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Re: Ask HN: Coping with Hair Loss

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Post by EddieDante »

edmundsauto wrote: post #15
EddieDante wrote: post #5

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Was your purpose to tell someone things they probably already knew, or were you trying to encourage them? It came off as the former, but the advice is solid - if it came with some empathy. If you think any of those things are easy, I disagree. To someone with the wrong genetics or habits, you may as well suggest growing a foot taller.

They're not easy. They certainly weren't easy for me, but I'm putting in the work and seeing results. My genetics and habits aren't that great either, but habits can be fixed and genetics are a cop-out. Am I gonna end up jacked like a Hollywood action star? No, but that's not genetics; that's money and steroids.

Re: Ask HN: Coping with Hair Loss

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Post by EddieDante »

mardifoufs wrote: post #44
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Grey hair is so much easier to fix/hide than going bald though. They aren't comparable at all.

Grey hair is easily fixed when you can afford to dye your hair. I couldn't do that until I was out of college and had a real job.

Re: Ask HN: Coping with Hair Loss

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Post by Jugurtha »

alexk307 wrote: post #26

I never understood why people are so terrified of losing their hair, like they have a choice or a say in the matter. Your body is going to do what it was programmed by your dna to do, no matter how uncomfortable with being bald. Just own it and put your focus into something besides your own appearance. Yes I’m likely going to lose my hair too in the near future. Who cares?

You don't care. OP does. It's also about options: if you look good or really good with hair but you don't have that option because you have a spot, it's hard.

It changes your face.

Pick any good looking actor. See how they look with a shaved head vs. with hair. Even those who look good without hair, they often look better with hair. When you shave your head.

Re: Ask HN: Coping with Hair Loss

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Post by alexk307 »

Jugurtha wrote: post #54
alexk307 wrote: post #26

I never understood why people are so terrified of losing their hair, like they have a choice or a say in the matter. Your body is going to do what it was programmed by your dna to do, no matter how uncomfortable with being bald. Just own it and put your focus into something besides your own appearance. Yes I’m likely going to lose my hair too in the near future. Who cares?

You don't care. OP does. It's also about options: if you look good or really good with hair but you don't have that option because you have a spot, it's hard. It changes your face. Pick any good looking actor. See how they look with a shaved head vs. with hair. Even those who look good without hair, they often look better with hair. When you shave your head.

Right, who cares? Why are you comparing yourself to models and actors?

Re: Ask HN: Coping with Hair Loss

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Post by Jugurtha »

alexk307 wrote: post #55
Jugurtha wrote: post #54

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You don't care. OP does. It's also about options: if you look good or really good with hair but you don't have that option because you have a spot, it's hard. It changes your face. Pick any good looking actor. See how they look with a shaved head vs. with hair. Even those who look good without hair, they often look better with hair. When you shave your head.

Right, who cares? Why are you comparing yourself to models and actors?

That was to drive the point with a common reference point. The moon in this is comparing yourself with yourself. Maybe OP looks gorgeous with hair but banal without and it's frustrating him.

If shaving your hair gets you from an "8" to a "6" on a "hotness scale", that's two "points" wasted for nothing and OP may be looking at some quick win to get those two points back.

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