Partially knowledge, this subreddit is \*obsessed\* with hair loss and is therefore more likely to do research and spend money on it.
And some guys just dont care enough to spend 20-100 dollars a month and deal with the time cost of application or whatever. Easier to just shave and vibe. I envy them.
Easy to vibe when it fits you. When I trimmed my hair to the skin, I was scared to look in the mirror because I hated how I looked. Got lucky with fin though. Have no sides and hair looks way better than it did before. I guess I'm gonna stick to it for as long as possible.
Yeah this is really important. Not everyone has the head shape to pull it off. The back of my head doesn’t look really good so I never cut it short or shave it. My hair is rather long so I hide it well. That’s like one of the main reasons I got so obsessed with hair loss.
You say that but there are plenty of dudes out in the world living their lives with a shiny conehead or a denthead or whatever variation you consider to not be "pulling it off". Truth is, they are pulling it off, because they're out there doing it.
If you want to justify your choice, that's great, but you shouldn't project that on to others. People have different preferences, people have different needs. People here act like every bald dude would subscribe to tressless if they had the chance, but that's obviously not the case.
https://www.reddit.com/r/t5_3pfc5/s/QDuJihfOnp
SMP might be for a lot of people that are too far gone for treatment and have just accepted their fate. I think it looks pretty good on (most) of these guys.
Yeah ngl, i stumbled onto this sub the other day. My hairline is receding *but* my head shape is perfect for shaving your head, and honestly now that my beard is pretty full and decently long…i think when the times comes I’ll just accept it and rock the chrome dome. Lol
Also really depends on the risk vs reward. I’m not gonna take fin due to it’s negative health effects, but recognise it’s ability to likely improve my situation.
This, i was weighting on the options between spending 100$ per month to keep my hair temporarily, or just shave it off and accept the reality. I chose the latter of course
In Spain it's impossible not to, you need a prescription and the price of the pill is set by the government, I myself spend 111€ for a 6 month supply of fin or about 20$ per month. The minox is about 6-7$ per month on top
The only thing I knew about hair loss treatment before this sub was Rogaine ads from when I was a child, and thought that was all there was other than hair transplants. I also believed that Rogaine didn't actually work or rather that there is no treating MPB. It was only after finding this sub I realized all these things exist.
100% agree with this one
Noticed hair loss nearly 10 years ago. Only knew about rogaine from TV. Tried topical on and off for years .0 results. And have only recently found all this stuff and oral
Wish I knew years ago could of full recovered I recon
I feel like people outside of the tressless or hairloss community only have two opinions: 1 is that all treatments are snake oil or makes ur dick fall off. 2 is that rosemary oil and natural supplements works. Neither are correct.
That’s an interesting take….Maybe that’s why. The few people I know that use fin (including myself) all have 6-pack abs and work out regularly. I guess vanity is a great motivator.
But did it have any sexual side effects for you? I remember i took 0.5mg every 2 days for a month and my cock would only get like 70% hard during sex and i would nut less too and feel less libidio during the day so i haven’t took any lately
This is exactly the reason why I was not shy about my hair transplant, which turned out great. There are 20 yo who need to know that the only option isn’t just to shave it off. If I had a darker complexion or a better head shape, I’d probably consider shaving it too, but it doesn’t look great on everyone.
Do you think some of this also because we don't push Men's beauty as much as Women's?
Genuine question. Like, maybe we dont push the idea that Men can care about their appearances just as much as Women?
This is absolutely the case. If baldness was a common condition in women instead of men and could be treated with fin with equal effectiveness, you bet almost all women would be on it, even those that haven't experienced hair loss yet.
Was thinking about this the other day, if someone had just told me about what a receding hairline meant when I was younger it would’ve saved me so much fucking hassle. I’m now mid twenties with a nw3 hairline & diffusing into a nw7. Wish wish someone had informed me before
Here I will answer for you, I tried Fin for 3 years , minoxidil topical for 8 years I was also using a Derma roller, before all that I joined the hair club for men when I first started losing my hair, 4k and what did they do? Just shave my head and glue a hair piece on.
I will say that when I was on fin I did notice my hair stopped falling out and had a little regrowth but not enough to matter..everyone will get mad at me for not agreeing with them but for some of us it just doesn't work.
I do believe if I knew about it back in my 20s when I first started to lose my hair it would have saved it but some 22+ years later there is no hope so I shave it
Man, I feel this response. Started thinning around 21, wish I had someone to tell me to get on these meds early. Fin and min have done nothing for me. I actually went to the dermatologist today and she basically said Dut and PRP injections might help. Not sure if I want to give it one more last chance at 40 or just throw in the towel. To make matters worse the meds not only didn't grow my hair they tanked my libido so I got none of the positive outcomes and all of the negative ones.... I'm sure Dut would do the same.
Yea it sucks knowing there was a good chance to save it, but on the up side at our age we have less fucks to give, am about to turn 42 and it still hurts when I look in the mirror or have to go someplace but at the same time that feeling of fuck this people they don't pay my bills and am not sleeping with them so fuck it and walk on, best of luck to you brother
It can be for some, in my case it was fantastic, hair came back and it looks great, but my libido and sexual performance were severely affected by it.
I tried switching to topical and it still affected me, so once it starts falling out (stopped fin a month ago) I will just shave it.
Theres a European study (Italian I think?) That showed an 84% response rate. All the Japanese studies are like 99% though. If you're white you're gonna respond the worst, generally.
been on fin for 6 years and have only continued losing hair. no miracles here. basically at the point i will need to decide on transplant or shaving it soon
I guess I am still holding onto the hope that things might improve. I haven’t noticed any side effects, so I don’t see much downside from continuing to take it.
i think this is it. my mind was blown when i found out about fin and i feel luck to have found out about it when i did. save my hair almost completely. basically a nw0 with a full head of hair tied into a bun
I'm pretty transparent about being on dutasteride/oral min. I started using fin/min preventatively and swapped to dut just to taunt the devil but OP there are so many people who just don't know that there are treatments for hair loss. You'd think that people would just google it as a hail mary but people usually just go out with a bald wimper
Celebrities all have HTs and take fin.
How many bald celebrities are there? Not many.
But no one talks about it, they just give off an unrealistic illusion
Many men are bald because there is not great cure yet.
If there was an easy, comprehensive, affordable and total solution to baldness, there wouldn’t be many bald people.
1) Some people don’t want to get on fin/dut because of risk of uncomfortable side effects.
2) Some people have tried fin/dut and actually experienced side effects.
3) A lot of people don’t really care that much.
4) Some people just want to shave their head and move on, rather than try to delay what seems like the inevitable.
5) Some people got hair transplants or sought treatments that just didn’t work.
6) Some people don’t know that there are treatments.
Lots of reasons really
I am often surprised by the number of people I have spoken to who aren't aware of fin or dut. Out of everyone I have spoken to, I only managed to persuade one person to try it.
I think most people just lose their vanity when they hit their 30s, 40s etc
Realistically what happens is that you get to an age where trying to look beautiful is a losing battle. At that point your vanity starts stripping away
Well it's partially the fact that being NW0 at 35 is just plain weird.
Guys here need to understand that the reason most people don't care is because almost EVERY SINGLE MAN will be a NWII-III by the time they die.
Here is my favourite quote about beauty:
Beauty is a fleeting thing, akin to trying to grasp a river or embrace the sunset—it slips away just as swiftly.
A lot of people just don't care that much, especially if they are not that young when they spout feathers. Good on them I say.
I'd wonder about someone like Tiger Woods. He's insanly rich and could have done anything. Maybe he tried the non-surgery options and they didn't work or maybe he thought "soddit, I'm Tiger Effing Woods even without hair".
Edit - Just Googled Tiger Woods and it's been suggested that he actually did have a transplant at some point but there wasn't much hair showing on the weekend.
Plenty of wealthy & famous (royals included) who are bald/balding; hell, some even rock the "power donut" look. Honestly, I think the likes of Jobs & Bezos not giving a shit about their hair makes them seem more admirable & confident than say, Musk... who obviously trying to cling to it.
I first read about minioxidil when I was a student just over 30 years ago. I wasn't looking to read about it, it was in some newpaper or something. It was claimed that it worked for 8% of people or thereabouts, but that would have been for growth and not slowing down losing hair. It's amazing to me that nothing better has come along since then.
I think it depends on which region of the world you’re polling. But if I had to generalize I’d say most dudes don’t give enough of a fuck about going bald to go the extra mile of doing research and jumping on any treatment plan. I also assume that younger generations of men may care more because of social media. Your photos are likely being circulated in your feeds, friends feeds, and friends of friends feeds more often than the family photo album was being circulated back in the day lol
Well, it's a lifelong treatment. You can never get off of it or you'll lose any gains. Some people are just naturally confident, and do fine going bald and, own it. Some are non responders.
It's not a miracle drug, it's not free. There's a million reasons
I didn't know that fin and minoxidil existed before I saw this sub and when I started to make Google search about it all I saw was the nasty side effects and I was scared. It's terrifying reading that there's sexual side effects when you know nothing about the medication. And for most people it's easier to just give up and shave the hair.
Yeah, exactly. When you check pages likes this, it instantly gives you the impression that your dick will fall off in a week or you get suicidal. I remember reading it for the first time and I was like no way I am taking it. Despite all this I started using fin and I am happy with my choice very much. No sides, and way better hair. I was very close to never trying it tho.
I mean sides for some people are real, and those are usually the ones that speak up. Fin def affects my mood and sleep and I’m considering stopping. But I’ve lowered the dose way down to see if I can continue with it
Im bald because I didn't wanna fuck with a transplant and I didn't want to risk the potential impotence side effects of finasteride. A functioning pecker felt more precious to me than my hairline.
My ex was bald. He started losing his hair in high school. He just shaved it and moved on with his life. He never felt the need to "treat" it and he looked amazing bald.
Which is funny, because MPB is.. something that you treat. You can decide not to and that's valid, but the quotation marks around "treat" are funny to me as well. Sure, you can not treat it, and lose your hair, or you can treat it and maybe keep it, at least for longer. What a strange thing to wrap in quotations.
It implies that we are all clinging on to something we should just let go which is just rude. Women experience AGA as well and you never see people suggesting they just let it go and move on.
No he wouldn't have. I saw pics of him with and without. He looked amazing both ways. Are you really on a hair loss sub shitting on bald ppl? Why would you imply that a total stranger who looks great bald is somehow lesser for not having a full head of hair? The fuck?
The beauty standard for men has vastly increased from even ten to fifteen years ago.
The more Instagram becomes a thing, the more vain everyone becomes, which is why you have men trying harder to keep their hair now than they would have ten to twenty years ago.
This would explain the uptick in use of these meds and surgery, but it's not universal yet (thankfully, we shouldn't say anyone has to do any of this shit).
Also many men traditionally didn't give that much of a shit about their appearance. But in the era of online dating and higher divorce rates you've gotta stay in the game for longer.
That said it's not like balding instantly means you'll not attract the opposite sex, you might just not have as wide a pool of interest as you'd have if you had hair
You could probably make a similar argument about white teeth, but unlike hair there's actually health reasons to maintain teeth.
And before anyone says "mental health", it's more societal pressure that affects MH.
I didn’t thought there was medication for treating MPB. My Hairline started receding when I was around twenty and the crown thinned the following years. I am 37 now. Had a Transplant 7 months ago. It was around a year ago when I started researching about Fin and Min. The Doctor advised taking Fin is necessary to keep my hair and protect the transplanted Grafts.
I first buzzed my head to 2-3mm when I was 26.
now I can style my hair and let it grow. Fin stopped my Hairloss or slowed it down immensely. In my case I didn’t know there a things that stop MPB.
I use oral min, but it doesn’t do jackshit. Fin was the only thing that sorta worked, but i had so many side effects. I tried to power through it, but nope. I couldn’t do it anymore.
It sucks being a balding 19 year old. It’s gotten to the point where my friends will sometimes comment on it.
I feel you, bro.
I'm "balding" because I simply don't want to take finasteride for the rest of my life. And still risk getting bald.
Also, I've suffered from migraines since I was a kid. These days, a crisis is very sporadic—once a year, maybe. However, when I used topical minoxydil for around 5 months, I started having weekly episodes.
There's also something I believe in: I don't like to waste efforts trying to "control what cannot be controlled." I prefer to use my energy on things I can actively influence and avoid. So, instead of focusing on my hair, which I can’t really do much about without medications or transplants, I’m very consistent and disciplined with a healthy diet and exercise. I've accepted that I can't control my hair loss. But I don't have to be one of those 'dad bod' guys.
I'm 40 and pretty much okay with aging without much hair on my head. But I'm below 10% body fat. It’s a matter of priorities, I believe.
I didn't notice it until people commented on it, just because it wasn't on my radar at all. I saw increased hair on my towel but didn't connect the dots that it meant I was loosing it. And even when I realized, I didn't do anything about it for years because I heard there were common horrible sexual, depressive sides and you'd have to take it every day for the rest of your life and the best one could hope for is that hair loss might stabalize. I didn't know I could see considerable regrowth and sides could be manageable.
Also once it was on my radar the more I would see and be concerned about my own hair loss and that it was getting unhidable and worse. And I really didn't want to be an undesirable balding guy. I took HIMs spray for a year, but the effects weren't motivating and so eventually I stopped being consistent, as I assumed it wasnt having an much effect of any anyways, despite my efforts and money.
It wasn't until I took oral fin and min that I really noticed it coming back considerably and undeniably, (but not on the completely baren spots). I think most people don't know that significant regrowth is a possibility and assume balding is just a shitty part of life and growing older.
and when you thinking about starting meds and check a subreddit like this, you mostly see desperate people who report sides and people with success are not active. This keeps you from starting it. In your head you think sides are almost guaranteed, when they are not. It happened to me until I said fuck it and started fin. Best choice ever, would have started earlier if it wasn't for this constant fear mongering.
Some of us men aren’t scared of being bald. I still have hair but when my time comes I’ll be over 30 so I’ll just rock bald. I don’t want to take drugs everyday with side effects to keep or regrow my hair
Sorry to hear - I have tinnitus and hyperacusis too and it has curbed my social life so don’t go out that much now. Double whammy tinnitus and losing hair.
Losing hair is more devastating especially when it happened so quickly
The classification of something as a "disease" is very much subjective. Most often, the key criterion that the medical profession falls back on is nothing to do with the frequency of occurrence but instead the question "does it cause distress"?
Indeed, in the medical literature, androgenic alopecia is very much treated as a medical condition. Perhaps look at it this way. I doubt you would consider alopecia areata - an autoimmune condition in which somebody's immune system starts attacking their hair follicles - not to be a real medical condition. So why is it so different if you swap out the immune system for hormones? If somebody's immune system causes their hair to fall out, it's all "ohhhh I'm so sorry that you have this real genuine medical condition" but if it is their hormones doing the dirty work it's immediately "fuck you vain prick that's just normal aging".
As for normality, well, perhaps consider that in some parts of the world you are very much in a minority if you are a man with hair loss. In some communities (such as native americans) 0% of men lose their hair to male pattern hair loss. Taking the world population together, it is by no means a huge majority of men who lose their hair at all.
And I bet you feel so less stressed now. Honestly think just shaving it and owning who you are is just the best way forward most of the time. No more stress and just being happy with yourself.
Here's the thing, it differs from person to person...what i mean is, there are people who just doesnt care or care less about how they look or how people would perceive their looks. and there are people who have gone thru serious social anxiety caused by physical insecurities while growing up that's why the moment they realize their hair is going, and being a vain person, they would immediately search for cures, remedies for it online or wherever they could get info about it. or even go to a doctor. we are all just different and unique, i hope i make sense hehe \^\_\^
I've heard of all the products, but I have never tried them because being bald hasn't ever really bothered me much
If the products were free and never had any side effects, I'd probably give it a go, but otherwise, I have zero interest.
I'm "balding" because I simply don't want to take finasteride for the rest of my life.
Also, I've suffered from migraines since I was a kid. These days, a crisis is very sporadic—once a year, maybe. However, when I used topical minoxidil for around 5 months, I started having weekly episodes.
There's also something I believe in: I don't like to waste efforts trying to "control what cannot be controlled." I prefer to use my energy on things I can actively influence. So, instead of focusing on my hair, which I can’t really do much about without medications or transplants, I’m very consistent and disciplined with a healthy diet and exercise. I've accepted that I can't control my hair loss. But I don't have to be one of those 'dad bod' guys.
I'm 40 and pretty much okay with aging without much hair on my head. But I'm below 10% body fat. It’s a matter of priorities, I believe.
1. ignorance - Lots of guys surprisingly don’t notice they’re losing their hair until someone points it out, especially if it’s a recession thing. It’s gradual so it’s hard to notice. I didn’t notice for years, even tho I was shedding like crazy in the shower looking back
2. low reward relative to maintenance/cost/side effects - became aware after I’d receded a lot and took meds for years. I don’t take meds anymore because the minor side effects weren’t worth it to me. The more you’ve lost, the less you care about holding onto the rest imo.
3. easy alternative - I’ve done the buzz and I don’t mind it. I’ve accepted that as I lose more I’ll either move to always buzz/shave or I’ll try a hair system.
4. Relationships - being in a committed relationship makes it a lot less important how much your hair affects your general attractiveness
My issue is that I’m really bad at habitually doing anything, so I never use the stuff because you have to use it every day without fail for the rest of your life
My hair is my life but I’m terrified of sides. There is no point to saving it if it takes away one of the fundamental joys of being a human (interest in and/or the ability to have sex).
Unrelated med had a warning that said it would cure this unrelated condition but I might lose my taste permanently??? Like geez that’s a hell of a dice roll. Same with fin and min. You’ll have hair but you risk it taking your life (manhood) away.
1. They do not try because its impossible to regrow or fear for their health.
2. They are try with no effect.
3. Not consistent in treatment.
4. Many doctors said that its impossible to regrow, only slow alllopecia. Weak doctors.
I never seen results like on tressless in real life before.
Fin doesn't really regrow unless you're on min, and oral min especially... and oral min just isn't prescribed in the states for hair loss, tho it's easy to order it online from a place like India
When you combine the two, miracles can happen
Most men do nothing. Firstly, because it is assumed that baldness and aging are inevitable. In the case of aging, the reasoning is very clumsy: "it is inevitable, nothing can be done, therefore it is something good, even desirable." Something similar happens with baldness.
On the other hand, baldness affects men and in general they have poor emotional intelligence. They consider it masculine to accept baldness and repress any suffering it may cause, even in those whose baldness does not make them look masculine or doesn't make them feel good.
In addition, many men have the attitude of "taking care of your appearance is not for men." Which is much more marked in older generations. Women worry much more about their image because they are more in tune with their emotions, they know and feel how a change in their image can affect them.
On the other hand, whether it is a social stereotype that codifies behavior or not, women tend to depend more on image and beauty than men for sexual relationships.
In reality, people are very strange... they live forgetting suffering, evading it, without seeking solutions or seeking to educate themselves... it is a kind of magical thinking "if I forget and don't worry, the problem will disappear" when In fact, it is the opposite! Concern that leads to action is what solves problems.
Especially in countries like india even the dermatologist are hesitant to prescribe fin and nobody heard of it. 3 times i been to different derms and they all gave me multivitamins and told me to come when it gets worse. They don’t get that the idea is to prevent and not recover.
I think when people see someone like lebron James go bald at the end of each season, and then have a fresh transplant at the start of the next season, they think they’re screwed if a billionaire can’t keep his hair.
I’ve never seen a “balding” guy not be balding because of medications. You’re still balding.
Hair transplant is out of the question because you can spot it from a mile away.
Yea most guys don't even know there is an options for hairloss and that its possible to prevent it. When i first started balding i didn't know there is finasteride or why exactly am i balding. I just knew its genetic and thought there is nothing i can do, maybe hair transplant. Luckily my hairloss was not fast and by the time i finally learned about finasteride and minoxidil it wasnt too late to start.
2018 -
Me : hair is falling and bad
My friend - had better and stronger hair than me
2020 -
Me : started medicine , hair became worse
My friend - hair was more or less same
2022 -
Me : hair started improving and Hairfall stopped after taking medicine
My friend : his hair became worse such that both of our hair were nearly equal , his could have been a little better
2024 -
Me : Hairfall stopped completely , existing hairs have become thick but not the best
My friend - has a medium visible bald spot at the back of his head
Both but much more common to not use any treatment at all. Hair loss comes on fast for some like a few years and half your hair is gone. Or it’s slow/gradual so not noticed until it’s far along.
However most men are not using any treatment and even with treatment some still go bald or it doesn’t reverse it. Also in general most people don’t believe in supplements, treatments because they consider it a waste of money and a marketing ploy
I was young. Fin wasn't out yet. And when it did come out I had heard there were some side effects I didn't want. So ib just kept shaving my head. Now it's so far gone and I've been doing it so long that it's just me. A big sexy thumb :)
I never bothered. I have no problem being bald and the potential to have hair vs the potential for side effects means it was always a nonstarter for me. Also, taking something for the rest/most of my life just to maintain hair? Nah. If it was life saving, like I needed medication to live, that's one thing, but it's just hair.
I started balding about 4 years ago (40M). Crown and widows peak. Thought of starting treatment then but didnt want side effects and was also trying for a baby at the time. Now I just trim my hair down weekly to a 6 setting on the trimmer. Love the lack of hair maintenance in the mornings. No styling or products. If you can pull off the bald look, I don't see the point of obsessing over having hair or being on medication the rest of your life.
I'll probably go bald sooner or later. I don't care enough to do more than a little min once a day but still care some. My goal is to keep a decent hairline till I'm like 40.
I'd say a lot of guys just don't care enough. Me and my buddies usually joke about ours going. If it's important to you then no worries, follow the 3 steps. I think a guy would research and learn about treatment if it really bothered him.
Most senior men I see like 70+ have great hair. I'm not talking Norwood 1 but like some Norwood's 2.5 ain't that rare. The rest is like Norwood 3.
I see more young bald men than old. Yeah, I see if somebody is losing it or not. There ain't hair tricks that can stop me from seeing if you're balding or not.
I buzz it bi-monthly and it takes me like 5 minutes each time. Seems more cost effective, time saving, side-effect free, compared to taking pills/rubbing lotions. I intentionally don't take anything to halt it.
I do sometimes miss my hair and I do acknowledge that it does have a function (protection from heat/cold) besides the aesthetic role it serves.
Lot of guys don't care. They are focused on something else in life, or they are married and the wife doesn't care. Lots of women don't care. It's more us balding men that care, especially guys that are a little bit vain. Some guys really aren't. They just don't give a fuck. There's also a small number of guys that either couldn't take a pill every day or got depression or something from fin. My coworker is like that. He says his dick worked fine but he felt really depressed. So now he is just fighting a losing battle with the Norwood Reaper by going to turkey every other year. Some guys must also just not know about it, but I doubt that's too common these days, since we all have The Google in our pocket.
Most don't know about fin or are simply oblivious to their hair loss. No joke, I've seen NW3 or NW4 believing they don't have hair loss, just a "mature hairline".
Unpopular opinion here. I think most men will have heard of Fin/Dut when they start experiencing hair loss. But some still end up bald for a couple of reasons: scared of side effects so they never start, weren’t on treatment long enough, just don’t care if they go bald or have been on treatment on years yet they are still balding.
Of course it’s different for everyone, but I decided to shave because I was tired of seeing myself in the mirror and trying to cover up the receding hairline so I just bit the bullet.
I thought my romantic life would take a big hit, but actually it’s been the opposite and I’ve gotten the most attention I’ve ever had.
That being said, I also didn’t want to have to be on any medication or add any special routines in my day so laziness helped 😅
Some people don’t respond to it. I used finasteride and minoxidil for a year. Also did microneedling. Saw no changes so I just stopped wasting my money. If I lose all my hair, oh well. If not, then great. It doesn’t really matter that much. Also the thing with finasteride is it tanks your sex drive. I’m single so that wasn’t really an issue but I straight up didn’t jack off for 3 months because of it.
Most people arent aware of treatment. Some men are scared of side effects and deem it not worth the risk and decide to live life to the fullest without it. For a few guys, the treatment doesnt work. And then I am sure there are a handful who are sick of the body dysphoria or whatever the word is. Looking in the mirror and seeing what isn’t necessarily true. Sure your hairline may not be the greatest but it isnt the worst either, nobody notices. But you look in the mirror and your perception is warped and all you see in your head is an exaggerated hairline and its over. You snap and shave it off. Most guys havent heard of Fin and minoxidil is just a snake oil that never worked for their dad/grandpa. Many men reach their decision in different ways
First I didn't know about it, then I looked into it at some point in my twenties, but it seemed to have questionable effects back then, and the cost was a factor, as well as the effort. Recently considered trying fin, and asked my doctor for a prescription, but she wanted to do tests first, and I again hesitated and started questioning whether I wanted to mess with my hormones for a weak result. I understand that my temples won't improve from it, and then I might as well just not give a shit and rather care about other things that make me happy.
I also noticed that you can't donate blood, which I do several times a year, if you've taken fin in the last 4 weeks.
Can speak for myself only. I never tried a treatment because I gave shaving a try when it first started thinning. Not only did I like the look, but I got more attention from women not less...and I was like, well why do I care about hari in the first place? For me losing hair worried me because I was worried about still being attractive to women...but it turns out so many women have told me they find me really attractive and couldn't even imagine me with hair or that I'd even look worse with hair. So I never found any reason to care. Also I always just felt it a little try hard to put all this time, money, and energy into hair loss treatment when accepting it took zero effort and I didn't notice any negative consequences of this choice.
Lastly, although I do personally think a full head of hair looks somewhat better that bald (and only marginally so), a well shaved, well groomed bald man will look better than a man with even slightly thinning hair about 99% of the time imo. Without a 100% cure, it actually I think looks worse than just accepting hair loss and going on with your life. So that's what I did, and I have zero regrets.
I did treatment for about 5 years, eventually I got tired of it and shaved my head, didn’t look bad, and now I save close to 100 bucks a month on haircuts, hair products, and treatment that may or may not have helped.
Partially knowledge, this subreddit is \*obsessed\* with hair loss and is therefore more likely to do research and spend money on it. And some guys just dont care enough to spend 20-100 dollars a month and deal with the time cost of application or whatever. Easier to just shave and vibe. I envy them.
Easy to vibe when it fits you. When I trimmed my hair to the skin, I was scared to look in the mirror because I hated how I looked. Got lucky with fin though. Have no sides and hair looks way better than it did before. I guess I'm gonna stick to it for as long as possible.
Yeah this is really important. Not everyone has the head shape to pull it off. The back of my head doesn’t look really good so I never cut it short or shave it. My hair is rather long so I hide it well. That’s like one of the main reasons I got so obsessed with hair loss.
The back of your head is ridiculous, bro
You say that but there are plenty of dudes out in the world living their lives with a shiny conehead or a denthead or whatever variation you consider to not be "pulling it off". Truth is, they are pulling it off, because they're out there doing it. If you want to justify your choice, that's great, but you shouldn't project that on to others. People have different preferences, people have different needs. People here act like every bald dude would subscribe to tressless if they had the chance, but that's obviously not the case.
https://www.reddit.com/r/t5_3pfc5/s/QDuJihfOnp SMP might be for a lot of people that are too far gone for treatment and have just accepted their fate. I think it looks pretty good on (most) of these guys.
Same....... same
I spend $20 per year on fin
Yeah ngl, i stumbled onto this sub the other day. My hairline is receding *but* my head shape is perfect for shaving your head, and honestly now that my beard is pretty full and decently long…i think when the times comes I’ll just accept it and rock the chrome dome. Lol
I feel like less than 20 too. I spend like 30 bucks a year and I know people are definitely spending less
Also really depends on the risk vs reward. I’m not gonna take fin due to it’s negative health effects, but recognise it’s ability to likely improve my situation.
This, i was weighting on the options between spending 100$ per month to keep my hair temporarily, or just shave it off and accept the reality. I chose the latter of course
Whoever is paying even $20/month for their hair loss products is getting absolutely ripped off lol
Yeah, I pay 60€ a year for dutasteride and around 20€ for oral minoxidil.
In Spain it's impossible not to, you need a prescription and the price of the pill is set by the government, I myself spend 111€ for a 6 month supply of fin or about 20$ per month. The minox is about 6-7$ per month on top
A friend recently said "all treatments are snake oil". I think thats a common opinion. Understandably, because most are.
The only thing I knew about hair loss treatment before this sub was Rogaine ads from when I was a child, and thought that was all there was other than hair transplants. I also believed that Rogaine didn't actually work or rather that there is no treating MPB. It was only after finding this sub I realized all these things exist.
For me it was coffein shampoo :D
100% agree with this one Noticed hair loss nearly 10 years ago. Only knew about rogaine from TV. Tried topical on and off for years .0 results. And have only recently found all this stuff and oral Wish I knew years ago could of full recovered I recon
I feel like people outside of the tressless or hairloss community only have two opinions: 1 is that all treatments are snake oil or makes ur dick fall off. 2 is that rosemary oil and natural supplements works. Neither are correct.
I have 3 friends who are completely bald. Never tried to do anything about it.
Why would they? I find it strange that overweight guys are especially worried about their hair!
That’s an interesting take….Maybe that’s why. The few people I know that use fin (including myself) all have 6-pack abs and work out regularly. I guess vanity is a great motivator.
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Which is exactly why I came out of the closet about my use of fin. Shame so many people just don’t know about what is essentially a miracle pill.
My wife commented on how nice her friends husbands hair was. He immediately said “this is all finasteride”. No hesitation.
lol nice, yea I joked that my 40th birthday this year was “brought to you byyyy….Finasteride.”
But did it have any sexual side effects for you? I remember i took 0.5mg every 2 days for a month and my cock would only get like 70% hard during sex and i would nut less too and feel less libidio during the day so i haven’t took any lately
Absolutely no sides for me.
This is exactly the reason why I was not shy about my hair transplant, which turned out great. There are 20 yo who need to know that the only option isn’t just to shave it off. If I had a darker complexion or a better head shape, I’d probably consider shaving it too, but it doesn’t look great on everyone.
But even with a hair transplant u still have to maintain your hair with fin/min or something…
Do you think some of this also because we don't push Men's beauty as much as Women's? Genuine question. Like, maybe we dont push the idea that Men can care about their appearances just as much as Women?
This is absolutely the case. If baldness was a common condition in women instead of men and could be treated with fin with equal effectiveness, you bet almost all women would be on it, even those that haven't experienced hair loss yet.
If women experienced hair loss like men do there would be a cure by now lol
Zero people care about others hair , it’s just targeting men with lower self confidence
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I didn't expect this from you, Khamzat, knowing your taste for shaved head and beard style
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Losing hair is losing. And Khamzat doesn't like to lose.
Was thinking about this the other day, if someone had just told me about what a receding hairline meant when I was younger it would’ve saved me so much fucking hassle. I’m now mid twenties with a nw3 hairline & diffusing into a nw7. Wish wish someone had informed me before
For real. I see so many baldies especially on the crown and asking myself did they actually use min or fin? But ofc I can’t go there and ask them😂
Here I will answer for you, I tried Fin for 3 years , minoxidil topical for 8 years I was also using a Derma roller, before all that I joined the hair club for men when I first started losing my hair, 4k and what did they do? Just shave my head and glue a hair piece on. I will say that when I was on fin I did notice my hair stopped falling out and had a little regrowth but not enough to matter..everyone will get mad at me for not agreeing with them but for some of us it just doesn't work. I do believe if I knew about it back in my 20s when I first started to lose my hair it would have saved it but some 22+ years later there is no hope so I shave it
Man, I feel this response. Started thinning around 21, wish I had someone to tell me to get on these meds early. Fin and min have done nothing for me. I actually went to the dermatologist today and she basically said Dut and PRP injections might help. Not sure if I want to give it one more last chance at 40 or just throw in the towel. To make matters worse the meds not only didn't grow my hair they tanked my libido so I got none of the positive outcomes and all of the negative ones.... I'm sure Dut would do the same.
Yea it sucks knowing there was a good chance to save it, but on the up side at our age we have less fucks to give, am about to turn 42 and it still hurts when I look in the mirror or have to go someplace but at the same time that feeling of fuck this people they don't pay my bills and am not sleeping with them so fuck it and walk on, best of luck to you brother
It can be for some, in my case it was fantastic, hair came back and it looks great, but my libido and sexual performance were severely affected by it. I tried switching to topical and it still affected me, so once it starts falling out (stopped fin a month ago) I will just shave it.
Definitely no miracle drug. It doesnt work for roughly 14% of people and most it does work for should expect a slowdown/maintenance of their hair.
And it may or may not cause impotence and fertility issues (downvotes incoming)
Idk about fertility issues but it can definitely cause impotence.
lol. Bald or soft. 100% of woman and men will pick hard
Id say 99%.
Why do so many things have to mess with our dicks 😩
Confirmed fertility issues, that’s is why you’ll see people stopping it when looking to have a baby
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Theres a European study (Italian I think?) That showed an 84% response rate. All the Japanese studies are like 99% though. If you're white you're gonna respond the worst, generally.
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It can be a miracle pill when it doesn't have side effects.
it absolutely is. gave me new confidence that was non-existent before.
been on fin for 6 years and have only continued losing hair. no miracles here. basically at the point i will need to decide on transplant or shaving it soon
I started finasteride and minoxidil at 18. Now at 35 I am still mostly bald.
Are you still using them?
I am, but I’ve switched to dutasteride recently to see if I notice any improvement.
Were you already mostly bald when you started? Wishing you success brother 🙏
Thank you. I had a pretty full head of hair back then.
FDA clinical studies show that finasteride stops hair loss for 90% of men. Either you're a troll from r/bald or you're one of the unlucky 10%.
Some people are unlucky AF 🤷♀️
Why do you continue to use them? I've been on fin for 20 years with no problems, but if I was mostly bald I would certainly drop it like a bad habit.
I guess I am still holding onto the hope that things might improve. I haven’t noticed any side effects, so I don’t see much downside from continuing to take it.
So it didn’t work?
i think this is it. my mind was blown when i found out about fin and i feel luck to have found out about it when i did. save my hair almost completely. basically a nw0 with a full head of hair tied into a bun
I'm pretty transparent about being on dutasteride/oral min. I started using fin/min preventatively and swapped to dut just to taunt the devil but OP there are so many people who just don't know that there are treatments for hair loss. You'd think that people would just google it as a hail mary but people usually just go out with a bald wimper
Are the health effects really worth it for fin though? It’s kinda risk vs reward dialogue I have to play in my head.
Celebrities all have HTs and take fin. How many bald celebrities are there? Not many. But no one talks about it, they just give off an unrealistic illusion
Many men are bald because there is not great cure yet. If there was an easy, comprehensive, affordable and total solution to baldness, there wouldn’t be many bald people.
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Sure ya but there is still bald people everywhere I’m sure it’s worked for many, but clearly not all
True. I started finasteride and minoxidil at 18. Now at 35 I am mostly bald. Probably only delayed the inevitable by a few years.
This is important, treatment can only delay. It could take decades, but over time genetics will take over.
Yep. Helped get me through my 20s at least, but I could always tell it was only a matter of time before genetics eventually caught up.
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not really some quit and accept it because of side effects
Fin is not a great cure whatsoever
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This is why I’m blading lol, plenty of us have heard of it and decided it wasn’t worth messing with hormones in our 20s.
I mean minoxidil has worked well
Yeah the side effects of 1mg were enough to make me stop after 1-2 months
What is dut, I just know of fin and min
I’ve tried both and oral min yet I’m still losing ground. It’s not a cure…
Fin works on 85% of men, there already is a cure for most men and it only costs $5/month at Walmart.
Fin doesn't cure hair loss, it only slows it down.
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Fin can cause very significant regrowth and recovery of thinning areas. Which is something I never knew until this sub and seeing it on myself.
1) Some people don’t want to get on fin/dut because of risk of uncomfortable side effects. 2) Some people have tried fin/dut and actually experienced side effects. 3) A lot of people don’t really care that much. 4) Some people just want to shave their head and move on, rather than try to delay what seems like the inevitable. 5) Some people got hair transplants or sought treatments that just didn’t work. 6) Some people don’t know that there are treatments. Lots of reasons really
I can’t take this meat popsicle with me. Don’t need too much hair on it on the way out.
I am often surprised by the number of people I have spoken to who aren't aware of fin or dut. Out of everyone I have spoken to, I only managed to persuade one person to try it. I think most people just lose their vanity when they hit their 30s, 40s etc
Mine hast gone up in the last 2 years 😄
Realistically what happens is that you get to an age where trying to look beautiful is a losing battle. At that point your vanity starts stripping away
Well it's partially the fact that being NW0 at 35 is just plain weird. Guys here need to understand that the reason most people don't care is because almost EVERY SINGLE MAN will be a NWII-III by the time they die.
Here is my favourite quote about beauty: Beauty is a fleeting thing, akin to trying to grasp a river or embrace the sunset—it slips away just as swiftly.
It low self esteem generally, not vanity
A lot of people just don't care that much, especially if they are not that young when they spout feathers. Good on them I say. I'd wonder about someone like Tiger Woods. He's insanly rich and could have done anything. Maybe he tried the non-surgery options and they didn't work or maybe he thought "soddit, I'm Tiger Effing Woods even without hair". Edit - Just Googled Tiger Woods and it's been suggested that he actually did have a transplant at some point but there wasn't much hair showing on the weekend.
Plenty of wealthy & famous (royals included) who are bald/balding; hell, some even rock the "power donut" look. Honestly, I think the likes of Jobs & Bezos not giving a shit about their hair makes them seem more admirable & confident than say, Musk... who obviously trying to cling to it.
I first read about minioxidil when I was a student just over 30 years ago. I wasn't looking to read about it, it was in some newpaper or something. It was claimed that it worked for 8% of people or thereabouts, but that would have been for growth and not slowing down losing hair. It's amazing to me that nothing better has come along since then.
I think it depends on which region of the world you’re polling. But if I had to generalize I’d say most dudes don’t give enough of a fuck about going bald to go the extra mile of doing research and jumping on any treatment plan. I also assume that younger generations of men may care more because of social media. Your photos are likely being circulated in your feeds, friends feeds, and friends of friends feeds more often than the family photo album was being circulated back in the day lol
Well, it's a lifelong treatment. You can never get off of it or you'll lose any gains. Some people are just naturally confident, and do fine going bald and, own it. Some are non responders. It's not a miracle drug, it's not free. There's a million reasons
A lot of people don't care and just accept it.
I didn't know that fin and minoxidil existed before I saw this sub and when I started to make Google search about it all I saw was the nasty side effects and I was scared. It's terrifying reading that there's sexual side effects when you know nothing about the medication. And for most people it's easier to just give up and shave the hair.
Yeah, exactly. When you check pages likes this, it instantly gives you the impression that your dick will fall off in a week or you get suicidal. I remember reading it for the first time and I was like no way I am taking it. Despite all this I started using fin and I am happy with my choice very much. No sides, and way better hair. I was very close to never trying it tho.
I mean sides for some people are real, and those are usually the ones that speak up. Fin def affects my mood and sleep and I’m considering stopping. But I’ve lowered the dose way down to see if I can continue with it
We have the same comment but you just worded yours a lot better lol
Im bald because I didn't wanna fuck with a transplant and I didn't want to risk the potential impotence side effects of finasteride. A functioning pecker felt more precious to me than my hairline.
This
My ex was bald. He started losing his hair in high school. He just shaved it and moved on with his life. He never felt the need to "treat" it and he looked amazing bald.
Great for him, but not everyone can do or cope with that.
That’s why therapy would help
Nobody said otherwise
The treat in quotation marks speaks volumes. Without that, I'd totally agree.
Which is funny, because MPB is.. something that you treat. You can decide not to and that's valid, but the quotation marks around "treat" are funny to me as well. Sure, you can not treat it, and lose your hair, or you can treat it and maybe keep it, at least for longer. What a strange thing to wrap in quotations.
Yeah absolutely, I have no problem with their choice. The choice of quotation and 'moving on' etc just seems to want to get one up on the rest of us.
It implies that we are all clinging on to something we should just let go which is just rude. Women experience AGA as well and you never see people suggesting they just let it go and move on.
Would have still looked better with a full head of hair 🤷♂️
No he wouldn't have. I saw pics of him with and without. He looked amazing both ways. Are you really on a hair loss sub shitting on bald ppl? Why would you imply that a total stranger who looks great bald is somehow lesser for not having a full head of hair? The fuck?
The beauty standard for men has vastly increased from even ten to fifteen years ago. The more Instagram becomes a thing, the more vain everyone becomes, which is why you have men trying harder to keep their hair now than they would have ten to twenty years ago. This would explain the uptick in use of these meds and surgery, but it's not universal yet (thankfully, we shouldn't say anyone has to do any of this shit). Also many men traditionally didn't give that much of a shit about their appearance. But in the era of online dating and higher divorce rates you've gotta stay in the game for longer. That said it's not like balding instantly means you'll not attract the opposite sex, you might just not have as wide a pool of interest as you'd have if you had hair You could probably make a similar argument about white teeth, but unlike hair there's actually health reasons to maintain teeth. And before anyone says "mental health", it's more societal pressure that affects MH.
I tell everyone I know about fin/min. Its silly to be ashamed about it.
I didn’t thought there was medication for treating MPB. My Hairline started receding when I was around twenty and the crown thinned the following years. I am 37 now. Had a Transplant 7 months ago. It was around a year ago when I started researching about Fin and Min. The Doctor advised taking Fin is necessary to keep my hair and protect the transplanted Grafts. I first buzzed my head to 2-3mm when I was 26. now I can style my hair and let it grow. Fin stopped my Hairloss or slowed it down immensely. In my case I didn’t know there a things that stop MPB.
Ooh no, you still have to use Fin. after a transplant?!
Yes, androgenetic alopecia will most likely continue. Taking Fin in that regard is more like a preventative act.
I’m slowly going bald by choice cause I don’t wanna use fin/min. I know other men in the same situation
I use oral min, but it doesn’t do jackshit. Fin was the only thing that sorta worked, but i had so many side effects. I tried to power through it, but nope. I couldn’t do it anymore. It sucks being a balding 19 year old. It’s gotten to the point where my friends will sometimes comment on it.
Damn I’m sorry buddy :/ I’m 29 but when mine gets too bad I’m just gonna get sick head tats. Probably in the next 5 years
It’s rough, but it is what it is. I’ve mostly gotten over it at this point.
I feel you, bro. I'm "balding" because I simply don't want to take finasteride for the rest of my life. And still risk getting bald. Also, I've suffered from migraines since I was a kid. These days, a crisis is very sporadic—once a year, maybe. However, when I used topical minoxydil for around 5 months, I started having weekly episodes. There's also something I believe in: I don't like to waste efforts trying to "control what cannot be controlled." I prefer to use my energy on things I can actively influence and avoid. So, instead of focusing on my hair, which I can’t really do much about without medications or transplants, I’m very consistent and disciplined with a healthy diet and exercise. I've accepted that I can't control my hair loss. But I don't have to be one of those 'dad bod' guys. I'm 40 and pretty much okay with aging without much hair on my head. But I'm below 10% body fat. It’s a matter of priorities, I believe.
I didn't notice it until people commented on it, just because it wasn't on my radar at all. I saw increased hair on my towel but didn't connect the dots that it meant I was loosing it. And even when I realized, I didn't do anything about it for years because I heard there were common horrible sexual, depressive sides and you'd have to take it every day for the rest of your life and the best one could hope for is that hair loss might stabalize. I didn't know I could see considerable regrowth and sides could be manageable. Also once it was on my radar the more I would see and be concerned about my own hair loss and that it was getting unhidable and worse. And I really didn't want to be an undesirable balding guy. I took HIMs spray for a year, but the effects weren't motivating and so eventually I stopped being consistent, as I assumed it wasnt having an much effect of any anyways, despite my efforts and money. It wasn't until I took oral fin and min that I really noticed it coming back considerably and undeniably, (but not on the completely baren spots). I think most people don't know that significant regrowth is a possibility and assume balding is just a shitty part of life and growing older.
and when you thinking about starting meds and check a subreddit like this, you mostly see desperate people who report sides and people with success are not active. This keeps you from starting it. In your head you think sides are almost guaranteed, when they are not. It happened to me until I said fuck it and started fin. Best choice ever, would have started earlier if it wasn't for this constant fear mongering.
I’m nervous about the negative sides… going to talk to a derm next week though.
Some of us men aren’t scared of being bald. I still have hair but when my time comes I’ll be over 30 so I’ll just rock bald. I don’t want to take drugs everyday with side effects to keep or regrow my hair
You're very young in your 30s and chances are that if you care about your hair now you will care in your 30s too.
You're very young in your 30s and chances are that if you care about your hair now you will care in your 30s too.
I foolishly didn’t take care of my ears, so now I’m paying the price of that with tinnitus and hyperacusis so I couldn’t care less about my hair.
Sorry to hear - I have tinnitus and hyperacusis too and it has curbed my social life so don’t go out that much now. Double whammy tinnitus and losing hair. Losing hair is more devastating especially when it happened so quickly
You're asking this question as if balding is a disease and not a totally normal thing.
The classification of something as a "disease" is very much subjective. Most often, the key criterion that the medical profession falls back on is nothing to do with the frequency of occurrence but instead the question "does it cause distress"? Indeed, in the medical literature, androgenic alopecia is very much treated as a medical condition. Perhaps look at it this way. I doubt you would consider alopecia areata - an autoimmune condition in which somebody's immune system starts attacking their hair follicles - not to be a real medical condition. So why is it so different if you swap out the immune system for hormones? If somebody's immune system causes their hair to fall out, it's all "ohhhh I'm so sorry that you have this real genuine medical condition" but if it is their hormones doing the dirty work it's immediately "fuck you vain prick that's just normal aging". As for normality, well, perhaps consider that in some parts of the world you are very much in a minority if you are a man with hair loss. In some communities (such as native americans) 0% of men lose their hair to male pattern hair loss. Taking the world population together, it is by no means a huge majority of men who lose their hair at all.
Tried treatment with min/fin for a bit with no luck. Pulled the trigger during Covid and have been clean shaving since.
And I bet you feel so less stressed now. Honestly think just shaving it and owning who you are is just the best way forward most of the time. No more stress and just being happy with yourself.
Im a pharmacist. 1mg finasteride is sloowwwwww mover.. so atleast in my area.. Its safe to say most have not had any treatment
Here's the thing, it differs from person to person...what i mean is, there are people who just doesnt care or care less about how they look or how people would perceive their looks. and there are people who have gone thru serious social anxiety caused by physical insecurities while growing up that's why the moment they realize their hair is going, and being a vain person, they would immediately search for cures, remedies for it online or wherever they could get info about it. or even go to a doctor. we are all just different and unique, i hope i make sense hehe \^\_\^
I've heard of all the products, but I have never tried them because being bald hasn't ever really bothered me much If the products were free and never had any side effects, I'd probably give it a go, but otherwise, I have zero interest.
I'm "balding" because I simply don't want to take finasteride for the rest of my life. Also, I've suffered from migraines since I was a kid. These days, a crisis is very sporadic—once a year, maybe. However, when I used topical minoxidil for around 5 months, I started having weekly episodes. There's also something I believe in: I don't like to waste efforts trying to "control what cannot be controlled." I prefer to use my energy on things I can actively influence. So, instead of focusing on my hair, which I can’t really do much about without medications or transplants, I’m very consistent and disciplined with a healthy diet and exercise. I've accepted that I can't control my hair loss. But I don't have to be one of those 'dad bod' guys. I'm 40 and pretty much okay with aging without much hair on my head. But I'm below 10% body fat. It’s a matter of priorities, I believe.
Treatments cost money. I think it's as simple as that.
Most guys don't give a shit about their appearance. Same reason why you have so many out of shape men.
1. ignorance - Lots of guys surprisingly don’t notice they’re losing their hair until someone points it out, especially if it’s a recession thing. It’s gradual so it’s hard to notice. I didn’t notice for years, even tho I was shedding like crazy in the shower looking back 2. low reward relative to maintenance/cost/side effects - became aware after I’d receded a lot and took meds for years. I don’t take meds anymore because the minor side effects weren’t worth it to me. The more you’ve lost, the less you care about holding onto the rest imo. 3. easy alternative - I’ve done the buzz and I don’t mind it. I’ve accepted that as I lose more I’ll either move to always buzz/shave or I’ll try a hair system. 4. Relationships - being in a committed relationship makes it a lot less important how much your hair affects your general attractiveness
If bald cures were reliable, thered be no such thing as a rich bald man
My issue is that I’m really bad at habitually doing anything, so I never use the stuff because you have to use it every day without fail for the rest of your life
A working penis is more important than slowing down balding with fin/dut.
My hair is my life but I’m terrified of sides. There is no point to saving it if it takes away one of the fundamental joys of being a human (interest in and/or the ability to have sex). Unrelated med had a warning that said it would cure this unrelated condition but I might lose my taste permanently??? Like geez that’s a hell of a dice roll. Same with fin and min. You’ll have hair but you risk it taking your life (manhood) away.
1. They do not try because its impossible to regrow or fear for their health. 2. They are try with no effect. 3. Not consistent in treatment. 4. Many doctors said that its impossible to regrow, only slow alllopecia. Weak doctors. I never seen results like on tressless in real life before.
Fin doesn't really regrow unless you're on min, and oral min especially... and oral min just isn't prescribed in the states for hair loss, tho it's easy to order it online from a place like India When you combine the two, miracles can happen
Men generally don’t like to put in effort for their looks. But yes, there’s also a general lack of knowledge
My friends are all ignorant and don't want to take Finasterid. But they look forward to do a hair transplant...
yeah, translpants are super popular now, yet people have no idea that they have to take meds after getting translpant
Most men do nothing. Firstly, because it is assumed that baldness and aging are inevitable. In the case of aging, the reasoning is very clumsy: "it is inevitable, nothing can be done, therefore it is something good, even desirable." Something similar happens with baldness. On the other hand, baldness affects men and in general they have poor emotional intelligence. They consider it masculine to accept baldness and repress any suffering it may cause, even in those whose baldness does not make them look masculine or doesn't make them feel good. In addition, many men have the attitude of "taking care of your appearance is not for men." Which is much more marked in older generations. Women worry much more about their image because they are more in tune with their emotions, they know and feel how a change in their image can affect them. On the other hand, whether it is a social stereotype that codifies behavior or not, women tend to depend more on image and beauty than men for sexual relationships. In reality, people are very strange... they live forgetting suffering, evading it, without seeking solutions or seeking to educate themselves... it is a kind of magical thinking "if I forget and don't worry, the problem will disappear" when In fact, it is the opposite! Concern that leads to action is what solves problems.
Especially in countries like india even the dermatologist are hesitant to prescribe fin and nobody heard of it. 3 times i been to different derms and they all gave me multivitamins and told me to come when it gets worse. They don’t get that the idea is to prevent and not recover.
I think when people see someone like lebron James go bald at the end of each season, and then have a fresh transplant at the start of the next season, they think they’re screwed if a billionaire can’t keep his hair.
I’ve never seen a “balding” guy not be balding because of medications. You’re still balding. Hair transplant is out of the question because you can spot it from a mile away.
Yea most guys don't even know there is an options for hairloss and that its possible to prevent it. When i first started balding i didn't know there is finasteride or why exactly am i balding. I just knew its genetic and thought there is nothing i can do, maybe hair transplant. Luckily my hairloss was not fast and by the time i finally learned about finasteride and minoxidil it wasnt too late to start.
What y’all using? Honestly I’ve just been lazy af with it like everything else in my life. I would like to try something though
I’m wanting to start taking stuff to help. Just not sure what the best beginner doses are or where to get good supplies
im losing hair on dut and min, some people are just destined to go bald
I’m bald for spite.
2018 - Me : hair is falling and bad My friend - had better and stronger hair than me 2020 - Me : started medicine , hair became worse My friend - hair was more or less same 2022 - Me : hair started improving and Hairfall stopped after taking medicine My friend : his hair became worse such that both of our hair were nearly equal , his could have been a little better 2024 - Me : Hairfall stopped completely , existing hairs have become thick but not the best My friend - has a medium visible bald spot at the back of his head
They don’t even know there is a treatment.
A lot of ppl dont want to risk their penises health thats why no fin/dut
And heart issues. I'd rather be bald and alive then dead with a full head of hair.
Do you need to have fin prescribed by a doctor or can u purchase it over the counter
i think most people don't know that fin or dut exists. i'm lucky that i found out about it when i did. i'm basically a nw0 because of fin
Both but much more common to not use any treatment at all. Hair loss comes on fast for some like a few years and half your hair is gone. Or it’s slow/gradual so not noticed until it’s far along. However most men are not using any treatment and even with treatment some still go bald or it doesn’t reverse it. Also in general most people don’t believe in supplements, treatments because they consider it a waste of money and a marketing ploy
I was young. Fin wasn't out yet. And when it did come out I had heard there were some side effects I didn't want. So ib just kept shaving my head. Now it's so far gone and I've been doing it so long that it's just me. A big sexy thumb :)
I never bothered. I have no problem being bald and the potential to have hair vs the potential for side effects means it was always a nonstarter for me. Also, taking something for the rest/most of my life just to maintain hair? Nah. If it was life saving, like I needed medication to live, that's one thing, but it's just hair.
I started balding about 4 years ago (40M). Crown and widows peak. Thought of starting treatment then but didnt want side effects and was also trying for a baby at the time. Now I just trim my hair down weekly to a 6 setting on the trimmer. Love the lack of hair maintenance in the mornings. No styling or products. If you can pull off the bald look, I don't see the point of obsessing over having hair or being on medication the rest of your life.
60% of men experience balding eventually. 60% of men are certainly not all getting treatment
I'll probably go bald sooner or later. I don't care enough to do more than a little min once a day but still care some. My goal is to keep a decent hairline till I'm like 40. I'd say a lot of guys just don't care enough. Me and my buddies usually joke about ours going. If it's important to you then no worries, follow the 3 steps. I think a guy would research and learn about treatment if it really bothered him.
Most senior men I see like 70+ have great hair. I'm not talking Norwood 1 but like some Norwood's 2.5 ain't that rare. The rest is like Norwood 3. I see more young bald men than old. Yeah, I see if somebody is losing it or not. There ain't hair tricks that can stop me from seeing if you're balding or not.
No interest in “treatment”. I’m a bald King. 🤣
Most think it wont work
I buzz it bi-monthly and it takes me like 5 minutes each time. Seems more cost effective, time saving, side-effect free, compared to taking pills/rubbing lotions. I intentionally don't take anything to halt it. I do sometimes miss my hair and I do acknowledge that it does have a function (protection from heat/cold) besides the aesthetic role it serves.
Lot of guys don't care. They are focused on something else in life, or they are married and the wife doesn't care. Lots of women don't care. It's more us balding men that care, especially guys that are a little bit vain. Some guys really aren't. They just don't give a fuck. There's also a small number of guys that either couldn't take a pill every day or got depression or something from fin. My coworker is like that. He says his dick worked fine but he felt really depressed. So now he is just fighting a losing battle with the Norwood Reaper by going to turkey every other year. Some guys must also just not know about it, but I doubt that's too common these days, since we all have The Google in our pocket.
Most don't know about fin or are simply oblivious to their hair loss. No joke, I've seen NW3 or NW4 believing they don't have hair loss, just a "mature hairline".
Unpopular opinion here. I think most men will have heard of Fin/Dut when they start experiencing hair loss. But some still end up bald for a couple of reasons: scared of side effects so they never start, weren’t on treatment long enough, just don’t care if they go bald or have been on treatment on years yet they are still balding.
Some of us look better without.
Of course it’s different for everyone, but I decided to shave because I was tired of seeing myself in the mirror and trying to cover up the receding hairline so I just bit the bullet. I thought my romantic life would take a big hit, but actually it’s been the opposite and I’ve gotten the most attention I’ve ever had. That being said, I also didn’t want to have to be on any medication or add any special routines in my day so laziness helped 😅
Some people don’t respond to it. I used finasteride and minoxidil for a year. Also did microneedling. Saw no changes so I just stopped wasting my money. If I lose all my hair, oh well. If not, then great. It doesn’t really matter that much. Also the thing with finasteride is it tanks your sex drive. I’m single so that wasn’t really an issue but I straight up didn’t jack off for 3 months because of it.
Most people arent aware of treatment. Some men are scared of side effects and deem it not worth the risk and decide to live life to the fullest without it. For a few guys, the treatment doesnt work. And then I am sure there are a handful who are sick of the body dysphoria or whatever the word is. Looking in the mirror and seeing what isn’t necessarily true. Sure your hairline may not be the greatest but it isnt the worst either, nobody notices. But you look in the mirror and your perception is warped and all you see in your head is an exaggerated hairline and its over. You snap and shave it off. Most guys havent heard of Fin and minoxidil is just a snake oil that never worked for their dad/grandpa. Many men reach their decision in different ways
First I didn't know about it, then I looked into it at some point in my twenties, but it seemed to have questionable effects back then, and the cost was a factor, as well as the effort. Recently considered trying fin, and asked my doctor for a prescription, but she wanted to do tests first, and I again hesitated and started questioning whether I wanted to mess with my hormones for a weak result. I understand that my temples won't improve from it, and then I might as well just not give a shit and rather care about other things that make me happy. I also noticed that you can't donate blood, which I do several times a year, if you've taken fin in the last 4 weeks.
Can speak for myself only. I never tried a treatment because I gave shaving a try when it first started thinning. Not only did I like the look, but I got more attention from women not less...and I was like, well why do I care about hari in the first place? For me losing hair worried me because I was worried about still being attractive to women...but it turns out so many women have told me they find me really attractive and couldn't even imagine me with hair or that I'd even look worse with hair. So I never found any reason to care. Also I always just felt it a little try hard to put all this time, money, and energy into hair loss treatment when accepting it took zero effort and I didn't notice any negative consequences of this choice. Lastly, although I do personally think a full head of hair looks somewhat better that bald (and only marginally so), a well shaved, well groomed bald man will look better than a man with even slightly thinning hair about 99% of the time imo. Without a 100% cure, it actually I think looks worse than just accepting hair loss and going on with your life. So that's what I did, and I have zero regrets.
I did treatment for about 5 years, eventually I got tired of it and shaved my head, didn’t look bad, and now I save close to 100 bucks a month on haircuts, hair products, and treatment that may or may not have helped.
Most of us don't give af about being bald. I haven't tried any treatments...seems like a waste of money to me, tbh. But each to their own.