Can you guys believe these "Hairlosshelp.com" jerks?

[benlen]

Okay, so every once in awhile I stumble upon a topic on hairlosshelp.com, and honestly, all I can do is shake my head and sometimes. These guys have some really bizarre opinions of shaved heads. Obviously, they are a community of hair transplant/rogaining/hair transplanting wannabes (I don't say this in a negative way, that's just who they are) and I once browsed their forums, and I look at their discussions and think of what a contrast it is to the positivity and good nature of our forum. On their forum, they are often negative and extremely fearful of baldness, and hate on bald guys. Just read some of these excerpts:

I mean really it's not like it [shaved head] looks any better. In fact you can see the horseshoe shape form on them even worse. The lighter hairs are more prominent. So why do they do it? I feel embarassed for them.

Now I see so many balding young guys who would have been considered conservative mainstream in the 90s (yuppie types), and they ALL shave their heads. And why ? Not as a statement bucking the mainstream, but because they THINK they are hiding their hairloss by doing it.

They are slaves to the shaven head image (just as much as NW 2-3 guys here are about preserving their hair) , and live in constant fear of their hair growing out and revealing their MPB. They just lost the MPB battle early, and figure the next best thing to do is simply shave it all cueball slick to HIDE the dreaded old-fart "horseshoe fringe". There is NOTHING brave about it for most; it's just another insecure reaction to MPB and they do it because it's fashionable (meaning there are so many other dweebs doing it, so "why not" they say ?) There is nothing courageous about that.

All I can say to these guys is, what? How is shaving your head in any way not a brave act? WTF? Their logic seems totally messed up.

What do you guys think?



Link to topic: http://www.hairlosshelp.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=10&threadid=44410

[Tyler]

That thread is 7 years old now...before SBG had even been created.  A lot of perception has changed since then.  With that said, there are still a LOT of guys on that forum that don't get it and are searching for the holy grail to getting their hair back.  Only if they realized that going Sly is the holy grail.

[Gary~]

That thread is 7 years old now...before SBG had even been created.  A lot of perception has changed since then.  With that said, there are still a LOT of guys on that forum that don't get it and are searching for the holy grail to getting their hair back.  Only if they realized that going Sly is the holy grail.

It shouldn't be about getting your hair back it's about being FREE of hair related concerns and worries. And no hair = no concerns and worries = freedom.

I've had a brief look at the site and it looks pretty sad.

[BillOnBass]

I came upon a few threads from that site a while back and wow, what a miserable environment they have over there!  Almost all of the posters seem sad or angry and obviously never got over their hairloss in a healthy manner.  I'm pretty sure not one thread there is positive or constructive.

[Crusher0209]

Have to agree with Gary on it looking sad where is the bright and cheery colors???

[Razor X]

Besides, I don't know anybody who thinks shaving hides hair loss.  That's not why we do it.

[Lynchy]

They are just scared of our awesomeness.

Some people view their hair as the most important thing in life. Fools!

[Gary~]

They are just scared of our awesomeness.

Some people view their hair as the most important thing in life. Fools!

Absolutely ^^^^^^^^^^^right!

Besides, I don't know anybody who thinks shaving hides hair loss.  That's not why we do it.

Also Absolutely ^^^^^^^^^^^right!

[VoodooSyxx]

Wow. I had never seen that site before, but after a look around at the forums, it's quite sad. Not to mention a bit scary. There are threads there, I kid you not, one link separate between "Finasteride made my junk stop working" to "Oh my! hair loss! Here's a link to buy some Finasteride"     Tha hell?    Priorities, people!

One pretty major difference I noticed is that on this forum, more than half the members have a real life pic up for their avatar. On that site....NONE NADA ZIP. It's quite telling actually. If they have their situation under control using the drugs and rugs, why be ashamed to post a real pic? Our sly brethren here don't seem to have much to hide.

[Gary~]

Wow. I had never seen that site before, but after a look around at the forums, it's quite sad. Not to mention a bit scary. There are threads there, I kid you not, one link separate between "Finasteride made my junk stop working" to "Oh my! hair loss! Here's a link to buy some Finasteride"     Tha hell?    Priorities, people!

One pretty major difference I noticed is that on this forum, more than half the members have a real life pic up for their avatar. On that site....NONE NADA ZIP. It's quite telling actually. If they have their situation under control using the drugs and rugs, why be ashamed to post a real pic? Our sly brethren here don't seem to have much to hide.

Sorry to repeat myself again but Vodoo speaks the truth. I'm thinking of joining their forum because they obviously need someone to set them straight but I reckon that hanging out there even for a little while would be such a downer -- still I might do it and post a proper avatar also.

[Mikekoz13]

These types of guys are everywhere. Don't let it ruin your day.

Live by my motto instead:
"
There are dumb asses everywhere, don't let a dumb ass ruin your day".

Let's move along to better things.

[Switchy]

These types of guys are everywhere. Don't let it ruin your day.

Live by my motto instead:
"
There are dumb asses everywhere, don't let a dumb ass ruin your day".

Let's move along to better things.

AMEN !

[Gary~]

These types of guys are everywhere. Don't let it ruin your day.

Live by my motto instead:

"There are dumb asses everywhere, don't let a dumb ass ruin your day".

Let's move along to better things.

I think your right there.

I spent some time over there yesterday and there's a couple of trolls and some pretty nasty people. Quite incredible what people are willing to go through to get hair drugs though.

Returning to this forum from that forum is like returning to sanity [from insanity].

[Razor X]

Some people enjoy being miserable.  Just leave them to it. 

[killingmesoftly]

I come from that background. I can saw a couple things.

1. There are SOME happy people on those sites, and some good people too. However, the environment is toxic compared to here. Believe of not, the difference is almost palatable.

2. There is a lot of money being made over there. Some of the more skilled surgeons can do some good work and some are even honest guys, however, they don't really stress how temporary the results can be. I started loosing my crown 2 m