Hair Loss ( Desperately need help!!)

[locke]

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!! :(

[Steven P. Administrators]

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 :D) 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)

[locke]

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 :D

help help help.

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

[tagerd0g]

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.

[DrunkenMaster]

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.

[tmeg]

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

[locke]

i dont smoke, it screws wit yer lungs..

i just drink :D

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)

[locke]

I saw a serious TV report that there are now new indeed working things, it stops the hair loss.

a name for the tonic would be VERY nice..

i dont give half a dong about the price.

[Dudlington]

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 :p

[Osiris]

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

[blitzkrg]

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

[kawai]

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

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

[PLuG8]

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.

:D <--------------my head looks like this

PLuG8

[masterbug]

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.

[PLuG8]

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......

[Osiris]

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

www.needhair.com

www.hairtospare.net

www.whygrowhairwhenyoucanbuyhair.org

[locke]

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. :ermm:

[username]

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.

[Osiris]

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.

[locke]

gals find unshaven men kinda hot..

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

[Osiris]

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 Anyway after hes first week it goes down hill, so thats an idiciation of the unshaven effect.

[BroChaos Veteran]

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

[LiGhTfast]

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

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

[hotrod]

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

[freightgod]

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...