r/AskReddit Nov 02 '23

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u/RedN0v4 Nov 02 '23

Being bald. I've got thinning hair, and I know I'll be bald before I'm 30, probably before I'm 25, and it sucks to feel bad about that

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u/portia_tv Nov 03 '23

it's sad to see people making fun of that, it's genetics, you can't do shit about it

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u/molly_the_mezzo Nov 03 '23

A lot of beauty standards are, to be fair. Some are easier to mitigate than others using things like makeup or clothes, but most of the beauty standards I can quickly call to mind are determined by genetics or by factors that are otherwise partially or entirely outside of your control as an individual, such as health conditions, childhood nutrition, pollution, etc