My husband's hair is getting thin. Male 🐟: Do you rock your hair as is or do something about it? Female 🐟: Did you discuss this with your SO and how did the conversation go?

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Your husband is likely aware of his thinning hair. If it bothers him or if he wants to do something about it, he might bring it up on his own. I don’t think you have any place or right to bring it up. You should love him no matter what. Also losing hair with age is perfectly normal and isn’t necessarily a “problem” that needs to be fixed.

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OP: Female here. If you bring it up, it’s like him bringing up an issue with the cellulite on your legs or your boobs not being as perky as they could be (unless you’re perfect). You can NEVER take it back. Let him bring it up.

If you want to generally talk about other guys, like an actor or celebrity and see how he reacts to the broad subject of hair loss, that’s maybe acceptable. Eg. “Bruce Willis looks great with no hair, but did you ever see him in his early days in ‘Moonlighting’ with Cybil Shepherd?”

That might open up the dialogue. Again, let him say it. Don’t segue into talking about his hair like you’ve planned it.

In the meantime, love him for who he is.

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Biotin shampoo + biotin chewables + finasteride + minoxidil. Been taking all of those every day for about 5 years now and my hair is a lot thicker than it used to be. Your husband should consider using those!

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Please don’t bring it up unless he does.

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Related: Your husband has noticed you putting on some extra Covid pounds. Just posted about it in another bowl. He sounds concerned, but most responses were that he was shallow and superficial for worrying about stuff like that and that it doesn’t change who you are inside and why he loves/married you.. FYI.

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Don’t underestimate a decent comb-over.

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Male here. While we can see if the front is receding, we can’t check the back of our heads. Even at the barber, the two-mirror angle doesn’t really show it. Only you can tell us if a donut hole is growing. Please tell us, we have thick skin, we can take it. Related: if I have a bat in the cave or food in my teeth, also tell me.

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I started shaving when they became thin. Why worry and why care? They were gonna go anyways

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My hair has been thinning for 3 years and I recently decided it’s not worth the stress so I shaved it all off. Best decision ever.

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I was trying the finasteride + minoxidil combo, but pills were giving me some serious side effects, so I had to stop. Just shave it aka Nike’s Just Do ItđŸ‘đŸ»

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Let your husband decide to shave it. It’s a very complicated experience for a guy losing his hair, but once you do it, it feels 1000x better

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What is there to discuss though? It’s not exactly preventable...

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27M here, I would say something to him. Hair loss is preventable to an extent but once it’s gone, it’s gone. There is a lot of shame with aging however, so just make sure he knows you are okay with him losing his hair regardless if he chooses to treat it or not. I just added the hair loss suppliments to my daily routine. Costs $25ish a month and maybe adds 30 seconds to my morning. It’s worth it to me.

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Maybe shame was the wrong word, more just meant that it’s an area that good intentions can still cause hurt feelings and to be mindful of that. You have to sometimes have hard conversations with your partner, but they shouldn’t doubt how you feel about them afterwards. I honestly would never have went to the doctor for hair loss until a buddy of mine talked about his experience and how easy it is. And would only have a similar conversation with my parter so that they could make their own decision on if they want to try to slow down the hair loss or not by explaining the options and trade offs of each.

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A reasonable question, who comes to the bowl first.....

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He’s definitely aware of it. I’ve started thinning up there and talked about it with my wife. I started Roman about a month ago and it’s started working. I also tried...and this sounds weird af but I’m trying to help your husband... my wife and I tried putting watered down monistat in our hair. It helped me a lot but I didn’t like putting it in my hair. It also helped her hair a lot.

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Yeah! â˜ș

Embrace it- isn’t that the beauty of being male?

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Is he still a good person or like Samson does he lose his goodness?

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Shaved my head and it was the best decision I’ve made.

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I’m M and started thinning around 27-28 years old. Shaved it and have been shaving it ever since. There is nothing as sad as a combover and as pointless as “hair restoration treatments”. Encourage him to accept his fate and don’t take it personally, it’s really, really not a big deal.

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Lol. I’ve discussed with my bf. “When it goes, I’ll just buzz it all”

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