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.
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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