I'm going bald...someone come up with a solution!

My father is bald and my grandfather's head looks like a bowling ball, so from an early age I figured my fate was sealed. That's why I wasn't too surprised when my hairline started receding at 18, or when the top of my head started thinning at 20.

I figured that maybe if I grew my hair out it wouldn't look as bad. So last year I grew it out for about 7 months and it looked absolutely horrible. I seriously looked like a 40 year old balding guy. So, faced with the choice of a lifetime of rogaine and hair thickening shampoo or keeping my hair really, really short, I chose the latter. I buzz my hair with a #2 every week (Friday for those of you who are really interested) and no one can really tell. As it gets worse, I'll start buzzing it with a #1. Once the hair is all the way out, I'll just shave it bald. That's waaaaay easier than fighting a losing battle.

Why am I telling you this? Because a few weeks ago I got an email from a friend over at Respond2 telling me that they picked up Bosley Hair Restoration as a client and that they were doing a blog entitled Battle Against the Bald, where they chronicle someone going through a hair restoration procedure.

Since then the whole thing has been on my mind. The blog gives an interesting look at the whole balding process. I now know much more about balding and my immanent fate than I did a few weeks back, although I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not.

The Bosley thing looks OK to me, but I don't think I'd bother...too much of a process for me when I can just shave it off. But it amazes me that modern science can't figure out an cheap and effective way to permanently grow hair (on your head) or permanently remove hair (from the rest of your body, but primarily the face).

If one of you crazy young entrepreneurs can figure those things out I'll be your first customer :)