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Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration

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Re: Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration

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Post by fishmaster »

sxv wrote: post #168
hedgehawk wrote: post #116

I'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'd bet the attention from women issue is likely stemming from the confidence loss more than the hair loss. A bit of a chicken and egg problem but if you can somehow hijack your confidence level I think you'll see that's where the true power lies. Personal recommendation:…

Definitely false, I noticed the same thing. It's the hair for most women. Most of my female friends confirmed, sadly.

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Post by bingojess »

cko wrote: post #174
pdpi wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

As a (somewhat insecure) Asian guy, I have to say that skull shape matters. Some of us tend to have flat back of heads, which is less than ideal in Western beauty standards. In my younger years I had my head buzzed to a near monk length (I was pretty obsessed with Buddhism at the time) and it did not look right. Friends commented that I looked 'intense.' While perfect for the monk persona, I was going for the more ba…

fwiw I dont think anyone you encounter on the street even notices skull shape, don't sweat it..

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Post by playingchanges »

bichiliad wrote: post #2

I'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…

Can confirm, shave your head no one cares, girls dig it if they dig you just like everything else. Just get used to wearing hats or carrying sunscreen lol.

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Post by sjg007 »

hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #8
bichiliad wrote: post #2

I'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…

Wigs are in and you can't really tell the difference. That being said male hair restoration is at minimum a billion dollar industry which tells you something, men are still successfully reproducing despite genetics that lead to male pattern baldness.

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Post by sjg007 »

pen2l wrote: post #66
hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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…

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…

Yeah Elon and Seth MacFarlane are touted as big examples. But basically every celebrity has had this done.

A lot of men get plastic surgery too.

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Post by danielyaa5 »

People are way overthinking this. If people are losing hair and it makes them insecure there's nothing to talk about. Stop trying to "help" by telling them the secret to being secure again or how to get women. To each their own, mind your business. LOL

ITS AMAZING THAT TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP NOW

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Post by dragonwriter »

bigmattystyles wrote: post #165
pdpi wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

WRT to Patrick Stewart / Picard - Roddenberry had this retort when asked about it by reporter about casting Stewart in Star Trek: TNG. "Surely by the 24th century, they would have found a cure for male pattern baldness." And Gene Roddenberry responded "No, by the 24th century, no one will care." Could by apocryphal, I'm too lazy to check. I've worried a fair bit about losing my hair and it use to take up a lot of hea…

> WRT to Patrick Stewart / Picard - Roddenberry had this retort when asked about it by reporter about casting Stewart in Star Trek: TNG. "Surely by the 24th century, they would have found a cure for male pattern baldness." And Gene Roddenberry responded "No, by the 24th century, no one will care." Could by apocryphal, I'm too lazy to check.

I wouldn't be too surprised if Roddenberry took this position in response to outside questions once the decision was made, but if so it's a bit ironic given that it's also been widely reported (including by Stewart) that Roddenberry was openly anti-Stewart during the casting process for not having the look he wanted, in part because of his baldness.

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Post by pestatije »

voisin wrote: post #135
CptJamesCook wrote: post #71

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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?

You are saying random angles, but that is definitely not how hair is naturally set. The issue is more like: vertical angle throughout vs. slight angle only changing uniformly in different areas.

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Post by bjourne »

_448 wrote: post #53
bichiliad wrote: post #2

I'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…

My maths teacher once joked that he finds it difficult every morning to wash his face as he don't know where his face starts and ends :D

His specialty must be topology. :)

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Post by the_only_law »

rabuse wrote: post #50
strawBarry wrote: post #38

I'm in my 50's and have a full head of luxurious hair, with almost no gray. I don't say this to brag, but rather the opposite, it has never helped me in any way to attract women. In fact, if I let it grow out it looks terrible because I just look like an old man with young man's hair. Very disconcerting in the mirror. I guess my message is...hair doesn't matter as much as people are led to believe. Teeth on the other…

I have the opposite experience. I have pretty long hair for a guy, and it's extremely wavy and full, and it attracts women all the time when I'm out. They love to braid it, and style it.

Yeah. I was the guy who generally looked like a dweeb and never got any compliments or anything (besides the nearly backhanded “smart” comments or politeness from old people)

Grey my hair out and it turns out I have absolutely beautiful, curly hair. I would go out and nearly every time get complimented about how nice it is. I’m terrified of losing it because it’s about the only good physical quality I have.

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