Men only poll!

[journeyman Mick]

No not being sexist, just talking about a gender-specific problem - male pattern baldness.

Okay blokes, you're losing your hair, what will you do? Even if you haven't yet, you may do down the track so it's not a bad idea to consider your options now. I never thought I'd need to think about it, my dad's in his 80's and still has a full head of hair. Apparently though, the genetic information for hair loss comes to you from your mum's side of the family. I've been seeing more and more of my scalp when I look in the mirror, and it's getting to the stage where I can no longer pretend it's not happening.

On the hat option, can wearing a hat/cap impact on your hair? I wear a hat or cap (usually a beat up akubra) most times when I'm outdoors. Will the friction/rubbing etc cause any hair loss? It's not going to stop me wearing a hat if it does as I'd rather lose my hair than get skin cancers on my noggin but it would be nice to know.

So tell us, what have you done/will you do when/if you lose/lost your hair?

Mick (of the increasing forehead real estate)

[Ashore]

A bit of advice given to me when I was young
To avoid falling hair step smartly to one side


Sorry mick old joke I know but couldn't resist, bottom line is if you are going to lose it you will hat or no hat, whatever you do don't go with the comb-over ie grow the sides long and comb it over the top .

Just remember the old saying you can't grow grass on a busy street , unfortunately you can't grow it through 3" of concrete either

Possibly the best is a new U_Beaut cap to wear

Rgds
Russell

[Grunt]

Here are some hair loss facts from the University of Virginia.

What causes hair loss?

Hair loss is believed to be primarily caused by a combination of the following:

• aging
• change in hormones
• illness
• family history of baldness
• burns
• trauma

However, hair loss is not caused by the following:

• poor circulation to the scalp
• vitamin deficiencies
• dandruff
• excessive hat-wearing
• a gene passed on from an individual's maternal grandfather

Generally, the earlier hair loss begins, the more severe the baldness will become.

I've got the same sort of hair as my dad. I will probably have a very high forehead by the time I'm 70 but not bald. It's not pretty now and I don't think it's going to improve.

Chris

[journeyman Mick]

I remember seeing a bloke with a really, well, optomistic comb over when I was a kid which made me decide way back then that whatever happned, I wasn't going to try to fool myself or anyone else that way. I cut my hair pretty short now and I guess it will get even shorter down the track. Oh, I forgot, can one of the mods or admins please add option 7: "I'm going to let someone take a plug cutter to my scalp in the hope that they can succesfully transplant the stuff from elsewhere."

Mick

[Grunt]

I answered number 1 but I'm just growing old gracefully.

[goat]

i have no sign of baldness so far ,my 89 year old grand father has a full head of hair (hopfully i take after him)my dad is balding i once caught him in his paddock with the cow licking his head as he heard it promoted hair growth i have had great mileage out of it ,told him i was glad he hadn't heard that it promoted growth ummm errrrrrrrrrrr no i don't want this to go to the orange room

[goat]

oh and i answered shave it off i have a #2 hair cut at the moment so what the hell i'd shave it off if i started to go bald

[DJ’s Timber]

At this stage in life, I don't think I'll have to worry about it for a long time if ever , as you can see from this picture of me taken late last year

[ubeaut]

I'm one of the lucky ones with a full head of hair. However I have a friend who is all but bald, has about 80% hair loss with only a little on the sides and back.

Up until a few months ago he had always shaved his head and looked great, It really suited him. For some reason he decided to let it grow. Didn't see anyone for a few weeks as he was over in WA and on his return he had hair (back and sides) it was gray and it made him look about 60, which isn't a good look for a 38 year old.

Everyone he met tried to contain themselves and say nothing. It only worked for a few weeks, until a few of us were at a dance and I couldn't contain myself any more and just had to say how bad and old it made him look. The others said I was a bastard and just how good it was to see him with hair again. Made me feel really good, bunch of rats.

The next week he rocked up at another dance and everyone said, man you look great, you look really healthy, you look 20 years younger, you look more virile than I've seen you look for years, what the hell have you done and how can I get it done to me.

He had shaved his head again. The difference was absolutely phenomenal. Don't think he will ever grow it again.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Mmm... I don't think it's a problem I'll have to face. I still have a headful... I'm more like my maternal grandfather in hair & physique than my Dad. (Although according to Virginia U the genes I got from Gramps have nothing to do with it. )

My ol' man and my younger bros (who're both spitting images of Dad) all started losing it in their early 20's; the old man just grinned and bore it while one of my bros went the bone-dome route and the youngest has gone for a crewcut. However, should the worse come to be, methinks I'd go the route of my ol' man and just ignore it. I'd rather look like a deranged and bearded Prof. Julius Sumner-Miller than Norman Gunston eating a cat...

[ubeaut]

Sorry.... Shave it or let it go natural. Usually the only person who is embarrassed or concerned about it is the owner of the head. Most people take you are and won't notice one way or another. Unless you do the rug or comb-over thing. Then not only will they notice but they will laugh at you behind your back.

[ubeaut]

The best cure for baldness.....
Grow a beard and pull your head in. Ta daaa

[Kev Y.]

I get a number 2 over most of it and a number one over that damned tuffty bit at the front every 5-6 weeks.. AND IT STILL COSTS ME $10.00

And I am NOT going blad, I am just growing throug my hair-line

[Clinton1]

you need to buy a $20 set of clippers Brudda.

You left out the most important option:


"I'll do whatever the missus says to do"
Seriously, except for what the missus/partner/boyfriend/whatever thinks... who cares?

[Wild Dingo]

Oi!!! Mick yer forgots us hairy buggars!!

I am now over 50 and still maintain my thick lusterous curly locks... have no sign whatever of baldness and dont expect to... all bar one of the males on both sides of the family tree that have passed well into their 70s and 80s have done so with a full mane and none of the present crop of cousins nor my brother have anything less than a full mane of hair... I have no expectation nor intention of loosing it anytime in the forseeable future

ummm okay I see my connections rather slow tonight and others have the same issues of too much hair and a denial of ever going bald... hey its a male thing