictures yesterday and thought the exact same thing!

 

Touches on a very important point: thickness/density of your hair when you're younger has no bearing on whether or not you'll lose your hair or thin when you reach "male pattern baldness age."

 

I see guys in the office all the time who say: "I can't believe I lost hair! It was so thick and dense when I was a kid. My parents and grandparents said I would never lose that hair!"

 

If you look at pictures from the whole Twilight era -- and thank God we are moving past that -- his hair is DENSE. Definitely not the same as those pictures.

 

Hopefully he'll stay ahead of it!

[newbie33]

I've always had a 'high forehead' but my hair was always mega thick. Even when I started to recede a bit at the front in my twenties, I thought at least I won't have a bald spot at the back... Unlit I hit my late twenties/thirties and the crown started to thin too.

 

Even some guys I knew when I was young whose low foreheads and thick hair I'd envy are now are bald as a coot. You just can't predict by looking alone at a twenty year old head how it's going to pan out.

[Melvin- Admin]

Slight recession he's what 23-24 so yea he's at the age, I doubt he'll go bald though, isn't he Native American they have the best genes when it comes to MPB.

[Dr Blake Bloxham]

Wait! Just remembered he can morph into a werewolf at any point in time! Re-growing hair is not a problem for him ; )

[Spanker]

Meh....maybe. Looks like it could be some slight thinning. Could be lighting. Could be some thijning with age. Look at Clint Eastwood. He has been thinning for 40 years.

 

Either way, I don't we'll ever see a bald TL. Tom Hanks has been balding for decades too. Not too many stars these days go with the flow.

[Rawkerboi]

Yes he is not loosing his hair, Perfectly fine

[Windjammer]

Meh....maybe. Looks like it could be some slight thinning. Could be lighting. Could be some thijning with age. Look at Clint Eastwood. He has been thinning for 40 years.

 

Either way, I don't we'll ever see a bald TL. Tom Hanks has been balding for decades too. Not too many stars these days go with the flow.

 

Clint's hair is a tough one. Had great, thick hair all through his 30s, but he has continued to recede and thin--never really stabilized. Just take a look at each of the five Dirty Harry movies and check out his hair. It changes a lot from film to film!

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger is another actor who sticks out. Had a nice solid hairline and seemingly thick hair all the way through the early 2000s. After turning 60 I thought his hair still looked quite good. The more he got into his political term though, his hair really took a turn for the worse. It's thinned and receded considerably later on in his life.

[Cant decide]

No offense guys but worry about yourselves instead of some NW1 who may be losing some early hair. It gains nothing but I guess misery loves company...

[Noodles123]

This observation is so true! I was born with a huge forehead and thin, straight Asian hair which is literally the worst kind of hair you can have in terms of visual density. I had people tell me I looked like I already had a receding hairline in junior / high school. Basically my forehead and hair have been huge insecurities of mine since forever, and I always admired all the other guys with thick, dense hair and straight hairlines.

 

Fast forward many years later, I'm now 33 and have run into old classmates on occasion. It is shocking to see who ended up balding and how aggressive some of their baldness got. I kinda got the last laugh with this one, because I've managed to keep most of my hair with help from finasteride, and got an FUE to lower the hairline. I literally have better hair now than when I was 15. That said, I've reconsidered my usage of fin lately, and have not taken it consistently due to all the negative chatter. I'd be lying if I said I'm not concerned that I'll quickly regress to where I should be without all the interventions.

 

And a great recent example is George W. Bush. He had a dense low hairline through his 2 terms, but is now completely bald in the front. You would think that a man well into his 50s at the time would not get so aggressively bald.

 

FYI, Taylor is not Native American. All his family seems to have come from Europe.

[newbie33]

No offense guys but worry about yourselves instead of some NW1 who may be losing some early hair. It gains nothing but I guess misery loves company...

 

 

Is this why you joined in? ;-)

[Cant decide]

Is this why you joined in? ;-)

 

Strange comment.,,,, I joined in to make the statement I made and the point that I made about people loving to see others lose hair period. I could not care less about Taylor.... Some people have great hair, deal with it and stop rejoicing in their hair loss. One thing that I have learned in losing hair is that I am sick of those who seem to find humor or comfort in the fact that I lost hair... Lets not do the same to others just because he happens to be famous.

[pkipling]

Strange comment.,,,, I joined in to make the statement I made and the point that I made about people loving to see others lose hair period. I could not care less about Taylor.... Some people have great hair, deal with it and stop rejoicing in their hair loss. One thing that I have learned in losing hair is that I am sick of those who seem to find humor or comfort in the fact that I lost hair... Lets not do the same to others just because he happens to be famous.

 

While I agree with your point in theory, I do think with celebrities, a lot of the motivation for any type of comparison isn't necessarily to find joy in their shortcomings, but to help dissolve the illusion that these celebrities are perfect. We often forget that Hollywood isn't a direct representation of reality, and tend to hold ourselves (knowingly or not) to a certain standard that not even these celebrities are capable of actually achieving.

 

The best comparison I can think of are all the heavily photoshopped photos of actresses in magazines. Seeing the untouched photos (for me) isn't an act of "let's tear them down so that we feel better". It's more like, "Hey guys - I know you think these people are perfect with perfect bodies and perfect hair and perfect skin, but they're not. This entire system works to subconsciously convince you that you're not good enough, but really - they're people with flaws just like you.... So take it easier on yourself." That's what I take from a comparison like this anyway. It's not so much an attack on the celebrity, but serves more as a reminder to let ourselves off the hook a little bit.

 

And I'm sure there are those that actually do find joy in other people's shortcomings (famous or not)- and that's something for each of us to watch out for within ourselves, as that's not a healthy approach to life. But sometimes (such as in cases like this one), I do believe the motivations are pure.

[Cant decide]

Pkipling - Good post. Well taken.

[irishsailor]

I took pics the other day with my old camera, and things looked unchanged then l used my new camera to better picture quality and it scared the crap out of me:eek:

 

I think we need to remember that celebrities normally have pics taken under the harshest of lighting with high definition pics, I'm sure it would make most guys with great hair look like they were thinning slightly.

 

Just my 2 pence worth.

[newbie33]

Strange comment.,,,, I joined in to make the statement I made and the point that I made about people loving to see others lose hair period. I could not care less about Taylor.... Some people have great hair, deal with it and stop rejoicing in their hair loss. One thing that I have learned in losing hair is that I am sick of those who seem to find humor or comfort in the fact that I lost hatir... Lets not do the same to others just because he happens to be famous.

 

So did you see anyone loving the fact he might be losing hair and rejoicing in it? I didn't. I read guys posting about hair loss on a hair loss forum.

[Cant decide]

So did you see anyone loving the fact he might be losing hair and rejoicing in it? I didn't. I read guys posting about hair loss on a hair loss forum.

 

Just posting about it in the first place makes my point. Just pointing it out that he may be losing hair, what is the point? Does it somehow help your hair loss situation? It just makes guys feel better that a good looking guy may be losing some hair period (which he is not by the way).