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This! I'd much prefer to have a full head of hair, but since that's not an option, I prefer to be bald rather than visibly balding 🤷
(And getting surgery for this would feel excessive. Not to mention the transplanted hair would just start balding too because of the same hormones that caused balding in the first place, so it's just putting off the inevitable.)
After a transplant you usually have to take meds. Done quite a bit of research...very low risk of side effects. Most common is dick problems but I'm loaded up with SSRIs and it still works so I doubt I would have that side effect. The prescription is not free and I think is like 60 bucks a month the last I looked.
If you are starting to bald, and don't want to, the easiest option is to get on meds to keep what you already have. If you get side effects then you are SOL i suppose.
You can also do pretty good by changing your diet. Food that promotes circulation. I can cite a youtuber that got his hairline back by eating a fuck ton of watermelon. And I eat a fuck ton of watermelon anyway, maybe that's why my hairline is still my childhood hairline at age 32. Dad was balding at 25. Poor diet and too many trucker hats.
Transplant costs like 10k CAD in Turkey. Not an insurmountable amount of money IMO. The worst part is your nasty looking head for like a year after the procedure. After the transplant, all that hair will fall out again, and then you have to wait for it to grow back. The process can be quite humiliating as you can imagine as guys are expected to man up and shave their heads, not pay to win like this.
I dunno, I really like having long hair, I take immense pride in having nicer hair than most ladies and I enjoy taking care of it and seeing how long it can grow. I always wondered what a shower feels like with a bald head though! I have never had short hair in my entire life.
Now I want to do some gatekeeping. If you want to play in a metal band on stage, you need long hair, or you have no business being there. Haha.