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Androgenic alopecia (or male pattern baldness) is common with men aged from as young as 16 years old upwards. However normal, it’s no less painful for the person. Androgenic alopecia (or male pattern baldness) is normally the first sign the individual is ageing, and can occur as soon as just 16 or 17 years old, giving rise to depression and social anxiety. While the public at large view being bald as perfectly normal, it’s not a joke when it’s you who is losing your hair.

Hair loss bears upon men in various ways. Some guys don’t suffer any kind of balding pattern til later on in life. Others experience the very common balding pattern : a gentle losing of hair at the temples. Other balding patterns include the crown area first of all, or a fast thinning out of all hair (except at the back).

If every man lost his hair at the same speed in the same pattern, it might be said that we wouldn’t find it so excruciating. However, it’s the variety of balding patterns and speed in which they happen (from man to man) which makes many individuals feel rather insecure and even victimised by nature if they suffer particularly badly from baldness.

Browsing the internet, you would think there’s a myriad of simplistic remedies to baldness. Just take X pills and/or apply Y spray topically, and you will prevent baldness. For sure, there are lotions that thicken the hair, and medications that can slow the balding process somewhat, but there’s no authoritative cure to hair loss - no magic supplement that individuals can use to absolutely guarantee regrowth of hair, or the prevention of baldness.

However, there are hairpieces men can wear to cover their baldness. These hair systems can be produced according to their hair colour and type of baldness. Even close-up it’s often tricky to see that there is indeed a toupee blended in. If wearing one makes you feel confident when you would have otherwise been anxious, then it’s better to wear one.