My Own Experience Fighting Hair Loss

I was around 20 when I first noticed losing my hair although even some of my earlier high school photos showed signs of recession.

Hairloss is hereditary in our family – my father lost most of his hair, my uncle the same and both my brothers are going the same way – my second brother has held onto his hair for much longer than I did and my younger brother has a high forehead and starting to lose his hair.

It’s well worth looking at them as it shows clearly male pattern baldness and how it affected my confidence.

Although I was happy with my life, I always hated the fact that I had very thin, balding hair. This hairloss affected my confidence, self esteem and I found myself not wanting to go out, be with friends (especially if they had hair) and I felt old.

Between 20 to 27, I even didn’t dare to approach or dating any woman because of my low self esteem and confidence , although many people say that bald men are attractive and more virile, they still look years older than they actually are…that’s unfortunately a fact of life. During this period (20~27), I had spent quite a lot fortune on lotions , potions and hair clinic to try and combat my hairloss . Unfortunately none of the drugs or this service works .

Then on 28, I decide to try hair weaving/hair piece but it is expensive with few hundred dollar only for maintenance every year so after 2 years, I stop this service because of financial problem .

Actually on 28 , I just heard about minoxidil and using it but I quessed already too late since some of my hair follicles (part of skin that grow hair) have been dead, sometimes I wondered if I found out this topical medicine together with propecia (oral) sooner probably my life story will be diffierent now (is it true???) .

Now I am 35 , with hair condition start to look very bad that sometimes I hope I dare to just shave it all off and ended all my misery in these past few years (15 years), but I still afraid of how people treat me or probably laugh at me if I do this (do bald looks), so until now I wearing a wig with a help of double side tape to attach this wig to my head with possibility someday I will get cancer from hazardous substance of the tape that I always used these for few years . Currently I try to save money for hair tranplant as my last resort to solve all my suffering for more a decade .

I even created short and quick informational website just to share my experience and hopefully could help you solve this hair loss problem that could be a traumatic problem for some men, some men (include me) suffer great emotional distress associated with a lack of self confidence and sometimes depression.

Based on my experience, don’t believed any expensive hair-loss treatment that offers by hair clinics that claimed will solve your hair problems in any hair loss stage and also any products that not yet clinically approved for male bald pattern (androgenetic alopecia) , so if you ensure that your hair loss is male bald pattern (genetic) then a reasonable solutions are :

If your hair loss in stage 2 and stage 3 (based on Hamilton Norwood Scale) ,use FDA approved hair growth medications like Rogaine(Minoxidil) and Finasteride(Propecia), It slows down the process of hair loss and can cause new hair growth but you have to keep on using it or it will stop being effective.

If you already in stage 4 or above then you need to consider hair transplant (the good choice, permanent but very expensive) , hair weave/ hair piece (temporary but also expensive in long term for maintenance cost), shaving your head / do the bald looks (best choice if you dare ).

If you not sure what cause of your hair loss, It’s a good idea to ensure an illness isn’t responsible by visit a doctor , particularly if the hair loss is patchy rather than being in the typical male pattern distribution. Moreover, if the hair loss is accompanied by other symptoms (such as tiredness) then blood tests may be necessary.

Another good resources for your reference :

“Does chemical treating your hair lead to hair loss”

“Natural hair loss prevention and natural herbal solutions“