Anyone going bald yet?

I'm currently going with the shaved head and beard look and this was indeed at the back of my mind when I decided to get in better shape.

Similar story to you it got to the point where I realised that in EVERY photo the bald spot was massively visible and it was no longer just the odd unfortunate angle/lighting/generic excuse. Although this happened to me 10 years earlier than you. I've got black hair that is, ironically, extremely thick where it survives so it looked particularly bad. Shaving it off is one of the best decisions I ever made, there's a real "problem solved" feeling to it and it looks so much better. I generally shave it to the skin once a week and let it grow back to stubble.

It does seem like it snowballs and gets to the point where it goes fast. It's interesting now watching this play out amongst my other follicley challenged friends. I've got one who is going really thin and receding but insists his hair hasn't changed since he was 18.

Anyone dabbled in Finasteride (Propecia) by any chance? Or know anyone who has?

Not bald, but what hair I do have is turning grey at a really alarming rate now. I've been cutting my own hair for almost two years now and the next cut will be pretty damn short.

I'm getting the greys too, particularly around the sides- give it a few years and I'll have a full Paulie Walnuts going on.

I thought I had white paint on my hair a couple of weeks ago when I was painting a cupboard under the stairs at first. It was only when it failed to wash out that I realised just what it was. Up until now its been just the sides, now its all over the place. That was surprisingly upsetting to see. 

Quick tips:

1. Don't decide to trim your hair when tired
2. Double check the colour of the blade guard you're using... Light purple is not the same size as dark purple. Not by a long way.
3. Don't start with a confident sweep of the clippers from the front of your forehead to the back, (we're talking Phil Oakey) as there's no hiding that.

I'm now sporting my shortest haircut ever (number 2 all over). I can much more clearly see where I'm thinning and the grey bits are great as the look invisible against the skin.

I'm off to join the marines.

Thank God I'm still working from home.

Grades? Colour coding? Just the bare metal here.

39, receding, plus bald patch. I ask the hairdresser and girlfriend every time whether it's time to take it all off or not, and at some point soon they're going to say yes. I'm already getting it cut shorter than I used to, but I don't really want to start shaving it until I have to...

A little bit of regrowth at the back, I had a noticeable bald spot forming but that has recovered somewhat. Nothing around the temples but it's stopped receding there as far as I can tell.
I've never been particularly slim but I don't think the moobs are any worse than before.

You started taking it at exactly the right time, really. It's far less effective later in life.

For what it's worth, by the time you're over 40 the average man's testosterone levels are similar to a prepubertal child's, so if you're worried that it's somehow going to affect your big-balled alpha-ness with estrogen, soyboy tendencies, that ship has probably long since sailed.

I'm sorry dearie, your fuckboy days are over. How about a nice cup of tea instead?

This thread convinced me to do it. I had my head shaved to a grade 1 on Friday afternoon. I'm feeling far less self conscious about it than I thought I would.

I've had to go on conference calls this mornign already with my grade 2 all over. How people have laughed... at least it cheered them up on a rainy as hell Monday morning.

Ha FWIW I had the exact same mentality but nobody said a thing, even when I earnestly asked their opinion. Eventually shaved it off on my own then got nothing but compliments.