Sunday, September 13, 2009

How to Face the Hair Loss Battle?

Majority of men have been unwittingly drafted into the hair loss battle that no one ever wants to be a part of. The true power of the foe has yet to be sensed. When the infantries are slowly falling one by one and the division being blasted into oblivion, and every private seems to be on a retreat - that is when you will feel the menacing power of the enemy tagged as 'hair loss.'
Many men are defeated due to such formidable opponent and it is but proper that you have to know how to face the hair loss battle. Starting from denial to acceptance and everything in between, all of these will be outlined to better prepare you:

Denial Stage

You are in your early thirties lavishing the single life and its perks. You grasp a professional life where your name is synonymous with respect dabbed with a bit of fear. The ladies want you and the men want to be you. Life is sweet! Then all of a sudden your assistant tells you that you have a bald spot. What the heck is she talking about?! With a smile, you try to brush off the issue. The next day you wear a cap on your way to the office. Then you suddenly positioned your chair against the wall telling everyone that you had the urge to remodel and do "feng shui". These solutions are temporary, it will not take long before your friends and associates figure out what you have, or what you don't have under that cap.

Anger Stage

Your sweet life is now officially pungent. Hair loss is no longer a figment of your imagination. The days spent in the shower staring blankly on the clogged drain and the mornings exhausted picking out strands of hair atop of your pillow---this is your reality. Damn parents! Cursed genetics! To hell with your the bloody lineage! Why is this happening? Gramps still has his hair and he is already 76. This stinks and you are angry!

Bargaining Stage

When desperation sinks in, people do crazy things. And you are not an exception. You now prefer to watch home TV shopping rather than the ball game. Fed up with your situation, you consider making a pact with the medical staff, the TV dude, even the owner of the corner store wig. Comb-over is a welcomed option but this is the best time to try out different hair loss medications and hair growth creams.

Depression Stage

You hear snickering and mocking as you passed by the babbling teenagers with your balding head. But you do not feel a thing. No reaction came out, just nothing.

Acceptance Stage

All efforts proved fruitless. You are ready to wave your white flag. As you stare at your mirror, reality gingerly pats you at the back. And with that reality check, you instructed your trusty barber to shave it off. As the razor touches your head, you kept thinking, this is the proverbial end. Like the adage goes, if you can't beat them, join them. You have valiantly fought against hair loss, the mighty opponent.

The author is an online medical researcher and webmaster of Hair Loss Treatments. You may be interested in: DHT and Hair Loss and "Treatment for Thinning Hair and Massive Hair Loss".

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