Buy a hat; buy several.

A. Hides the bald spot.
B. Prevents the bald spot from sunburning.

unfortunately, shaving isn’t for everyone. I think my husband would look horrible with a shaved head.

so since that wasn’t an option, he started taking propecia in his mid-late twenties and it helped slow it down a lot. (of course, you need to take it before it all falls out) but would recommend it if you want to at least keep the status quo. (he’s since stopped, now that we’re over 30, and it hasn’t all fallen out all at once or anything, in case anyone is wondering).

as for hair cut, I agree to keep it short. my husband played guitar in high school, in the 80’s, so of course he had long hair. it was a part of who he was in a way. so when it came time to cut it short, he was really nervous that short hair would make the thinning more pronounced. it did the opposite. he has fine thin hair on top and it looks really good considering. it’s probably about 1.5 inches on the very top when he gets it cut — long enough to cover just enough. looking back, he agrees that long hair looked worse.

*nervously hoists stein* Hear, hear!

Amen to keeping it short (I’ll be bald on top in six years), and I’ll add: this means regular haircuts. Every two weeks is about right. Add them to the calendar, and make them a must-do. Because when you’re balding, if you let it go, people think you’re in denial, besides that it just looks *bad.* I’d rather be bald than even have one person think I’m kidding myself about losing my manhood one strand at a time.

I like to give a speech when I get my haircut at a new place (although I think I’m now set on the young Uzbeki fellow who cuts my hair). It goes, “I know I am going bald. This is not a problem for me. Please do not attempt to hide the balding. Just cut my hair normally. Do not leave it longer on top to give the appearance of fullness. Thank you.”

Problem is, a couple of months ago the Polish woman who cut my hair didn’t understand a lick of English. I came out of there looking like Slobo Milosevic. That’s what I get: I went to that salon in hopes of getting the extraordinarily beautiful stylist again, but she was out, so I said what the hell, and ended up with a “stylist” whose face was squinched up like and had a stance like she usually spent her days with her hands on a plow and with her eyes on a horse’s ass.

I bought a pair of barber clippers and a few cutting guards (various sizes.) It takes me about 10 minutes to buzz my head every couple of weeks. Quick, painless, and I don’t own a brush or comb anymore.

Keep it as short as possible, which will minimize the difference between all that acreage of skin and your hair. Learn to accept that your hair will recede, because there is not a damn thing you can do about it, as a rule.

This is my cure for male pattern baldness

Gotta say, I’m not losing much of my hair, although I expect it is receding a little, but the close-shorn thing is so blissful, I can’t imagine why people put up with long hair. One wonman told me it takes half an hour to dry her (admittedly gorgeous) hair. That means that each year, she spends over a week merely drying her hair. That is just insane to me.

I’ve been told I look younger with more hair, which might appeal to me in, say, twenty years, but by then my hair will be gray enough that it won’t fool anyone.

Shave it. Buzzcut. You’ll like the low maintenance and such. Chicks dig it too.

Male pattern balding. I’ve arrived at the point where I will need to either do something to counteract it, learn to accept it, or perhaps, a little of both. Any suggestions for products/states of mind/haircuts with dignity that have worked for you?