Hi, im Mike from sunny england, thought i should introduce myself. Thought i should post as i have alot to thank this site for! Apologies for a long post in advance.
I started losing my hair when i was pretty young, started to get very noticable when i was about 18/19. To start off with i wasnt too bothered about it, it still looked ok. Im now 25 and the last 2 years of my life have probably been my worst. My hair started to get very thin and i have been using products suck as toppik to cover up my head. sometimes i manged to make my hair look ok with it but my confidence was at an all time low. Honest to god everytime i looked in the mirror i felt sick. My hair line was high and my hair so thin. It sounds a bit pathetic but there were nights when i was crying myself to sleep about it. I was definately on the verge/ if not already depressed about it.
I maybe the same as a few guys on here, i was avoiding a few social things with my friends and flinched anytime someone came near my hair or took a photo of me. Im sorry but that is just not living. But losing your hair so young is the hardest thing ive ever faced.
Then, i luckily stumbled across this site and it changed everything for me. I started thinking just f**cking man up and do the only thing that can beat it.... just get rid of it. So i bought myself a pair of Wahl clippers and buzzed down to a number 4.. didnt like it. So then i stuck the number one on and went to that length. Its taking some getting used to but i kinda like it. It looks no where near as bad as i thought. I just have to thank this site aqs it really helped me. It honestly feels like a new chapter in my life.
I know im not sly, but im not sure i'll ever do that as my skin is ultra sensitive whenever i shave any part of my body so i'll stick to clippers.
Will stick around because i know there are more young guys out there like me that feel like its the end of the world and i definately want to give any advice i can to help.
Cheers guys!
