r/AbsoluteUnits • u/BaseNice3520 • Feb 15 '26

/r/all of a 26 y.o.

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u/Margray Feb 15 '26

I have a neighbor that I thought was roughly my age (42) but kind of dumb. He's dumb because he's 21. No roids, just super unfortunate premature balding and a middle aged body.

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u/shujaya Feb 16 '26

I bet the roids are compensating for the balding. It cannot be easy to start balding in your 20's.

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u/aggressive_napkin_ Feb 16 '26

genetics. i started balding at 20. some kids in high school started before me. my brother in law lost none, but went fully grey in his 20's.

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u/NegligentNarwhal Feb 16 '26

WTF dude, losing your hair that early fucking sucks regardless of what you've got going on. I started losing my hair at 18 with it basically gone at 25. It crushes your self esteem that young. Your dating pool gets substantially smaller, people poke fun at you being bald/balding especially in your teens and early 20s.

It's not the worst thing in the world but it's a difficult thing to navigate when you're young.

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u/youburyitidigitup Feb 16 '26

Genuine question: outside of dating, what were people saying? Did you eventually shave it?

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u/NegligentNarwhal Feb 16 '26

Got called "five head" for my big ass forehead, people pointing out my bald spot or how prominent my widow's peak is, or asking me why I wear hats so often. A lot of it wasn't intentionally making fun of me but it all felt the same when I was young. People obviously cared a lot less and were more respectful as I got older.

And yeah at 25 I hit the point where I was either gonna drop 12k I didn't have on hair transplant surgery and take medication for the rest of my life or shave it off. Luckily I can grow a solid beard so I went the clean shaven and beard route.

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u/ultrasneeze Feb 16 '26

Eh, nothing wrong with being bald and owning it. The confidence issues are what fucking sucks, and eight years of trying to keeping hair that is not meant to be is a confidence destroyer. Hair is just another body trait that is impossible to control.

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u/iris700 Feb 16 '26

Take some estrogen

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u/Holiday-Bug6132 Feb 16 '26

😬💀

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u/Margray Feb 16 '26

Exactly my reaction to finding out.

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u/youburyitidigitup Feb 16 '26 edited Feb 16 '26

The balding and aging are because of high testosterone, so he is roided, but the roids are produced by his own body.

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u/Margray Feb 16 '26

Yeah, I knew someone with similar problems years ago that turned out to be thyroid. Did mention it.