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Re: Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration

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Post by hedgehawk »

johnfn wrote: post #141
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…

Just want to chime in that when I was 23 I got no attention from women (mostly on dating apps). Now I'm 30 and the attention I get has skyrocketed. I'm losing hair too - I've got the Bernie Sanders look going haha - so I think that there's a strong age component in there. Just wanted to throw that out there because I was seriously dejected a few years ago over this, but things have gotten better and better as I've go…

I appreciate your story but you're pretty much telling me that my dating life is going to suck for a couple of more years but it'll eventually get better, lol.

But I do understand where you are coming from. I'm hoping better treatments come out soon..

Re: Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration

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Post by hedgehawk »

gonehome wrote: post #150
johnfn wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just want to chime in that when I was 23 I got no attention from women (mostly on dating apps). Now I'm 30 and the attention I get has skyrocketed. I'm losing hair too - I've got the Bernie Sanders look going haha - so I think that there's a strong age component in there. Just wanted to throw that out there because I was seriously dejected a few years ago over this, but things have gotten better and better as I've go…

Yeah I think this is a general truth (and it’s the inverse for women, where it starts easy and gets a little harder). Early twenties dating for men is hard, particularly in a skewed place like the bay area. If I had to guess it’d be about status (young men are pretty low status) and age preferences. If women generally prefer someone a couple years older, the ones that might be interested in you are in college when yo…

Yeah, I mean I just graduated and I went to school in the bay area. Dating was much more difficult for me during my senior year but maybe I just need to go for older women now lol.

Re: Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration

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Post by gonehome »

kareemm wrote: post #158
gonehome wrote: post #59

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Sure, in that specific case I’d agree it’s a flag. But there’s a general truth to sexual attractiveness in there, and it’s better to accept the reality as it is and adapt. Sometimes it's better to just learn the dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX40mBb8bkU Remember what the dormouse said: Shave your head (or something like that)

The general point is that confidence is more attractive than baldness or any of 100 other kinds of uncontrollable issues that impact physical appearance. When you become comfortable and confident with who you are and recognize what you can't change, you attract the same.

I agree that confidence is important.

The other stuff does matter too though. It’s better to recognize that rather than pretend it’s all confidence.

The girl that canceled the date didn’t do so because I wasn’t confident, she did so because she saw a picture of me with thinning hair on FB. Another canceled when she found out I was 3 months younger than her. People are picky.

Thankfully I've since met someone really great and I'm now engaged/out of the game. I'm glad.

Re: Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration

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Post by gonehome »

hedgehawk wrote: post #162
gonehome wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah I think this is a general truth (and it’s the inverse for women, where it starts easy and gets a little harder). Early twenties dating for men is hard, particularly in a skewed place like the bay area. If I had to guess it’d be about status (young men are pretty low status) and age preferences. If women generally prefer someone a couple years older, the ones that might be interested in you are in college when yo…

Yeah, I mean I just graduated and I went to school in the bay area. Dating was much more difficult for me during my senior year but maybe I just need to go for older women now lol.

I guess I wouldn’t stress too much about it.

It gets better.

Re: Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration

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Post by bigmattystyles »

pdpi wrote: post #110
pen2l wrote: post #66

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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…

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 head space. Since then though, I've acquired a chronic, mildly painful condition. I'm not as optimistic as Roddenberry however, I do now see being bald but in otherwise good health as still being very fortunate, more than many, perhaps most. It doesn't mean that we can't find ways to remedy it, but it helped me see it in a grander scheme. I just wear a hat now.

Re: Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration

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Post by klaudius »

subsubzero wrote: post #111

Really there currently is no cure for baldness, it basically boils down to two treatments(in the US: 1. Preventative treatments - These are to stop hair falling out and cannot regrow dead follicles, these treatments are minoxidil(topical liquid applied to head) and propecia(a pill which has sexual side effects). 2. Hair Surgery - A Surgeon removes hair follicles from the sides and back of a patients head and then imp…

There's a case [1] of an old guy who fell into coal fire and regrew his hair. He basically regenerated his skin and his hair. Microneedling [2] has been used successfully to regrow hair.

Methods like minoxidil and finasteride work well as preventative measures. However, it has been shown that with advanced balding there are skin changes (e.g. fibrosis), so you have to regenerate your skin first if you are visibly balding and then use preventative methods to not lose your hair.

There are some encouraging results [3] with people using skin regeneration methods like microneedling together with minoxidil & finasteride.

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1351889/

[2] https://perfecthairhealth.com/microneedling-frequency-how-of...

[3] https://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/threads/one-year-fight...

Re: Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration

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Post by x86_64Ubuntu »

slim wrote: post #160
x86_64Ubuntu wrote: post #148

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I never thought of this till you mentioned it, like, never. But you are right, I can't think of any high-visibility East Asian person with a bald head that isn't a monk. Xi Jianping, Mao, Psy, Jack Ma and pretty much every prominent East-Asian has hair. I guess with me coming from the black community, we've always had Michael Jordan, Isaac Hayes and Samuel L. Jackson as the standard-bearers of baldness.

Mao?

Whoops.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Zedong#/media/File:Mao_Zed...

Re: Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration

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Post by sxv »

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: give up on salvaging it. Own it.

Re: Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration

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Post by johnfn »

hedgehawk wrote: post #161
johnfn wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just want to chime in that when I was 23 I got no attention from women (mostly on dating apps). Now I'm 30 and the attention I get has skyrocketed. I'm losing hair too - I've got the Bernie Sanders look going haha - so I think that there's a strong age component in there. Just wanted to throw that out there because I was seriously dejected a few years ago over this, but things have gotten better and better as I've go…

I appreciate your story but you're pretty much telling me that my dating life is going to suck for a couple of more years but it'll eventually get better, lol. But I do understand where you are coming from. I'm hoping better treatments come out soon..

Is there anything wrong with that? Back when I was younger I just thought I was going to be ignored forever - I would have killed to know that that wasn't the case.

Re: Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration

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Post by novok »

CuriouslyC wrote: post #153
x86_64Ubuntu wrote: post #147

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Oh dear. He does look better with hair. I'm sure it's nice to say "No one cares about your hairloss other than you". But I don't think any metric in society would back that up.

Being bald was good for the careers of The Rock and Bruce Willis, but that only holds if you're not a fit tough guy with the right head shape.

That's the problem with bald, the pretty much the only 'stereotypically attractive' archetype you have is fit muscular action man.

The only non-fit celeb I can really think of that might be known as attractive is Patrick Stewart in TNG, and I'm not sure if he was considered attractive vs. more respected role model and leader.

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