My hairloss is making me feel so ugly

I'm 20.. I love my appearance with hair, it took me years to get to a place where I was happy with my appearance. I worked really hard on my body and my headspace surrounding how I felt about how I looked. I was happy with my appearance, my hairloss has finally reached a stage where I can't hide it anymore and I feel so ugly its making me incredibly sad. I don't feel lovable, getting a girlfriend feels impossible now, I'm only 20 years old I'm in college and there's nothing I can do about it. I'm already on medication for it and one of the pills I used to take caused side effects so I had to stop. I'm just so overwhelmed by the fact that no matter what I do I'm going to have to accept the fact that I don't like my appearance anymore, my confidence is just dipping

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  • CountessDouche

    Yeah, unfortunately the medication won't work. If hair loss could be cured, nobody would have it & you especially shouldn't take it if you have nasty side effects.

    One of my brothers started losing his hair at a very young age, I think around 17, so i understand how damaging that is to your self esteem to go through at such a young age. The thing is, it happens & nobody cares about it but you. & yes my stupid brother did find someone who fell in love with him & she's fucking awesome too.

    So there's this phenomenon you go through when you're younger, and it dissipates with age. But it's called "spotlight effect."

    Basically, you grow up as the center of your own universe, the main character in your own novel, the star of your own play. You feel that way because until you fall in love or have kids or a sick parent, you are...quite literally, the center of your own life

    & that's normal. There's nothing wrong with it

    But it does lead you to VASTLY, VASTLY overestimate how much other people pay attention to you.

    Think of the last person who you saw embarrass themselves. Maybe you saw someone trip while walking their dog? Maybe you saw someone drop something at the store?

    Now tell me every detail about them

    Tell me what they were wearing

    Tell me how often you think about them

    Never? That's what I thought

    99.9% of people don't notice your hair. 99.9% of that .01% that does doesn't assign any value to it.

    Everyone else is to busy being the star of their own movie to stare at you. They legitimately are not paying attention.

    I get it. You have a flaw that bothers you, but you can't change it. Pretty much every single person on this earth has a flaw that they despise & can't change.

    Just roll with it dude. Accept it. Shave your head. Nobody cares.

    I've literally never spoken to a woman who's turned down a man because he was bald. The majority of men eventually go bald.

    You'll be fine.

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  • appukuttan

    READ THIS!!!!!!!!!

    Im a 25 year old boy.

    I was famous in my school and college for my thick and awsome hair during my ages 20-24.

    But now im facing hairloss and I can see baldness from two sides of my forehead. I also lost my confidence. But now I feel positive that I can get my hairback I just followed the tips below.

    MAKE SURE YOU DONT HAVE ANY SIDE EFFECTS ON THE FOLLOWING though pls.

    1- Apply coconut oil + argan oil/castor + vitamine E capsule mix on hair and leave for 45 mins and wash off with gentle shampoo thrice a week.

    2- use mutlipeptide solution from ORDINARY on hair daily.

    You will see difference in one week.

    I have new hairs on the bals area now.

    Im 25. Im doing this since 2 months and it worked for me.

    You are 20 right?. Right time.

    After 25 its difficult to make changes to your hair and skin. So think and do if this techniques doesnt have any side effect on your hair.

    Thank me later.

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  • Goomats

    Guys go bald and women just deal with it. If you focus on being fun, nice and handsome, noone will care. I dated and was in love with two balding guys (not at the same time), and they were 21 and 24 at the time I dated them.

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  • SudoHalt

    Let me say this. Own it, and shave off your head.

    The earlier you make the decision to shave, it would be better. Why? Because it feels like you did it out of choice, not by force. So yes, if it's hitting your self esteem, go and shave it today.

    You should make the decision and not look back. Of course, grow a clean beard of some sort.

    Even if you can't grow a beard, it wouldn't look bad actually. Look at Koenigsegg's CEO.

    Go up on the male fashion advice on reddit afterwards, and ask questions to see what style of clothes you got to wear in response to shaving off your hair. Your outfits SHOULD change, otherwise you'll always look down on your own self. Overhaul your entire wardrobe if you have the budget.

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  • notsaying4life

    You might have to use hair concealers at least for now if it bothers you that much

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  • SwickDinging

    How do you look with a shaved head?

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    • I'm not sure, it was okay but I feel actively attractive with hair and average maybe even below average without it.

      I always felt ugly it was only in the last few years of my life that I ever started to feel attractive, now that my hair is falling out I'm scared of losing that feeling..

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  • SkullsNRoses

    I’m sorry you’re going through this.

    I second the advice to shave your head, most people aren’t going to know why you don’t have hair so you can just tell them you choose to be bald. Try to see the positives of not having to worry what your hair looks like or buy shampoo, I’ve never been bald myself but some people find it very freeing. Good luck.

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  • Imafriendyrock

    It sucks but you probably will look better if its shaved.
    Most places wont do hair transplants if you have rapid hairloss. If its that bad at 20 you are probably out of luck. If you do decide to do transplant and they let you make sure its one of the best places in the world. Alot of those places are scams. You'll have to travel. Buzzfeed did a video of their guy getting a hair transplant and it didnt even work. He went to some shitty plave

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  • ellnell

    Just shave it off and grow some beard-stubble.
    It can look nice and it's more attractive than really thin hair or patches.

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  • CDmale4fem

    Maybe the message in there is that "maybe you should find other things to be so vain about, or concerned with other than primping your whining ass in the mirror."
    Boo Hooo. Why dont you worry about helping a neighbor get thru this covid b.s, and stop worrying about TRYING to look perfect. (Maybe in your eyes.) People that are so hung up on how they look have probably had everything handed to them, done for them, and are scared shitless about getting their hands dirty or a spot of mud on their shoes. Go get a real job and work for your shit and stop begging for shit from mommy and daddy.

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