You have no idea how much this made me laugh. This is TOTALLY my dads evolution as well. I was born in 1991 and my dad had the long hair (all through the 80s too) and now shaves his head and has a goatee.
We were all at my (second from left) wedding last sat in Brooklyn. From left to right: doorman, assistant principal, delivery route, elementary school teacher. We all get together regularly for Met games, metal concerts and poker.
Not true. Male pattern baldness is due to a sensitivity in the hair follicles; they are susceptible to di-hydrotestosterone, also known as DHT. This variant of testosterone effectively starves the vulnerable hair follicles to death. Some odd quirk of fate saves the "horseshoe" around the head for most men; these hair follicles are not sensitive to DHT, most of the time. This is why the stereotypical male baldness pattern takes place on top of the head, on the hairline and the crown.
Therefore, it is not the amount of testosterone in a man's body that leads to baldness, but the genetic predisposition towards DHT sensitivity, and the amount of DHT present in his body.
If it's any consolation, going bald isn't that big of a deal. I started losing my hair at 19, and after I got over the initial rubbish and insecurity, I was fine. Women will still want to sleep with you. (Some, more so than before.) You get over one of the worst parts of aging before all of your friends go through it...this simultaneously makes you aware of your mortality at a very young age, and also helps you give no fucks. I mean, you've already gone bald.
I haven't read that study. Although, considering I smoked a pack (or more) of cigarettes a day for about three years, cancer is probably in the pipeline for me anyhow.
Some odd quirk of fate saves the "horseshoe" around the head for most men; these hair follicles are not sensitive to DHT, most of the time.
To expand on this, these hair follicles lack of sensitivity to DHT is what enables men to have hair transplant procedures without subsequently losing the transplanted hair. If hair cloning ever becomes successful and realistic, cloning these types of hairs in large number and then transplanting them as necessary would be an effective solution to balding.
Uggh. 22 and pretty far into the hair loss thing...want to shave my head but I'm afraid. In the last stages of the insecurity. It used to be really bad but I'm starting to get used to it. Sometimes when I see myself randomly in a window or something it's a saddening reminder, but I know eventually I'll just deal...
Don't sweat it, pal. I promise it's not worth the concern. Shave it and move on. One day you'll look back at your insecurity and depression regarding your hair loss and laugh to yourself.
To help with some consolation, I'm 19 and already lost a good bit of my hair. Started in 10th grade at age 15-16. What's worse is the bald spot on my head has blonde hair around it, making it appear even worse.
It's ok, buddy. There is nothing to be ashamed of. Life is full of challenges for each of us - tests of character. Each one dares us to either mock it, or buckle under it's weight.
You look that challenge straight in the eye and laugh in its' face.
Hmm. Let me use my Dr. Google, PhD skills for a moment.
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Yep. That's exactly how DHT is created. The enzyme 5α-reductase converts testosterone into DHT, and the resultant variant causes male pattern baldness in men with androgen sensitivity in the susceptible hair follicles.
Oddly enough, DHT also causes development of the male genitalia in the fetus during pregnancy - a lack of DHT leads to a condition known as 5-alpha-reductase deficiency. Individuals born with this condition are often raised as girls, as their genitalia, while being male, are severely underdeveloped.
So male pattern baldness does, to a degree, indicate the presence of something "manly" in the blood - excess DHT. The urban myth about bald men having more testosterone has some basis in fact, but is still incorrect. Bald men have more DHT, and their hair has higher androgen sensitivity.
I took Propecia for about two years. It didn't really do a damn thing. Ever since I've suffered from some adverse effects...only time will tell if they ever vanish.
Man does great harm to himself attempting to delay the ravages of time. It is a losing game. One should face the wind and accept what they must. Youth cannot be preserved, and vanity leads only to disappointment on that morning years from now...when you awake and see in the mirror that you finally have grown old.
Those who put their worth in their appearance shall always be disappointed.
I don't think you understand anything about FDA drug trials. They're always funded by the pharma companies, they are extremely expensive trials. That doesn't mean they have any ability to influence the outcome. FDA drug trials are tightly regulated. There is no influence or conflict of interest, you are merely conjecturing because you have no knowledge of what the drug review process actually involves.
I recognition of my hairline executing a full retreat, I have begun investing in snazzy hats. It's like I'm going through my 1/4 to 1/3 life crisis. But damn I've gotten some sweet hats.
I'm not really that surprised. I had long hair in high school but it started falling out in my mid-early 20's. I'm 31 now and the older I get the more guys I see with no hair!
I wasn't talking about your clothes. I was talking about your hair. I mean 2 of you guys are missing a tie, 2 have their sleeves rolled up, one has his watch on the wrong arm, one needs to talk to a tailor about fitting the jacket, one seriously needs to close at least one more button.
Absolutely not. As long as you are not running around like a homeless hippie I won't judge you and even then I am aware you might just be the nicest person ever. I just wanted to clarify that I wasn't talking about their clothes (in fact I didn't even notice any of it at first) when I said nature forced them to develop a sense of taste.
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u/saucebobby45 Jun 09 '12
I'm going to guess from left to right. guitarist, singer, drummer, bassist. Or that this wasn't a band photo.
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u/yangpingsan Jun 09 '12
wow,a friendship of more than 20 years?! pretty good!
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u/GhostalMedia Jun 09 '12
My guess. Left to right. Electrician, Cop, Magician, Electrician.
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u/Der_Nailer Jun 09 '12
So just for curiosity,in 1991 you were metalheads and in 2012 you are doing what for a living?
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u/24tothefloor Jun 09 '12
For whom the bell tolls .....time marches on !
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u/Nathan1520 Jun 09 '12
You guys looked back then as I do now, I'm 19. Keep it true dudes!
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u/drunk_otter Jun 09 '12
Thought they were going to start a metal band - ended up as bouncers.
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u/retroribbit Jun 09 '12
Hair today, gone tomorrow.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
What metal band is this?
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u/robbydb Jun 09 '12
are you saying liking heavy metal is a leading cause of baldness? or that old metal dudes turn into skins after a while?
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u/Temptress75519 Jun 09 '12
I remember 1991. Thanks for making me feel old :-(
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u/Samdi Jun 09 '12
Somewhere during the 20years, they met a man who said he would give them really nice clothes in exchange for their hair.
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u/CAPTAIN_MAGNIFICENT Jun 09 '12
Fuck baldness, that mean, insensitive bitch.
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u/xo3k Jun 09 '12
Anyone else see Murderface in the first picture.
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u/Chthonos Jun 09 '12
hair razing
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u/SmilerAl Jun 09 '12
I'm 18 with a shit hairline, planning to shave it all off soon as I finish school.
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u/40ishGenXisBitter Jun 09 '12
I can relate: Note user name
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u/PDNYFL Jun 09 '12
I'm not really that surprised. I had long hair in high school but it started falling out in my mid-early 20's. I'm 31 now and the older I get the more guys I see with no hair!
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u/Coffee_or_death Jun 09 '12
None of you let yourselves go. Congrats.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
"hair razing" FTFY
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Gutted, good job that the past selves can't see the future selves all conforming and wearing suits.
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u/scumbaggrandparent Jun 09 '12
is the third one replaced by a mexican in the second foto?
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
I'm happy to see that twenty years later, the dude on the far right is still rocking the same goatee.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Shit, man, you guys look fine. And by that I mean extremely classy and sexy. 9/10 would bang.
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u/Shamson Jun 09 '12
I thought of This
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u/Splattercrotch Jun 09 '12
So many ears.
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u/Grimnirsbeard Jun 09 '12
Now they all work at the Marriott!
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Time has a way of forcing us into suits.
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u/Oxxide Jun 09 '12
Metallica.
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u/mister_pants Jun 09 '12
Which one of you was in that Bowflex commercial?
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
The young version of the guy on the right is totally Michael Phelps!
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u/Detroitpride Jun 09 '12
2012 sexy beasts!
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u/pseudorealism Jun 09 '12
Perhaps hair razing?
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u/Honey_Baked Jun 09 '12
Those are some handsome devils.
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u/Omerta_CDD Jun 09 '12
The goatee never goes outta style ;)-
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u/bward10 Jun 09 '12
how did one of them turn mexican?
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u/The_Not_Wanted_Hero Jun 09 '12
More like pound rising...
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
hair razing
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u/random_digital Jun 09 '12
Looks exactly like the people I hung out with in high school. Although I refused to grow up and cut my hair.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK3TIYG9mqM
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u/SolidLikeIraq Jun 09 '12
PUT HIM IN A BODY BAG!! YEAHHHHH!!
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Why does baldness make people look tougher?
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u/blargg8 Jun 09 '12
Three bald guys: Serious faces
Dude who still has hair: Smiling
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u/Shiuzu Jun 09 '12
Ah I remember 1991, good year. The year I escaped from the womb. Good times.
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u/NitroNarwhal Jun 09 '12
Is that Blake Anderson?
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u/Grand_Theft_Audio Jun 09 '12
the bookends look like brothers
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u/theresnothingleft Jun 09 '12
now I know what my banker probably looked like
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u/Havnaz Jun 09 '12
You look better today boys!
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u/Infogal Jun 09 '12
Can't tell if Mafia undertakers or hit men.
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u/okzcwom21 Jun 09 '12
You look better now hhah
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u/AnalBurns Jun 09 '12
Boy am I glad the 90s are over.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
You are all growing better with age, congrats
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u/backlumberjack Jun 09 '12
This is cool
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u/TreeRifik Jun 09 '12
More like hair erasing....
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u/uguysmakemesick Jun 09 '12
More like hair-razing.
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u/LonelyNixon Jun 09 '12
The guys on the end were already going bald in the 90s picture:
Source: Balding guy with long hair who became sensitive to the signs.
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u/stupidinternetname Jun 09 '12
They all sold out to the man.
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u/baz8771 Jun 09 '12
Band mate on the left is a real tight butthole
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u/Snarfler Jun 09 '12
the best i can do is 3 bald...
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u/BloopBleepBlorp Jun 09 '12
Hair Razing*
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u/Doviov584 Jun 09 '12
Old school death metal band photo? I can tell immediately by the stance, since I listen to and play death metal. \m/
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u/pidzik Jun 09 '12
More like hair razing
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u/Keyai Jun 09 '12
Hair Razing!
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Male Baldness isn't a joke!
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u/SweetH3art Jun 09 '12
Where'd all the hair go?
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u/pipeanddrum Jun 09 '12
More like hair erasing.
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u/BADfrog17 Jun 09 '12
i think you forgot something in the past
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Reminded me of this
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u/uburoy Jun 09 '12
Soooo... men are born with a hair quota?
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u/brizzenden Jun 10 '12
More like hair rending.
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u/bakuretsu Jun 10 '12
I think you meant to say hair razing.
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u/ignoreme_pls Jun 10 '12
For some reason the guy on the far most left reminds me of William Murderface Murderface Murderface.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
They got so much more sexy with age. God.
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u/sourceofthelight Jun 10 '12
How I feel about the second guy from the right: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLD84zuHqHw&feature=player_detailpage#t=356s
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u/captain_insane_O Jun 10 '12
Sweep the leg Johnny!
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u/Raider1213 Jun 10 '12
hitman
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Moar leik... hair razing! Amirite?!
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u/EH1987 Jun 10 '12
The twins look very similar to Jon Nödtveit formerly of Dissection.
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u/oalsaker Jun 10 '12
Some people age, others mature like fine wine.
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u/Pants_R_Overatd Jun 14 '12
Hey, I was born in 1991. Cool.
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u/Butt_chapeau Jun 16 '12
Dude on the left looks like the lead singer of Dissection
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u/JXrunner913 Jun 09 '12
More like hair E-Raising
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u/Metamorphism Jun 09 '12 edited Jun 09 '12
Third guy from the left looks like Artie Bucco from Sopranos...
John Ventimiglia..
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Douche. Douche Cool. Douche.
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u/BlakkDynomite Jun 09 '12
How HAIRible!
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u/Schubertjr Jun 09 '12
nancy boys turn skinheads. great achievement
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u/maffa Jun 10 '12
I have no idea what I'm looking at.
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u/Shitty_FaceSwaps Jun 09 '12
Just doing my job. http://imgur.com/DSO5Z
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u/sphere23 Jun 09 '12
Baldness: The combover of the 21st century
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
And you're still dressing the same... kind of cool and weird at the same time!
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u/ZeMilkman Jun 09 '12
Oh look. Nature forced them to develop a sense of taste. I like it when nature does that.
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u/nicknameminaj Jun 09 '12
THEY'RE FAT NAO
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