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How about some empathy?
Empathy won't grow back any hair.
Can't argue with that, but in my experience it can help with the underlying issue: Feelings.
Ask HN: Coping with Hair Loss
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#23Runs in the family for me. My hair stylist told me that many men don’t brush their hair enough and large parts of their head aren’t stimulated enough which makes the roots weak which can exaggerate the issue. I started brushing every day after that. She also told me that tea tree shampoos are beneficial to the issue, so I now use those exclusively, but couldn’t say if it’s working. She also mentioned the more heavy hormonal type medications with undesirable sets of side effects which I’ll just pass on ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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#24I like having hair but recently noticed mine is thinning now, it kind of sucks but we made it into our 40s so I think we got pretty lucky because at our age nobody is ever going to really care if we have hair or not. It doesn't even really disadvantage us, especially compared to the changes other people have to endure like obesity, amputation, heart attacks, strokes etc.
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#26I 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?
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#28Testosterone fluctuations will cause rapid hair loss. 40 is the age at which this seems to start happening and you start randomly feeling weepy for no reason.
If you go with topical treatments like Midoxinil, have low expectations. There is evidence that they "work," but they're not magic-- at best you'll hide the extent of loss with short-lived new growth (forget having a ponytail). You must maintain daily usage to even get that much. Retail price is ridiculous but Costco sells it cheap.
Latisse (specifically, not some lookalike "serum") will make hair grow on literally anything, but it's a bit expensive to use on your scalp. Typically meant for eyelash lengthening and might require a prescription. But hey, if you're desperate...
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#29Runs in the family for me. My hair stylist told me that many men don’t brush their hair enough and large parts of their head aren’t stimulated enough which makes the roots weak which can exaggerate the issue. I started brushing every day after that. She also told me that tea tree shampoos are beneficial to the issue, so I now use those exclusively, but couldn’t say if it’s working. She also mentioned the more heavy h…
I hate to break it to you but your hair stylist more than likely hasn't followed the scientific process to determine whether what she says is true. If it was that easy everybody would do it. Anecdotally, I personally have brushed my hair a few times (tried everything except the drugs) and the hair just all fell out even more.
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#30Hair loss "cures" do nothing else for your health, and are also unlikely to work. Exercising outdoors more, to become less "pale and pudgy", is good for your health, even if for some reason it fails to make you less pale and pudgy. Being outdoors, and exercising, also both improve one's mental health in a way that baldness "cures" will not. Speaking as a pale balding dude, I get what you're saying, but chasing baldne…
Finasteride is real medicine that delays baldness as long as you start it before you have already lost too much hair.
Ask your doctor about it ASAP if hair loss is an issue for you