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Muscles underneath. Lots, of muscles.
The correct haircut for a bald man is muscles.
This. Muscle plus personality is 100x more attractive than hair. 2 things you can control (generally)
Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration
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Re: Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration
#132I'm overlooking the "teeth" part of this story to share a bit of an anecdote here. I'm a guy, and I lost my hair when I was about 21. I spent a while trying every medication (many of which have sexual health side effects), but I don't think I was ever actually happy until I just accepted that I was bald and that was just part of how I looked. Don't get me wrong — I would love having hair again, but it doesn't bother…
> If it helps anyone else out there: no one else thinks about your hair besides you. I mean, kinda. Sure, nobody is probably stressing about how many centimeters your scalp is receding, but you can bet lots of people will be more attracted to someone who looks young with a full head of hair compared to someone who has typical male pattern baldness. Just google "male hair restoration before and after" for some example…
Fortunately, becoming hot is easier that reverting baldness :)
Re: Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration
#133The most oft-cited example of successful hair restoration (at least in technology circles) is Elon Musk. And yet there doesn't seem to be concrete information about what he did. I assume a well performed hair transplant.
Yeah, he had a hair transplant. Numerous (most?) male actors have them as well. It's a routine operation and it works pretty well. I know a few guys who had transplants and you can't tell they aren't natural as the surgeons are good at creating age-appropriate hairlines. The hair comes from the back of the head, out of range of the androgen-sensitive follicles in the classic male pattern baldness zone.
I understood that hair transplants don’t look natural because the implants are not at the random angles of natural hair follicles and so the hair tends to look “stiff” and unnatural. This does seem to be the case with Elon.
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#134It's always a sad to read the comment section when discussing male attractiveness; so many people with learned helplessness.
Being attractive is 3 traits: physical fitness, grooming, and sociability. The first two are easy
1. Find a sport and hit the gym. There is a sport out there you will enjoy (racket sports, team sports, martial arts, running, rock climbing). As a creature, you are meant to be active and without a sport you are living sub-optimally.
2. Find a healthy diet. Not keto or some temporary quick fix, but a habit of eating that is enjoyable and good for you.
3. Get a properly fitting wardrobe and a good barber. You don't have to break the bank or be a fashion model to look well-groomed on a regular basis. You will feel good about yourself too.
4. Sociability and confidence are the most work but still a mix of skill and attitude. I can't stress this enough, but if you feel that you can't be attractive thats the result of your environment not some inherent limitation in you as a person.
Everything else on top of these points are just extras. Nice hair, big eyes, high cheekbones, whatever else just improve on a base level of attractiveness. Go find guys who are fit, well groomed, confident and bald, then ask if they seem attractive.
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#135Anyone who looks at Elon Musk can tell hair can always come back if you have enough $$$
A hair transplant isn't extremely expensive, and price is definitely not the limiting factor on the result you can achieve. They cost around $10k on the low end and $35k from the most expensive doctors in the USA. Elon was lucky to have great donor sites for the hair. Likely also started using finasteride, minoxidil, and a DHT inhibiting shampoo right around when he got the transplant if not a couple years before. I'…
I posted this above but then saw you have direct experience and thought I’d ask: am I correct in understanding that transplanted hair is done in random patterns but not at random angles, and so the hair tends to look “stiff” and unnatural, like it has hair spray in it?
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#136I'm sorry but I completely disagree with the folks that are saying to just shave it off and that the "only person worrying about your hair is you". That is completely untrue, especially in our society today. I just turned 23 and have been dealing with this issue since I was 20 years old. It's an absolute nightmare. Even on hair-loss medications, there is no maintaining. Being a relatively above-average individual in…
>> Not to mention my confidence has gone straight down the strain and I find it hard to focus on other aspects of my life like my work and hobbies.
I'm going to suggest your loss of confidence is not an affect but likely the cause. Your emotional strife and lack of confidence will project in your body language.
>> chances are you are an outlier if you were dealt a garbage genetic hand like me
Do you think your genetics on a single point (hair) determine your overall attractiveness? Are there bald men who can gain attention from women?
Have you tried listening to someone like David Goggins (Don't Hurt Me) for a different perspective?
Re: Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration
#137I'm overlooking the "teeth" part of this story to share a bit of an anecdote here. I'm a guy, and I lost my hair when I was about 21. I spent a while trying every medication (many of which have sexual health side effects), but I don't think I was ever actually happy until I just accepted that I was bald and that was just part of how I looked. Don't get me wrong — I would love having hair again, but it doesn't bother…
I still remember the day I saw a quote on Twitter from an account that I think was called something like @PicardQuotes. Their tweets were usually little gems that could have been said by Capt. Picard. This particular quote was simply:
"Bald is better than balding."
When I realised there was no turning back, and not having hair would be a lot better than fighting against the inevitable, I started wearing my bare scalp with pride.
It's a great look.
It's also a lot easier to maintain.
Don't get me wrong, if I weren't balding I wouldn't have done this and that would have been fine. That doesn't change the fact that this is also fine.
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There's a running joke on the wsb subreddit about this, about the return that Elon saw in getting his hair fixed (I can't find the specific phrasing and construct of the joke at the moment), but anyway his transformation is fairly notable and there's no doubt it contributed in some part to his success: https://thenewdaily.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/elon-m... I wish it were not true, but I think it sadly is, th…
The biggest part of the transformation is his attitude towards it. If you don't make a big deal out of it, nobody else will. Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, Jony Ive are all media darlings in the tech industry, so clearly being bald isn't an impediment. If you look at the acting world, Bruce Willis, Jason Statham, Patrick Stewart, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson all make it incredibly clear that baldness doesn't stop you from bei…
Well, that list implies you have a built body so that the baldness is not a factor. If you're average or worse, it's not going to play the same way.
Re: Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration
#139I'm sorry but I completely disagree with the folks that are saying to just shave it off and that the "only person worrying about your hair is you". That is completely untrue, especially in our society today. I just turned 23 and have been dealing with this issue since I was 20 years old. It's an absolute nightmare. Even on hair-loss medications, there is no maintaining. Being a relatively above-average individual in…
The short and true answer is that it sucks, but it gets better as you get older.
I ended up going shaved head at 25, late twenties were better than early twenties (also I think that's just generally true for men and dating).
The other bit I found is that the decision to shave it and accept it lead to an increase in overall confidence which also helped.
Re: Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration
#140Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's a running joke on the wsb subreddit about this, about the return that Elon saw in getting his hair fixed (I can't find the specific phrasing and construct of the joke at the moment), but anyway his transformation is fairly notable and there's no doubt it contributed in some part to his success: https://thenewdaily.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/elon-m... I wish it were not true, but I think it sadly is, th…
The concept of "pretty privilege" is something I'd never really payed much attention to throughout life. I always focused on hard work, kindness, sincerity, positivity, and openness. I hit 30 recently, and while I had a lot of people who value me, I didn't really feel like I was being pulled in so much as proving my way into society. So I started focusing on superficial stuff. Better clothes, better style, cologne, s…
Not sure why this is getting down voted, there are definitely evolutionary advantages to looking for secondary and tertiary indicators of health.