You are on finasteride, right?

[Vieo !!SKISs26Nzbs No.15968697]

>With hair loss on the rise, Asia's men grapple with what it means to be bald

>A Korean study in the International Journal of Dermatology found that balding men were considered older and less attractive by 90% of non-bald respondents.

>In 2018, National Human Rights Commission of Korea had to urge employers not to discriminate against hairless men, after a building management company was accused of asking a job applicant to wear a wig during his interview and rejecting him on account of his bald head, according to the Yonhap News Agency.

>"People will tell you straight out," he said in a phone interview from Taipei, recounting instances when his loss of hair was casually pointed out to him. "Normally when they're saying it they're not trying to be mean, they're just commenting, so I can't be mad. But you remember.

>"I tried to shave my head, but I didn't think it was suitable for my head and body shape," he added, naming Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and actor Jason Statham as non-Asians who can pull off the look. "I think Asian people, including myself, tend to be a little slimmer, so if I had to choose between bald and slim versus bald and athletic, or even muscular, then I think it looks better with the more size you have."

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/asia-men-hair-loss-bald-scn-wellness/index.html

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You are on finasteride, right?

I mean, how exactly do you plan on being /fa/ without your hair?

[Anonymous No.15968706]

I love hairy men

[Anonymous No.15968738]

>>15968697
>balding men were considered older and less attractive by 90% of non-bald respondents.
This can't be true, I was told to all I had to do was just own it like the Rock! Fin is a tranny drug... right?

[Vieo !!SKISs26Nzbs No.15968739]

>>15968706

Knock it off, wise guy.

[Vieo !!SKISs26Nzbs No.15968766]

>>15968738
>own it

That's correct. You just have to own it. Put some swagger in that step of yours as you walk up to that group of women in the club to pick out the one you fancy most. As you're talking to her, pop your collar, maintain eye contact with her at all times, and maybe even put in a little eyebrow action. I'm sure she won't even notice that horseshoe around your scalp.

[Anonymous No.15968771]

>>15968766
Why are you so sexist?

[Anonymous No.15968772]

>>15968697
im not on it i cuz nw0 need more retin a tho

[Anonymous No.15968797]

>>15968738
Yes. Shave it all off, sides too, half-assing your haircut is an even bigger cope

[Anonymous No.15968807]

You could get a transplant for the price of fin with no side effects.

[Vieo !!SKISs26Nzbs No.15968904]

>>15968807

>$53.21 for a three month supply of 5mg pills.
>But...
>Recommended dose is 1mg daily.
>Cut the pills into fourths.
>And...
>Your 3 month supply becomes a 12 month supply.
>$53.21 for a 360 day supply.
>360 days in a year
>A year of fin = $53.21
>Suppose you're 30 and want to jump on fin.
>You're 30 suppose you live to 80.
>You'll probably stop caring about your hair by the time you're 65.
>From 30 to 65 is 35 years.
>$53.21 x 35 years = $1,862.35
>$2K for a lifetime supply of fin.

Hair transplants are charge by the graft and wildly vary in price depending on how many grafts you need.

Where are you going to get a $2,000 transplant that will give you a beautiful looking full head of hair?

[Anonymous No.15968910]

>links to a non-scientific article
cringe

[Anonymous No.15969054]

>>15968738
You can't have your cake and eat it retard. The reason why people say shave it off is so you don't end up like pic related. Becoming too obsessed with trying to molds one's physical appearance into what society wants is not good. When I was losing my hair, I took it as a choice, to keep coping by taking drugs in order to maintain my hair, or just shave it off and take the hit in look and get on with my life.

[Anonymous No.15969215]

>30 year old chronic masturbator
>never exercise
>never go outside
>hardcore alcoholic
>diet is 100% kebab and burgers
>awful sleep
>norwood 0.25 at worst
hairloss medication is cope. you're balding because you're genetic garbage, just face it.

[Anonymous No.15969310]

>>15968739
Cutie

[Anonymous No.15970064]

>>15969054
Damn, that guy looks so good
Women are stupid

[Anonymous No.15970079]

>>15968697
Because there are lawsuits against it for destroying your balls.

[Anonymous No.15970389]

>>15968697
Yeah I'm on it, but I've noticed if I stop taking it or start taking it I get a headache for about a day. When I'm taking it daily, no headache.

[Anonymous No.15970394]

>>15968904
>>15968807
You're both forgetting you need to take fin after getting a transplant or it will just fall out, plus transplants are fucking gross

[Anonymous No.15971038]

>>15969215
you just described me except im heavily balding and just buzz it off now

[Anonymous No.15971050]

>>15969215
its almost as if none of these things are related to hair loss..?!
male pattern baldness is 100% caused by DHT and guess what fin does?

[Anonymous No.15971069]

>>15969215
>genetic ubermensch
>never exercises
>never goes outside
>hardcore alcoholic
>diet is 100% kebab and burgers
>awful sleep
ok

[Anonymous No.15971077]

>>15968697
well i'm not balding and i dont think i should spend money on a hypothetical precentive measure

[Anonymous No.15971119]

>>15968697
OP is a tranny

[Anonymous No.15971138]

>>15971050
>guess what fin does?
it castrates you.
i don't need to guess because i read the scientific literature.

stop shaming men for being bald.
baldness originally helped norsemen get vitamin d in the winter

[Anonymous No.15971175]

>>15970394
>you need to take fin after getting a transplant or it will just fall out
This literally means that DHT is not everything to hairloss, theoretically the follicles on the back and sides of your hair should be immune to DHT, so why when we transplant them on the top of your head they literally just fall like normal hair?

This literally proves the blood flow / scalp tension theory

[Anonymous No.15971182]

>>15971050
>male pattern baldness is 100% caused by DHT

See this
>>15971175

[Anonymous No.15971186]

>>15971175
dht is what reduces blood flow through the scalp tissue by thickening the scalp tissue

[Anonymous No.15971196]

>>15971175
>proves
uneducated anon lol

[Anonymous No.15971208]

>>15971175
You need to keep taking medications to stop hairloss, you are transplating only a certain amount of follicles that are DHT immune.

Let's say your hairline receded a bit too much and you get a transplant to bring it back to what it once was. The hair immediately after the transplanted follicles are still susceptible to DHT and thus could fall, leaving you with an unnatural gap between the transplanted hair and the rest of them, so you keep taking the meds to stabilise your AGA.

[Anonymous No.15971216]

Started fin last week. Been on nanox and using a dermapen since November. It is a weird mix between distressing and relieving to no longer feel that gross scalp slickness but still be able to see it because the returning hair is thinner and lighter.

[Anonymous No.15971220]

>>15971138
>it castrates you.
>i don't need to guess because i read the scientific literature.
can you link any source on that claim ? not a doctor but ive never heard of that
>>15971175
>so why when we transplant them on the top of your head they literally just fall like normal hair?
the transplanted hair doesnt fall out
>>15971208
this

[Anonymous No.15971221]

>>15971138
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR HAIR DONT FALL FOR THE "FIN WILL CASTRATE YOU" MEME
It's fine if you don't care about your hair but this lie is dangerous and causes people to act far too late.

[Anonymous No.15971239]

>>15971220
Finasteride blocks the action of an enzyme called 5-alpha-reductase.

[Anonymous No.15971244]

>>15971196
Anon, I am not a native speaker
Also phone posting
>>15971208
>>15971220
Great point, but I have seen people who lost their transplanted hair, main one being Joe Rogan.

[Anonymous No.15971250]

>>15968706
why is this dude getting bullied?

[Anonymous No.15971253]

Overall I think the scalp tension and blood flow do in fact play role.
Minoxidil literally works by increasing blood flow.
DHT might be just a small piece in the puzzle.
The issue is clearly in the scalp, it's dumb to nuke DHT levels in your entire body to stop hair loss.

[Anonymous No.15971263]

>>15971250
>bullied
it’s just a post of the tranny’s confidence, why aren’t you supporting him?

[Anonymous No.15971267]

>>15971250
This guy's managing to get attention from broads while not fitting into what anyone here considers /fa/
Winners attract haters

[Anonymous No.15971275]

>yeah bro, just take pills that can make ur offspring retarded if it comes into contact with it.
Men are the new women

[Anonymous No.15971276]

>>15968706
He is very hot why are you bully him??

[Anonymous No.15971279]

>>15968706
very beautiful hair and skin color!

[Anonymous No.15971281]

>>15968706
sexy man!

[Anonymous No.15971283]

>>15969054
This is the guy telling you to "man" up and take pills for life

[Anonymous No.15971285]

>>15968706
like an angle in the skies!

[Anonymous No.15971289]

>>15968706
I love your hair bro! Masculine!

[Anonymous No.15971290]

>>15971239
yes i know that already, you literally claimed it castrates you

[Anonymous No.15971291]

>>15968706
I am in love with you

[Anonymous No.15971295]

>>15968706
>this is the "guy" telling you to keep ur hair

LMAO

[Anonymous No.15971296]

>>15969054
Buddy looks fine, he's got a sorta Jude Law look. Probably another Elliott Rodger, too autistic to figure out his personality is shit so he blames his looks even though he looks fine.

In any case, I'm 23 and I can tell my hair is receding a tad and a little bit thinner than it has been. Should I be worried? My dad has that stereotypical receded hairline without a bald spot or anything like that, but IIRC it didn't kick in for him til he was in his late 40s, and I've always expected that to happen to me.

[Anonymous No.15971301]

>>15968706
Don’t listen to the haters. Curly hair is the best hair! Beautiful, bouncy, healthy!

[Anonymous No.15971306]

>>15968706
I would pay to fuck you

[Anonymous No.15971308]

>>15968706
Whoa it's Shamir

[Anonymous No.15971315]

>>15968706
handsomer than broad pit

[Anonymous No.15971317]

hell no, I won't take finasteride or use minoxidil
plus I already reached the point it's already pretty gone, finasteride is only good if you use it early

I'm just going to wear a hair system

[Anonymous No.15971319]

>>15971317
cope

[Anonymous No.15971330]

>>15971319
how is wearing a full head of hair coping VS taking roids to compensate for your bald head

[Anonymous No.15971333]

>>15971330
>full head of hair
>wig

[Anonymous No.15971341]

>>15971330
>wearing a full head of hair
KEK

THR COPIUM LEVELS ARE GOING THRU THE ROOF

[Anonymous No.15971343]

>>15971333
>wear a wig
>look chad
>no infertility from finasteride
>no increase heartrate from minoxidil
seems to me like taking these drugs is the real coop when you're willing to do all that for some hair
+ minoxidil stops working after a few years

[Anonymous No.15971348]

>>15971343
>+ minoxidil stops working after a few years
theres not enough studies to support this claim
two reddit posts are not proof btw

[Anonymous No.15971351]

>>15971348
get your hair game up bro you'll just look less bald

[Anonymous No.15971352]

>>15971343
all minox did for me is make my eyebrows and nose hairs grow super long

[Anonymous No.15971353]

>>15968697
yes i'm on fin but i'm still waiting for it to start working

>suspected hair loss started sometime in 2018 (23yo)
>started becoming suspicious in october 2018, started shedding ever since
>went to a derm in early 2019, he gave me topical fin but i didnt use it (mistake) because i was in denial
>started oral fin november last year (shouldn't have waited so long)
>now approaching nw2, can see stray hairs where my hairline used to be
>starting to shed more clumps of hairs, rather than just all over
>still don't look like i'm balding yet but time is running out

[Anonymous No.15971356]

>>15971352
that's weird, last thing I need is to get any more hair in my ears. I just started getting some the past 2 years

[Anonymous No.15971363]

>>15971138
>rocking the bald exposed head in the winter
madmen

[Anonymous No.15971364]

>>15971351
yeah hair system looks better there, but if youre not as far gone as the second guy then its an option
you dont need to have everything black and white

[Anonymous No.15971372]

>>15971364
True it is an option, I always avoided minoxidil even earlier on since I read that you have to stay on it otherwise hair loss will be even worse, plus the smell and the fact you have to leave it on for extend times.

I didn't know about finasteride until I was already pretty thin though.

I just enjoyed my hair in my 20's and hitting my 30s I don't care too much about getting more bald, I haven't gotten a hair system yet though but I'm making a template soon.

It is pretty weird to actually shave the top when the time comes but it'll be an improvement, it'll cost me about 2K a year for a good system + to match my long hair, a shorter hair system can be cheaper around 200-400 though VS 700 I'll be spending.

I just googled finasteride and it says it's about 70 USD per month so one option is half the cost.

[Anonymous No.15971381]

>>15971372
Go shill your shitty pharms somewhere else, Israel

[Anonymous No.15971384]

>>15971381
kek I was just comparing the two, I don't touch that shit (finasteride) because I don't want ED

For french lace hair systems it's expected to wear at least 3 a year, maybe 2 if you're conservative so if it's a short hair system that's 6 inches long at perhaps 400 USD per piece that's 1200USD a year for hair systems VS 800 a year for ED drugs

[Anonymous No.15971387]

>>15971372
70 usd a month seems a bit much, i pay 70$ a year for my supply, directly from a pharmacy through a doctors perscription

[Anonymous No.15971394]

>>15971387
Nice, well it's definitely cheap for you. As long as it's working for you and you don't wake up unable to bang a girl it's not too bad

[Anonymous No.15971396]

>>15971394
that can happen, in like 0.2% of all cases
i took the risk and its okay for me
if you dont want to gamble, yeah a hair system is probably better

[Anonymous No.15971600]

>>15971372
>70 USD per month
Bit much there. I pay like $8 for mine with Rx card

[Anonymous No.15971614]

>>15971351

He looks like a subhuman in the before and after tbqh, look at those fucking jowls.

[Anonymous No.15971615]

>>15968706
don’t bully the nigge he’s hot

[Anonymous No.15971632]

idk i’m not getting any pussy with it without hair so I stopped worrying about it. If i start balding im just going to buzz it, I stopped dressing for women a long time ago

[Anonymous No.15971731]

>>15971632
>I stopped dressing for women a long time ago
Guaranteed you look like a rob zombie reject

[Anonymous No.15972194]

>>15971244

Sometimes hair tranplants go south. There's people whom lose hair even in what is usually considered the safe zone (the horseshoe pattern around your head)

Usually a surgeon asseses how good your donor area is and decides based upon that how many donor hair you have available.

Ultimately, genetic rules over all and something like hairloss is hardly predictable. I've seen people with bald fathers keep their hair, people whom had fathers with full head of hairs lose theirs. It can be from anywhere in your family, even generations back. Sometimes it can even start late. Think Mel Gibson or Antonio Banderas, pretty much a full head of hair up until they hit their 40s point at which they rapidly lost a lot of them.

While transplants help, they're not a triumph card against hairloss, as you need to keep taking meds throughout your life to maintain. Right now a lot of the studies are trying to find a way to clone DHT immune hair so one individual can have a pretty much endless supply of donor hair which can be used to "top up" a transplant.

[Anonymous No.15972339]

>>15968697
Just wear a hat. That’s what men used to do.

[Anonymous No.15972341]

>>15972339
Also rape women. That’s what men used to do.

[Anonymous No.15972345]

can mods delete fin threads already

i miss igor posting

[Anonymous No.15972760]

>>15968904
Can you buy fin without prescription where you live?
On my shithole country I need medical appointments to start AND to keep using it over the months, which costs a fucking fortune (the fin itself is cheap).
I wish so much I could've started already. With each passing day I'm losing more and more hair, and the dread of losing everything is killing me...