So... say you're going bald...

[tk2kewl]

Poll question: So... say you're going bald...

What, if anything, do you do about it?

[Spinzonner]

1. Scalp hirsute neighbor

[Lilith Velkor]

3. ...

:spray:

[Porcupine]

27. I grow big shaggy beard. Not bald, hair moving south...

it's now on my back.

[newsguyatl]

2. depends on where you're losing it

if you're having frontal loss, stay AWAY from medication, re: propecia

if you're having crown balding, propecia MAY work for you, but minimally usually.

there's also the option of using great shampoos, i highly & strongly recommend NIOXIN products.

there are also many good supplements and vitamins to take, nioxin makes some of these as well.

unfortunately, we live at a time where no real treatment or solution exists, no matter what some claim.

follicular implants are always an option, but a better one only if you're thinning considerably and don't mind losing even more hair, before it starts to re-grow.

[BikeWriter]

4. Is this theoretical, as in a "friend" of yours?

[tk2kewl]

5. nah... i was just bored

i'm 39 and have lots of hair... i'd probably opt for nothing or a shave if i were going bald

[BikeWriter]

13. ROFLMBO! Cool, I'm near 60 and have tons of hair.

[Richardo]

38. You two make me SICK

:hi:

I'm 48 and my follicles are dying like yellow jackets under a brush hog.

[Robbie Michaels]

6. Depends on why you're losing it

I was suffering from http://www.myhairlossadvisor.com/telogen-effluvium.html">telogen effulvium until a couple of months ago. Using Nioxin and seeing many hairs growing back. But I have to admit it's weird seeing two lengths of hair. My normal length, and then a whole bunch a couple of inches long blended in.

[KG]

7. other: radical combover thing.

[tk2kewl]

10. i can't believe i left that one out

[-..__...]

8. Relax... Ron Popeil to the rescue!

http://www.ronco.com/products/glhHairSystem.di4/11





:smoke:

[Deja Q]

9. Amputation

[tk2kewl]

11. ROFL!

:spray::rofl:

[ofrfxsk]

24. LMAO!!!!!!!!!!

[Ready4Change]

12. Nothing.

And I speak from experience.

[ironflange]

14. I had to choose Other

Many years ago, when it was starting to go, I tried Rogaine and it really worked. However, I decided it wasn't worth the cost. Fast forward to this year, and I kid you not, but it's started to grow back on its own, significant amounts too. Unfortunately, I have no idea why this is happening, because if I did I'd write a book and make an infomercial and get good and rich.

[KitchenWitch]

15. Add Combover

ALA Gene Keady (the old Ohio State Basketball coach)

[Tyrone Slothrop]

19. I love Keady's hair!

It looks like the plastic Lego hair that snaps into place.

[KitchenWitch]

22. OMG you are right!

That IS the funniest thing I have read all day!

[BiggJawn]

25. Aw, gee....He's done so much MORE since he was at OSU...

He retired from Purdue last year after ONLY 25 years....

Yeah, that's what *I* want, a Mean Gene Combover!

[KitchenWitch]

28. OOPS

I actually did mean Purdue...

:banghead:

I am such a fucking idiot!

[BiggJawn]

29. Oops on me, too. He came from WKU, not OSU....

OK, so I always thought Gene came to Purdue right after he graduated....:-)

[Rabrrrrrr]

16. Accept the inevitable path of nature, and go bald, and shave head

wherever some hair might be growing, so it doesn't look stupid.

I'd never do anything asshole-like, such as getting a toupee or doing a combover or some such other bit of dumbass fuckheadery.

[bigwillq]

17. Shave head

I already do so losing my hair would be no big deal.

I would never comb over and probably wouldn't take MEDS or anything like that. We're all destined to lose some of our hair. There's nothing we can do about it.

[Lilith Velkor]

23. I did, and I'm not even going bald

It's grown back now.

[MarianJack]

18. All I Did This Summer...

...was to start putting sun screen on the top of my head!

[sendero]

20. Having gone bald..

... more or less by my early 40s, I tried various treatments which sorta worked until one day I decided f*ck this, it's not worth the effort.

Two things I think a bald man should not do:

1) comb over.

2) keep cutting his hair like nothing happened.

I don't shave my head because it is too much work - I keep a Wahl clipper with no guard and chop off everything it will cut every 2-3 days.

I actually don't mind being bald any more - I can wash my head with bar soap, and I can dry it with a quick towel rub. It's cooler in the blistering Texas summer. And really, baldness suits some men more than others appearance wise :)

[Dukkha]

21. Chia

[Aristus]

26. Nothing. Bald and...........

well, not proud; after all, it's not like it's an achievement. But I'm bald and okay with it. :-)

[Bassic]

30. Shave my head..

Which is pretty much what I do already :)

[LynneSin]

31. If you have long hair and you're going bald - CUT THE HAIR

Long hair will pull down the hair and empathsize the baldspot. Looks really nasty. Also the pony tails pulled to cover the bald spot don't work much better.

[DelawareValleyDem]

32. wear a hat whenever possible.

Like Dale Gribble

[VOX]

33. Think Sean Connery, Andre Agassi, Anthony Edwards, Samuel L. Jackson...

So...**if** you're going bald, you're in distinguished company! :thumbsup:

[Initech]

34. Nothing. Pieces and hair implants are for losers who wont admit it!

Unfortunately, baldness is a problem in my family. But when the day happens, I wont buy into any of the baldness "cures" or cover-ups that may come on the market.

[Merrick]

35. My solution:

1. cut the rest of your hair very short
2. annoint bald spot with a sticky transparent substance like clear glue
3. sprinkle your facial shavings over the top.

Works great. totally undetectable

[redqueen]

36. Shave or do nothing...

bald is nice. :)

[Dukkha]

37. some people can't pull off the bald look

Billy Corgan comes to mind. He looks like an alien.

Michael Stipe and Moby just look like malnourished POWs.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

39. Celebrate

No more wasting money on hair products and stylists.

Besides, bald is sexy.

[SOteric]

40. Buff my head to a high patina and rent it out as ad space.

[gmoney]

41. Hats! Or do like Mr. Cool Ice...

Works for Dwight... worked for Hank Williams!




Or do what Mr Cool Ice does... distract them!

[William Bloode]

42. I guess nothing for me.

I have the same amount of hair i had when i was 18(i'm 38 now). That being said i have went bald by choice for the last 10yrs or so.