As the subtitle of this website states, baldness can certainly be perceived as manly. However, if you believe you may experience balding or a receding hairline and you do not want to, you do not have to, thanks to modern scientific advancements.
There are two main issues to examine when it comes to balding:
1. Risk or Level (Intensity) of Hair Loss.
Every man experiences a slightly different type or level of hair loss. Some men go bald at 25; others keep almost of their hair through age 80. Some have just a receding hairline that doesn’t progress very far; others start losing hair and go completely bald. Thus, some men’s hair loss is more or less aggressive than others. (This is determined by genetics.) The aggressiveness of one man’s particular hair loss determines how strong the maintenance tools need to be to stop it.
For example, if on a scale from 1 to 10, the aggressiveness of a particular man’s balding is 8, then he will need stronger tools to counteract that level of aggressiveness, if he wants to maintain the hair he currently has. If the aggressiveness is only 2 or 3, then he won’t need as much or as strong of a tool.
How do you know how aggressive your particular hair loss is or will be in the future? What if you haven’t experienced any balding, or it just started? How fast or aggressive will it be? There are ways to find answers to these questions without having to wait until you’ve lost a significant amount of hair or your hairline has receded a lot.
Generally, the younger a man is when he starts to experience a receding hairline or balding, the more aggressive the balding is and the more pronounced it will be. There may be another way to possibly determine the aggressiveness of one’s hair loss in the future. One can examine the level of hair loss in a relative, especially a parent, grandparent, or uncle. If your father as well as your mother’s father is 80 years old and still have full heads of hair, you may not have balding or a receding hairline in your future. If your father or grandfather is 35 and almost bald, then you might have to be more proactive.
2. Maintaining Current Hair vs. Replacing Lost Hair.
There are options for you no matter what stage of hair loss you are at. If you just begin to notice a receding hairline or a thinning of hair on the crown, you can stop it in its tracks before it goes any further, and work to maintain your hair. If your hair loss has already reached an advanced stage (e.g., you are almost completely bald on top or your hairline has receded significantly), you may need to look into options for replacing hair through hair transplantation surgery. If you are somewhere in the middle (you’ve lost some hair and you suspect you will continue to lose it because of genetics), you may need to examine both options: halting hair loss and replacing the hair you have already lost. On this website, we will look into the best way (in my opinion) to approach these issues.
To navigate this website, click on any one of the following links:
The Cause of Balding in Men
What Stage Am I At and How Do I Address It?
How to Maintain the Hair You Have and Stop/Slow Hair Loss
My Personal Experience and Recommendation
Maintaining Hair For Men 