# What would you do if you were going bald? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 5, 2012, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-going-bald/627276 "2012-07-05T05:39:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![the\_apples\_fell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@the\_apples\_fell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_apples_fell)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-going-bald/627276/1 "2012-07-05T05:39:37Z")
Now that there are many options for balding people, that is, other than the simple let yourself go bald. Not all methods work perfectly but what would you do, assuming right now you were to start to go bald? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-going-bald/627276/2 "2012-07-05T05:52:38Z")
Just what I’m doing now. Let nature take it’s course. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Burro\_Buenmozo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@El\_Burro\_Buenmozo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Burro_Buenmozo)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-going-bald/627276/3 "2012-07-05T06:01:58Z")
I voted other, because I would shave my remaining hair off. I’m done with half measures! ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-going-bald/627276/4 "2012-07-05T06:15:44Z")
Nothing, except wear a hat to keep my head warm. Oh, I don’t _like_ that I’m going bald; but I don’t care enough to either shave my head _or_ use Rogaine or whatnot. As a rule the defining contributing factor of my “look” can be summed up as “entropy”; what takes the least effort? ---
**Author:** ![the\_apples\_fell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@the\_apples\_fell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_apples_fell)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-going-bald/627276/5 "2012-07-05T06:24:11Z")
Hair restoration surgery is most effective after some hair has been lost but not all of it, so after the surgery one would need to take Propecia pills or use Rogaine in order to maintain the remainder of their hair that has not fallen out. Some men probably decide that it’s not worth it to fight what is naturally occurring, and I think this is reflected in the poll results in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![gatorslap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gatorslap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gatorslap)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-going-bald/627276/6 "2012-07-05T07:03:03Z")
I’m already starting to, and I really don’t mind. I don’t think baldness is unattractive. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-going-bald/627276/7 "2012-07-05T07:41:52Z")
buy some hats/scarves/bandanas ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-going-bald/627276/8 "2012-07-05T07:50:07Z")
Meh. I buzz it pretty short and wear a hat. I’m not too happy about it, but I don’t get the sense that there are any methods of restoration that are reliable enough to risk the expense of trying them. I’m hoping technology comes up with a surer (or cheap and quick) solution soon. ---
**Author:** ![ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-going-bald/627276/9 "2012-07-05T07:53:07Z")
I am (slowly) going bald but as I keep my hair buzzed short or shaved completely most of the year it doesn’t bother me. I 'd actually like to go bald quicker so I no longer have to deal with my hair. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-going-bald/627276/10 "2012-07-05T07:59:22Z")
The average age on these boards is easily old enough that this poll should have a past tense option. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-going-bald/627276/11 "2012-07-05T08:13:46Z")
Okay, here I am giving TMI about myself again, but I chose hair restoration surgery, and have had it. In fact, I had my second procedure this past November. Ask anything you like, or I could start an “Ask the…” thread. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-going-bald/627276/12 "2012-07-05T09:56:57Z")
The one and only (so far) vote for Propecia pills here. I’ve been taking them for five or six years after starting to lose small clumps of hair and general MPB, which runs in the family. I’ve not noticed any side effects except less hair loss. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-going-bald/627276/13 "2012-07-05T10:36:16Z")
If I were a man going bald, I would get a really good haircut at an upscale salon. Like Elliot in SVU. They had a serious stylist on set… ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-going-bald/627276/14 "2012-07-05T10:52:09Z")
> [@tapu](#): > > If I were a man going bald, I would get a really good haircut at an upscale salon. Like Elliot in SVU. They had a serious stylist on set… Right. Literally “nothing” isn’t a good option for balding men. We need to go to a stylist or barber who knows how to cut for balding hair. Over the years my hair cut has gotten shorter and shorter as I’ve gone from just barely thinning to quite thin on top with the hairline receded a lot. It really annoys me when people say I’d look better with longer hair or they liked longer hair on me. I don’t really _like_ a buzz cut, but I’m trying to avoid the George Costanza look. I’m doing the best I can here. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-going-bald/627276/15 "2012-07-05T10:55:00Z")
With a good haircut, it’s a good look. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-going-bald/627276/16 "2012-07-05T11:09:54Z")
I am going bald. I’m doing nothing till it get really noticeable, them I’m getting a buzz cut. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-going-bald/627276/17 "2012-07-05T11:45:23Z")
Started going bald 15 years ago. Now I just shave it all off. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-going-bald/627276/18 "2012-07-05T11:58:30Z")
Other: keep it short and let nature otherwise take its course (this is a “what _did_ you”, rather than _would_) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-going-bald/627276/19 "2012-07-05T12:13:06Z")
> [@El\_Burro\_Buenmozo](#): > > I voted other, because I would shave my remaining hair off. I’m done with half measures! That’s what I did as well when my hair began thinning. I had no “bald spot”, but I figured I’d head it off at the pass. ---
**Author:** ![VanillaGorilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@VanillaGorilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanillaGorilla)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-going-bald/627276/20 "2012-07-05T12:20:48Z")
I voted “other”. I too would shave all the remaining hair off. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-going-bald/627276.md?page=2)