Thinning Hair. NOT Hiding It

[Tom Bomb]

I used to worry about going bald — had an angsty collection of brushed-out, dread-like locks. Still do. … But, I learnt recently that we humanoids lose, on average, one-hundred hairs per day, to the elements, and I worry no more. Brushing is a blast, these days. Simple pleasures. I even do it myself sometimes
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[blastoff99]

Genes are weird, IMO.

My mother's side of the family (everybody related to HER mother) has very thick and coarse hair they never lose.

My father's side of the family has very fine hair, and not a lot of it. The men lose what they have starting in their 30s, but it doesn't all go away so they do combovers that aren't terribly flattering.

I was born with a ridiculous amount of very fine hair. Ridiculous. Everybody who ever cut my hair (from first haircut to age 47) exclaimed that they'd never seen anything like it, just the sheer number of hairs on one head. It started going from red-brown to grey in my 20s (well, age 13 actually) and detoured through darker brown before it went all grey.

It was my best feature, easily, ha, well, my only good feature. I kept it short. Strangers would stop me to oooh and ahhhh over it. Coworkers wanted to run their hands through it. I liked it.

You're hearing the past tense part of this, right?

I was assigned female at birth. I medically transitioned to male four years ago. Two weeks into that process, my shower drain told on me - that hair is falling out. I went from dad's hair texture but mom's hair amount to... starting in aggressively on middle-aged dad's balding pattern.

DANGIT. I have ONE good physical feature and it's gone??? I mean, it's not all gone. I have a decent amount left. But now I wear a hat when it rains (couldn't feel rain before), and when the sun's out for that matter. Still got a good crop in back, but it grows pathetically slowly there, so if I want a ponytail in 2028 I'd better start now, and it's gonna get rough between here and there. More likely I'll end up shaving it off, but since my head is shaped roughly like a toaster and has lumps all over it, this ain't gonna be pretty. Oh well, got a red-brown beard out of it that my father is highly envious of because he never could grow such a thing .

 

[hrodbert696]

Me at 36:

(The longest and fullest I ever grew it)

Today, at 50:

It's thinning back on the crown, where I can only see it when I use the self-check at Target. I tell the woman who cuts my hair to use her judgment and do whatever looks best, just not to make it look like I'm in denial about it. She laughs and does her thing.

 

[Mike N]

Genes are weird, IMO.

My mother's side of the family (everybody related to HER mother) has very thick and coarse hair they never lose.

My father's side of the family has very fine hair, and not a lot of it. The men lose what they have starting in their 30s, but it doesn't all go away so they do combovers that aren't terribly flattering.

I was born with a ridiculous amount of very fine hair. Ridiculous. Everybody who ever cut my hair (from first haircut to age 47) exclaimed that they'd never seen anything like it, just the sheer number of hairs on one head. It started going from red-brown to grey in my 20s (well, age 13 actually) and detoured through darker brown before it went all grey.

It was my best feature, easily, ha, well, my only good feature. I kept it short. Strangers would stop me to oooh and ahhhh over it. Coworkers wanted to run their hands through it. I liked it.

You're hearing the past tense part of this, right?

I was assigned female at birth. I medically transitioned to male four years ago. Two weeks into that process, my shower drain told on me - that hair is falling out. I went from dad's hair texture but mom's hair amount to... starting in aggressively on middle-aged dad's balding pattern.

DANGIT. I have ONE good physical feature and it's gone??? I mean, it's not all gone. I have a decent amount left. But now I wear a hat when it rains (couldn't feel rain before), and when the sun's out for that matter. Still got a good crop in back, but it grows pathetically slowly there, so if I want a ponytail in 2028 I'd better start now, and it's gonna get rough between here and there. More likely I'll end up shaving it off, but since my head is shaped roughly like a toaster and has lumps all over it, this ain't gonna be pretty. Oh well, got a red-brown beard out of it that my father is highly envious of because he never could grow such a thing .

Pics??

 

[Mike N]

Me at 36:
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(The longest and fullest I ever grew it)

Today, at 50:
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It's thinning back on the crown, where I can only see it when I use the self-check at Target. I tell the woman who cuts my hair to use her judgment and do whatever looks best, just not to make it look like I'm in denial about it. She laughs and does her thing.

I've got more hair at 53 than I had when I was 18.

 

[blastoff99]

Pics??

I still look oookkkkkkkk in photos - there's still enough hair that it kinda flops over what's receded, but wow does it feel different. But since you insist, I took a selfie tonight that isn't too hideous. Oh, you want a 'before' photo too? Nope. Just picture me as my fraternal twin - and with more hair in some places and less in others, ha .



Haha, guess maybe I should have un-touseled it a bit first.

I've got more hair at 53 than I had when I was 18.

Yeah but I think this thread is only to talk about hair on top of head, not remote locations.....

 

[socialleper]

It happens. It's a bummer but I ain't doing no old congressman combover either. No long in back as it falls out in front.

A #2 all the way around.

It's over.

I'm thinning, but not totally bald in any spot yet. For the last 4-5 years I've been using a #1 all the way around once a week. I decided to grown it back out last month. It isn't as bad as I thought it was. Might keep it for a bit.

 

[Gaolee]

My hair started thinning at 19. I am 60. It has been slow. I look like a person wearing a skull cap. Or maybe like a monk's tonsure. Or maybe Richard Nixon only balder. It doesn't bother me a bit. The only thing that concerns me is the number of scar that will be more obvious when the hair is all gone. It could be bad.

 

[Arvin]

My hairline went asymmetrical about 10 years ago, so I went all out Chrome dome. I shave it clean 3x a week, takes about 5 minutes.

 

[P. Aaron]

I always thought Mick Fleetwood pulled it off alright.

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Well, that's because it's Mick Fleetwood.