I started balding at...

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[Tyler]

What age did you start balding at?

For me it was around 24.

[ar3inc]

My hairline started moving back about 24-26.  The gray was concern and that started in noticable small spots about 22. 

[happyharry]

Same with me. It started at around the age of 23/24. By the time I was 24 it was quite evident that I would lose most of my hair at some point in the future.
The balding area is at the top of my head, the sides and the back are as hairy as they were when I was "young".

[PBurke]

mine started receding about early twenties. ( think kevin costner. just two spots. my wife noticed it was thinning on top last january. and buzzed it for me so i could shave it. now she likes it.

[Noner]

Guys this is no joke. I started baling in high school.

I had to sport the "Cesar" cut because it covered my receeding hairline. It really sucked but I soon learned the ways of the force 3 years after high school and shaved my head.

I would have done it in high school but that's before shaved heads were mainstream and people would have thought I was some kind of young skinhead.

[Noner]

But now all of the hot girls from high school are fat, and I am one sexy beast.

Score 1 for bald guys!

NOner

[PigPen]

And score 1 for Noner!

[BaldRob]

Mine started heading back around 19 or 20... But since I was just in the reserves, no big deal.  I really started to notice it when I went active duty in the Navy... little stricter standards than the reserves.

I think this is my third time shaving my head clean... first time was in 94, then again in 99, and the last time was 2004 (and it's been this way ever since!)

[Razor X]

I first noticed some recession when I was about 20; it probably had been going on for a year or two before I realized it.  It progressed very slowly.  Then when I hit 30, it receded more quickly and thinned out all over the top.

[Razor X]

What age did you start balding at?

For me it was around 24.

So you basically started shaving as soon as you started losing hair.  Good for you.  How much would you have left now if you let it grow out?

[Tyler]

What age did you start balding at?

For me it was around 24.

So you basically started shaving as soon as you started losing hair.  Good for you.  How much would you have left now if you let it grow out?

I'm mostly balding on the crown of my head and thinning up top.  I could probably get away with growing it out about an inch and still look ok, but I wouldn't have as much confidence in myself.

[PBurke]

I'm mostly balding on the crown of my head and thinning up top. I could probably get away with growing it out about an inch and still look ok, but I wouldn't have as much confidence in myself.

  amen tyler.

[Xan]

My hairline started receding when I was about 17 (2 and a half years ago). I didn't notice it much back then. When I was 18 it was more apparent, but wasn't bothering me that much. Earlier this year it was ALL I could think about. Seriously. My hair was thinning in the front and I had to keep it very short so it wouldn't show that much (Long hair makes it so a receding hairline shows a lot), afterwards it was too much to bare so I shaved it completely.

[yep_yep]

For me it probably started when I was 21-22. I never receeded, the top of my head just started to get thin. I had long hair and I sported it in a ponytail until May. Then I decided to cut my hair short; and that's when it really hit me: I'm going  f****ng bald. I was devastated, and still am in a way. Since May things have gone downhill and it doesn't help when my parents and sister say: your hair is the same as always, etc. Talking about denial... 

[wpruitt]

Hit me at about the late 20's.  A quick spurt and then it slowed down dramatically.  About 40, it picked up speed and I went to about 50% loss on top in a year or two.  Has held its own for the past four or five years.