I have follicle envy

Charmonium

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As someone who was previously going bald (<3 minoxidil), I pay undue attention to head hair - male and female. Of course women seriously piss me off. It's just not fair that more don't have alopecia - not that I wish that on anyone, especially a woman. Anyway, a lot of guys piss me off too. I tell myself I just have fine hair, but even I know that bullshit.

Like I said, follicle envy.
 
 

Red Squirrel

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I consider myself lucky, still have all my hair at 37. I might have a bit of receding but it's not at a point where I can say I'm losing my hair, I think it's more a mature hairline. Decided to grow it out years back so only really started paying attention to it around then.

I have not decided what I'll do if I do start losing it. Not sure if I want to go on medication for the rest of my life for something cosmetic, but I think I would really miss my long hair if I had to shave. Guess I'll cross that bridge when I get there. I can always also rock a skullet.

I donated 12" of hair a while back, and growing back out now. I'm just about back to my shoulders. Had a Lord Farquaad cut for a while lol. I sometimes think of doing a mullet, I think it would look cool. Don't know if I want to chop that much hair though.
 

BoomerD

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I still have a relatively full head of white and gray hair. There's a thinning spot in the back that my wife likes to point out...but it's in the back, so I don't see it...doesn't exist...right?

Anyone who's been here a while remembers this pic...it's not as long...I've cut it off and regrown the long hair twice since then and it's only getting whiter and grayer...

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lxskllr

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My hair's getting thin. I don't spend much time thinking about it, but it was pointed out to me once when I took my helmet off on a job. I haven't cut my hair in almost 30 years. It either breaks off or falls out. Seems to be falling out more lately. Not sure what I'm gonna do about it. I'm not opposed to shaving my head, but that's a new job I'd have to deal with. I'll wait and see what happens.
 
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[DHT]Osiris

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40, started growing it after the mil (was long before too). Started cutting it after a year or two b/c it started to get ratty. I just do it now when the SO tells me I'm due. It gets mid-ass if I let it. Father had a long head of hair too until he passed, so I'm guessing this isn't going anywhere.
 
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GodisanAtheist

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Almost 40 here and the thinning is real. Of course I cannot slowly go bald in a dignified way, my glorious fro is still somewhat intact on the front, back, and sides... But the balding is following a path from the top right of my forehead back along the edge of my dome to the cap of my head.

It's like a weird cat's tail of thinning that just makes it seem so much worse in the mirror. If you see me from the left it looks like I have a full head of hair. If you see me from the right I look like a clearly middle aged balding man.

Also I grow a pretty good pair of sideburns and a "mephisto" but a full beard is just not in the genes for me.
 
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Charmonium

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I can't grow a beard.
I've got one word for you - pubes. ;) :)

My beard hairs have to get out to at least .5 to .75 inches before it stops looking scraggly and even then, it has to be combed. Plus shaving, even with Phillips One electric razor is still a PITA. I like the option of having a beard but it looks completely detestable.

Now add to that the fact that it's 90% gray/white with solid black in weird places that make me look like comic book villain.
Almost 40 here and the thinning is real. Of course I cannot slowly go bald in a dignified way, my glorious fro is still somewhat intact on the front, back, and sides... But the balding is following a path from the top right of my forehead back along the edge of my dome to the cap of my head.

It's like a weird cat's tail of thinning that just makes it seem so much worse in the mirror. If you see me from the left it looks like I have a full head of hair. If you see me from the right I look like a clearly middle aged balding man.
Hmm, I know there are only a handful of "normal" patterns to MPB (male pattern baldness) but I'm not sure that's one of them. It might be alopecia. I say that because women tend to show thinning especially around the "part" line. It might be worth talking to a dermatologist.

I'm not sure about this but I think some folks might have follicles that are sensitive to being disturbed repeatedly, like when parting and combing. For example, my entire adult life I wore socks. The result was that I no longer have ANY hair at the bottom of my legs starting at exactly the point where the socks stopped.
 

GodisanAtheist

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I can't wait till I no longer need to look professional around co-workers/completely stop giving a shit and just let the facial hair go as long as it wants to...
 

Charmonium

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@lxskllr - Great pic sir. I've never seen white tattoo ink.

This is probably a stupid question, but I would think folks with darker skin would use that. But I always see black folks with black (sometimes dark green) ink on dark skin. Maybe using white is considered something of a hat tip to us crackers.
 

Charmonium

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Oh, that's a faded out Tshirt. Baltimore Orioles. I got it from goodwill cause it was orange and cheap.
D'oh [facepalm]. I'm not sure "orange" is the best description any more but you DID say it was faded. Thx :)
 

Red Squirrel

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I can't wait till I no longer need to look professional around co-workers/completely stop giving a shit and just let the facial hair go as long as it wants to...

That's what I love about my job, non customer facing, and they don't really care about how we look in the office either. Shorts and tshirt are ok, and so is long hair and beard. Some jobs can be strict with that stuff.
 
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