A Snydecast inspired poll about baldness

Listening to the Ken P D Snydecast, they talked about hair club for men/flap surgery in a very comical way. Basically, they implant tissue expanders (aka balloons) under your "hair-bearing" scalp and then have you walk around with an inflated head like something out of Alien Nation until your skin stretches, at which point they take the extra skin off the hair bearing portion, cut off your bald scalp, then transplant the hair bearing scalp where you were bald.

My question is whether it's better to be bald and proud or to walk around with an inflated head only to magically have hair grow back a couple months later?

I've found that cutting my hair really short helps hide baldness.

Scalp Flap Surgery

Scalp flap surgery relocates an entire strip of bald resistant scalp intact from the side of the head to the frontal hairline area. This is a five step procedure.

First an incision is made along the upper margin of the intended flap. Then an expansion balloon is placed under the scalp tissue and the wound is sutured closed. For the next three or four weeks saline solution is injected into the balloon to stretch the tissue.

Second, when the tissue expansion is accomplished the patient returns for a delay procedure. An incision is made which becomes the upper two thirds of the flaps and then is sutured back in place to induce collateral circulation.

Third, about a week later a similar procedure is performed on the lower third of the flap and it is elevated and then sutured back in place.

The fourth step of this relocation process is for a strip of hair-bearing scalp near the bald area to be surgically excised from the side of the head. However, a small area of about 2 inches at one end is left attached to the scalp to allow continued blood flow in to that piece of skin and hair. This results in a bulge of tissue or a “dog ear” at the base of the flap due to the twisting of the tissue to its new location at the front of the hairline.

Fifth about one week later, the dog ear is removed.

This procedure produces dramatic and dense results in the hairline area. However, there are numerous drawbacks to this procedure.

The “down side” of Scalp Flap Surgeries

One of the more obvious problems with scalp flaps is that the angle of the hair at the hairline is reversed. Normally a person’s hair will angle forward. But after a flap procedure a patient’s hair will angle backwards. This produces an unnatural appearance.

In addition, the patient will have an abrupt wall of hair for a hairline. If his hair continues to thin behind this thick wall of hair the patient will have an even more unnatural appearance.

Typically micrografts are placed in front of this thick strip of hair to soften its abrupt appearance and to hide the scar. However, this often does not remedy the odd direction of the hair and often does not sufficiently mask the scar.

An even worse scenario can result if the flap tissues dies, thus producing a very unsightly scar There have also been occasions when the donor scar has stretched leaving a wide 1.5 to 2 inch scar along the side of the head where the flap was removed.

Based on what that said, you could end up looking like a cabbage patch doll if it doesn't take.

just wash your hair with shampoo once a week, or use a dht shampoo.(if you already experincing balding its too late)

my dad and my grandfather have baldness. im 21 with a full head of hair and hair all the down to my temples, no receding

Originally posted by Colossus-Big C
just wash your hair with shampoo once a week, or use a dht shampoo.(if you already experincing balding its too late)

my dad and my grandfather have baldness. im 21 with a full head of hair and hair all the down to my temples, no receding

Hair loss is genetic. Get ready... 😄

Originally posted by Colossus-Big C
just wash your hair with shampoo once a week, or use a dht shampoo.(if you already experincing balding its too late)

my dad and my grandfather have baldness. im 21 with a full head of hair and hair all the down to my temples, no receding

now thats an amazing story. I'm sure you've escaped it for sure!

*facepalm*

I'd just go bald.

Well, I didn't mean other alternatives or personal advice (the chances of me going bald are slim to none). I'm just asking if given the choice, if you'd rather be bald or walk around with an inflated head for a couple of months and then have kind of weird looking hair that rides up towards the back like an ill-fitting toilet rug.

Originally posted by Ordo
now thats an amazing story. I'm sure you've escaped it for sure!

*facepalm*

Definitely. He's 21, his hair is safe.

Originally posted by Colossus-Big C
just wash your hair with shampoo once a week, or use a dht shampoo.(if you already experincing balding its too late)

my dad and my grandfather have baldness. im 21 with a full head of hair and hair all the down to my temples, no receding

Originally posted by Darth Jello
Baldness is like color blindness, it comes from your mom's side, dude.

Oh sweet, my mom isn't bald at all.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Oh sweet, my mom isn't bald at all.

Maybe we should discuss when and whether it would be advantageous to have an inflatable head?

Originally posted by Darth Jello
Listening to the Ken P D Snydecast, they talked about hair club for men/flap surgery in a very comical way. Basically, they implant tissue expanders (aka balloons) under your "hair-bearing" scalp and then have you walk around with an inflated head like something out of Alien Nation until your skin stretches, at which point they take the extra skin off the hair bearing portion, cut off your bald scalp, then transplant the hair bearing scalp where you were bald.

My question is whether it's better to be bald and proud or to walk around with an inflated head only to magically have hair grow back a couple months later?

Fell like an ass saying this, as I've lucked out so far and have a full head of hair, while my two brothers started balding in their late 20's, but balding men should just buzz or shave their heads, looks far better than all these "fixes".

Originally posted by Robtard
Fell like an ass saying this, as I've lucked out so far and have a full head of hair, while my two brothers started balding in their late 20's, but balding men should just buzz or shave their heads, looks far better than all these "fixes".

I'd choose baldness then.

Edit: What happens if one pops?

Originally posted by Robtard
I'd choose baldness then.

Edit: What happens if one pops?

LoL aboutConan O'brian, I can picture it in my mind.

Originally posted by Robtard
LoL aboutConan O'brian, I can picture it in my mind.

Being bald is in..🙂