Just shave it off, bro

Option 2 gives you a ~95% chance of experiencing zero sides, while keeping what hair you have left for the rest of your life, with some regrowth if you throw in some minoxidil. You can simply stop using the meds if you get sides or second thoughts.
>Option 1 is best chance of getting women
Cope harder. Most women would prefer men with healthy hair. Being bald will remove you from likely more than 60% of the dating pool.

I can understand you guys with full sets of hair telling guys to shave tho, it's a good way of reducing your competition.

>Option 2 gives you a ~95% chance of experiencing zero sides,
much higher than that. it's estimated to be between 12 and 15%.

>You can simply stop using the meds if you get sides or second thoughts.
except some people with sides have reported them persisting even after they stopped meds

>remember caillou? this is him now. feel old yet?

>Between 12 and 15%
Please tell me where you got those stats, or are you just being disengenuous?
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3481923/
>Sexual adverse effects occurred at rates between 2.1% to 3.8%
Huh... Funny how the amount of men reporting ED without ANY meds is equal to or higher than that.

>Post finasteride syndrome
Baseless claims from sweaty out of shape fucks. Provide actual scientific data

you could always just become rich. Thats fixes all your problems

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If you've spent three decades sitting down behind a computer screen inside an air-conditioned room you are not going to look as good as you could genetically, especially if you're going for the "bald with a beard jacked" look.

Oh, forgot to include the rest of that paragraph
>These effects occurred early in the therapy and returned to normal on stopping or over a time on continuous use of the drug. The only causal relation between finasteride and sexual adverse effects is decreased ejaculatory volume because of predominant action of DHT on prostate.

Turns out if you don't pussy out after the first few weeks, all sides completely subside. Interesting.

don't have to be a billionaire to get a 10-15k USD hair transplant

Stem cells

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How the fuck am I receding at 25

Jesus

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cardboard box

Did you take creatine? That's what got me at 19... Been holding onto a NW 2.5 since then, the hairloss stopped or at least heavily slowed after I got off it

I see you've played knifey spoony before

No, never touched the stuff. I suspect a lifetime of stress/depression possibly triggered my early onset.

You were gonna bald anyway. Don't blame creatine.

I started receding at 20, I'm probably going to be forced to shave it at 25 since I can't afford hair transplants and rogaine hasn't done jack shit. Get on my level.

Bullshit. Brother is 5 years older than me and rocking a NW 0. A literal fucking female hairlinevwhile I look like count Dracula. On difference is I lifted and took 5g creatine since 17. The hairloss completely stopped the moment I stopped it. Big fucking coincidence eh?

Have you tried fin too?

Not that guy but genetics is weird. I've never touched creatine and am receding like mad, but my brother takes a shit ton of supps and still has a NW1.

At the end of the day, it's genetics and whether you copped the shit lottery or not.

The chad sleazecore

that requires a prescription in the states doesn't it? No I haven't.

Shit brah. The only comfort we can take is that hairloss is a dominant gene and they'll join our misery club one day lmfao

what's worse is that he got the height genes (6'1+) while I'm 5'8. So got the draw of balding AND manlet.

Genes are cruel.

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Yeah you need a script. Your hairloss treatment should always begin with an androgen blocker, it's the only thing assisting the cause itself (DHT) fucking up your aesthetics. Minoxidil can help with the effect (thinned hair) but won't stop the process and your balding will still catch up with you. If you have mega balls, there was a study that derma rolling with Minox makes it work like 50% better so you can try that too

Don't worry brah. I'm 6'2 and balding is fucking me up just as much as you. My height is no longer a confidence niche, and I'm literally never comfortable in public at any time. After heavy research with the meds, I know which path I'm taking

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I’m not balding (yet) but this is bullshit. I work in retail at a mall and see couples where the dude is some balding or already bald smuck with a hot babe.

Actually, I see all kinds of dudes with at least decent looking girls, even fatties. Why the fuck does Jow Forums have a problem finding a gf

Girls are generally pretty shit at sniping hairlines. I've got a NW 2.5 and haven't heard shit, including from savage thots that were very outspoken and trash talked hard. It's always the dudes that see it because even the ones with healthy hair probably live in fear of losing their nice mantle

>I didn't feel comfortable as a teenage because my back was like a pepporioni landmind field
>tfw I didnt feel comfortable as young adult because I was skeletor
>tfw I didnt feel comfortable as adult because I'm bald and also debate an heroing everyday

To clarify, I meant with online dating. Cold approach success still goes to the man with confidence, but it's pretty much GG with tinder if you don't hide that hairline

I've been there bro. I think you need to choose a path and stick to it. Either do what you can with the meds and consider saving up for an FUE transplant (they look GOAT and are pretty cheap nowadays), or unironicaly shave that shit. I've realised that now. I'm at the stage where if I don't treat it I'll creep up to NW 3 which normies CAN detect, so it's the meds for me. Were all gonna make it dude

Yeah coincidence probably. Possibly not, but most likely.

Based and redpilled

Qhy is shaving it such a knee jerk reaction for so many of you? There are other options if your not completely bald on top

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>just be a world champion surfer with good looks bro works for me

>Actually, I see all kinds of dudes with at least decent looking girls,
I never do. It's pretty much always great looking dudes I see walking around town with their gfs.

Works for Me!

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Hair transplant without using the drugs is stupid as fuck

Jon why are you even here? Don't tell me you've been lifting rocks near your tent?

I never got Jow Forums's obsession with something they can't really change AND is accepted as normal and "just the way it is" by all of society.

I've got fine hair that started thinning in my early 20s, especially at the crown. Had to get rid of it (read: buzz) at 27 because it started to look really awkward and silly.
To my surprise literally noone cared; as long as you can take the questions and the banter without giving off a vibe that you're hurt and insecure about it people will pay no heed.

Yes, it will make you less youthful and subtract a few points from your attractiveness, but even most females look for different qualities in a man than his looks, and some even prefer the mature look a bald "haircut" gives you.

t. 32yo with a 23yo gf that loves full heads of hair but doesn't care I don't fit this one criteria

>bald 32yo with a 23yo gf
so how much money you got user

Erm to be fair?
I'm a freelance tutor and earn just enough to properly come by, saved up around 20k in savings
So literally none, I'm just not going for gold diggers (and both our families could help us out if push came to shove)

You know thats not the real viking right? It was a fake interview

underrated

>The rock isn't because of his big smile and charisma.
Dwayne at the rock dude. What your looking at is an extra-terresterial entity that has shifting into our space and time and is masquerading as a human being

b-but i dont wanna become a sidecharacter user... protagonists always have a full head of hair

XD Take my upvote, good sir!

>XD Take my upvote, good sir!
Thanks m8, I worked really hard on that

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>and see couples where the dude is some balding or already bald smuck with a hot babe.
actually it's funny but I see alot of bald dudes with hot chicks

>I have a fucking scalp issue
whats wrong with your head?

>How the fuck am I receding at 25
get on my level
>2 in grade 10
>im 25 now and am at stage 6

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>accepted as normal and "just the way it is" by all of society
cope

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agh.. disgusting.
unironically going bald was a much better option

Only guys with elite-tier skull shape and elite-level facial aesthetics can pull off male pattern balding

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The one thing i wish my genetics were better in is hair. I'm 6'2, blue eyes, easily put on muscle in generally aesthetic insertions, broadish shoulders and narrow waist.

But my hair has looked like it's receding on the sides since I was like 16. Hasn't actually gotten worse but it's a perpetual state of "what if"

It's funny seeing kissless basement dweller virgins say that shaving is bad, when they are actually coping and hoping that their greasy filthy hair is someday going to give them pussy.
How about you get out sometimes, stop being socially inept creatures and stop caring what haircut other men have anons?

Honestly this. I'm saying this as a balding dude. Literally I'm the only person I know who takes finasteride. I know at least 10 people who started balding very badly early 20s. I remember reading a study how like 90% of the people don't even try to treat baldness. There isn't even 1mg finasteride available in my country because there is so little demand for it.

Honestly this is one of those things where the divine between the internet and real life is so big. most people just accept it and move on

Because of the nature of this site, Jow Forums is doomed to be a bad place from the very beginning.
Consider this: even compared to the average, Jow Forums is filled with underachieving people. drop-outs, NEETs, virgins, social outcasts, friendless loners, people without hobbies or interests, legal autists, etc. But the difference is between Jow Forums and most other boards is that outside this board most people don't browse this site for self-improvement.
Jow Forums is doomed to be a bad board exactly because of this. People here don't worry about education, getting friends, doing something fun, getting a driver licence, getting a car, moving out of their basement, etc. you know all the basic responsibilities and tasks normal people worry and care about. People here worry about retarded shit like muscle insertions, wrist-size or hairline.
So in a sense, by coming here and focusing on fitness, people are already making a bad decision. They ignore way bigger problems and focus on stupid shit. That's why there are more no gf, struggling threads and virgins than any other board on this site. Because the people who decide it's time for self-improvement and come to Jow Forums for it are dumb. So the board is filled with dumb people who make bad decisions.
Also that's why this board is the only one that tolerates incels. Incels are the epitome of autists making bad decisions and focusing on the bad things.

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im dead

Guys with shaved heads always look like constipated tryhards. I’d rather be visibly thinning than have a full blown veiny shine orb.

why the hell is he actually handsome like this

Personality and confidence
Also outlook on life

Get rid of your beard they all look awful, keep your balding dome close cropped NOT SHAVED so you don't look like a cancer patient, and hold your head high. Fucking own it.

Medicines and transplants are a waste of your time and money. The first merely delays the inevitable despite what shills will tell you. The second looks fucking gross, also despite what shills will tell you.

>Grampa was bald
>Dad is bald
>I am bald
>Son will be bald

Amazing that our family line has continued with this debilitating handicap, right?

It's almost like something that only a small group of insecure men care about and discuss anonymously on the internet.

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I don’t see a problem here?

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I started at 15
You don't even know what suffering is

Warning to anyone considering minox/finasteride
Ill just post my experience here:
>be me, notice hairline receding around 19/20, but think its just maturing since noone in family went bald ever
>around 20/21 start noticing how the amount of hair i lose in the shower is abnormal, im talking like 50-100 hairs a shower.
>at 23 I go to a derm because i realize its probably game over for me
>ask for fin, he tells me to take fin and minoxidil
>The first day on fin, i actually felt amazing, kinda like a mood boost
>the second day I woke up extremely groggy, depressed as fuck, like as if i took a sad pill
>third day im basically suicidal, and have such a bad mental fog i can hardly think straight.
>hopped off it immediately and felt better the next day, overnight.
>Used minoxidil for about 8 months. Actually helped to keep the top and crown area thick, but didn't do shit for hairline or temples
>Around the 8 month mark, my scalp started burning and I got horrible dandruff, im talking like huge flakes and a burning scalp, so stopped taking minoxidil as well.

I have tried it all, finasteride, minoxidil, prescription strength anti-fungal shampoo, biotin supplements, vit D supps, biotin shampoo. Not one of these things stopped the hairloss. I realize now I am doomed, and to make matters worse my 60 year old dad has a better hairline than me. Im not going to take a drug that can make my dick not work, and if it doesn't it makes me so depressed I want to kill myself anyway. And for anyone who calls me a placebo baby, I didnt even know Fin had mental sides until I got off it. I looked it up and there are hundreds of threads online about people with depression and mental block. Really fucking scary feeling like a retard when I normally have a very high IQ.

The most unfortunate part is that we are probably 30-50 years born too early for a permanent hairloss solution. We are still in the COPE age, where the only available treatments suck.

>bro just be yourself
>no NOT like THAT, I meant just have a very attractive face

Pretty sure it's the maternal grandfather which determines male pattern baldness in children.

That's not how it happened in my family

I wrote this post but would like to add/vent some more.
I am objectively an 8/10, with no history of balding in my family. I have seen photos of both grandfathers, who had hair until atleast 50. I am very pale and have an odd shaped head, so I think I will be done with women once i bald since my standards are higher from my current looks. I was always told by barbers growing up that I would have hair forever because of how thick it was. Nope, its falling out at light speed.

I hope every day that I wont see the hair in the shampoo when I shower, but every single time i shower my hands get covered in hair.

I blamed the creatine, I stopped that and it continued. I blamed cigarettes, I quit for a month and it didn't make a difference (even though I only smoke 1 or 2 a day tops)
I blamed caffeine, doesnt make a difference either. I just feel like some cosmic joke, because its supposed to be determined by genetics. My dad always used to laugh at bald people and say that I was lucky that I had his genetics, and now I somehow inherited some shit fucking gene. Its a cruel joke.

Did he confirm it's a hair transplant? Maybe it's a hairpiece

100% a piece

>listening to fem r9k

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based and barnattpilled

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man Bill is really overcompensating since Nia made him give the dog away

I'm not denying anything you're claiming occured to you, but you have to acknowledge that you literally fit into a 2-4% bracket range of finasteride users that experience sides and are a very small minority. There are 10s of millions of men worldwide using fin without any sides

I'm in a similar boat, although I presume my hair loss may be caused by taking accutane. It probably changed the structure of my hair, but as accutane stops working a month after taking the last dosage and my hair still falls out regularly, I think the cause might be hidden in my blood (or it could be some weird gene mutation). Either way I reccomend you see a really good endocrynologist (I go to a professor who knows what he's talking about) to ascertain if anything's wrong with your blood.

Norwood 3 accutane/creatine bro checking in. If I could go back in time, I'd slap myself for being enough of a Brainlet to take those.

I know your feels bro. Once I get more empirical info I'll share it in a thread in a couple of months. I didn't take creatine, however, and I don't know if accutane should be entirely to blame since supposedly it gets out of the system a month after the last dosage and personally I have some friends who took the drug and didn't experience the hair loss effect yet. Oh, and my mom was in the area of radiation when Chernobyl blowed up, so maybe my genes are mutated somehow. (no serious baldness from mother's side)

I've been bald before in my 20s
Basically i have this rare condition where the top of my scalp looks like pic related
I'm losing my hair but once its all gone than my head can be seen easily and it kind of sucks desu

cutis verticis gyrate

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damn nigga, you must think alot

>19
>5'9 manlet
>vegeta hairline
>acne
if I saved my hair out and used hairspray I would look like pic related except not roided

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