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    Posted: August 02 2005 at 6:06pm
Hi there,

I'm a 20 year old male college student that has recently begun to notice the hairline sliding back a bit. It wouldn't be such a big deal for me if I wasn't so young and if my hair wasn't so "famous" among my friends. I began to notice it just after my decision to start growing out my hair. I had never had it long before so I was game to try it. When I did notice, I didn't know what to do, I told everyone I was gonna grow out my hair and so I was too embarrassed to get it cut again... Obviously though, I can't really wear the long hair now as it just makes it all the more apparent (except of course if I positioned the hair over the balding regions, effectively doing a combover, which isn't an option). So here's my point, I need advice for hairstyles/cuts to try or anything else you think might be helpful. The option of just shaving it all gone isn't so appealing (for now) because I still have SO much hair. I want to stretch out my time w/ it for as long as possible. If I shave it all off, 1. it'll be obvious that I'm balding (I've been wearing a lot of hats lately) and 2. I'd have to admit that fact to all my friends right now and I don't think I'm ready to do that... My wish is to hopefully find a hairstyle or something that lets me wear real, full hair for at least a little while longer as I allow myself more time to get used to it. Hopefully you can see that I know and understand it's gonna happen and that I should just embrace it... I just don't want to yet. In fact, I wouldn't even be troubled if this was happening in my late twenties rather than my very late teens (which is when I started to notice it).

Below are links to pictures that will show you where I'm coming from and what I have to work with.

These first 3 are w/o touching my hair at all, this is just how my hair sits:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b209/MrShow85/rest3.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b209/MrShow85/rest1.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b209/MrShow85/rest2.jpg (My slightly worse side)

These next 3 are w/ me having parted my hair at the point of recession to show how far back it goes and holding my hair straight back for the middle shot:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b209/MrShow85/pullback3. jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b209/MrShow85/pullback2. jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b209/MrShow85/pullback1. jpg

Hopefully you can help me out and gimme some good advice.

-Phillip

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seriously your best option is to cut it short. i mean keep the back or your hair short and the sides to. its the best way to mask receiding hairline. then you can try thickening shampoo. such as loreal for men thickening shampoo or something similar to that, to keep those other hairs fuller and thicker. a receiding hair line plus excess hair/long hair at the back of the head makes you look ugly.
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