My Hair Loss – A J.P. true story

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                                  J.P. Nix

                My hair loss (or when I became hair challenged) began happening to me when I was in my mid 20’s.  Now in my 40’s, I look back on what once a great head of hair, now is just a head.  Not total scalp though, there are remnants of what I like to call the lost of a once great civilization.

            My hair used to be bright red and curly.  During the years, it turned lighter and lighter, and there started to be less and less of it as time passed.  It use to bother me, but  eventually I accepted it, and now I realize that my loss of hair was an opportunity for me to expand on reasons for it to friends and family members who haven’t seen me in a while.

           The “WOW! Factor and the “What happened?” questions.

            People say this to me all the time that haven’t seen me in the last decade or two.  They don’t know what to think or even to say.  Not that they mean to be rude, it just slips out.  And even though I can tell they try their best not to stare, their eyes look right at the forehead that they couldn’t see by the hairstyle I had in those days, now like the Energizer battery keeps going and going.             

            “God made a few perfect heads,” I tell them.  “And the rest he put hair on.”  Or another expression, “Actually this is not my scalp….I’m just trying it out for a friend.”  And yet another, “I got tired of combing it, so I had it surgically removed.” These quick wit expressions seem to put people at ease. 

            Does it bother me that I use to make my wife laugh by dropping my head in front of her face and shake my head saying, “The Beatle Treatment”, knowing those days are long past?  It use to, but now it takes less time to get ready in the morning and more time for other things.  I don’t have to dry, comb, or even style my hair. Get out of the shower and my head is good to go.  Now I just got to find something to do with all that time I’m saving.