Let me preface this by saying I’m American so I’m not sure of the cultural differences. Since male pattern baldness is pretty common I suspect this advice is pretty universal. But as a man who’s been bald since his mid 20s, first thing I’d do is shave my head to see if you like the look. You might be ok with it.

Here’s the thing. Unless you have Elon Musk kind of money, there isn’t much you’ll be able to do other than prolong the inevitable. Do not go down the route of hair plugs, weaves, wigs, toupees, etc. You’ll always be that guy that people talk about with the hair issues. Kinda like those people that go too far with the plastic surgery. I had an old roommate who was very self conscious of being bald and did the hair club for men thing where they glue some sort of mat to your head and “sew” hair into it. It never looked right. Especially when he woke up in the morning. Your best bet as far as your looks are to control the things you can do something about. Work out, keep well groomed, take care of your teeth, learn to dress well, read something besides social media posts, start cool hobbies.

If I learned anything in my 50+ years, the hair issues are so not important. I shave my head every morning so I never have to pay for a haircut, I never have a bad hair day, and when my wife runs her fingernails lightly over my head, it’s sends electric shocks down my spine. There are downsides, however. Sunburns really suck. I’m constantly putting little nicks in my head because the hair acts like a very good protective layer.

Long story short, since there isn’t a cure yet your best bet is learn to accept it.

Hope this helps.

Since no one else mentioned it. Stress, stress can lead to both of these things. Premature greying and hair loss. Thankfully the hair loss is usually temporary if it is caused by stress, although the greying is not.

So if you lead a pretty stressful life. Find some ways to relax and try to get enough sleep.

I started losing hair in clumps in my mid to late 20’s. Then had a major life event that was the peak of that stressful point in my life and now a little over a year later most of my hair has grown back. The grey is all still there, but my hair grew back.

Genetics are often the cause of hair loss, but don’t discount stress.

Honestly I think if you lean into the grey hairs it can totally work for you. I understand wanting to stop the balding (assuming it’s actually happening and not just you imagining things – see a dermatologist), but just because you have some grey hairs doesn’t mean you’ll look like an old man in a couple years. You can always dye it if you want to, but as someone who’s had some grey in my hair since my 20s, it’s really not going to age you that much on its own, and some people will think it looks great.

I’ve done endless hours of research through studies and whatever else I could find, as well as visits to dermatologists. The following four things reversed my hair loss:

• Finasteride (this is the biggest one). I take it topically, but you can take it orally too. Prevents balding from getting worse.
• Minoxidil
• Derma Roller, 1.5mm. “Wounding”. This may be placebo, but it hasn’t made things worse.
• Seeing a good dermatologist to get a proper diagnosis and proper prescriptions for the first two things.

I know this probably isn’t what you want to hear, so sorry if it’s unhelpful, but why not just shave it off? I think the majority of men look good with a shaved head. I don’t mean like bic or razer shaved just a No.1 or even no guard on a set of clippers. I did this for a while when working as an asbestos surveyor (having to get into all sorts of gross places) and really liked it. It’s fantastic for low maintenance.

Try out finasteride. I’m 24 and just started doing it, because I’ve realized that my crown are is balding as well. Finasteride basically blocks the DHT hormones which produce this entire balding phenomenon.

It has some listed side effects but their chances are really low, so just atleast try it out, and if yiu get side effect, then you just stop. Do bear in mind that finasteride needs a lot of time to see some improvements

I can’t give the advice you probably want on the greys, but I’ve been there. I was fully grey by 30. It has probably been a net positive, honestly. I never fought it with dyes or anything.

Head and Shoulders as my every day shampoo works fine for me as my hair got thinner, but when I was younger there was a shampoo in Canada called Nizoral which was ketoconazole based apparently and it worked very well.

There are a lot of prescription treatments for balding these days that seem to work. I have never personally used them, but I know people who have, and they seemed to stop going bald.

As others have also mentioned, Minoxidil can be effective at slowing or stopping balding, with daily application, though it isn’t immediate (may take a couple of weeks to start showing results). It can vary a lot from person to person, so give it a shot for a couple of months before deciding whether to commit or not.