Hair loss?

[calmius]

I wonder whether comptuer geeks of different ages are at higher risk of hair loss early? Have you read anything about this? Does a lifestyle with little exercise in front of computer make some of us more likely to lose hair?
Could you share your situation? What is your age? and do have any hair loss?

I am 18 and I don't think I am losing any yet, but I worry.

[alexmacdonald]

i wish i was losing my hair, I shave it all off cos i hate having to deal with it

[Kubie]

alexmacdonald,

Wanna trade??

calmius,
Unless a person has a malady that affects hair growth, hair loss is inherited. My boys age 30 and 25, are losing their hair and they are athletes, work out and spend a small amount of time in front of a pc.

Carl

[HAL9000]

Well, turning 34 and I have a pretty full head of hair. Yea, it's receeding a bit at the front, but I don't think unusually so for 34 years old.

[lil Jimmie]

I'll be turning 35 this month and have a full head of hair. No receding hair lines, but I have had a few grey ones pop up.

[Redo40]

At 39 I still have a full head of hair, but like Hal it is receding just a little up front. It's all starting to turn gray tho.

[HAL9000]

Yea... forgot to mention that.... there is the odd grey one popping in. Not really noticable unless you look close, not that I'm concerned about it either.

[Kassia]

Originally posted by HAL9000 Well, turning 34 and I have a pretty full head of hair. Yea, it's receeding a bit at the front, but I don't think unusually so for 34 years old.

Wow! A 34 year old computer with hair!!

[ktkendall]

Calmius:
At your age, don't worry about it. Mostly it is an inherited trait anyways, the way I see it whatever will be, will be. Easy for me to say though, 41 with nice full, thick mane, getting gray though, which is my family trait. No baldies, but early grays in my family line. I have seen some men out there though that so obviously are wearing a toupee, that I am sure they would look better without it, but we live in such a self-conscious culture, with commercials pounding us that we have to be slim, tan, and nice hair to have a happy life, well don't fall for it. Peace, contentment, and joy are found within.

[calmius]

That I know for sure, I would neveer wear a toupe, even if I were bald. Instead I would just shave my head fully.

[HAL9000]

LOL... saw a show on TLC once about hair loss. The toupe is a joke to being with unless you want to chase it down on a windy day. On this show, Jason Alexander was on talking about how he had one of the toupes that tied down to your existing hair to keep it firmly in place. He said the problem with it, and why he stopped using it, was that every 3-6 weeks, you had to go in and get it "tightened down" because of your existing hair growth. Before they tightenen things up, they used a special tool to reach in under your toupe to scrape off the accumulated dead skin which he said there was quite a lot of because it had nowhere to go. He commented that it had a cheeze like consistancy which was pretty gross to be scraping off the top of your head which was the reason he quit using it.

They then went on to discuss hair transplants, or plugs as everyone likes to call them. Well, I have watched a lot of surgeries on TV, but for some reason, this disgusted me the most. They used a 5 bladed scaple to make 5 parallel cuts in the back of the patients neck about 4 to 5 inches long. They then snipped out these strips and then sewed the incision shut. Thes strips were then cut into 4mm long plugs. When they were ready, they then used a circular shaped scaple to make 4mm holes in the top of the patients head. For this particular surgery, 417 holes. The plugs were then simply inserted and excess blood blotted up. After all the holes are filled, they simply pack the top of the head and bandage it up. Finally, they said after the proceedure, that hair growth could take up to a YEAR to come through. I also can't help but think how itchy that ventilated head must become with all of the scabs forming over the top like that.

Well, given those solutions, if I go bald, so be it.

[SARGE]

I went to 'Nam with a full head (of hair). Started losing it upon return. Some say it was the combo of wearing a helmet for 13 months, being sweaty and dirty 24/7, high stress and malaria that caused the loss. All other males in the family have plenty. Tried a wig once but it blew off at a football game, embarrassing me and surprising my date.

[Carl Price]

As you age your hair will turn--Either gray or loose.

[Kassia]

Originally posted by SARGE Tried a wig once but it blew off at a football game, embarrassing me and surprising my date.

ROFL!! Man, Sarge....you're a riot!

[Lord Prism]

I'm starting to shed up front now at 33......YIKES!

Rogaine, anyone?

[GerBa]

Mine began to thin on top a few years back, at about 53 I guess, but I don't care.

[juppy]

Well, mine started receding up front a little at about 23 and at about 28 the "solar panel" on the top back started appearing. 29 now and hasn't progressed much further. I cheat though. I have hair about half way down my back so what grows out on top (in front of the bald spot) pretty much covers the thinning area. If it gets real noticeable I'll probably just do the shaved "peach fuzz" look. Guess I'm lucky though 'cause my mom tells me my grandpa was TOTALLY bald on top by the time he turned 19! Way I see it, I lasted 10 years longer already!

[old dog]

And all this time I thought it was my WIFE and KIDS that caused my hair to fall out. I'm 41 and have only been tinkering around with computers for about 4 years. The only hair loss they have caused is when I pull it out.

[LWHiway]

As some of us break or have broken the 1/2 century mark, it becomes obvious that somethings go south. Now I'm not one to complain, usually, but my hair on top is special to me. I decided a few years back that I'd let it grow and keep it long. And it is.

It has gotten thin in places and of course a recession of sorts took place over the years. But it's still here.

As with Sarges statement, I spent several years in Nam from 69 to 73. Lost non on top, nor did any on top turn grey, but my beard/mustache turned completely white while there. Go figure.

Now if I could just get rid of what took root on my shoulders. lol

[morriswindgate]

Hair loss is genetic or disease caused (including stress). Hair is not like a plant so taking herbal tablets or special shampoos are going to do anything significant. Rogaine and the other pharmacutiacals have some success as they increase blood flow to the scalp areas , but this is more on the side of disease caused loss. Another theroy is that as we tend to spend less and less time outside and more time in climate controlled buildings we are evolving away from needing hair on our bodies.
Hair color will and can change at anytime in your life, I once knew an old guy who was depth charged on a submarine during World War Two for almost 24 hours. He said, and had dated signed pictures, that after it was over he went to bed with black hair and woke up with the new growth snow white. And from that day on at 22 years old he had white hair.

[Blakhart]

My hairline looks the same at 37 as it did when I was 17. I figure if the Almighty wants me bald, I will be bald. It has plenty of gray tho. (Chicks dig gray)
If it gets to the monk point, no comb overs for me, shaved it is.
I have seen somewhere that the waxes in shampoo and other hair products may be a cause of hair loss as it plugs pores.
So, they sell shampoo to remove these waxes.
For $100.00

ps
A hairdresser exgirlfriend told me that losing 80 hairs a day is normal.