Wasn’t ready for a large reveal like this so closely after the “I’ve been sitting the whole time video”

I don't think I've ever seen someone that looks so great bald, but so awful with hair as fantano

honestly as a 400 year old cryptkeeper with only a skull i've been mourning the loss of my hair for centuries but this video really helped me thanks anthony

i’m a girl but this was unironically very nice and comforting to hear

Hey hair guy I don’t know if you are reading this but your hair didn’t make you more social, you did that by yourself and your hair was just the catalyst. What I mean is you were always that person with or without the hair and at the end the day you will still be the person if you choose to be, whether your bald or not you can still just be you

So Anthony’s advice was if you’re going bald, make sure you have a nicely shaped head 🗒 📝 🙏

honestly I unironically love this video, as a 17 year old kid that fears that he's going bald ( the same shit that was happening to the guy on the subreddit is what's happening to me) the vid kinda gave me a bit of confidence, I can fully give myself over to bald gang

Melon realizing that he's bald is like America realizing that their dream will never happen.

Man first he's sitting down now he's bald

"It's not the hair on your head, it's the hair on you heart." Damn Melon, that's fucking deep.

You now can fully complete your transformation into jpegmafia very proud of you melon!

Yes you're bald but you're also a great dad and that's all that matters

You can’t convince me that you’re not wearing a bald cap

Honestly as a 23 year old who’s hairline just started receding a couple months ago I can’t tell you how much this eases my mind. Thanks Anthony!

I've always been bald ass proud since I was 18. I understand this guys fears but it really had nothing to do with his damn hair. This dude needs to understand he's confident and charming and there isn't an excuse.

First we learn that he was sitting and now that he is bald, whats next, he actually listens to music?

Bro actin like Rapunzel fr 💀

very sorry for your loss, mr fanta sando

I wasn't expecting the entire video to be a 10 minute love letter to the shape of Northernlion's head but honestly I'm here for it.

Can we make this a regular thing where people ask Fantano for advice on every day things?

As someone who is also 20 and starting to see my hairline receding a little bit, got it from my grandpa and dad, this was weirdly comforting. I’m rocking long length hair now and it doesn’t look bad, just a little thin on the top but I dread the day that it will become so thinned that I’ll have to shave it off. I’m just gonna enjoy it while I can because I know in 10 years, I’m gonna be bald but it is what it is 🤷🏻‍♂️ life is short.

The melon has finally accepted his true form.

I feel like your strategy right now is just to get a video out for every possible googleable question about you

i was expecting to lose my hair somewhere down the road, but not at age 17 like i am now. it’s been a difficult time, and i am horrified. this video and the comments of people going through a similar struggle have really helped me accept it, and realize it’s not as bad as i was expecting. i am so thankful for this.

Asking this community for advice might be the worst thing you can possibly do towards solving your issue

I went bald in my early twenties. One piece of advice: accept it as quickly as possible. Don’t hold onto the hair you have and pretend it isn’t leaving. Don’t wear hats to hide it. Just transition and embrace it and focus all your energy on being the fun extrovert you are, this time without hair

I’m coming up on 30. Hairs thinning and getting a bald spot where it’s falling out. Always had long hair. Nothing I can change about it now and my SO and friends don’t care if I’m going to be bald eventually sooner than later. The people who care about you or like your personality don’t care if you’re bald or not.

Man, I had dope long hair for 18 years and it fell out practically overnight from alopecia. It's fine to take a minute to mourn your image as a part of your identity but the way we look, the jobs we work, band we play in ect. are just surface level stuff and hardly define who we are as people. Just cuz your hair is thinning doesn't mean the rest of you can't be T H I C C

His hair didn’t make people like him, his confidence did. Likely, he felt more of a sense of self possession and personal identity which made him feel more charismatic and confident. In my experience the way you hold yourself has more to do with people’s image of you than the way you dress.

One thing I learn in life: if someone judges you on something you have little control over, they're one less thing to care about and you're better off knowing that from the get go.

BALD! There is nothing wrong with being bald. I started going bald around 23, and now at 25, I've started shaving it off completely. I prefer it. I've never liked my hair anyway. One less thing to worry about.

I had curly hair with random patches where hair didn’t grow, so it was no big deal to me when I went bald in my early 20’s and I had to shave my head completely. That being said, I find it unfair that the lost hair returned on my back.

“I’m bald”-local bald man

A few thing: 1) here’s my advice, well more like a personal prospective: I was in the same exact situation, long hair, many people complimented me over it, even the period from when I started to griw my hair to when I cut them is Identical. I saw it thinning and basically saw it as an opportunity to reinvent myself, I could wait till my hair falls all out or I could say that I enjoyed it while it lasted but it was time to move to other styles (I could experiment, I could have haircuts that are excusive to short hair, I could have a mohawk like the one Trevis has in Taxi driver, I could make my hair look like that one “blue sky with clouds” jacket that Prince wore in the Raspberry berret music video), I had fun with with long hair (you know, I had some parts dyed, I don’t like dreadlocks but those were an option, braids, many different bun styles) and now it was time to have fun with short hair since I dried up all the possible long-hair-do’s, basically enjoy it while you have them cause (as you should know, just look at older people in books of just around you) they won’t stay there forever 2) Don’t stress over it, stress makes the situation worse for you (not just hair, in general), take it easy 3) Maybe it’s a coping mechanism but since I cut my hair I live way better, it’s no secret that shorter hair is easier to upkeep, doesn’t cause such a heat on your head, it’s less cumbersome, doesn’t require much electricity to dry, it’s just easier at the cost of maybe not looking as good, but from a pragmatic stand point, short hair is amazing

"nicely shaped head" we get it Anthony, you're into phrenology.

That was genuinely so nice, I do hope the guy feels better about the issue now.

I don't know if this guy is reading these comments, but I just want you to know I was EXACTLY like you. I had long beautiful jetblack italian boy wavy hair and at 17 it started to thin. I was in school and some kid poked my bald spot mockingly and said "wow you're 17 and balding". My heart sank. I went home and looked in the mirror and I noticed it was actually thinning. My identity was so closely tied to my hair, and I felt so powerless that all I could do is weep. I'd get anxiety attacks while styling my hair and I'd have to make sure my scalp wasn't showing every morning. Then at 19, 2 years later, i was just exhausted hiding my baldness. I decided I had enough. I made the step to buzz it down. I felt so relieved that I didn't have to worry about it anymore. Yes, the people I knew were shocked at first but then they get over it after like 10 minutes. I was still the same me that my friends and family loved with or without hair.

This Sunday marked 2 years since I started shaving my head, and oh my god I actually feel more confident in my appearance than at any point previously. Best decision I ever made, and I wish I had done it much earlier

I don't think i've heard a less phoned-in response to a question

I've been a confident bald man since 2019, and I can say I wouldn't grow my hair back. Hair was a source of insecurity for me. I was always touching it, trying to make it look right, during the last years I was trying to hide my bald spot. But being bald takes all that burden off. Also, it kind of made me more attractive because of my confidence boost I believe. And most important of all, it's confortable AF. For every person ashamed of getting bald, don't be afraid, it's amazing once you go through with it. All or nothing, no middle ground.

As a 22 year old who had really long hair and has just shaved his head a couple weeks ago because I have a receding hairline, it's not that bad being a skin head. I feel as if I don't hid behind my hair and can actually be even more social and I feel more confident because my hair isn't a part of who I am. I'm the same guy. I just don't looks as cool when I headband. I approve this message 👍👍

Yo. As someone who was diagnosed with hair loss at 19, finasteride really helps. I was scared of side effects and avoided it for two years. It was a slow crawl and I definitely lost some ground (in my hairline). Now, at 23, after two years of finasteride the hair looks pretty similar to how it does in high school. If you care about your hair start finasteride ASAP. I had no side effects. It really works wonders, but mostly just stops hair loss rather than regrows. Anthony had an incredibly compassionate response. Hair loss really is such a self-esteem killer and makes me very sympathetic to what women have gone through for years (extreme unfair appearance-based scrutiny). No one should be body shamed!

I honestly think that embracing your baldness just signals that you are more confident, literally only good changes happened in ny life when i shaved my head at 19

4:32 jesus you couldn’t warn me first?

Bald Melon sounds like the name of an unreleased Logic track.

Honestly as a dude also in his 20s who has noticed his hair thinning, hearing you speaking openly about this and in such a positive way has really boosted my confidence and made me feel more comfortable with the idea that I will in fact be bald someday, and probably sooner than later. So thanks man.

This was a very touching video and as someone who’s going through the exact same thing, I felt every word in that post. It’s not an easy experience but learning to adjust, or make the preparations for treatments is part of the process. Whatever route you go in “fixing yourself” is up to you but don’t build your identity on external factors.

I'm actually in a somewhat similar situation to the guy here, and I'm glad I'm not the only one who's been looking to Fantano as someone who can assuage my fears of going bald. I care a lot about my sense of style and my haircut is a huge part of it. I've been getting more and more thin at the bald spot area of my head for a few years and it's been making it hard to make a fade look good. I'm having to keep my hair longer than I'd like to and eventually I'll have to cut it all off, probably within a few years. Anthony still manages to pull off a great sense of style with no hair and it's helping me come to accept that reality. I just hope my head is shaped right lol

The pancake hair phase erasure is maddening. Thank you Austin for the brief screen time. Gave me flashbacks.

never hold on to hair to long. most balding guys look better shaved than fighting nature. from a dude that's into guys

I'm 25 and just started seeing my hair spot be more visible and was just recently going through as similar situation, it's really nice to hear fellow people going through it and a statement from Anthony about it

Thanks for this Anthony! I’ve been in a similar place like this reddit guy for a while now and I am finally going for the buzz tomorrow, though i’ve come to terms with it now I was very sad a few years ago when I started noticing my hair thinning. This was even more encouraging and i’m excited for this next chapter in my life, and as you said, it’s just hair at the end of the day. Thank you!

Anthony, you aren't bald. You just shaved your head for the video. We all know you have hair.

I think it’s actually great that he asked somebody who is so positive instead of finding weird male hierarchy circles that feed into his insecurities

I was having a very similar experience to the guy in the video, down to our ages, interests, and panic at feeling like my hair was the main component for my social growth. Only recently however did I realize that no matter how many ways I try to brush it or hide it the reality is my hair was just getting thinner and while no one else paid attention to it, the feeling of losing my hair made me feel powerless and desperate. I mainly attribute this to the fear of not being in control of yourself and having that agency stripped from you. But it was only once I accepted that my hair didn’t define me or invalidate my experiences that I decided to just get rid of it. While time may pass and my hair may never grow back the same it doesn’t change your value as a person or make you ugly. It’s just the reality of life that some things will always fall outside of our control, and that’s ok. It’s only once we embrace that truth that we gain the freedom to let go and the ability to change. The next day after I realized this I said “fuck it” and shaved my head into a Mohawk. Now I don’t even think about it. Thank you melon.

that is spot on about having a nice headshape for a bald head. started losing mine in my early 20s, and i'm 38 now; my lumpy ass head could not pull it off so i fought to save it. nizoral shampoo soak every shower, propecia for a few years until it started causing unwanted side effects downstairs, minoxidil every night on the scalp and recently switched to the minoxidil+finasteride topical shit. i never had a great head of hair to begin with but i seem to have been able to hold off any additional loss since

I totally get this. I’m not losing my hair yet but I am quite often paranoid about it, and there are times when I become completely convinced that I’ve found a change in my hairline or a bald spot and proceed to several hours of moping and crying. However, I always come back to the conclusion that my hair doesn’t actually matter. Everyone who I want in my life will still be there once my hair is gone. There are plenty of people I admire who have lost their hair, so there is no reason to believe I’ll become worthless when I lose mine. It really does feel like a the end of me sometimes, but it’s just a matter of letting go of that delusion and holding onto reality: nothing I have accomplished was ever a result of my hair alone.

“I’m bald” Ah yes and water is wet, the sky is blue, and the floor is made out of floor.

Very similar situation here as well. I cut off my 30 inches of hair a few weeks ago and donated it. Even though I felt like I lost a part of myself, I took comfort in the fact that hanging on and fuckin around with minoxidil would only cause more stress, and that all the change I felt my hair brought to my life is still a part of me that can never be seperated.

Anthony’s advice about this was exactly what I was thinking. I am a guy with long hair too, and if it was taken away from me I would be sad but not crushed necessarily. I became a lot more outgoing with the hair but I don’t think I would change much. I think the difference between me and this guy is that I credit myself in making these strides and not the hair. My dad has hair loss and I know it’s coming so I’m enjoying it while I have it. This is a great conversation to have. He’s taking care of his fans

I'm sorry to hear of this news.. even sorrier to see it 🥺

Fantano da 🐐 no 🧢

This hit close to home as I started balding pretty rapidly when I was around the age of 23 and one thing I gotta say is that the earlier you own the baldness the better. Really the only time when it damaged my confidence was when I was trying to hold on to the remaining hair I had, even though it looked bad, I was always self conscious about whether or not people notice the products I used, I was berating myself for spending way too much money on it, just a nightmare. Once I shaved my head and adopted the new "bald" persona, everything changed for the better. And girls fucking love it too. It is what it is, and people really don't care, if you own it and rock it, you can make it work the same way for you like growing hair in the first place did. Good luck man.

I can attest to this. I started getting a bald spot in high school when I had long hair. I kept it through college, but would get so self conscious about how people would think of a 20 year old who's already balding. I fully shaved my head after graduating college and I honestly feel way more confident this way. I miss having hair, but it's nice to not worry about it. Plus I save so much money by not having to go to a barber.

Man, good vibes and good advice. I love it.

Nuts even

Man this kinda stuff is why I love melon. He took the time to count each individual strand of hair for us. That’s so nice.

i have long nice hair too, and even when it was short, i’ve always really loved my hair. i’ve also been worried i was balding in my early 20’s and i think my hairline has thinned and receded a little but now i’m 30 and my hair’s still stuck around. more than i thought it would

I used to have this problem but it turns out I had OCD so I just obsessed with the thought of going bald. In reality the majority of men are bald and they’re still successful financially and sexually. The panic from balding is nothing but an intrusive thought.

You wouldnt have these confidence issues if you had a ridge wallet OP. Besides, who needs a head of hair when you have a ridge wallet full of cash?

I always had very curly hairs and i used to get irritated by it because i always wanted straight hairs. I was around 19 when i started losing my hair a lot and that was one of the worse phase as in college days you are very conscious about how you look. I started losing confidence and was afraid to meet new people specially girls because duhh. I started having bald patches when i reached 21-22 and went do my Post Graduation. I was very conscious as i wont have any old friend of mine and moving to a new city with new people with a semi bald head is never ideal but lucky for me i met some of the best people there and made some of the closest friend i ever had and many of them were girls. The whole point is that good people will always treat for you are and not on based of how you look and if they do that, they aren't good and you are better off without them. I am 24 and working and still somewhat conscious about my baldness mainly because i am still hesitant to ask out a girl but thats the only negative to be honest. Aside that nothing feels different, i am working and earning decent, i have amazing friends, i am somewhat happy. At last thing i would like to quote Tyrion Lannister -"Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.” Have a great day!

truly harrowing insight from Hair_Loss_9000

Damn, I wish I'd seen this post, I could've helped this dude out. Growing up, I always knew the day was gonna come when I'd have to go bald. I had uncles on both sides of the family who just couldn't accept that their time with hair was long since over and we all pitied them, I never wanted to be that way. I had a rule in place: when my hairline got too bad, I'd shave it, no regrets. In March of 2020, my dad asked me to send him a selfie because he hadn't seen me in a while. So, I took a selfie and noticed my hair looked like it was painted on. That was it, it took two months to come to terms with but I eventually did.

Dude fucking Jean Luc Picard was bald and my dude was a G.

I remember the Supersonic Home review Ant Knee, I will never forget.

fucking beautifully said melon

Honestly props to Anthony for making this video, you’re a good dude

the melon lore thickens

we need more fantano advice column type videos

So much melon lore lately. I’m thrilled.

Melon is a term of endearment, he will learn to accept it 🍈

I think Ol' Fant is forgetting what it's like being 18-22 here. You latch onto wherever you can and make that a thing. For example: I play pool as well as Anthony is bald, and as such that is my personality. As a result I am now married and am a father. I wrote this comment before the video ended. Do you, honey boo. Someone will love you, you just gotta find that person.

‘A Sincere Enquiry to Anthony Fantano about Coping with going Bald’ is my favourite album by The 1975

i’ve appreciated your transparency lately. it’s refreshing.

Anthony please, chanting "FOLLICLES FOLLICLES FOLLICLES" for 11 minutes straight explains nothing about baldness

As a guy in his mid 20s with very long hair, I would absolutely be crushed if I started to notice serious receding or thinning. I know it’s vanity but it’s such a big part of who I am (that is, how I perceive myself) that I cannot imagine myself without it. Just like this person describes, I take great care of it, spend just as long if not longer than a lot of women on it. I love the way it blows in the wind. Yeah I like how people generally positively react to it, but my main motive is for myself. People like me for plenty of other reasons, but I would personally not like the way I looked or felt regardless of outside influences. So yeah I’d be the same dude but I’d always feel like something was missing. I don’t know, call me dramatic, but it is what it is.

I’m 25 and I have really long, thick hair which hasn’t shown any signs of going away, no receeding or thinning at all. Who knows maybe that will come later in my 30’s but placing too much value on something like that probably isn’t a very good idea. It’s mostly genetics anyways.

I need another channel with Fantano reviewing hair.

You’re bald?! How could you do this us? 😔

Cap

The part where he told Austin not to cut it out made me laugh so hard 😂 thanks melon

This channel is getting banger after banger video right now holy

This video really shows that you don’t know anything about being bald. I didn’t even need to watch it to know that.

he wants to be peggy so bad 🤦🏾‍♂️

7:53 Johnny Sins popping up made me lose it

07:54 . HOLD TF UP.

My hairline started receding when I was 15, shaved my hair by the time I was 19 and honestly, it is great. I'm 24 now and just throw my personality out there using my clothes and by just being myself, that's what really matters. Love to the bald kings out there

Being bald da 🐐 no 🧢

Wow. This was surprisingly sincere and heartfelt advice, and it made me smile. Baldthony Dadtano is a real solid dude ❤️

I'm going through the same thing as this young gentleman, but I'm not stressing about it. I see the patterns, I see the thinning. But that's life. My hairline is still in the same spot it was when I was in middle school, so it's not too crazy, but I know that if it ever gets so bad that a combover starts looking to be an option, go bald. Nobody is going to stop being friends with you because you're bald, and if they do, they weren't your friends to begin with. You can still be an extrovert, you can still go out and party. Nobody cares. It's not that deep. I promise you if you let that fear consume you, you will be doing more harm to yourself and your social life than anybody else outside of you will. Don't be sad when it's over, be glad that it happened.