When a Man Loves a Hair Weave

I caught sight of the top of my head the other day, and groaned. I never had any thought that I'd struggle with male pattern baldness, even though my mom's dad went with the comb-over. But I barely remember him, and every guy on my dad's side has a great head of hair. I guess I never believed the "mom's side of the family" thing. How could I, when my dad and his dad had the exact same head of hair? I was destined for the same, wasn't I? Plus, I've always had such thick hair, it literally piles up on my head as it grows long, so I never thought I had anything to worry about.

But now I see some definite thinning, if I take the bird's eye view. This scares me to death, though it shouldn't. Bald men are all the rage these days, and as long as I don't try to cling desperately to the illusion of hair, as long as I go Terry Quinn or Bruce Willis or Patrick Stewart with it, I'll be okay. 

Maybe I'm just being paranoid. And if I do start to lose, what's the ideal? Do I want the bald spot on top? The receding Eddie Munster affect? Or the "Hey, where did I get all this forehead?" thingy? My gut says, go with the bald spot, but I'm not sure we get a choice in the matter.

Sorry, no picture of my head for you, I'm too vain to show what it looks like. Only you really tall guys get to see.

Comments

[Darnell Lambd]

I don't think you have a choice regarding the bald spot in the back or receding from the front. Your hair is going to do what it is going to do regardless of what you want. My suggestion would be, once you go bald, grow your hair long in the back with a ZZ Top beard to match.

[Micah J.L.]

Mine started going at age 27. Now I'm about a quarter of the way to resembling Robert Duvall. I didn't believe it at first. It's like cancer -- something that only happens to other people. I thought I was going through a phase and it would quickly grow back. It didn't. Rather than worry about it or join some of my balding friends who will try every hair-growth product they see on TV, I've chosen not to acknowledge it at all. When I start to think about trying something I just think to myself that it would be very odd to see John Piper joining the Hair Club for Men.