I was at CVS a couple of days ago to pick up my prescriptions. I did something that I never thought I would ever do. I happened to go down the aisle with the hair care products. It was sort of a random thing. But, as I was walking, something caught my eye. That is right, it was the Rogaine stuff.

I will admit that for the longest time, it really started to bother me when I first started sporting the tonsure. You know, that unique haircut where they shave off that little spot in the back to form a scalp yarmulka. It just irked me that it was developing when I was so young. After a while, I just accepted that it is part of me, and I accepted the fact that I have male pattern baldness developing. I could live with it.

For the past two years, it seems like it has picked up the pace a bit. The top of my head has started picking up the pace. For the most part, it just bothered me because I have to worry about being cold in the winter and potential sunburn. This is particularly true when I am driving around with the moonroof open.

The funny thing is that I feel better about the way I look than I think I ever have. I am not sure why that happened, but it did. I was always a little self-conscious about that aspect of myself. I think we all have certain things that we wish were better. That had always been what my quirky feelings related to.

Well, for the past month or so I have been sort of thinking. It all started with the arrival of the Logo Network, which seems to be addicted to advertisements for various ways to "regrow" your hair. Who knew the gay community was suffering from chronic baldness issues. I am not surprised that there is a such a need to overcome such a problem since there is no shortage of vanity among us. Seeing the endless stream of commercials, none of which are actually for Rogaine, seems to be working, because I guess they subconsciously got me to stop and look at the boxes for Rogaine. I am thinking that made the actual advertisers I have seen none to thrilled since this would be the competition.

Anyway, it got me thinking that I might want to try it out. The thing is that I am not sure whether or not I want to. I mentioned it to a friend whose hubby is a pharamceutical chemist. He said that it does work, but not nearly as quick as people want it to.

It would be cool to have a full head of hair again. I am just not sure that I really want to spend that kind of money for it, particularly if it ends up not working out too well.