Before: https://imgur.com/a/gvWdY5M

I started going bald in high school, although I didn't know it until my first semester of university. It hit me like a ton of bricks, and I very quickly went through all the stages of grief.

I wish I had a place like this back then -- all I had were poorly written Livestrong articles telling me girls won't like me anymore. But deep down I knew I had to shave it all off. After all, bald is better than balding.

The last 10 years have gone by in the blink of an eye. I don't even think about hair anymore. No one can picture me with it. It was almost impossible to find a photo of me with hair because I either wore hats or I dodged cameras like the plague.

If you're consumed with your hair loss and stressed about what to do, you already KNOW what to do. You just have to do it. I'm far from model material yet here I am, fully comfortable in my own bald skin.

Rip off that bandaid so you can truly start to heal!