Stressed 16 Year Old With Thinning Hair
I’m 16 years old, I first noticed my hair loss, probably early this year. I was worried, but not to worried as it wasnt that bad, and I figured it was natural for your hairline to shift. But I went the get my haircut and the guy cutting my hair told me I had “better brace myself for early baldness” that striked me as odd, because, while I knew something was happening with my hair, I didint realize that it was that noticable. I told my parents that I was concerned, but they pretty much brushed it off as me being paranoid. So I thought that maybe that was it for a while… then I noticed how much hair was on my hands everytime I shampoo in the shower, and no matter how long I do it there is always hair on my hands, and then on the towel I use to dry my hair. SO I begain to research on the internet, but I didint find anything that great, except for this site, and maybe a few others, the rest where just sites trying to sell miricle potions. I read up as much as I can on this. mainly the hair on the top and front of my head seems to be the hair that is falling out, and it almost looks like back of my head too, wear I part my hair, but I am un sure. I’ve become so self concious, and scared. I’ve spent many a night, laying awake in bed, almost in tears, trying as hard as I can to fiure out a solution. At first I was just gonna live with it and when I had to, just cut what hair I had left really short, or just shave my head all together, but when I really looked at it, looked at myself, that just wouldnt look good. There are men who can pull off being bald, and look great, but I just cant. I hate going to school and just looking around and seeing all these full heads off hair, and I’m sitting there trying as best I can to cover up my thinning hair. I look at it, and I dont care if I (in a perfect world) lost my hair in my 40’s or 30’s. My father is bald, his father is not, but his grandfather was, and my other grandfather on my mothers side is. I’m just very stressed out, and didnt know where to turn… some days I feel like “eh, just gotta live with it” while others I cant stand to look at myself, and mope around pretty much in tears. right now, I’d love to just get a hair transplant, I know I cant, but I wish I could, because from the things I’ve seen at other transplant websites, the hair is pretty much a natural head of hair, and it looks great. I appologize for this long, drawn out, and horribly put together thing, but while I write this, I’m extremeley stressed out about my hair. Well thanks for this blog, and helping us guys out.
First you need to know that balding can start in the teen years. As I have said many times on this site, you need to get a diagnosis and have your hair mapped out for miniaturization and then you will know if you have just developed a fine hair (natural) or are thinning in the balding sense (many miniaturized hairs will be seen). If you have miniaturization, then you probably will follow the bald side of the family. There is good news here, because a daily pill of Propecia will likely slow it down or prevent it. At that point you could be doing something about it, but there is no point to worry about something that may not be. Your parents are like many of the doctors out there who do not really understand balding and its management. Show this blog to them, select particular sections on it and then get to see a good doctor who will map out your scalp as I have suggested here.
i feel you, i have the same problem and have noticed a slightler thinner hair than most peers at my school about 2 years ago. now that i am 16, and maturing even further, after cutting my long shaggy hair, i have terrible thinning hair in the front of my scalp, and bad thinning hair throughout.
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too bad im 3 years late, and your 19 and im 16…
dude, no lie, this is EXACTLY my problem! everything you said! i worry about my hair all day, i’m always thinking about it at school, i’m self concious about it, escpecailly when people mention it. just lettin you know your not alone, and i think when it gets too thin, i’m just gonna cut it really short, but i have a funny hair line and it’ll look weird. my hair line kinda looks like Mickey Mouse ears, low in the middle, and raises up on the sides.
Oh man….I also had the same problem since I was 15 years of age…and now I’m 16 years of age…I had refer to aome internet sites….but it never led me to a good news….I won care if I gonna
Your not alone i am 16 and i am in the same boat! it suxs
i have the same… just about two years ago i started to see a change in my hair , and so far i have just shrugged it off. thinking itll get better .. but its only gotten worse…its thin so much now… that i dont like being outside cause the wind will pull my hear back it you can kinda see the baldness.. and at school is worse.. im always feeling like everyone is looking at my hair… and i see all these dudes with cool hair styles and punk hair and that cant be me… and so right now i have like shaggy hair and noticed it shows my thinning more so i will probably cut in a week or so.. but yeah bro.. im trying natural hair growing products.. some tablets.. and so far… not much of a difference.. but i will hopefully go see a hair doctor or something. but yeah your not alone.
Damn! I’m sure now… i’m going bald! i’m 17.5 and i’m in the exact same situation. 5 months ago i shaved my head but guess what, it got even worse, like everyone was telling me what i already knew! it’s so stupid that people who doesn’t suffer from our condition just talk shit about our hair loss. I’m on Ecophane now and minoxidill spray for the past 2 weeks and well i see a few new hairs growing near on the front of my head, but shit is not enough!
And the worst of my story is that i was known for the love i had to my head full of hair. I used to play around saying that my hair was my strenght. And now this! Please God why me!?! almost all my relatives have more hair than i do right now… I mean it would be ok to go bald at 40 or even 30, but not at like 25! Cmon i gotta get some chicks, i need my masculine power!
The one true thing i can hope for is to look good bald… :((
I have exactly the same problem. i just turned 16 and i have almost half the hair on my head that i did 6 months ago. latley i have been so depressed. i used to be really popular and get a lot of girls but latley its not like that im allways to depressed to go out and hang out with my friends so they have practically forgot about me. anf the girls? well thats more distant than the friends are. i dont know how i cant live like this anymore i used to play a elite level of hockey and run track and wakeboard competivly. but now i dont have the confidence do do any of that. my dad keeps telling me it could be worse and i coulc have some deadly desease but to be honest at this point id rather have that and only have a couple more months/years and live them to the fullest rather than liive the rest of my life bald.. ive contiplates suicide and almost jumped off a building one night but i can’t do that to my parents and my best friend. i cant stand feeling like i havnt gone through one day feeling good for a very long time. i just want my life back. i cant stand people seeing my head so i wear a hat all day everyday. i dont know how much more of this i can take..
im turning sixteen i have the same problem, i know its sad, i feel bad very bad but just remember theres more ppl like us, and i know the main concern is that girls wont accept us, but think about this, would you really want to be with a girl who was just after your looks?, or someone who could accept you for who you are not what you look like? AND if looks concern u so much, hair is just a minature, facial structures are concerned more, baldness isnt that bad, get a good bod instead!
I know what your all going through,my hair started to thin, when I was around 19 (now 37). I used to get up in the middle of the night just to have a look how bad it was,it totally took over my life, I haven’t done anything I wanted to do, I’m in a relationship with a women who has run up thousands on my cards, but even though I want to leave her, I’m worried about being alone. My hair hasn’t really changed that much in the last 10 years, so even though it’s not as thick as I’d like it to be, it doesn’t worry me as much. I still think people are looking at me when I’m out though.
Dude I have the same exact situation. My hair started thinning 2 years ago and I’m 19 now. My hair is so thin I rather shave bald but my head structure look like a distorted coconut. Don’t worry there are many out there who is facing the same situation as you are. P/s my hair used to be so thick it has many overlapping layers, now I just hope that it doesn’t shred to the extend that I can’t keep my super short hair sigh
guys… Im indian and just stepped in my early 17…. It was 5 months ago when i tried to do spike hair style and it was the moment i noticed that something isnt going good. Damn..!! It was thinning of hair. I told my mother and she said that it will be ok but how can it be. Its my age of making gf’s and im suffering from baldness.?? What can be worser then this. I feel really bad when i see my friends with cool hairstyles and myself hiding my thinning hairs. It really sucks. You know what i gonna do..?? Im gonna take a *hair transplantation surgery* when i will be 20. Thats what i have decided. Any suggestions..??
I just turned 17 a few month ago. I started noticing my hairloss at like 15. It was terrible. My hair was really soft and shiny. Now I have like half a head of dull (still soft) hair. At school people talk about it behind my back. Girls look at my head dont even bother talking to me. I thought about shaving my head completely but I would not look good. If I had more muscle it might look good but my hair means alot to me. Like many of you it has made my life a living hell. The I can do right now is live with and later on get a transplant.
I have taht problem too. I don’t know what to do. I’m just 16 years and next year im 17. On the side of my head i’m gray. After the war of 1999 in Kosovo from the Serbs my dad started beeing gray and he is very stressed, he says it will never be as before. And i gooing to be much more gray as my dad. And i am stressing too becouse i don’t have here a prespective for my life please where can help me. Berat.
I’ve been noticing my hair thinning a couple months ago at the crown part of my head don’t understand just last year my hair was thick.
Im a girl, in the same boat and ive done some research. You want girls right? Personally I don,t thing I care if my boyfriend/husband is bald at 40 but maybe 40?? But you need to add coconut oil every night to your hair for a month. It has to be virgin coconut oil (unrefined)
The coconut oil should be warmed (opens your pores) and rubbed through your hair reaching your scalp, not recommending a microwave. Even after a month this is great to use for your lifesyle.
I never thought that hair will play a big part in our lives. Im 16 and i have very thin hair, my hair used to be long, shiny. and thick. Ive gone to many doctors and nothing helped. I take daily vitamins and use an organic shampoo. Ive tried everything. Ive gotten to the point of being depressed. not having my hair makes me feel ugly and worthless. all my friends have pretty hair and here i am with barely any hair. it sucks a lot. and school is about to start again, and i dont want to go through being judged again. if any one can help please let me know.
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