Are you already balding at 20 or close to it? If so, you’re in for a wild ride. By age 20, at least one-fifth of men will experience significant hair loss (1). Young males on Reddit share familiar stories to experience a sense of understanding from like-minded peers. When younger, they considered their hair to be their best feature. And after losing it to male pattern baldness, they would compare themselves unfavorably to other men with a full head of stylishly cut hair. All they could think about was what others would think of their appearance. Some, however, found ways to cope with their situation.
Read on to see if you can relate, and let us know if you do in the comments.
8 Reddit Users On What Happens When You’re Balding at 20
1. He was pushed to find the nearest razor.
23 here, and I just shaved mine down to a number 2, and I will cut it down even shorter soon.
There’s nothing worse than looking like you’re balding. If you are in that category, then don’t delay. Go to the bathroom and shave it off to a number 1 or 2, or shave all of it off.
If you’re still hesitant, maybe go to a barber and ask them what they think. They’ll know more about your head shape and how you’ll probably look.
—/u/Atolla2
2. He tried to compensate for his baldness in other areas.
Yup, it’s pushed me to work on what I can control. I’ve started losing fat and getting fit for the first time. Plus, the constant worrying about styling my hair and how it looked is gone, so I don’t worry about my hair anymore. It helped my confidence problems.
3. He noticed that women his age likely see baldness as a dealbreaker.
I started receding at 15 and am now completely bald at 20. Girls around my age are more likely to find a shaved head a dealbreaker than women who are 25+. I still get checked out a fair amount, and no one tries to s*** test me. I think a huge reason being bald doesn’t affect me tremendously is that I [sic] have brown skin and am 6’4, so I feel like a light-skinned Terry Crews.
—/u/ANONYMOUS
3. He got a nasty sunburn.
I was 23 when I buzzed it all off.
I’ve noticed my hair loss since I was 20 but never thought about it. Then one day, someone took a picture of our class in a lecture theatre, and I was pretty shocked when I saw how thin the back of my head had become. I buzzed it off the following weekend and regretted it only once the following summer when I got the worst sunburn of my life.
—/u/CheeseFighter
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4. A potential wife rejected him.
Got rejected from an arranged marriage due to a lack of hair.
—/u/lund_chooso_mera
Wearing a cap or beanie can help hide signs of hair loss.
5. He decided to embrace hats.
Yeah, I started balding at about 20 and am now 27. Start warming up to the beautiful world of hats.
—/u/thehellezell
6. He didn’t look right.
I look funny with a shaved head, and I’m not too fond of the world.
It might not be so bad if I were buff, but I also don’t build muscle well.
—/u/ANONYMOUS
7. He paid attention to hair in other areas.
I’m 23, and my crown is getting seriously thin. I’ve been trying minoxidil for a while, but it isn’t working. I’m going to get it cut short and grow a mustache. A thick red mustache.
—/u/lesmalan
8. He became concerned about his “weird-shaped head.”
I’m 19, and the hair at the front of my head is visibly thin, and I’ve got a receded hairline. It’s been this way for a couple of years now, so I don’t know if it’s natural or if I’m getting early male-pattern baldness. My grandfather and uncle on my dad’s side both suffer from it, but my dad doesn’t. Hopefully, I can keep my hair for a while longer because I have a weird-shaped head, and baldness wouldn’t suit me at all.
—/u/ANONYMOUS
Many people who are already balding at 20 may be curious about the minimum age for a hair transplant. Most hair transplant clinics reject patients under the age of 25. This is to avoid depletion of the donor sources as hair loss continues to evolve. The Dr. UGraft method has no minimum age for a hair transplant because its FUE technology can extract follicles from any part of the body — usually from the beard, chest, nape of the neck, and arms.
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Article Update:
With new advances in FUE Hair Transplant, such as the new Dr.UGraft Zeus FUE System, even balding patients can now find hope that FUE Hair Transplant is still possible. Even in the most severe levels of Norwood Baldness levels patients, Dr. Umar has been able to successfully transplant body hair to the head with excellent results, as shown in this YouTube Video Below:
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- Pemberton, Max. “Can Going Bald Lead to Depression?” Patient.info, 8 Mar. 2019,
