I sometimes fear going bald. Grandpa on mom's side was bald, my dad has a bald spot, my big brother had a three-hair combover á la Homer Simpson until he chose to shave his remaining hair off in his late 20s.
I think I look decent without hair; had to shave it all off in the army. Have considered it sometimes after the army, but so far I've kept my natural curls.
#12
MindDetective
I shaved my head when I started thinning. If I try to grow it back now, I might be a little thicker than Patrick Stewart. It wasn't obvious that I was losing my hair, even to me, really. It just wasn't quite as thick as it used to be. I had already shaved my head once when my mom was going through chemo and liked the look. So, when I finished grad school and was picking up my life and moving, the time was right. All my new co-workers and students had never seen me before so I could go completely bald and be the bald professor right from the start.
To be honest, while some days I don't feeling like razoring my head I don't miss my hair at all. I hated the color, I hated the texture, and I hated the stupid little wave it would get if it was too long. My head gets cold a lot more than it used to now but that's what hats are for. Good riddance, hair.
I don't know, I think the same applies to women. The baldness thing, that is. Natalie Portman bald? Hot. Britney Spears bald? Not.
#21
makare
That is very true. I think it is just more a guy issue because it is often a choice related to actual balding.
My sisters exgirlfriend shaved her head, coincidentally right around when britney did which pissed her off, and she looked great. Well by great I mean it suited her. She looks like a man and the shaved head fits her look.
I still have fantastically thick and amazing dirty blonde hair. I deserve to be able to let it grow! Damn you RCMP grooming standard, DAMN YOU!
#24
IronBrig4
I still have thick hair although it has receded slightly at the sides of my forehead. I'm hoping I don't go bald like my Dad, but my maternal grandfather kept all his hair so I should be okay. Right? RIGHT?!
#25
Hylian
I have very thick and curly blond hair and I hope it doesn't go anywhere anytime soon
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Element 117
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Gusto
#28
Steve
I have a full head of hair. I shave it a few times a year. I love it because you don't have to do anything to it. When it grows out it's a pain in the ass. I have the worst "bed head hair" you can imagine so if it's long I have to wash and style it every morning. When my head is shaved I don't even worry about showering. Also, I can shave my own head. There is nothing that I hate worse than spending $10 on a hair cut I could do myself. I usually go about three or four months between shavings just to remind my coworkers (many of who have thinning hair) that I shave it because of choice not necessity.
#29
checkeredhat
I'm rockin's the bald look until my nephew's cancer treatment is over.
Even afterwards, though, I normally buzz my head down to 21mm once a month, because I hate having to comb my hair. As soon as I have to even tuck it behind my ear, its got to go.
I'm rockin's the bald look until my nephew's cancer treatment is over.
Even afterwards, though, I normally buzz my head down to 21mm once a month, because I hate having to comb my hair. As soon as I have to even tuck it behind my ear, its got to go.
I still have thick hair although it has receded slightly at the sides of my forehead. I'm hoping I don't go bald like my Dad, but my maternal grandfather kept all his hair so I should be okay. Right? RIGHT?!
You may be in luck. Susceptibility to baldness is X-linked, so it comes down through the mother's side. Your mom has two X genes, one of which is from your maternal grandfather. If your mom has a lot of brothers, their hairlines will also give a hint as to what you might have.
#34
makare
I was reading this thread and a rogaine commercial came on.
I admit it. I lold.
#35
Cheesy1
I spent my early childhood while I had leukemia praying that I WOULDN'T go bald. I ain't about to start trying to do it on purpose now. In fact, I think the chemo I got may have given me mutant hair now, I swear this shit goes from newly cut to afro in less than a month!
As do I. I grow hair like a demon, but I hate having to deal with a lot of hair. 'Tis inconvenient. I do know that if I started seriously balding like my old man, I wouldn't mind going completely bald.
I'm more or less like this, except balding. It has a good thing, though: I had plastic surgery last year, covering my very important frontal baldness with these fast growing very curly hairs brom the back of my head. Now I can't shave my head anymore, because I have a huge scar where the hair was taken from, but the curlyness and growth rate of this hair give me a pretty good result!
Pictures:
Normal style:
check it out mornig style though:
(apparently, there was something interesting on the ceiling...)
I just wanna emphasize it's really cool that you're doing this.
#41
sixpackshaker
I am wearing my hair fairly long on top. I am mostly doing it as a last hurrah. I am currently sporting a huge fivehead, closing in on a sixhead, my forehead is a distant memory... Within a year or two I'll start shaving my head. I am a little nervous because of all the sports and crap that I was involved in, I have some scars and bumps.
Rogaine is pretty useless, it does nothing for frontal balding. Only upper.[/QUOTE]
And not even that sometimes. My brother's got a really stubborn bald spot that will never ever ever go away. So he shaved his head. It looks good on him, though. He's not too bumpy.
#43
Null
For all the balding guys on the forum...
BTW, SilverJelly, I just realized you look almost the same as my friend Borcheck. His eyes are a bit beadier, but otherwise it's a striking resemblence.
#44
Philosopher B.
Oh shit, y'all, Mr. God Hair has entered the building.
BTW, SilverJelly, I just realized you look almost the same as my friend Borcheck. His eyes are a bit beadier, but otherwise it's a striking resemblence.
BTW, SilverJelly, I just realized you look almost the same as my friend Borcheck. His eyes are a bit beadier, but otherwise it's a striking resemblence.
Best joke in Lost: Sawyer to Locke, "Are you kiddin'? All you need is an earring and a mop."
Also, I did this in February. Right after the photo in the photo thread was taken. I cut my long hair all off, because I thought I needed to to "grow up". I immediately regretted it. Finally, it's starting to get long again.
BTW, SilverJelly, I just realized you look almost the same as my friend Borcheck. His eyes are a bit beadier, but otherwise it's a striking resemblence.
To paraphrase from In Bruges: Chaz, you're an asshole. You're an asshole now, and you've always been an asshole. The only thing that's going to change is you're going to be an even bigger asshole and crap out some asshole kids.
Also, I did this in February. Right after the photo in the photo thread was taken. I cut my long hair all off, because I thought I needed to to "grow up". I immediately regretted it. Finally, it's starting to get long again.
BTW, SilverJelly, I just realized you look almost the same as my friend Borcheck. His eyes are a bit beadier, but otherwise it's a striking resemblence.
To paraphrase from In Bruges: Chaz, you're an asshole. You're an asshole now, and you've always been an asshole. The only thing that's going to change is you're going to be an even bigger asshole and crap out some asshole kids.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't want your hair anyway. I can afford to buy a shizu and train it to sleep on my head.
BTW, SilverJelly, I just realized you look almost the same as my friend Borcheck. His eyes are a bit beadier, but otherwise it's a striking resemblence.
To paraphrase from In Bruges: Chaz, you're an asshole. You're an asshole now, and you've always been an asshole. The only thing that's going to change is you're going to be an even bigger asshole and crap out some asshole kids.[/QUOTE]
Why do you have old lady hair? Are you an old lady?
#59
Silver Jelly
By the way, here's a collage of some of the rare pictures of my buzzed hair:
#60
Rob King
I shaved my head back in ... April, was it?
I'm glad it's back. That's not to say I wouldn't do it again. Just ... I'm glad it's back.
BTW, SilverJelly, I just realized you look almost the same as my friend Borcheck. His eyes are a bit beadier, but otherwise it's a striking resemblence.
To paraphrase from In Bruges: Chaz, you're an asshole. You're an asshole now, and you've always been an asshole. The only thing that's going to change is you're going to be an even bigger asshole and crap out some asshole kids.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't want your hair anyway. I can afford to buy a shizu and train it to sleep on my head.[/QUOTE]
You two need to settle this like men. Whip out your penises and duel.
BTW, SilverJelly, I just realized you look almost the same as my friend Borcheck. His eyes are a bit beadier, but otherwise it's a striking resemblence.
To paraphrase from In Bruges: Chaz, you're an asshole. You're an asshole now, and you've always been an asshole. The only thing that's going to change is you're going to be an even bigger asshole and crap out some asshole kids.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't want your hair anyway. I can afford to buy a shizu and train it to sleep on my head.[/QUOTE]
You two need to settle this like men. Whip out your penises and duel.[/QUOTE]
He'd lose. I have all that bag lady hair to grab at. Fat guys don't fair too well in fights.
I don't care about "beating" Chaz, or being better liked, or whatever. I just think he's a thoroughly loathsome asshole by any standard. Nothing about that needs to be settled, it just is. To me, he will always be equivalent to a pool of vomit the janitor somehow missed.
BTW, SilverJelly, I just realized you look almost the same as my friend Borcheck. His eyes are a bit beadier, but otherwise it's a striking resemblence.
To paraphrase from In Bruges: Chaz, you're an asshole. You're an asshole now, and you've always been an asshole. The only thing that's going to change is you're going to be an even bigger asshole and crap out some asshole kids.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't want your hair anyway. I can afford to buy a shizu and train it to sleep on my head.[/QUOTE]
You two need to settle this like men. Whip out your penises and duel.[/QUOTE]
He'd lose. I have all that bag lady hair to grab at. Fat guys don't fair too well in fights.