Okay, this might sound kinda dumb/freaky/fake,

i'm 16 and i *think* i'm balding.



my hair is kinda long so it is covering the bald patch up, but my hairline is rapidly receding at the left side of my head..my dad is bald, so it might be hereditary, stress induced, or maybe its just the gel i use kinda often (stopped like a month ago, but still balding)..can someone plz suggest how i can get the hair to grow back or something? like recommend tonics, shampoos, etc..



P.S: I'm very serious in this post, it is not a joke. I'm scared ****less, someone plz help me!!

Stress and worry also contributes to the problem.



Balding (although admitedly I do not have this) is seen to be a sign of maturity (I do have this ) and is also sexually attractive to women. You cant fight nature, you can however go with it. People who hide bald spots usually dont do a very good job at it because the old flip over usually gets noticed.



I suggest a hairdressers experienced opinion on your hair line and I am deadly serious.



Thanks for your faith in Neowin to share this problem (I think)

um. i'm 16. i do not think gals would find a bald 16 year old very attractive



appreciate yer help

i've got a hairdresser friend, i think i'll go ask him about it. but he aint too professional tho..



Stress i cant prevent, i'm having a very major exam this year and i'm the top school of my country, i've got to do well



help help help.

basically. i'm so friggin scared i don't wanna tell anybody i know, so u guyz were my solution.. :old:

Try shaving your head like a marine. Eventually when you do lose your hair, no one will notice because they're used to a shaved head.



I shave my head and my hairline is ever so slowly receding (not as bad my brother though and he's 2 years younger).



You could try Rogaine or something.. ask your doctor.

I once had a neighbor friend who was almost bald (at least on top) by the time he was 18 or 19. I can tell you that he didn't seem to have a problem with women. He seemed to have a steady good lookin' gf.



Ask your father how old he was when he began balding. For some, unfortunatly, balding happens early in life due to heredity. Best advise I have for you is to see a doctor if it really concerns you - not a barber/hairdresser.

Go to a specialist. I don't know the english word for it. But the doctors who are specialized on the skin.

I saw a serious TV report that there are now new indeed working things, it stops the hair loss. The earlier you begin with the tonic (you have to apply it every morning and evening) the better.

I remember it costs a little bit; think about stop smoking and spend the money on your hair



HTH

i dont smoke, it screws wit yer lungs..

i just drink

i think the skin doctor is a dermatologist..kinda rare. luckily there's one near my house (went there when i got abrasions and thought it was herpes)

a name for the tonic would be VERY nice..

i dont give half a dong about the price.

Yeah I'm 20 and I've got about 20 white hairs and my hair is thinning. It sucks I'm pretty sure it's stress related and heredity.



Oh yeah, and it could have been all that bleaching and dying of strange colours

lol **** I wish I had you problems. Mate id kill to have hair loss problems. I suffer from Hair Gaining problems. Ive got enough hair to last me 10life times. Hell if you can find away to fix my problem ill donate my hair to ya

what kind of hair do you have? straight, curly, dry, smooth, thin, thick?

for ****s sake, if it goes really bald, just shave them all off.



I, on the other hand, got way too much hair.

Locke - I went through pretty much the same thing -



I had always had very thin (even the individual strands of hair were very fine) hair. I am 28 now. When I was 22 I could have no haircut other than a caesar. (kind of like George clooney's) but even then I had to come to grips with the realization that you could tell I was losing my hair on top.



I have been completely bald for 6 years. love it. sure I get weird stares now and then especially being white with a shaved head people sometimes jump to conclusion that I am a skinhead.

till they get to know me.



I am to the point now where I WISH there was something I could put on my head to make the rest of it fall out permanently. (except my eyebrows :-P



You have a few options - I don't think stress is your issue - its mostly hereditary - your body is probably producing good amounts of testosterone and associative hormones now that you are in your "puberty" years - unfortunately a side effect of this is another chemical your body makes from excess hormones called DHT. for some reason this accumulates in your scalp. This excess hormone affects your hair follicle's chemistry prompting an auto-immune response and your immune system thinks that your own hair is a "foreign" body at which point your own body attacks the follicle causing it to weaken and the hair to fall out.



Though this is not 100% always the case - you may have low blood flow to your scalp - but this is the classic case of male pattern balding. (and sometime's in women with hormonal troubles.)



There are a few treatment's you can try - NIOXIN which is a set of shampoos and conditioners that stimulate blood flow to the scalp - you will feel tingling and your scalp will turn red and flush for awhile after use. This is a prevention treatment meant for before significant hair loss occurs.



Of course Rogaine - but you need to ask yourself " Do I want to spend the money and use this FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE" because that's what you have to do - if you stop rogaine - your hair falls back out - PERIOD. and its not even completely normal hair - its thinner and "fuzzier"



Or you can just accept your fate and shave your head. I recommend a good razor like a sensor excel - shave with the "grain" of the hair not against - and use a moisterizer. the key is tanning your scalp to have a natural skin tone to match your face and body - not pasty-white like most people who shave their head on a whim.

of course in the summer use a sunscreen -



The big thing is not to let it depress you - trust me on this its not worth it - I went through a period being ****ed off and depressed I lost my hair so young.



hope this helps some.



<--------------my head looks like this



PLuG8

Don't worry about it. I had a lot of perms when i was at that age and because of that i got bold, (I ALWAYS LOVED MY HAIR).Now I'm totally bold. A lot of my friends told me to shave it all.

After 6 months I did and i don't regret it, should have done it earlier. Everybody is saying that this is much better than half bold with thin hair.



I must say, now I have more confidence (strange isn't it).



Check the post a pic thread, I did put one there.



edit: I agree with plug8, but use mach 3 from gilette and after that use a braun shaving machine, after you used that its all smooth.

I can't do the Mach 3 on my head man - too many blades removing too much skin!!! :hurt: and this is barely running it over the scalp......

Me and kawai are gonna go into business selling our excess hair at

www.needhair.com

www.hairtospare.net

www.whygrowhairwhenyoucanbuyhair.org

lol osiris



i've alwayz had very thick hair, which made it kinda hard to style (hence the copious amts of gel came in)



its still very thick now, not noticable at all..(mum thought i was paranoid)



mebbe i exaggerated a little, but i usually comb my hair with a side parting when i dont wanna use gel, and now i find that the parting is growing bigger and the area around it is thinning compared to the rest of my head..



i've also got white hair, but u gotta look at me for a while to notice it :cheeky:



why i got scared was because i'm just 16 and my frenz whose dad's are bald dont have this prob.



mebbe if it gets worse i'll just take it all off... where i come from, i have seen like less than 10 local skinheads walking around in my lifetime.

I would schedule an appointment with a dermatologist. Although alopecia at age 16 is not that uncommon, it’s worth getting checked out. Could be many causes: nutrition, skin condition, stress, hormonal, viral, but most likely heredity. The dermatologist can take scalp samples if he thinks it is necessary. You may also get referred to an endocrinologist to see if your hormones are in check. Everyone looses about 100 hairs a day, it’s just when the hair stops growing back or grows much slower, that you have the problem.

ahh I wish I was blonde, then I wouldnt have black hair, I dont mind my head hair my facial hair ****s me I must have hit puberty too fast, because I had to start shaving when I about 14 1/2 and once you start shaving its just all down hill. I can shave in the mornming and by 5 boom there it is the 5 oclock shadow.

gals find unshaven men kinda hot..

unshaven as in the little dots on yer chin, not a bloody long beard like aristotle or something..

lol yeah it gives the "rugged" look so ive been told.

Apparently when russle crowe shaves, the week after he shaves in when women find him most attractive so womens weekly said [I read it at work on my break okay theres not a great selection ofreading matterial there] Anyway after hes first week it goes down hill, so thats an idiciation of the unshaven effect.

i'm sorry, that really sucks. but reading it on neowin just cracks me up.

hehe hope i dont catch im getting grey hairs and im only 18



probably cause i been gelling my hair for the past 2 years to give me a massive quiff



i got ample hair thank god its just going grey : /

only noticable if i dont gel my hair for some reason so i gotta keep gelling

Maybe your hair isn't receeding... maybe your forehead is just growing!!

I realize at your age it seems like a big deal but TRUST ME one day you're gonna remember me saying IT'S JUST HAIR lol



seriously, find a good barber if they still have them in your town and ask his advice if not find a hairdresser...

my uncles bald but hes the only bald person in the family (not totally bald but lost lots of hair)

The fact that your dad is bald has nothing to do with it. What WOULD matter is if your mom's dad was bald, because baldness is passed down through the mother.



So whats my point?



Blame your mom! lol

I'll go bald in 10 years, possibly. You should see doctor and buy as much ****ing rogain as possible.

i'll go ask my barber the next time i get a haircut..because once i get a haircut its gonna be obvious, without long hair to cover the patch..

if i really do get bald, i'm gonna shave..i cant deal with using rogain forever.

i always told myself... when i start to go bald, im just gonna shave my hair off. i shave now, but not to the scalp.

All I can say is accept yourself and you will find that others will accept you to.



Here is a story I once heard:



In a mideval village lived a dwarf that was so caught up with being short that he walked on stilts and everyone always laughed. One day the dwarf threw away the stilts and the people stopped laughing.



Do you judge people by their character or their appearance ? Anyone who judges by appearance isn't worth knowning.



There is NO way that hair can be regrown. We simply don't yet have the technology so don't get deceived by ads.



I wish you well.

Hair gel causes baldness? :dead: :hurt:



No way man.. cant be.. i use at least 1/3 of the tub everyday. Just slop it all over my hair.

Possible uses of this medication

Propecia is an androgen hormone inhibitor used to treat male pattern hair loss IN MEN ONLY.



How to take this medication

Follow the directions for using Propecia provided by your doctor. Ask your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist any questions that you may have about this medicine. This medicine may be taken once daily on an empty stomach. STORE THIS MEDICINE at room temperature between 59 and 86 degrees F (15 and 30 degrees C) in a tightly-closed container, away from moisture. IF YOU MISS A DOSE OF THIS MEDICINE and you remember the same day, take it as soon as possible. If you do not remember until the next day, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not take 2 doses at once.



Side Effects

A SIDE EFFECT that may occur while taking Propecia is a change in sexual function. If it continues or is bothersome, check with your doctor. CONTACT YOUR DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY if you experience the following side effects or symptoms of toxicity: skin rash or swelling of lips. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist.





That I know my friend works like a charm. My dad was bald as a burglar, and he uses it and his hair stopped falling out and actually he had a resurgence of hair growth!

BUt I must say this is one of the funniest threads I've read in a while!

BB

Ehm, I wouldn't worry too much then.



Seriously, you're 16. Just go out and have a good time. There's very little you can do to stop the resession. When you know a bit more what its going to turn out like then you might be able to do something about it.

That sounds very scary. Its like the sh it you hear from a counsellor after you get raped or something



To Big Booger : I dont wanna depend on medication forever, especially if missing one dose screws me up really hard.



I feel like **** now. My consolation : I looked like crap with good hair anyway, so i cant look much worse bald :evil: :rambo:

Where is this bald "patch" at? Very important in the cause of your hairloss. If its the crown and the hairline, generally alopecia. However, anything on the side of the head, where you part your hair or lower could be something else.

its not exactly a patch..

there's this widening parting..

like a triangle with its base near my forehead and the tip further in..

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its on the left side of my head ( i do a left part)

"Minoxidil" and "Finasterid" are mentioned on this site (german):

http://www.netdoktor.de/medikamente/fakta/...sfallmittel.htm



The TV report was about a dermatologist Professor from Munich, who said that (if I remember correctly) Minoxidil would be very good.

I had the same problem, but i didnt know where to turn. I went half way bald - the scariest time of my life.



In grade 6 i started to lose my hair - id run my hadn over my hair and my whole hand would be filled with fair - just falling out. (at earlier stages it was exactly how you explained it). I went through 6 years (thats right 6) with half the hair on my head (had to wear a ****ing wig), as well as i had no hair on my eyelashes or eyebrows.



In grade 9 or so, i was told of a good dermatologist.. i went there and he injected cortisol into my head (with a needle) and soon enough, the hair started coming back. Now im in grade 12, have 19/20 of my hair back, but only half my eyebrows and eyelashes. i highly recommend you go to a dermatologist FAST. You have "alopecia"

My hair is starting to receed now... I aways laughed at my Dads loss of hair - but it has caught up with me - what goes around comes around )



I was thinking of having a new style hair cut and moving away from my 'classic' side parting... any recomendations? I don't think the skinhead approach is for me...



Does Neowin have any barbers in the forums



Colin

You seem obsessed by your appearance and that isn't healthy.



Get a life ! Snap out of it ! Accept your appearance. You describe yourself as looking like "crap". So what ! Does that make you any less a human being ?



Here is where the advertising companies have a lot to answer for with their misleading ads and misleading role models.



You NEED to get over this and not let it be a handicap.



You describe what I say as counselling, well you certainly seem to need that more than heaps of hair !



Accept yourself dude, your family and friends do !

rofl @ whole thread