balding at 20...

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I'm twenty years old, and for the first time today when I looked in the mirror I saw a bald spot, a big one. It is shaped funny, but I'm pretty sure its a bald spot. I used to lose one or two hairs when I took a shower. I'd find them in my hand when I was putting the shampoo in my hair... Now I find a few dozen each time I take a shower. This started when I was in the army, but back then I didn't have a bald spot...


Maybe its the crazy lifestyle, the tough family situation, my bad diet, or my general depression... Its hard to say what for sure, but at this rate I'll be shaving the sides before I'm twenty five. I'm finally eating good (at least for me) and losing weight... I'm never going to be thin and have a full head of hair at the same time... I do like the whole shaved head thing, but at my age everyone thinks its a political statement.


Whats it matter, I almost never go out in public anyways... But seriously, I feel like this is one big step for me in the wrong direction. I feel that this will alienate me even further from people my age. I guess I should have seen this coming, I was getting my first gray hairs when I was 18...


If all the stuff that was going in my life wasn't bad enough, something like this happens... I just hope its not a prelude to something more serious.

Get your thyroid tested.

Hair loss can be due to stress but the biggest cause is genetic. A schoolfriend of mine lost most of his hair by the time he was your age and it's no coincidence that his father had a head like a bowling ball.

In case of doubt, tell them that your bald patch is a solar panel for a sex machine

Ed Almos

I noticed I was losing my hair at age 19. By 22 I was very bald. It happens!

Of course they say this is caused by excessive testosterone, which fits the aspie profile.

Like anything else that is a little unusual, it will turn a lot of women off but it will also turn some very smart women on!

If you can accept it and make it a positive part of your image it can work for you. Just try to avoid sunburn up there, wear a hat or sunblock.

The other thing is that minoxidil may work if you start early (too late for me but I'm so used to being bald I don't know what I'd do with all that hair on my head anyway) of course with minoxidil you have to use it faithfully every day for the rest of your natural life, its a big commitment.

I was in art school when I went bald, so I just told myself it made me look more like Paul "Papa" Cezanne, Father of Modern Painting, although of course he was French and about a foot taller than I am. (details, details....) I already had the beard, and used it to compensate, defiantly reciting a bit of doggerel from a Burma Shave ad: "In this world of toil and sin/ Your head grows bald /But not your chin"

I've never wanted to shave the sides but that's generational I geuss, I'm 54.

just a girl's opinion - bald men are extremely sexy but those that are balding and try hide it definitely aren't!

There's a guy who goes to our health club and he's in his early thirties and bald. He shaves his head till there's nothing left except eyebrows and he has NO problem attracting girls. Personality helps (he's the lively friendly type) but lack of hair hasn't dampened his social life one bit.

Ed Almos

If I were a guy i would just shave my head. We are in a fashion world where you can have Jesus hair, aBeatle mop top to a completely shaved head.

Oh yeah.........in a health magazine i read that eating granny smith apples prevents balding......

My father, my grandfather, and all of my uncles are bald. I haven't lost any hair yet, but I can guess what the future holds...

I noticed a small bald spot when I was thirty; when my nieces noticed it at the swimming pool I said: "Well it cost me a fortune, so be careful around it."

I have a combover from hell right now, and have been thinking of adopting this look:



Nice and low-maintenance; you just have to keep it thinned at the sides so that it looks cool.

I read somewhere that a shaved head is the toupee of the 21st century.

If I ever start to go bald I'll just shave the rest of my head. I think the "horse-shoe" thing looks god-awful. Plus a lot of my favorite musicians are bald, such as Tony Levin, Jordan Rudess, and Joe Satriani.

"horse shoe thing"?

All combovers are from hell!

There's a name for that: alopecia
Check wikipedia.

Iruka,
I feel your pain.
I'm 17 & I am beginning to receive gray hair!

I was told that usually baldness is transmitted from the mother's side, and not the father's. (Although, an other factor is age, as the older we get, the more chances we get balder)...

I have friends who started signs of early baldness (like in the mid 20s or early 30s), whereas their dads (in their 50s to 60s) did not show any marking signs.

Getting white hairs early is also hereditary. We have friends who got their white hair at around 25 (rerssembling Steve Martin or Leslie Nielsen, at a relatively young age). Now, their sons seem to show that...