[Frosted]

My hairline started receding around the temples when I turned 20, 29 now and I have lost about an inch or more so far. Some days it drives me crazy, other days I can accept it. I'm OK with talking about it and will admit that I am considering treatment. I'm not sure how women really look at this. I know women lie a lot when it comes to the looks of a man because women themselves are very emotional so they probably think a negative comment would be killer.

Below is a Photoshopped after pic I did, not a pro job but it's good enough. How much more improvement over the before is the after pic? I will appreciate opinions from both sexes. I would also like to hear from other guys with receding hairlines how they feel about their condition. Don't hold back on me, I can handle the criticism.

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[mieu]

Why are you doing this? If it's for a dating website don't you think she's gonna realize your picture isn't true-to-life once you meet, and then potentially think you're just a wee bit shallow? Or would she just be being 'emotional' if she did that?
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You look fine regardless. If you hate it that much, shave it all off! Get that Vin Diesel look.

[Booko]

Baldness is associated with higher levels of testosterone. :D

[Frosted]

Originally Posted by mieu To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

Why are you doing this? If it's for a dating website don't you think she's gonna realize your picture isn't true-to-life once you meet, and then potentially think you're just a wee bit shallow? Or would she just be being 'emotional' if she did that? To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. You look fine regardless. If you hate it that much, shave it all off! Get that Vin Diesel look.

LOL. I Photoshopped it to see what I looked like. My mom has some old pics of me but I haven't seen them in a while so I just did the photoshop. No I would never put fake pics on a dating site.

[mieu]

	Originally Posted by Frosted To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	LOL. I Photoshopped it to see what I looked like. My mom has some old pics of me but I haven't seen them in a while so I just did the photoshop. No I would never put fake pics on a dating site.

Ok, still think you should give the bald look a try, if you're that upset about how it looks now. Your hair is so thick I don't really notice the hairline...I think that a receded hairline is much more normal looking than really thinned-out hair. Still looks healthy and you still look young.

[plotthickens]

I actually like the higher hairline better on you. Younger men are shitty lovers.

[Frosted]

Something I envy about women is baldness is something they rarely have to endure. For most men it's an inevitability. And btw I do shave my head from time to time but not to the skin, I may try that next.

[Ericds84]

As a guy in his late twenties who's so far kept his hair, I've got to say it matters somewhat. I'll also say that of the two "types" of balding--receding hairline vs bald spot at the back--I would rather have the receding hairline.

It may recede very slowly, your hair is not thin, and the rest of it looks fine. Personally I wouldn't spend money trying to stop it.

[Frosted]

My hair used to be too thick. When I turned 20 it literally thinned out overnight. When I was in high school I used to have to put gel in it while it was wet, then spray it with hairspray, hold it with a comb and freeze the style with a hair dryer. If I had a normal amount hair to begin with I'd surely be 100% bald now. I'm sure the cheap L.A. looks gel didn't help.

[firebee]

I wouldn't think anything much of the hairline shown in the picture if I hadn't seen it called out as specifically a matter of concern -- although I suppose I would definitely notice if I lost an inch worth of hair, I just see that as a perfectly nice masculine hairline. If anything, I tend to see that stage of recession as being attractive -- in your case, I also think it goes nicely with the shape of your face and your facial features.

Things that are bad in this category include:

• Hair that shows distinct signs of not being well cared for -- if it's dull, or long and scraggly in a way that suggests "unwashed". The former ain't attractive... in the case of the latter, I'm making snide comments about you behind your back.
• That awkward stage where the two divots have basically joined to make a U but there's still that little fuzzy patch right above the forehead, particularly since this stage also seems to attract...
• The dread combover. I might be the only person on the planet that thinks this, but I do like some of these -- there seems to be a balance in the amount of hair. Too little and you're Mr. Burns, too much and... I had a coworker who did too much. His name to me was Combover Man. You do not want your name to be Combover Man.

If a moderately short buzz cut would work on you (and that I don't know, I'm not a stylist) then doing that with relatively frequent cuts so that the ends are nice and sharp all the time can make that type of hairline look pretty hawt. But I think longer works good on you also given that your hair is dark and thick.

I wouldn't worry about it, personally.

[Kisai]

	Originally Posted by Frosted To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Something I envy about women is baldness is something they rarely have to endure.

I started balding at 18. I would MUCH rather bald than have a period and possible childbirth.

[Frosted]

I have noticed that with receding hairlines the longer the hair the worse the hairline looks. Because when the hair is longer it is usually hard to see the hairline, thus causing one to wonder just how far back it goes. Also with longer hair there is more hair in the forehead region so this causes the temple region to look more receded than it is. As of late I keep it short, in fact I'm gonna cut it soon and keep it less than 1 inch all over. Very good input so far but I feel some women aren't voting because their choice is the negative one, so they feel no vote is better than a hurtful one. Sigh. Like I said I can take it. Would like to see more men post in this thread.

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	Originally Posted by Kisai To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	I started balding at 18. I would MUCH rather bald than have a period and possible childbirth.

Idk about that one. That's a whole other discussion though. Maybe I'll make a poll...

[QuantumEnigma]

	Originally Posted by Frosted To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Something I envy about women is baldness is something they rarely have to endure.

It is not nearly so rare as you assume. The difference is that is 100% socially unacceptable for a woman to be bald, so they wear wigs.

[firebee]

	Originally Posted by Frosted To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Very good input so far but I feel some women aren't voting because their choice is the negative one, so they feel no vote is better than a hurtful one. Sigh. Like I said I can take it.

In the spirit of brutal honesty -- this bit makes my libido go out back and shoot itself. Pretty much any hairline can be made to look teh awesome provided that it is on a head that owns it proudly.

[Fecal McAngry]

	Originally Posted by Booko To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Baldness is associated with higher levels of testosterone. :D

It probably is, in men to _some extent_ but it's mutifactorial to begin with (conversion from test to DHT is variable, effect of DHT on hair follicles is highly variable, etc.); many men with low-average testosterone levels go bald while many bodybuilders taking hundreds of times the normal physiological dosages of testosterone (+ other androgenic steroids) have full heads of hair...

[Frosted]

	Originally Posted by firebee To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	In the spirit of brutal honesty -- this bit makes my libido go out back and shoot itself. Pretty much any hairline can be made to look teh awesome provided that it is on a head that owns it proudly.

I see. I will wake up tomorrow and believe that I am fine (seriously I'll try). After all I see a lot of blindly confident morons doing so well, I should do OK if I just believe. That post of yours though strengthens my belief that INTJ women have an easier time attracting a mate than INTJ men. The traits of an INTJ come off as cute to a guy but to a woman the man seems weak.

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	Originally Posted by Fecal McAngry To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	It probably is, in men to _some extent_ but it's mutifactorial to begin with (conversion from test to DHT is variable, effect of DHT on hair follicles is highly variable, etc.); many men with low-average testosterone levels go bald while many bodybuilders taking hundreds of times the normal physiological dosages of testosterone (+ other androgenic steroids) have full heads of hair...

Well it isn't just DHT, it's the follicles' vulnerability to DHT that matters.

[Fecal McAngry]

Originally Posted by Frosted To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

My hairline started receding around the temples when I turned 20, 29 now and I have lost about an inch or more so far. Some days it drives me crazy, other days I can accept it. I'm OK with talking about it and will admit that I am considering treatment. I'm not sure how women really look at this. I know women lie a lot when it comes to the looks of a man because women themselves are very emotional so they probably think a negative comment would be killer. Below is a Photoshopped after pic I did, not a pro job but it's good enough. How much more improvement over the before is the after pic? I will appreciate opinions from both sexes. I would also like to hear from other guys with receding hairlines how they feel about their condition. Don't hold back on me, I can handle the criticism. Anonymous poll thread. I know how some of you cherish your anonymity. To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

I see the difference; it looks very minor, I am agnostic about which pic looks better.

Take it from me, however...

I'm 40.

I started to notice some hair loss in my early 20s. My hairline now looks a bit like the "real" pic, with (probably) a bit more progression.

When I was in my 20s, I fretted quite a bit over my hairline. Then I turned 30, and after injuring myself in 2002, my health, which had previously been excellent, took a turn for the worse, and despite 12 surgeries since 2004 (with more, perhaps, on the way), 72 weeks of a chemo-from-hell like treatment, a near-fatal heart infection, epidurals, nerve ablations, pain meds, etc. I will never again enjoy the same physical health that I had back in the day when I was fretting over my minor hairloss.

If someone offered me my old, healthy body back, with the caveat that I'd be Patrick Stewart bald, I'd take it in a heartbeat.

Oh, and guess what--whether you're into women or men--they don't and won't care about your lost hair unless you make it obvious, Andre Agassi, Donald Trump or Sam Donaldson-style--that you're desperately insecure about it.

[Frosted]

Good points, really. I do appreciate my health though, unlike most people my age. Watching my 52 year old aunt die, hearing about a 24 year old die of cancer at my old job, and seeing my grandfather get his voice box taken out at 81, I have more appreciation for my health than I ever did. Even when I'm flat broke I think about my health. I do wonder though if life will bite me in the ass for appreciating it.

[Nadette]

Maybe it is just the angle of the photos, but your receding hairline doesn't seem too bad. I also don't feel like there is a huge difference between the two photos. I wouldn't spend money on hair treatment if I was you.

Speaking as a heterosexual woman, I do love a good head of hair on a guy. My favorite is tousley hair that dangles over the tops of the ears but doesn't pass the neck. Yeah. But seriously, that is just a silly ideal that doesn't have a lot to do with the actual guys I am attracted to. I've been attracted to guys with receding hairlines and even an extremely bald guy. Ultimately, I am much more attracted to the way a guy carries himself, his personality, and his intelligence. (Ooh, and the way he treats me. It is a huge turn on if he seems to genuinely find me interesting.)

[vampyroteuthis]

I think you look much better in the 'before' picture. I wouldn't look at it and give the hairline a first thought, much less a second.

[zibber]

	Originally Posted by Frosted To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Something I envy about women is baldness is something they rarely have to endure.

Knowing some female identified people with alopecia, this comment really stings.

You're making a fuss about nothing. Worrying so much will only introduce wrinkles to that increasing forehead.

[Frosted]

It's the T in me I guess.

[EdR]

I'm 60 and I still have all my hair. I keep them in a cigar box after I pick the clog off the shower drain.

[FarmlandTension]

This probably sounds odd, but for some reason I like large foreheads on guys, so a receding hairline isn't necessarily a bad thing. I don't think I've ever found a bald guy particularly good looking, though, so it must matter to me to some degree, subconsciously at least.

[mieu]

	Originally Posted by Fecal McAngry To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	If someone offered me my old, healthy body back, with the caveat that I'd be Patrick Stewart bald, I'd take it in a heartbeat.

You say that as if you'd have to 'settle' for Patrick Stewart. He's gorgeous!