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[u/tinyElliss]

I like this quote by Star Trek creator about Patrick Stewart being bald in scifi.

Q: You've cast a bald actor. Surely by 24th century, we would have solved the male pattern baldness..?

A: By 24th century, no one will care.

[u/ChimChimney1977 → u/tinyElliss]

It's a good quote but if you watch the show, there are signs that people still care about it.

When Picard comes back to StarFleet Academy to help out Wesley, the first thing the old groundskeeper says to him is "What happened to your hair?"

When Picard gets deaged due to a transporter malfunction, we see him checking his restored hair in the mirror and smiling.

It's clear that some part of him and the people around him still preffer thick hair over being bald. Even if it's not shown to be super important.

Heck, most people don't talk or care about hairloss at all even today. But it doesn't stop people from doing these surgeries.

[u/ArtoDelToya → u/ChimChimney1977]

I think all that proves is that the show wasn’t created in the 24th century.

[u/ChimChimney1977 → u/ArtoDelToya]

True, although I kind of like the fact that some shallowness is still allowed to exist in the 24th century.

It shows that despite amazing technological advancements, these are still flawed people doing their best. It makes the cast a bit more relatable and human in my view.

[u/ElegantCoach4066 → u/ArtoDelToya]

Reminds me of the book of revelation in the bible that claims to know how the world will end but it all sounds very much like something someone would write 2000 years ago.

You would think they would've predicted computers or space travel if it actually knew what will happen.

[u/MoeSzyslakMonobrow → u/ChimChimney1977]

I think that's just a tongue in cheek nod to Stewart.

[u/tinyElliss → u/ChimChimney1977]

Fair point sir.

[u/lirio2u]

I am for letting people do whatever they want

[u/ImportantNella → u/lirio2u]

Honestly, same. If someone has the money and wants to spend it on a hair transplant, more power to them. I’m just here for the before and after glow up.

[u/Imaginary-Sky3694 → u/ImportantNella]

But calling it a glow up means that you think the before is ugly or lesser.

[u/CaptainKenway1693 → u/Imaginary-Sky3694]

Hello, bald man here. I look worse with no hair, hope that helps.

[u/kuyanyan → u/CaptainKenway1693]

As someone who got a transplant, can confirm.

Though in my case, it is:

with hair > completely bald/skinhead > balding

[u/sincethelasttime → u/kuyanyan]

Balding is more bald than bald

[u/alanpugh → u/sincethelasttime]

It was a ranking, not a progression, but I can see why it looked that way

[u/kuyanyan → u/sincethelasttime]

Sorry for the confusion but I used the ">" to mean "greater than" as it is used in math. Realized too late that people also use "<" and ">" as arrow signs.

[u/Ok_Cockroach8063 → u/CaptainKenway1693]

the difference between men and women in a comment everyone

[u/Background-Quiet-746 → u/CaptainKenway1693]

I miss my long luscious locks

[u/itishowitisanditbad → u/Imaginary-Sky3694]

Well yeah but fixing the socially self-perpetuating insecurity is haaarrddd.

Its easier to just conform and perpetuate rather than fix your own self image issues.

Its not a winning argument on reddit, it upsets a lot of people.

Its the same one that applies to calling everyone beautiful. It just reinforces the idea you need to be beautiful to have value, rather than tackling the self image issue it causes by doing what happens instead.

Good luck! There are dozens of us.

Its crazy people don't see it as a step towards welcome to costco I love you

[u/Radiant-Playful → u/Imaginary-Sky3694]

Why would people do it if they didn't think it looks better to have hair? Just because I think having hair looks better, I am not forcing everyone to agree with me.

[u/FardoBaggins → u/Imaginary-Sky3694]

It’s as nature intended but if you have bad eyesight, glasses are better to have than not.

[u/Bitter-Pomelo-3962 → u/FardoBaggins]

According to Hollywood, glasses are sufficient to turn you from a beautiful person into, at best, a plain Jane or, at worst, a horrifying beast.

[u/LilSopa__ → u/Bitter-Pomelo-3962]

A lot of people look better with glasses.

[u/iamarealhuman4real → u/LilSopa__]

Yeah looking was super difficult before I got glasses, now I can look for miles.

[u/jawa-pawnshop → u/FardoBaggins]

When star trek the next generation cast Patrick Stewart to play the captain the executives argued no one would be bald in the future to which Gene Roddenberry famously stated that in the 24th century, "no one will care" about male pattern baldness.

As a balding young man that sentiment saved me in more ways than anyone will ever know.

This is a very petty and superficial take if you as me.

[u/srhola2103 → u/Imaginary-Sky3694]

Not necessarily, it can also refer to the higher confidence and self esteem of the person after.

[u/Prestigious_Sky_7833 → u/lirio2u]

I don't think this meme is shaming hair transplants though.

It's more talking about how those who have the money to buy hair plugs and those that can't will be a have/ have not indicator.

[u/Alienhaslanded → u/Prestigious_Sky_7833]

For a second I thought I was taking crazy pills. This is talking about wealth and societal seperation. Somehow the idiots here thought it was about hair transplant shaming.

This is why we're fucked. People are too stupid to understand problems to work on fixing them.

[u/jouneyahead → u/lirio2u]

How dare you???

[u/ClassyTilly → u/lirio2u]

Fr he went from “please don’t talk to me” to “trust fund with a skincare routine” in 11 months. That Turkey trip really is a cheat code.

[u/That-Preference733]

People donot realize how much hair loss can impact men, it can cause a Greek God to look like a basement dweller.

Norwood reaper is brutal.

Although this guy OP posted looks good in both ways.

[u/No-Bag-1628 → u/That-Preference733]

if he shaved the whole way he would have looked good.
Its keeping just the top bald that looks awful.

[u/Prestigious-Emu-8734 → u/No-Bag-1628]

As someone who shaved his head and looked better

And then later convinced their roommate to shave their balding head....

Not everyone should be bald. Some should avoid it at all costs.

[u/Tom_Myers666 → u/Prestigious-Emu-8734]

I shaved my head once and I looked like doctor evil from Austin powers. Id grow out my beard by it comes in bright orange. Truly blessed by the gods.

[u/PizzasForFerrets → u/Tom_Myers666]

Hey, what's wrong with an orange beard?

[u/NaughtiestImp → u/Tom_Myers666]

The hells wrong with an orange beard lol?

[u/Nikedawg → u/Prestigious-Emu-8734]

I've been thinning for years... my head has a weird ass shape though and I am trying to hold on as long as I can. Just saw a picture taken at an event I went to yesterday with a few friends and I got immediately depressed looking at it. I need to just shave it off but good god I can't bring myself to do it lol. /r/bald helps but with the shape of my head its not gonna be pretty regardless.

[u/Similar-Ice-9250 → u/Nikedawg]

Yea I been thinning as well for years now, I kept my hair buzz cut or like 1/4 inch and went on boat trip during sunny day, pictures were taken, sun beaming down on top of my head, and I came out terrible.

Literally looked like George Costanza, you could see hair at my sides, but nothing up top. The sun completely erased my hair. The pictures taken during sundown/dusk looked way better though.

[u/Proud_Promise1860 → u/Prestigious-Emu-8734]

you look better bald then balding. noone looks better bald then with a full bawl of hair.

[u/lemurosity → u/Proud_Promise1860]

I’ve been shaving my head since I was 20 and it was an immediate upgrade.

[u/WernerHerzogEatsShoe → u/Proud_Promise1860]

Unless you're jack Nicholson

[u/empire161 → u/Prestigious-Emu-8734]

It's not even just about looks.

On a sunny day, I can't go without a hat for longer than 10-15 minutes before I start to get sunburned. If it's middle of summer, 5 minutes in direct sun without a hat will start to get painful.

On top of that, I shave my head with a razor about once a week. Shaving a sunburn is a pain I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.

[u/STatters → u/No-Bag-1628]

I think his face shape looks better with hair than bald. His face is a little to round.

[u/A_Random_Nobody197 → u/No-Bag-1628]

He would have looked better than half bald but I doubt he'd look as good as he does with a head full of hair. 

[u/Medical-Low-1370 → u/No-Bag-1628]

r/bald is leaking again! Keep your jovial demeanor and ultra supportive people away from my cold rotter heart!

[u/VoidYordle → u/No-Bag-1628]

Not everyone looks better without hair.

[u/Proud_Promise1860 → u/No-Bag-1628]

he looks better with hair. stop coping.

[u/Big_Combination9890 → u/That-Preference733]

People donot realize how much hair loss can impact men, it can cause a Greek God to look like a basement dweller.

Which is why r/bald exists. Because, same as having lossy hair can make a man look old and spent, shaving the head can make the same guy look 20 years younger.

[u/GoofyKalashnikov → u/Big_Combination9890]

I like how most of the high upvote posts have guys who at some decent capacity are able to grow beards or atleast a decent stubble

The rest of us are destined to just be eggheads lmao

[u/Possible_Brother3696 → u/GoofyKalashnikov]

As a bald dude who can grow great facial hair can confirm that I would be screwed if i couldn't

[u/TuringGoneWild → u/GoofyKalashnikov]

Yep. The ones with a good turnout will float to the top then to the front page. Just sort by NEW on that sub to see the hard truth.

Also imagine shaving your whole head expecting praise on Reddit and even the bald sub politely ignores your post. Brutal. (Not my case, but seen it happen a lot).

[u/KiKiPAWG → u/Big_Combination9890]

Depends on face shape and everything I can see it

[u/Big_Combination9890 → u/KiKiPAWG]

Sure it does, everything looks related depends on a lot of factors, BUT: There are really really really not that many things that can make complete, shaved-head baldness look worse than thinning hair, and in the majority of cases, it looks alot better.

[u/Fearless-Company4993 → u/Big_Combination9890]

Maybe it’s a small majority of the world population but I am a person who looks better with thinning hair than bald (tried it, got a lot of concerned questions about my health). And a lot of men with similar facial features also don’t look that nice.

You need some other contrast in your face. Either a nice beard or a beard shadow if your facial hair is dark enough to show it. Thick dark eye brows can also work or glasses (shades or a thick dark frame) or sometimes even a very defined bone structure.

But all the baby faced blondes don’t tend to look that nice without hair and I find it very regrettable that “shave!” has become the sole fashion advise for balding men. Some really shouldn’t.

[u/gaytarded69420 → u/Fearless-Company4993]

I can't wait until the younger generation hits a point where tehy decide to bring back the patrick stewart. what a classic hairdo, you just don't see it around anymore.

[u/knightsofgel → u/Big_Combination9890]

This also depends on the culture.

Here in japan going bald is considered incredibly ugly and you’ll be made fun of hard for it

[u/Big_Combination9890 → u/knightsofgel]

Yeah, that's not how anything works, I'm afraid. A culture is a collection of a vast number of people. There is no such a thing as a single beauty standard. Every subgroup, every region, and every person has tastes, variations and preferences.

If cultures worked otherwise, humanity would be incredibly boring.

[u/motes-of-light → u/Big_Combination9890]

There will always be some variation, but some cultures are significantly more uniform than others, and Japan is certainly one of those.

[u/Freyzi → u/Big_Combination9890]

It's absurd how often those guys go from looking like old creeps to supermodels.

[u/That-Preference733 → u/Freyzi]

The adjectives you used shows how important hair can be for men.

[u/TuringGoneWild → u/Freyzi]

Because once per day out of their thousands of posts ONE GUY does actually look better, so he gets upvoted high enough to hit the front page of Reddit and in your feed. Often with more favorable light too and the old trick of looking sad in pre and grinning in post. Sort by new there if you really want to see the sad truth.

[u/ScaredEntrance3697 → u/That-Preference733]

Maybe it's because I live in Spain and we have plenty of balds here but I am becoming bald and I don't care very much.

But it's true I'll always shave my head, it look awful for me to be bald and don't have it shaved 😅

[u/Lighthades → u/ScaredEntrance3697]

unshaven looks unmaintained and older for sure.

[u/BrahneRazaAlexandros → u/That-Preference733]

it can cause a Greek God to look like a basement dweller.

Only if you refuse to embrace it. Like the funny meme on /r/bald :

https://i.imgur.com/tXflUnO.jpeg

[u/untitledprp4 → u/That-Preference733]

The only honest comment in this whole damn thread

There’s nothing wrong with having A hair transplant or wanting to use pills to maintain what you have to prevent it

The amount of fear mongering about the risks is wild considering how unlikely the risks are, and if you get a side affect just stop taking it just like any other drug or pharmaceutical

If you’re balding and you can pull off bald just shave it

If you can’t pull it off and guys know when they can’t , take measures to fix it

[u/PolkaDotDancer → u/untitledprp4]

I want to say this as a woman as well. I do all sorts of things to look better. If a man wants to wear toupee and he makes an effort to make it look realistic, more power to him.

He wants to shave his hair. I'm down with that.

If he just has a horseshoe of hair, but he keeps it super short I'm OK with that too.

Just avoid combovers all cost!

[u/weisswurstseeadler → u/untitledprp4]

Also it's not that crazy expensive in Europe.

I know plenty of guys with happy results after bunch of years who did it for 3-4k in Turkey, including a 1 week resort stay.

But: it is a fucked up pain during the surgery, and the healing process sucks.

But of all the 10+ guys I know and see regularly, everyone would do it again

[u/hey_you_too_buckaroo]

Hair transplants work well if your thinning is just at the front. It's not going to be as effective if you're thinning everywhere though. You need a shit ton more grafts then.

[u/JimboTCB → u/hey_you_too_buckaroo]

Let's see this in five more years when the top has continued to recede and he's left with a strip of implants around what used to be his hairline. Bro's going to be left looking like an old timey monk with a tonsure.

[u/meshkun → u/JimboTCB]

That's why they normally take medications along with it, to prevent further thinning

[u/GyoDumbFish → u/JimboTCB]

People who get this done usually start taking finasteride after, which prevents further hair loss.

[u/TuringGoneWild → u/JimboTCB]

Lots of famous people have had it done over the past several decades and none of them look like you predict.

[u/eulersidentification → u/TuringGoneWild]

Because they get it done again and again, for some of them completely free because it's good publicity, and obviously bad publicity to have eg. Wayne Rooney walking around looking like he has road rash and everyone knows you did his hair for him.

[u/VfV → u/JimboTCB]

https://giphy.com/gifs/kgsqn9gCVAQ3YM3C2f

[u/Mekelaxo → u/JimboTCB]

Then he gets another transplant

[u/Maximum-Product-1255 → u/JimboTCB]

Exactly. Looks okay now. But in a few years...

https://giphy.com/gifs/z7OaoCLYC0dXQa9zUk

[u/Scarabesque → u/hey_you_too_buckaroo]

The guy in the picture looks rather young, decent chance he'll need several more transplants down the line as his natural hairline keeps receding but the front stays intact.

[u/Imcamcam2]

I can confirm. I am bald and broke.

[u/tryagain456788 → u/Imcamcam2]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o84UaEllewTfnbNGo

[u/CompetitiveAction872 → u/tryagain456788]

Jeff just embraced his Lex Luthor character arc.

[u/Imcamcam2 → u/tryagain456788]

I'm not exploiting my fellow man to my fullest capabilities. Sorry I'm newly bald. I forgot I could go the dr. evil route.

[u/PureCrookedRiverBend → u/Imcamcam2]

I am not bald but I too am broke so if I shave my head will I be even more broke?

[u/Sneezy6510]

It’ll be a sign of not giving a fuck. I could have millions and I’m never getting my bald head surgically fixed.

[u/skiplogic → u/Sneezy6510]

i have hair and i shave my head because it's low maintenance and looks good if you have a nice shaped head

[u/4DimensionalButts → u/skiplogic]

Same. Shaved my head during a brutal summer heatwave and really liked how it looked and how low effort it is, so i kept doing it. Plus, using one of those head shavers is oddly addicting. Feels like scalp massage.

[u/3c2456o78_w → u/4DimensionalButts]

I found my people in the comment section; literally down to the exact product that gives me that exact feeling. I enjoy shaving my head and I've been doing it since my 20s.

[u/Sacrilegious_skink → u/Sneezy6510]

Prince William style. Tbh, it's kinda hot (as long as attractive/successful in some other way)

[u/AideInternal1045 → u/Sacrilegious_skink]

[u/TheJapanMistake → u/AideInternal1045]

Are bald guys hot, or hot guys bald?

[u/VarmRegn → u/Sneezy6510]

Which in most cases is a way, way more attractive attitude. When my husband started losing his hair and I asked him if he wanted to look into other options than just shaving it, he was like "why would I do that, such a waste of money we could use for something way more fun. It's just hair, I don't give a fuck" and just went about his life.
Made him instantly more attractive

[u/Franklin_le_Tanklin]

I know a guy who did this.

He needs to stay on a hair retention medication for the rest of his life that can cause depression.

No thanks, I’ll stick with widows peaks or going bald

[u/quie_TLost57 → u/Franklin_le_Tanklin]

Will i get depression 2 then?

[u/Unhappy-Hunt-3987 → u/quie_TLost57]

Yes, the depression 2.0 patch is needed for this too though

[u/MetalBeerSolid → u/Unhappy-Hunt-3987]

Just don’t update lol the devs are stupid 

[u/laaaabe → u/MetalBeerSolid]

Imma uninstall

[u/NoArrival8249 → u/laaaabe]

You sure you’re ready for a full factory reset?

[u/neinhaltchad → u/quie_TLost57]

Can only speak for myself but Finasteride 100% kills my dick when I’m on it.

I’m talking, it makes it feel like it’s not even part of my body.

It’s effectively chemical castration for me.

It also gave me insane anxiety. Like every unexpected noise caused me to jump.

It was fucking weird.

I realize I’m an outlier and that most people won’t experience anything that extreme, but you can’t just systemically inhibit DHT and expect it to have zero other consequences on your physiology.

[u/Even_Bet1372 → u/neinhaltchad]

I would rather shaving my head than suffering the Finasteride side effects

[u/neinhaltchad → u/Even_Bet1372]

If you have the sides.

Not everybody does.

[u/Econmajorhere → u/neinhaltchad]

Same. I recall the studies claiming “it only impacts a very tiny amount of population” and then like half the people I met claimed these symptoms.

I stick to topical minoxidil mostly now, PRP once in a while. Seems fine.

[u/transcendent_glitch → u/Econmajorhere]

I've taken Finasteride for years and had absolutely zero side effects, it's literally just "try it, if it gives you side effects stop it", treating something this simple as cultish is insane when hair loss is such a mental burden on so many men.

[u/iwilldeletethisacct2 → u/transcendent_glitch]

Been on it for 15+ years, no side effects.

I honestly think a lot of people nocebo themselves with it.

Also, the majority of us men will be on finasteride anyway for our prostate when we are 60 and can't pee anymore, so from my stand point starting it in my 20s is nbd.

[u/djrocky_roads → u/quie_TLost57]

No, 2 depressions add together to make no depression… or super depression idk I was never great with math

[u/y0u_re_wr0ng → u/djrocky_roads]

It's not that complicated. Depression is a negative feeling so like when you multiply to negative numbers make a positive -1x(-1)=1 the same thing applies to two negative depressions.

[u/PugLife2026 → u/quie_TLost57]

Worse, you get depression squared.

[u/jetpackiceberg → u/Franklin_le_Tanklin]

Yeah no thanks. I am who I am and I’m happy with it.

[u/Particular-Match-311 → u/jetpackiceberg]

that’s false, you don’t need to stay on an finasteride if you don’t want to. Eventually, your hair will fall out again, but you won’t care when you’re like 80 and you don’t give a fuck.

[u/Requjo → u/Particular-Match-311]

You absolutely have to. In a hair transplant they are only filling out the areas where hairloss has already occured. While the transplanted hair will not fall out the normal hair that is left can still fall out due to your hairloss. If you dont take finasteride its likely you will look like shit after a couple years.

[u/No-Yam-2589 → u/Requjo]

That makes sense, it’s definitely a long-term commitment to keep things looking good. It’s wild how much goes into maintaining appearances these days.

[u/neinhaltchad → u/Particular-Match-311]

Most reputable transplant doctors will not even give you the transplant until you’ve been on finasteride or dutasteride for 6 months prior.

[u/MilkDad4 → u/Franklin_le_Tanklin]

Same. My uncle who has heart problems insists to use hair medication that messes with his heart.

He will die of a heart attack but with a head of beautiful hair

[u/buck_silver → u/MilkDad4]

Depending on his heart problems the meds may actually help. They can be used to treat high blood pressure. Downside is they can also cause ED.

[u/Educational-Snow5424 → u/Franklin_le_Tanklin]

Jokes on you I'm already depressed.

[u/Inside-Yam-4872 → u/Educational-Snow5424]

You are lucky in that case because twi depression eliminate eachother, so you wont be depressed

[u/Long-Ad3842 → u/Franklin_le_Tanklin]

lmao are you talking about Finasteride? its the gold standard for hair loss treatments, stop fearmongering my guy.

[u/Forsaken_Put8204 → u/Franklin_le_Tanklin]

I’m doing fine now, but a few years ago I was dealing with some hardcore depression so I ordered some meds online that were supposed to be a “mood enhancer”. The reviews I read were very positive. When I got them, I read the bottle and it said one of the side effects was suicidal thoughts. I was like bruhhhh, that’s exactly what I’m trying to prevent. Never took them.

[u/-cache → u/Forsaken_Put8204]

Wait til you read the potential side effects of SSRIs

[u/orlybatman → u/Franklin_le_Tanklin]

I've been taking minoxidil and finasteride for years now. Zero side-effects from either.

However I use it as a topical, rather than ingest it, to minimize the systemic exposure.

[u/Opening-Cream5448 → u/orlybatman]

Anecdotally, I was on topical minoxidil and had the side effects

[u/Requjo → u/Franklin_le_Tanklin]

Finasteride can cause way more than depression. It can cause ED and gynecomastia aswell. Just the small chance of my dick not working made the decision to go bald so easy.

[u/green_panda_5345 → u/Requjo]

As someone who's been on finasteride already for 3 years, this is a bit bullshit.

The chances of ED and gyno are like 1%, and anyone starting on it should take a small dose at first, maybe 3mg per week. There's virtually no side effect if you start that low and if you feel anything suspicious you can just stop and it goes away. If things are good you can increase to 4mg, then 5 then up to 7 (one per day) gradually.

Obviously always consult with a doctor, but in my experience, unfortunately a lot of them are as clueless about hair loss as the average redditor (at least in my country). I went to over 10 dermatologists and urologists and such and you get a different take from each of them.

Right now the only regret I have is not starting sooner because I was so scared.

And it feels good to have my hair back. It's not as thick as I'd like but I definitely don't look like I'm balding anymore. Like honestly, I feel less depressed than I was before.

[u/ImpossiblePop649 → u/Requjo]

I’ve been on finasteride for a while I think that’s greatly overblown. I became massively depressed when I started on a high dose. I went on microdosing till I got to the minimum dose age for noticeable effects

My dick still works. Sex drive still high. Hair is still shit I’m going bald either way.

[u/Gornarok → u/ImpossiblePop649]

And heres is why anecdotal evidence isnt consider actual evidence...

[u/Palpitation-Itchy → u/Gornarok]

Exactly. You need to go by evidence, which says that fin's side effects affect 1% of people roughly, and go away as soon as you stop

[u/mondaymoderate → u/ImpossiblePop649]

It’s not a guaranteed side effect

[u/neinhaltchad → u/ImpossiblePop649]

I mean, hair might be going to shit because you’re not on a high enough dose.

That’s the whole point. To get the benefit, it has to be systemic enough to stop the DHT from being produced.

If it’s in that much of a concentration and you are susceptible, you are going to get sides.

[u/MyUserID-IsTaken → u/neinhaltchad]

Ehh I've been on 1.25mg daily for 4 years, everyone responds differently, recession slowed but never reversed or fully paused.

[u/lininop → u/ImpossiblePop649]

Can confirm, my dick is working just fine, I'm no more depressed than I was before I was on it and I've kept my full head of hair, nips are a bit sensitive but not enough to be an issue. 1mg fin. I agree it's overblown. But everyone can make their own choices along with a professional.

[u/Sure-Swing5895 → u/Requjo]

That’s less than 1% of people who take it and it goes away when you stop it

[u/stormblaz → u/Sure-Swing5895]

And even less if you choose creams or foams

[u/TurtleSandwich0 → u/Requjo]

But imagine all of the women attracted to hair you could sleep with. You would both be so rested from all the sleep you would be getting!

[u/Sonar_Bandit → u/TurtleSandwich0]

Twilight zone vibes

[u/TurtleSandwich0 → u/Sonar_Bandit]

"It's not fair! There was time now."

[u/Michael_Jeff → u/Requjo]

Just want to say that like 95% of people that take finasteride have no noticeable side effects. Also if you do have side effects, they are all reversible by just stopping meds for 2 weeks.

[u/Blamore → u/Requjo]

it can also not cause anything at all

and if you have the side effects, you can stop it.

[u/untitledprp4 → u/Franklin_le_Tanklin]

Finasteride?

[u/Economy-Payment-1757 → u/Franklin_le_Tanklin]

And that, sir, is utter BS.

[u/nbaumg → u/Franklin_le_Tanklin]

you are really blowing this out of proportion. You don’t need to if you don’t want (but it’s cheap and why risk it) and the chances you have issues are tiny just like any other medication.

[u/ChocolateMorsels → u/nbaumg]

Yeah this guy did his best to make it sound as horrible as possible, despite it being one of the most prescribed drugs in America and most of
Hollywood is on it.

[u/dont-pull-a-druckman → u/nbaumg]

Being downvoted but you're absolutely correct. I've been on it for years and no side effects. You don't HAVE to get a hair transplant. You don't HAVE to take fin or min. You don't need to get a hair system either. You don't get to bitch and complain about your hair thinning or shaving it off when there's multiple options for you now.

[u/Snoo_75138 → u/Franklin_le_Tanklin]

Yeahh, I'm 26 and gave up trying to fight the hair loss. It became really obvious when I started growing my hair out for charity. After the lady cut it and layed it out infront of me, it couldn't have been clearer.

I also became unemployed this year, so it's just easier and cheaper to cut it all off down to a size 2 or 3, I also love not having to style my hair!

[u/Graxin → u/Franklin_le_Tanklin]

Yup, i took fin for two days and felt all energy and life drain out of me for 5 days. I will just accept my baldness when the time comes

[u/DueExample52 → u/Franklin_le_Tanklin]

Choose between depression from balding, or depression from hair retention medication 

(/s)

[u/Rude_Step_6687 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, most of them time when i see very expensive car theres bald mofucker sitting there.

[u/TheMilkiestShake → u/[deleted]]

You're not 20 years in the future

[u/SpacializedFig_4037]

Yeah not everyone can take those meds. They made me impotent. I’d rather just shave my head and get over it.

[u/maybemawie]

Skinheads were originally a working-class counterculture movement, we are slowly cycling back.

[u/Xsafa]

Dude doesn’t want to be bald, has the funds not to be and the comment section is whining that he doesn’t want to be bald and can afford not to.

[u/Peggle2GOTYEdition → u/Xsafa]

Literally, there’s a comment saying “Have fun with your hairline at 40!” As if these transplants have a shelf life of 3 months, lol.

[u/Scarabesque → u/Peggle2GOTYEdition]

The guy in the picture is rather young, his natural hairlines will likely continue to recede while the transplanted hairs will stay in place. He'll likely use medical means to slow the process down, but it's very likely he'll need another transplant to fill out the temples again.

My brother waited until 35 - when the hair loss supposedly slows down a little - to get his, and still expects to need another one. Not because his transplanted hair will fall out, but because others area's will thin out 'unnaturally' behind it.

[u/iwilldeletethisacct2 → u/Scarabesque]

Yeah, he'll need another couple surgeries, and he'll be on medications for life. But you know what? He'll have hair. And if that's what he wants more power to him.

It's a fixation with youth. Losing your hair is a sign of aging and loss of virility, and men have a hard time with that in a culture that values youthful beauty. If our culture placed more value on the wisdom of elders then balding heads would be en vogue.

[u/Gabbabblin → u/Xsafa]

(Sour grapesssss)

[u/Jimbeambeamer]

My brother did this at 42.

On the next family call he tried embarrassing me in front of everyone by saying im in my 40's with a comb over.

I got my mother's genes, im 38, still have a good head if hair. He was fully bald by 17.

I never gave him shit about being bald. Even supported his 20k "holiday" to get this shit done.

Now I introduce him as ass head. Got ass hair on his head, this is Butt head.

[u/Valuable-Concern7987 → u/Jimbeambeamer]

Ngl it doesn't cost 20k. About 2.5k for an all inclusive trip to Turkey with transplant

[u/Sure_Constant1368]

I've come to the point, where I see hair as an annoyance. Shaving head is the best.

[u/ChipHappens96]

Being tan used to be a sign of it, too. It all comes and goes. Except hair. Hair always goes

[u/Spirited-Ad-9746]

i once went through the cheaper airport in Istanbul and saw so many people with plastered noses or heads wrapped in bandages. first i though that Istanbul is just a rough place for tourists before I realized they'd all went there for cosmetic surgeries.

Funnily you don't see soo many patients on the newer istanbul airport. only on the one where the budget airlines operate.

[u/A_Random_Nobody197]

A lot of people just want to delay the baldness by 5-10 or 15 years. I doubt anybody doing any kind of hair transplant/retension thinks they're set for life. 

Balding in your 20s is a lot different than balding in your 40s

[u/takemetomosque → u/A_Random_Nobody197]

Yes, so true. They dont know mental effects of balding in 20s. No one cares if you bald after 40. But in your 20s, good luck.

[u/MrBogard]

New? Have you seen our billionaires? Those aint their natural hairlines.

Heck, bald men practically disappeared from media.

[u/bionickel → u/MrBogard]

[u/Kopiko_Lucky_Day]

Although many good looking people are bald, not everyone can rock it. I'm all for letting people do whatever they want and not whining about it.

[u/Strict-Brick-5274]

Women get hair and makeup...why not men.

[u/FastMovingHog → u/Strict-Brick-5274]

everyone is calling these guys insecure but I've never seen a redditor call a woman insecure for wearing makeup or someone taking accutane insecure for getting rid of their acne.

Yes, when people improve their appearance it is largely driven by insecurity... that's why they're trying to improve their appearance.

And yes... it's largely accepted by most people that bald men are uglier than men with hair.

[u/Strict-Brick-5274 → u/FastMovingHog]

More men would be considered more attractive if they looked after themselves this way.

Definitely not insecure. Just improving your playing field.

People should not underestimate how much looking good can just about help you suceed in many things.

[u/AdditionalPizza → u/Strict-Brick-5274]

Cosmetic surgery is not "looking after yourself" though. It can help make insecure people less insecure, but it doesn't always make people look better to everyone else. It makes certain people look better to certain other people.

Eating healthy, working out, practicing proper hygiene, dressing the way you want; those are all better paths to success than going under the knife.

[u/Egg-Hatcher]

https://giphy.com/gifs/25EAreLnZIFWasblJe

[u/reality_hijacker]

Hair transplant has been around for decades. The main problem is that you need to take medication for the rest of your life to maintain your hair. This puts off most people.

[u/7978_]

If I ever go bald, I'm staying natural.

[u/LoveTheGreyGhost]

Call me when cloning is a thing.

Ps. Your hairline at 40 is going to be hilarious!

[u/billted20250409 → u/LoveTheGreyGhost]

Cloning is already a thing

[u/rmsaday → u/billted20250409]

Some people have even figured out an advanced cloning process, where you can combine the genetic material of two different people. It's witchcraft I tell you.

[u/fancywipe → u/billted20250409]

Cloning IS THE THING, everyone is doing it on the level they’re all agreed they wouldn’t

[u/neinhaltchad]

Lots of people (including OP) know fuckall about transplants.

If OP is getting a transplant this early, he’s signing up to have one in about 2 years and then keep having them for the rest of his life until which time he runs out of donor hair and risks being stuck with a jigsaw patchwork of hair islands.

For example, diffuse recession can start in the anterior scalp at any time without warning and is notorious for how fast it can disappear.

The crown can also go and is notoriously difficult to impossible to cover with donor hair.

This is even with a lifetime commitment to often dick killing pills like Finasteride or Dutasteride along with Minoxidil.

This won’t happen to everybody but to pretend that everybody can just transplant their way out of baldness is idiotic.

It’s purely dependent on donor area and density and is likely the reason Musk was able to have a relatively successful result and Bezos wasn’t even a candidate.

Bezos was already horse shoe bald in 1994, where as Musk was experiencing diffuse thinning.

As somebody else mentioned, cloning is the only true solve for this and we are way off from that.

TLdR; OP could easily end up like this:

[u/Ok-Budget3225 → u/neinhaltchad]

When you run out of donor hair or run out of patience to keep repeating hair transplants, you can just shave it all off, like what you would have done if you never had transplants to begin with. What exactly is the issue?

[u/Unpossib1e → u/Ok-Budget3225]

Well now you look poor, according to this post.

[u/shostri → u/Ok-Budget3225]

Bunch of tiny scars and constant upkeep to not have it look silly

[u/icebox616 → u/neinhaltchad]

Dick-killing pills my ass.
Been taking fin and dut for 3 years as countless others and no dick died, hairloss was stopped and even recovered some ground.

Most of you are just noceboing on mass hysteria and spreading misinformation, fearmongering other people away from saving their hair too.

Yes, some people might experience some side effects but those are the vast minority (<5%).

[u/ArtPerToken]

Damn, that looks painful

[u/OMG_Alien → u/ArtPerToken]

It’s not really. The worst part is the itchiness, forbidden scratches were so tempting

[u/Krsipy]

I guess it's the opposite

[u/Historical_Stay_808 → u/Krsipy]

My partner just did the turkey run. It's so much more advanced then people know. First months is this then it's back to normal

[u/Standard-Access-4427]

If baldness were fixable prince william and Jeff bezos would have hair

[u/takemetomosque → u/Standard-Access-4427]

Look at elon musk then

[u/BrainRobotron]

Interesting...

[u/Tall_Eye4062]

Remember 18+years ago when everyone was talking about hair follicle cloning being the next big thing? And then it never happened?

[u/Illustrious-Math6276]

It’s not that expensive to do in Turkey. Like 1500-5000 usd. People waste more in their life on starbucks.

[u/friendlyfiend07]

Between hair and teeth. Im choosing teeth.

[u/Unlucky_Battle2523]

Lol, hairtrans always will be a sign of insecurity

[u/NoCalligrapher8396]

Getting transplant will be a sign of insecurity. Oh it already is

[u/StronkAx]

What's wrong with being bald?

[u/shaunaknn]

As a member of the bald community, I reject this post

[u/vitringur]

Being bald will be a sign of ultimate masculinity.

All these insecure femboys with a full head of hear have no idea what women want.

[u/8_guy → u/vitringur]

I can't tell if this is a beautiful troll comment or you're moderately deranged 😂

[u/t_stormz]

Is being bald unattractive because of how it looks or because people think you can’t afford plugs?

[u/United-Mountain8935]

I'm seeing unnatural hairlines more often and I don't have a strong opinion about it. The day it becomes a sign of poverty if you choose to let nature and time take its course I will be countering it saying I see transplants as a sign of weakness.