“I Started Losing My Hair At 20” | Listen Up | ABC Science 

The sad reality is that - regardless of the comments supporting his bald look - the overwhelming number of woman would prefer Chris with hair rather than Chris without hair.

I started going bald at 18. My biggest annoyance is women always tell me only women should feel insecure. It pisses me off. I felt insecure, people have made me feel insecure in the past and told me I shouldn’t be. Now, 24 having a decent look being bald, I just wish people understood what men go through.

Lossing hair at early teenage is really sad looking at friend with full of hair 🙁

Hair is such an integral part of how we present of ourselves to the world. It must have been very tough going bald early.

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Being 21 and bald is just not right. I don’t care who says it is “natural”. Maybe it’s natural at 40, but not that young.

I’m happy for Chris. Hair loss is so personal.

Guys there is a document that contains steps to improve the volume of hair, I personally use that strategy and the results are phenomenal. It is also based on proven natural methods and anyone can make it at home. Document entitled "Hair loss? Stop or live with." if you can't find it, you can find it in the description of my profile.

As a woman who's been losing hair since age 12, my heart goes out to every single one of you with pattern hairloss irrespective of gender. Stay strong and if you want to, shave off that head. Nobody's gonna judge you

I started losing my hair at 16. Now at 24 Im basically almost completely bald and let me tell you, its ruined my life. My family and friends look at me and treat me differently, Its hard to look good or professional for a job interview looking young and old at the same time, its hard landing a second date with anyone. Im kind of at my breaking point and I cant afford to even fix it so its a sad, pathetic loop I get to live till I get lucky some day. Hopefully I can get lucky

I appreciate you Chris for not feeling overwhelmed to share your personal experience, this really made me comfortable to go with the hair toupee on my head, as I lost hope till today but now it's time to hope for the greatest time to come.

Stress level is up the roof right now for me ,i'm tired of hiding and covering my balding part with hair fibres ,i feel like i'm trap or something,i want to feel happy and free , i really want to shave it all off but the fear of being judge by others is overwhelming

Going through this right now at 20, been made fun of for my hair line for the past two or three years and it’s starting to get very hard on my mental health, I’m not sure how to be confident losing it so rapidly

Have you ever got what you considered a bad haircut when you were younger & dreaded going to school the next day? Well that’s what I consider going bald feels like except it’s even worse because it’s a progressively/permanently bad haircut that only gets worse over time.

I have been using this hair growth serum of reactivate littleexttrra for a really long time now and satisfied with the results I have got with it... it's my 3rd bottle now. This serum has to be applied to the scalp so it performs like magic to a dry scalp. I use it normally before bed time and just rub it well into my hair....and cleanse it the next morning. I have seen hair growth and improvement in my hairline.

I'm currently 23 and I started going bald at 21. Now, I always wear hats. I don't take off my hat wherever I go. But when I have to I feel like every one is looking at my head, sometimes I panicked and sweat, because I'm not use to taking off my hat anymore. There's really no hairstyle left for me except to completely shaved my head. I don't let my hair grow any longer since it's much more of an insecurity for me to have hair where the top part have less. Still, even with a shaved head I feel insecure. Sometimes when I talk to women and when they learn that I am balding they immediately ghost me after a day. Balding sucks.

So many bald people keep saying "Its just hair." in the comment. I can only imagine the previous 4 stages of grief theyve been through already before their current and final stage, "acceptance".

I've been wearing a hairpiece for a year and a half. It's life changing. I'm so happy I took the leap back then!

My girlfriend is with me through this.. I’m scared but I’m not scared of losing her. Im a young 23 year old man and there’s no way I should be showing signs of balding already.

I went through severe stress for 3-4 years which made me almost bald now at just 22. Now I'm working more on my stress , relaxing and relieving myself.Hope i gain my hair back😢

I’m at a point where I’ve undergone treatment and hair regrowth products, gets expensive, it’s given me some good results but I know it’s not sustainable forever. When the hair loss is unbeatable I’m prepared to go full bald, focus on my physique and keep a nice facial hair look. A lot of guys would be surprised at how well they could pull that off, and how many women find it a turn on, you just gotta own it

hairloss is very prominent in my family. my moms side all her brothers are bald (she has 7 brothers). i truly believe hereditary hair loss is triggered by stress. my older brother and youngest brother were easily prone to stress so they started balding in highschool. my other younger brother seemed to have escaped the gene at first, he had thick full head of hair. But he was always the carefree one who went out and partied, didn’t care that much about school/grades. However i noticed when he started taking on more responsibility like entering a trade school and apprenticeship he started have very slight receding but it honestly wasn’t noticeable. Then at 22/23 his girlfriend (now wife) got pregnant (unplanned but very welcomed by both families) and obviously stress levels shot up and his hair started receding noticeably fast in that year. Now he just chooses to go with a very short hair cut. His hair loss isn’t as bad as my other two brothers but it’s still noticeable. my oldest brother just shaves his head now, funny enough he is the only one in our family who can grow a full beard so he’s putting his efforts into that. My youngest is still trying different ways to get some regrowth. He is considering saving for a transplant. Keep in mind if u start any supplement or medication for hairloss you have to keep it up for life or the results will reverse and your hair will fall out again. As of right now the most popular, study backed supplement for hairloss is nutrafol. But it’s expensive, $90+ for 120 capsules is hard to sustain for life especially if you started losing hair young. I have a bit of hair thinning and receding but it is very mild and im experiencing a bit of regrowth using vegamours hair serum but idk how itll work for men with more severe hair loss. I’ve also heard rosemary and peppermint oil may help and its a more affordable option to give a go. If you are experiencing thinning and not complete balding yet there are dark powders and sprays that can mask bald spots pretty well. For patchy beards mascara does a good job filling in spots and thickening the look of the hair while looking natural. I understand hair loss is very tough to experience for men. people may say to just accept it or get over it but it can really take a shot at how you view yourself. Especially when you remember how you looked before the hair loss or when you see all the advertisements of men with full heads of hair. If you’ve read all this I wish you all the best with your hairloss journey and hope you manage to find peace and contentment wherever it takes you.

I started losing my hair when I was 16! By the end of high school I had very noticeably thinning hair. I started shaving my head in my early 20s and it definitely helped. The weird thing is I grow my hair longer now that I'm in my 40s because it actually suits my age lol. Luckily, I wasn't too emotionally/psychologically affected and was able to manage it ok.

Damn I started losing hair when I was only 13 or 14. I'm now 20 and my hair is leaving me a bunch at a time. I would wake up in the morning finding many strands of my hair in the head of my bed and It's very possible by the the time I turn 30, I will be completely hairless. It gives my a lot of trouble and insecurities so I'm not even confident enough to think about being attractive anymore.

Hair loss, bad teeth, short height. Perfect combo for me. At 33, never having a relationship, if someone thought it couldn't go worse, I lost my job during covid. I hv decided to not marry at all.

You are a very handsome guy Chris, with and without your hair, good luck to you

I am learning so much from watching your videos. Thank you so much for sharing this amazing source of information. This one is quite helpful.

I am bald, tried everything except transplant, And one day i realised, why to change for people ? Why not to love myself the way i am, I cant control what is going to happen but at least I can accept my look, Just love yourself man, nothing really matters, its just hair and there is nothing to be worried or ashamed of if you hair has lost. Be yourself, love yourself ❤

I really wish I was as brave as this guy. Wouldn't it be SO great if hair loss was covered by medical insurance or considered a disability? The damage it does to the performance of your life if you lose your hair early, long before you've had enough experience in life to become confident as an adult is incalculable. Sometimes some of us are late bloomers, feeling like we've escaped pupertry only just a few years after high school, and JUST after we've finally started being comfortable with our appearance and learned to consistently have good hygiene and find our "look" as an adult, our hair gets taken away and require another 10 years to get comfortable finding another new "look". I was in a band. I had a big blond curly head of hair till I was 20, then it just all disappeared and now the front of my hair is finer than a new born baby's.

Love this!

Started losing my hair at 16, 20 now and I’m in the same boat

Hair loss is such unbearable things I'm 25 and at a point where I'm saying screw it it won't come back so I'm shaving all bald sometimes wear a hat I started being used to this look but ...

This amygrow natural hair oil does help your hair grow if you stay consistent with using it. I have noticed significant growth in my hairline and other areas of my hair. I highly recommend this natural hair oil.

My hair started to fall off in 2019, but I didn't notice it until 2020, I noticed that my hair wasn't that fast to grow unlike before, and it was much shorter, then the pandemic struck, and life was hard, I wasn't able to finish my studies due to my family had no job that time, got depressed, and when I looked at myself in the mirror, I always hope that it's just a dream, it's just ugly, add these pimples and other stuff on my face due my country situated near the equator, I can only say it's ugly. I refuse to accept it, but days passed, and my father died adding another stress to my mind. I was able to gather the courage to enroll again, but I'm so embarrassed showing my head, when I showed it, everyone looked at me as if I'm a clown, they laugh, and they made fun of me, I wanted the strength to overcome this, I tried to ignore them, but I'm a very social person, I like interacting with people and to become like this, my confidence just went gone. Even til now, I'm trying to get stronger, perhaps some more years.

Honestly, the hair piece looks good. Wouldn't have known he was wearing one.

Damn I guess I should be lucky that at 38 I am just starting to be thinning. I had great hair for most of my young hood life that I never payed attention to it. I do feel sorry for guys in their early 20s to have to go through this. It really is traumatizing to see the first signs of hair loss.

You are really brave to open about that. I think a lot of men is fighting this and it should be more talked about their struggle.

I'm not an ugly person... if anything most people find me decently attractive, but I have a "big forehead" and extremely bad paranoia and anxiety. I noticed within a week of harassment and bullying from a group of people that I lost more hair in my temple areas.... I really want to find help because it's going to look awful...

This video was exactly what I needed to see, thank you

I’m 25 I had thyroid cancer last year and ever since my TSH hadn’t been right I’ve been losing a lot of hair I don’t know if that’s the reason but I have lots of bald patches and it’s getting too hard to cover it up now. I have no idea what to do I have tried so much 😞

What kind of cream did you use

Awe my honey bunch is going through this right now , its nice hearing this from another man so I know how to comfort him when feeling insecure 😮‍💨 He’s 23 so I know this must be hard but he’s handsome regardless.

When it happened to me it was a huge huge shock and I still have been in denial and not sure what to do. Easy to shave it, if that looks suits you but not for me. The fear/embarrassment of a hair piece falling out is very real for me and it controls your life.

Stress can speed up the process of balding but in and of itself is never the cause for baldness. People with no predisposition for balding may experience some hair loss with stress but their hair will always return.

My hair started losing just now at 17.. I notice it after my friend told me yesterday😭

I went bald but I look like a angry biker since I lost my hair so bald works for me. I feel for guys who cannot pull off the bald head look. The dating scene is not kind to guys going bald and cannot pull off the bald head look.

Those photos at 2:07 and 2:10 are awesome! He looks actually very handsome with all his hair shaved off and that style does not make him look old at all. I think it suits him really well but I'm happy he found the solution that makes him more confident and comfortable with himself.✨

My hair is showing early symotoms of hair loss, i have made some adjustment in my lifestyle (eating protein/eggs, and using oil etc.) and consilted a doctor, hopefully i can prevent going bald by my mid 20's

Lot of men fights with their careers,financial problem, excessive work loads but not with their hair..apply logic..hair will not help you to survive,your mental and physical and logical strength will help.. people have so many health problems like cancer,diabetes, cardiovascular problem,hernia, hepatitis etc etc for which they are dying..so many people around the world are physically challenged like no eyes,hands,legs,deaf..but what about the case you have no hair..will you die?will you not play football?will you not sleep in night?will you not solve physics, chemistry, mathematics?oh yeah I look very good with my beautiful haircut..does it mean hundred of rascal women will run behind you?hair is not important but brain is important.women love man with personality, character,self respect, pragmatism, resilience, compassion..I think everyone can understand what I am actually trying to say

People, specially women don’t care and don’t know hard is to deal with this, specially at young age, its easy to say “no bro, just accept it, it’s life” but no, we can be strong and confident in all areas, but when it comes to hair, it is like losing a big part of me, women should be more emphatic with young balding men, talking about women, I can’t imagine how a balding woman can feel, surely miserable But yes, I recently turned 20, I’m fighting like hell the hair loss, but meanwhile it makes me feel anxious, depressed and miserable…

i'm tired of having moni letrix (alopecia) i want to improve myself and step up, if i don't have this since i was baby i will never be insecure with my hair, i badly want to gain self confidence i just realized that having this at the very young age can hurt a lot and it ruins my life :

Where do i go for a hair piece like that in south florida? Affordable options please. because i know you have to keep going back to re-apply the glue

At 20? I wish I had that privelege. I started losing at 16 man. I'm 22 now.. Luckily it is slow, except I went to an immediate Norwood 2 at 16 and progressed to NW 2.5-3 now.

I'm 21 about to be 22 and im balding which kinda makes me feel low on confidence and everything - so i would to like to ask is hair transplanting is the best and only option or i should try slow remedial process of applying Hair growth oils or any sort of slow hair growing process ? please do answer me up .... pro tip :- if you are balding and you not high on confidence then you shouldn't date maybe this is the best thing possible one could do..

My hair started thinning within the last two years, and I am heading onto 25 years. I’ve been stressing and worrying. At first I didn’t mind but I’ve gotten more comments saying “you’re going bald” “woah you are balding” and it sure doesn’t help. Not sure how to go on from here…

What cream did u say u used that helped?

Full bald mode he looked dope af

I miss my hair! I used to be able to put my fringe in my mouth and chew on it! It started falling out when I was 24. I'd be washing my hair, and quite a few strands (ok, a lot) of hair would come off in my hand. Momentarily traumatised, I just thought, "Aw, it'll grow back!" FAIL

"It takes a lot of strength to put you hand up and ask for "help"."

You'll know who your friends are when you're going through tough times.

You are handsome with or without hair you're lucky!💗

I'm currently 21 and my hair is almost gone on top of my head. I started balding at the age of 17. For years I search for the 'cure', but for some reason, it didn't work. I battled both depression and hairloss, and survive many suicide attempt. I consider trying this hair system male toupee but the only establishment that operate this kind of business is a miles away and cost almost 80% of my yearly salary. Due to hopelessness, I decided to give up and shave it all down. Now, I feel free and I accepted myself, that I was not destined to have this grace. . I fought and still keep fighting.

Hi, when you transpirate in a exercice, there is any problem?

You're absolutely right about what's really important

My hair hair started losing at 16. Now I am 23 and almost bald.I lost all my confidence now 😢

I started going bald when I was 19. Now I'm 23 and I just shave bald, I'm half Africa and half Asian so when people ask I just say it's Tradition cuz I look like a Monk lol. The first time I went bald I was so insecure, but my Girlfriend kept on telling me that I look better like this and she nicknamed me as SMILEY EMOJI🙂. I love my girlfriend so much mahn haha. Well, other people had other reviews, I was made fun of in College class but hey I actually felt more confident cuz it's something I gotta learn to live with 🙂 So now I just shave every week or two, I actually feel good and more Confident just like the top G Andrew Tate😊

What are the best Hairpiece suppliers? Where to buy etc. Thanks my balding Kings!

I dont know if anybody needs to hear/see this but I started losing my hair somewhere around 21/22 years of age and I remember freaking out, worrying that if i didnt find the right person before i lost my hair, my looks and my confidence would be gone forever. I lived with that thought just about every day for 5 years, striking out in every attempt at a relationship along the way, until my balding had gotten to the point where i was embarrassed going to the hairdressers, so i took the plunge and shaved all my hair off. After the initial shock, i felt a huge sense of relief. Being bald is way less scary than going bald somehow. Not only that but three months after shaving my head, I met the most wonderful woman and we have been together now for 4 years. It is much easier and a hell of a lot more respectable to embrace your hair loss than it is to try to hide it. You will be okay!

I was feeling the same till I had a hair transplant surgery, despite being waiting for the result, I am so happy to take this step

I’m 22 and noticed left side of my hair line falling out. It never thinned. Idk if I’m going bald or not. I think mine is stress related. The left side of my hairline is the only place that my hair is falling out of and I really hope I’m not gonna lose it all

I feel your pain, i started losing my crowning glory at 24. I started shaving my head at 25 and hated every minute of it! I totally lost my confidence, interest in the way I looked, fashion and socialising. I went to every surgeon, "hair replacement" wig glued to your head etc and nothing ever seemed really convincing. Many companies ready to take your money tho. I just roll my eyes when people say "oh bald suits you" especially women. I say to them, shave your head and walk around for a month and see how you feel. It's the truth and I have lived it for 30 years!

He actually looks good bald, has olive skin complexion and a decent shaped head, unfortunately the entertainment industry hair is a huge deal, many actors still have hair as they're on medication or have transplants.

I started losing hair at 20 but when i realised how seriouse it was, i started taking natural treatment ( onion oil and ginger oil ) and it realy slowed down thé balding process now am 21 and my haïr is still there and have regrown even though thé bald sign is still there but i will continue the treatment .

Started balding since 17. I was the only one among my friends who was going bald, even the only one in my class full of boys (30 students). My confidence was low with my hair, but without it I hit the rock bottom. People made fun of me because of it and said it's personality that matters. I don't have good personality either. I can't grow a beard somehow, I can't shave it all off because of warts on my head. Now I'm 32, single, never been on a date, lost all my friends because they happily married and moved into other countries. I don't want to wear fake hair, I want my life back.

I am a boy and my age is 19 years but my height is so short only 5.1 foot and only my confidence was my thick hair but now i am loosing hair so fast. If i become bald what will be my confidence 😭😭😭. Sometimes i cry because of that bald head with that short height what should i do??? If I can't do nothing my love life will end before starting.

I'm 18 and my hair is extremely thin. I am really insecure about it

Started losing my hair at 16 close to 17, got over it because nice people don't care

I’m 24 and my hair is pretty rapidly leaving my head and I am only here because of how insecure and embarrassed I feel because of it. One thing that I’ve started to really notice is how little balding men are portrayed in movies etc. the protagonist or any main character is almost never bald or balding and when they are it’s only a huge as body builder like the rock who looks great regardless mostly because of how big he is. The villain however is fair game to be a bald man because being bald is evil I guess. I really don’t care about this kind of thing and I’m certainly not saying it should change but it just makes me feel like society as a whole really does care whether you have hair or not which makes me and many other men feel pretty insecure and judged for something that we really can’t control

My hair loss started at ئ19 years old I was a student back then I was diagnosed with pcos, now with depression and anxiety disorder just made it worse I don't even what to treat first! 😢💔

why is this in abc science?

I could've accepted going bald at 40. But why 18??? I had no hair in 20s.

Started losing my hair at 18, and 25 now up till now I am in this mess At times I feel like being bald is a bad luck to every victims Need help to ride of this, because it killing me slowly😢

Hair is an integral part of how alot of us present ourselves so losing it at all and especially in our early adulthood or some of us even younger can have a huge affect on confidence. I used to always wear a snapback hat or some head gear year round anyways so unless I’m at home or somewhere I shouldn’t be wearing a hat like swimming I’m not thinking about it

I’m balding at 17 and it’s weird because my dad isn’t bald and he’s 40 yrs old

Same here I am now 29 years old and my hairloss started when I was 20

im 18 and im losing my hair. i have thin blonde hair and my hairline is retreating at an alarming rat. please help me

So what is the name of the cream?

I started loosing hair at 19..now at 22 , if I don't style my hair in a certain way ,any one in front of me can see my scalp all the way to the middle portion of my head.

I'm 23 losing my hair and over weight to say it makes me sad is an understatement I can fix one but the other my father and mothers hair are both thin so I assumed I'm fucked honestly makes me wanna break down

I still have a lot of hair, but it's slowly going away. I think I slowed down the process with Rogaine and Fanestride. If it all goes away, I might just use a hair piece, until I can afford the surgery.

Is that Andrew Wilson from Transitions Hair doing his hair?

Wouldn't wish it on anyone. Started happening when I was 17

I had no idea that was a hairpiece. It looks real

I'm 23 and started at 18years of age going bald but mine is genetic frontal balding and I am trying to find ways to regrow I still have some of my hair on top but I want to regrow or do something

If my moms dad is bald and went bald early, but my dads dad and my dad himself are not and honestly don’t show much balding, what is more likely for me. I’m 18 and kind of have hair gone in my temples.

its not about having the courage to get help.. (loada crap really) its about having the money for the new hair. Elon musk pays for it, Jeff Bezos doesnt. and ABC, this was just an advert

This happen to me currently, having a hard time on getting a girlfriend... I wonder why, my sibling and my parents have a good hair even my uncle.. I wonder why this happen to me

I started losing hair at age 15 How do I stop it?

What's the cream you were using called

Are you supposed to declare paid promotions on RU-vid?