Greetings from Torrance

Hello Battle Against Bald readers,

My name is Torrance and I am 32 years old and I have been making films, commercials, and television shows for the last five years. In 2001, I played professional basketball in Vienna, Austria. I come from a very athletic family and have been fortunate enough to continue with my passion for athletics while I lived in Vancouver by playing in a football league, doing Bikram’s yoga, and a little lifting at the gym. If I truly assess my whole life the only thing really missing in the equation is my hair…I’ve been losing it for the last 10 years. There is really no other way to put it other than it sucks.

Hair loss sucked the young man right out from underneath me and made me feel like a much older man. Again, like most, I feel young, I think I look young but when I take my hat off, the person in the mirror appears much older than he is.

So, for the last ten years I have had the chance to experience every type of solution known to man. Yes, I dipped into every lotion, potion, and did the unthinkable and went to HAIR CLUB for MEN. At first, everything seemed great, you have a full head of hair, your confidence is back, you look good but then reality sets in; you have a toupee on. It’s not your hair, it’s a freaking rug glued to your head. The problems and the countless hours it takes to manage it were grueling to say the least.

I was so uptight about someone finding out that I had a toupee on; it became worse than being bald. Anyway, the toupee at first was a huge lift to my ego (I instantly had hair) but the draw back was that you can’t necessarily have a hat on for a year then all of sudden take your hat off and have a full head of hair and think your going to get away with it.

People noticed and the look was generally off. You're not supposed to have that much hair anyway, it doesn’t look natural. The everyday maintenance, the constant thought of what if someone could see right through to the scalp…it was a challenge and a lot of work, pressure, and stress. You can see my photos from my days using HAIR CLUB for MEN; this became another reason why I turned to Bosley.

The next step for me was to shave my head and accept the fact that I was going bald and there wasn’t anything I could do about it. One day I found my wife’s mascara! When you have thinning blond hair, with very short follicles you can darken those hairs and add a little more to those ones you can’t see with the naked eye and add the illusion of more thickness to your hair. This only works with a very short buzz, almost stubble like.

So, I did this for the last two years and found it to be less annoying but also very time consuming and let’s not forget the stained pillow covers, hats, etc. I had to spend countless hours in front of the mirror making sure everything was faded into the other hairs, not too dark but even in the back. It was very difficult to get this right, and if you smudge a little you have to start from scratch.

I spent countless hours trying to make people think I had hair in essence. Yes, something I have been trying to avoid for sometime. Please checkout my mascara photo. My heart never gave up looking for a true solution; I’ve always believed there would be another way to restore my hairline, so I came across Bosley.

 Since discovering I could re-grow my own hair with a simple surgery, I pondered the thought for months, did the research and made the decision to go for it, and so I did it. It's been nearly two months since my first Bosley procedure and I still feel great about the decision I’ve made. I still don’t have any hair, so nothing has changed but I am excited about the possibilities, only time will tell.

Bosely, in my opinion, is the most straightforward way to restore your own hair. I know I am not going to have the same hairline that I once had, but my hairline will be restored in a very natural way that is mine. I am not trying to look 18 years old again, but, rather, my real age of 32! The Bosley procedure has been proven to work and the hair definitely re-grows, that is a guarantee, now how much of it grows or how it looks all depends, so all I can do is tell you how I feel and wait to see the hair grow. I have decided to share my story with you, so I can better understand the process and we can see together when and how my hair grows in. It’s exciting for me because I have been wearing a hat every day since August 1st, 2006, that was the last time I shaved my head.

The best way to describe the procedure is that they take a portion of hair from the back of your head, spread each follicle apart and basically replant each hair individually into your scalp. They say after about three months the follicles will start to grow. It really is that easy, it takes at least one full day to recover and in my case a couple of days to feel like you again. But I feel great after almost a month and half I am genuinely excited about the positive impact Bosley will have on my life.

Every day is one more day closer to having some locks…we'll see.

Cheers,

Torrance

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[Bald Man]

Welcome to the blogosphere, Torrance!