Balding men are everywhere and they are highly aware that they are balding. Sometimes people feel a need to talk behind someone's back and say things like, "He's going bald." Yes, they know. They just may not choose to bring that fact to the forefront of conversation. Men are generally not happy about balding, and will stress over it more than they let on.

I have a friend who used to wake up in the morning, go the bathroom sink, and start running his hands through his hair. Now, he had a pretty thick head of hair. Every hair that fell out he would then drop in the sink. After this, he would look at himself in the mirror as if this morning would be the morning that it happened. In the five times he ran his fingers through his hair, he had wiped out every hair on his head. When he noticed that, indeed, he had some hair left, he would point out the hair in the sink saying, "Look how much hair that is! I'm joining the ranks of balding men."

Balding Men and the Ego

Now, I'm not positive, but I don't think many balding men would find this ritual strange. In fact, the ones I have talked to all had similar stories, if not the same. This is why it makes me laugh when men talk to me about not wanting to talk to each other about their hair loss products. Some men don't want to acknowledge that it's happening and therefore don't want advice from other men about what to do.

Male pattern baldness is genetic. It is inherited from someone in the family, and there are plenty of men who have it. I say it's better when a man embraces his little balding head. It is so much more unattractive to see someone doing the comb-over than someone who just buzzes it and lets it happen naturally. However, if is still a big issue, you can always look into treatments.