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[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 102 points 3 weeks ago

Damn bro. Life ain't over because your hairline went bad

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 39 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean, it's just hair. We're certainly not vain and superficial enough to let that "ruin our lives", right?

[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have a widows peak and I get mad compliments on my hair. It's only over when it's over, buddy.

[–] Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I didn't know what a widows peak was so I googled it and figured out that's just what you call that type of hairline in english.

Personally I really like the german word for it which is "Geheimratsecken". It literally translates to "secret council corners".

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 weeks ago

Germans have the best words.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago

entire industries exist simply because of it. lol

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 37 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The Vegeta hairline hit me at 25 so I just buzzed it all off... I never lived life at all lol

[–] Bidah@thelemmy.club 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] godlessworm@hexbear.net 25 points 3 weeks ago

b o d y s h a m i n g

[–] space_comrade@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Alternatively, you can just decide not to give that much of a fuck about losing hair.

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I would be fine if I was losing hair symmetrically, but I'm only losing hair on the left side so is pisses me off a lot.

[–] Provinto@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

That sucks fr

[–] skip0110@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

Part it the other way ;)

[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yea that's me rn. It hasn't hit me yet (at least not noticably) but when it does I'm just embracing it. I know there's medication/treatment but between cost and potential side effects (as someone who already struggles with mental health the possibility of Post Finasteride Syndrome scares the shit out of me) it's not worth it.

Plus I have a personal aversion to the idea of clinging on to youth or denying aging. Nothing against people trying to look how they want to but I'm embracing aging, it feels so much less stressful than the alternative

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What's Post Finasteride Syndrome?? Just curious.

[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

CW: suicide

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/hair-loss-drug-finasteride-side-effects-1.7483898

Some men experience side effects like reduced/absent libido, depression, and other negative mental health effects. I don't know how rare they are but to me it's not worth the risk just for my own vanity. Sure the pharma companies deny it's a thing but they have a clear profit motive so I don't trust a damn word they say

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, Jesus. That's terrifying to read.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

Nothing wrong with a little male pattern baldness. Disrespectfully OP, you are wrong.

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I can’t go bald if I shave my head every morning

[–] CodingCarpenter@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Every morning? What do you use?

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[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 9 points 3 weeks ago

Estrogen is the answer to this problem :3

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm ugly with hair, losing it won't make me that much uglier.

[–] godlessworm@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

eh you probably look fine. imo very few people are actually “ugly”

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[–] moakley@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

I started taking pills for it a few years ago. It was ridiculously easy to do. I did it online, it auto-renews, and it's an easy chewable I take every morning.

I think a lot of guys have the impression that hair treatments are bullshit, because for a while there they were. But the new shit works, at least for me.

No side effects or downsides for me. My hairline is just paused, even rewound a little bit.

[–] imdc@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

This the stuff where 2% of users lose their boners, then 2% of that 2% don't get them back once they stop taking it? Nah I'll take the chrome dome.

[–] compostgoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago

Which med is that?

Everyone’s risk tolerance is different, but a 99.96% chance that I would not experience irreversible side effects feels like pretty good odds

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Do you think maybe there's some kind of demographical overlap between people who take hair pills and people who were going to lose their boners anyway?

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[–] hedge_lord@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

When I see people complaining about losing their hair to male pattern baldness I'm thinking "just take finasteride" or "why don't you just take finasteride" or "just block the DHT this isn't some inevitable thing and that'd probably help so why don't you just do that?" But I'm not a testosterone enjoyer so I lack their perspective on things

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

It's not that simple for some men, but for some other men it's exactly that simple. I'm sure I'm a little lucky, but it was such an easy decision for me with no downside.

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[–] Master@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

At some point in their life most men have to make the greatest decision in their life... Keep their hair or keep their erection. I've started shaving my head!

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] Superdooper@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

There's a certain drug that prevents baldness but reduces your testosterone

[–] Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

He couldn't get his dick up while looking in the mirror I guess.

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[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

My genetics 🧬 are making sure 👍 that I won’t get bald

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Man, my only regret about shaving my head was that I didn’t do it 15 years sooner!

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[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

transfem intensifies

[–] RedDragonArchfiend@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Top-shelf zaza disrupted my circadian rhythm!

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Got any more of those Sequoia banshee boogers?

[–] Uebercomplicated@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

I've had a pretty intense widows peak since teenagerdom and have also gotten regular compliments on my hair since teenagerdom. Coincidence? I think not!

[–] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

Patrick stewart would like a word with you...

[–] VoxAliorum@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago
[–] lordapophis@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Like what? Life is good if you don't give a damn what people say and Just play with your legos.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 3 weeks ago

i passed that point at like 22.

[–] Mangoholic@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There are a couple of good hairstyles that benefit from a little balding, if it gets to much just go full bald. Its just superficial in the end anyways.

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