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I also felt better after accepting my baldness.

Patrick Stewart can be an inspiration in this regard: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pXOK-ZVJMaU

Patrick Stewart touched on the topic of going bald in an excerpt from an interview on the BBC (Parkinson) [1]. It's pretty funny.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXOK-ZVJMaU

Patrick Stewart has this awesome interview about his baldness. I'm not balding yet but it has inspired me enough that I plan to shave it all off when I eventually start.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXOK-ZVJMaU

Transcribe for those who can't watch videos, from https://wearebald.com/6740-2/

Even though Stewart lost his hair at an early age, he didn’t shave it bald for a number of years. He relates the hilarious story of the first time he went fully bald, “There was a man who was at drama school with me, Hungarian, he was older than the rest of us, he ran his own theater in Budapest. He was a man of strong personality and a good loyal friend to me. He and his wife invited me for lunch one day, the two of them got to the end of their lunch and I thought they were going to make a coffee or something.

Then all of a sudden, I was grabbed from behind by George, this big powerful man, and I thought he was playing some kind of game, so I was laughing and joking but then his wife appeared in front of me with a pair of scissors and I knew in an instant what she was going to do, and I began to scream and shout, and now it was serious. I was fighting to keep my appearance, then she lifted my hair and cut it all off.

Then George came around, knelt down in front of me and said, now you be yourself – no more hiding! And he was right because I used to walk constantly embarrassed, I couldn’t stand-up properly. It was not only inhibiting as a person, but it was hopeless if you were an actor, of course.”

⬐ jodrellblank

Yes, but Patrick Stewart obeys Reddit's "rules 1 and 2".

1) be attractive, 2) don't be unattractive.

Or, to put it another way: https://extrafabulouscomics.com/comic/180/

⬐ SmellyGeekBoy

As someone who's seen a few slightly chubby bald guys transformed into buff bald guys over the years just by hitting the gym a few times a week and eating better, I'd wager that the "be attractive" part isn't as far out of reach as some people think.

⬐ SenHeng

Like Jeff Bezos?

https://www.menshealth.com/trending-news/a19525957/amazon-je...

⬐ slowmotiony

TRT really is like buying a second youth

⬐ SenHeng

Google tells me that’s for Tinnitus Retraining Therapy.

Not sure that’s right.

⬐ kawsper

Testosterone Replacement Therapy?

⬐ skohan

Joe Rogan (51 years old) also speaks openly about being on TRT. I've always been the type of person who'd rather leave things to nature, to the point where I'll tough out an illness with rest and fluids where others will reach for antibiotics, but sometimes I think about trying out TRT when I get older. I mean, aging gracefully is all fine and good, but if you had the option to have the speed and power of a 25 year old into your 50's and 60's, why wouldn't you consider it?

⬐ domsnar

This is a transformation almost everyone can make with enough commitment. On top of that, guys really underestimate how much they can change in themselves to look more confident and attractive E.g. Good posture, proper hygiene, trimming eyebrows and facial hair to look sharper, fitting clothes, etc etc

Rather than obsessing over everything you could lose, set your mind focus on what you can improve and the results will follow.

⬐ jdietrich

Relevant quote from the video:

The reporter asked Gene Roddenberry "It doesn't make any sense, you've got a bald actor playing this part. Surely by the 24th century they would have found a cure for male-pattern baldness?" and Gene Roddenberry said "No, by the 24th century no-one will care."

⬐ arvinsim

I get what you mean but also from another perspective: If one can switch from being bald to not being bald and vice versa in a snap, definitely no one would care.

⬐ SenHeng

Not initially, anyway.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20532689

⬐ nosianu

In the Czechoslovakian 1980s TV series Návstevníci ("The Visitors" [0] - available dubbed in other languages) - the people in the future all are bald. They all use wigs though, different ones. I guess the show decided on having wigs so that the actors didn't all have to shave and only the first few initial parts of the series, those that play in the future (the rest is in 1984), had to be played with only a few seconds of baldness. Otherwise they would probably have gone for complete baldness as the haircut of the future.

By the way, that is one of the best TV series ever. Time travel involved but that really doesn't matter, only once to set the stage, not used to fix plot issues or to have an excuse not to care about the logic of the storyline. Absolutely captivating, like all those Czechoslovakian series from that era. Without any violence at all. If there is an English version, dubbed or subtitles, do watch it. It takes off slowly, it really only starts "for real" after the 3rd part or so, after they arrive in 1984.

By the way, the title music still sounds pretty good: https://youtu.be/_1MlEqeXD-8

[0] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165019/

⬐ onemoresoop

I used to watch this show when I was a kid too. It was fascinaniting to see food cook itself that came out of a toothpastelike tube or the time travel devices. It was a great show, I’ll try to watch it again and maybe even appreciate it more. Thanks for sharing

Just turned 26, been loosing hair since middle school (16-17), a few more years and I'll be rockin' a Balmer look :)

How I cope with it? I've accepted the situation a long time ago and I don't let it get to me anymore (it did when I was younger tho, had huge self-confidence problems because of it).

Hair isn't all that important, just be a good person... :)

Maybe watch the patrick stewart interview, maybe it'll help a bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXOK-ZVJMaU ;)

According to Patrick Stewart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXOK-ZVJMaU), a reporter once told Gene Roddenberry that having a bald captain wasn't believable. By the 24th century they will have cured baldness. Roddenberry's responded that, by the 24th century, no one will care.

⬐ jonnathanson

Love that response.

I also would have accepted the nerdier answer, which is that in the ST universe, humanity went through a whole genetic engineering craze (in the '90s!) that resulted in Khan and a lot of other madness. So we kind of avoided it after that, and just went au naturel with our gene pool.

The franchise actually did make a few attempts to circle back on this topic, usually as a convenient way of explaining why humans in the 24th century aren't all perfectly fit, hyperintelligent, post-Singularity badasses. Genetic engineering had become a taboo. This was highlighted in a DS9 episode, where Julian Bashir was hiding the fact that his parents GE'd his intelligence, coordination, etc. It was illegal, and he was worried he'd be kicked out of Starfleet.

There's a great interview with Patrick Stewart where he talks about his experience acclimating to baldness, I highly recommend it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXOK-ZVJMaU