I recently made the plunge.

I started at loosing my hair at 16. Tried products like rogain with Advanced Hair at 18. After 1 year I didn't see any regrowth. I began to accept that I would go bald. Stoped the program. Two to three years latter the hairloss had become worse. My hair looked like Phil Colllin's. I felt it drastically affected my appearance. The more hair I lost the more I felt like I was receving less looks from the opposite sex when I walked into a room. I didn't like what I looked at in the mirror. I had tried shaving my head when I was 17. I felt naked without hair on my head. Despite some women paying no attention to the shaved look, some even liked to rubbed their hands over my bald head :S. I initially didn't like the idea of wearing hair. Quite possibly because there is a stigma attached to it. The more I investigated it though, the more appealing it became. Videos and pictures on the internet showing before and after made me change my mind about wearing hair. I slapped a hairsystem on my head and it looked good. I feel alot better about my appearance. It's never going to be as good as having my own head of hair. But it's the closest I'll ever get. Life could be worse.

Even with my jude law comb over women still liked me. It was just yesterday that one of my female friends told me how much of a catch I was because of my personality. That still isn't enough for me, I want to look good too.

I hate to think of all the years I spent being depressed about it my hair. Feeling like I wasn't attractive. I even thought (still do) that people treated my differently because of the way I looked. Before I made the jump I talked to my friend. When we were younger she went on drugs to get rid of her achne. She is very attractive, in an anglina jolie way. Heads would turn when she walked into a room. Despite this she was still affected by her achne. She wouldn't wear certain clothes to avoid showing the achne on her back. I could see how much it affected her self-esteem, despite having many good-looking guys asking her out. After taking the drugs her achne cleared up and she was much more happy with the way she looked. And has more freedom with what she wears. People even comment on how nice her skin is now. When I was considering wearing hair I asked her about her experience (I felt it mirrored my experience with loosing hair). Then I told her what I planned to do and asked her opinion. She said if it's going to improve your self-esteem you should do it. I was lucky to have someone close to me that I could talk to about it. I'm glad I did it. I look younger and healthier. I feel as though I am able to make a better first impression when I meet people now.