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Title: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: mrzed on August 19, 2012, 04:21:34 AM
I was 58 when I first shaved my head (BBC).

Just curious about some of you other guys, who later in life became sly.  At what age did you shave your head and did you NEED (BBN) to or just WANT (BBC) to?

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Post by: Frontier Guy on August 19, 2012, 04:31:07 AM
Checking in ... 57 BBC - best thing I've done for myself in a long time!
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Post by: Blitzed on August 19, 2012, 05:23:41 AM
55-I'm now 70. Why I didn't do it fifteen years before that now escapes me. I had a full head of hair and just grew tired of the maintenance and the cost.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: mrzed on August 19, 2012, 06:05:43 AM
The longer I'm bald I wonder the same thing.  Why did I not shave my head years ago, but I was not ready for it back then. 

You guys on here have been a big inspiration, demonstrating that a bald head is a beautiful thing. 
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: xabydaddy on August 19, 2012, 07:25:08 AM
Is 45 considered to be an "older guy?"  ???
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: Mikekoz13 on August 19, 2012, 07:32:44 AM
My 47th birthday.... five years ago. And Mother Nature definetly pushed me to do it. Looking back at photos of myself for the 8-10 years before I shaved.... I should have done it MUCH sooner.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: 4fit on August 19, 2012, 07:44:47 AM
I was 47 when I first shaved slick bald. I used to dye my hair, what was left of it and my beard. I did this since my late 20s. I am 48 now will turn 49  on Monday. People have told me I look younger with my slick head and gray stubble beard. Apparently the dye made me look like I was trying to hard to hold onto youth.I am so much happier with my look now than I was in my 20s and 30s. Maybe age has something to do with that. Oh and xabydaddy I think 45 fits into the older guy category. For what it's worth I thought you were about 38 so you should have no worries. Age is just a number. :)
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: Papa Don on August 19, 2012, 08:01:22 AM
For me, I shaved at 63. It has been about four years now.  I think?  Having more and more grey moments now at 67.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: tomgallagher on August 19, 2012, 08:39:53 AM
In '95 when I was 54 I went from a no guard buzz to shaved smooth.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: Snakehandler on August 19, 2012, 09:53:35 AM
On January 4, 2010 at age 59 😄
One of my better decisions 😄👍
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: Robmeister on August 19, 2012, 10:46:05 AM
First shaved in January 2007.....I was 46......BBC
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: TheSlyBear on August 19, 2012, 10:59:22 AM
6 years ago, after over two decades of a no-guard buzz, I went sly at 49.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: Hingatao on August 19, 2012, 11:15:03 AM
BBC since 74 days ago. Age 50.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: mrzed on August 19, 2012, 11:39:15 AM
Is 45 considered to be an "older guy?"  ???

YES. Probably anything over about 25 or 30 would qualify.  Or maybe I should say as a local restaurant says.  If you are old enough to ask for the senior discount, you are old enough to have it.

Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: mrzed on August 19, 2012, 11:43:59 AM
I like hearing the stories of they guys who are long term BBC! I can see myself in that category someday. 10-15 years of being bald by choice.  Baldness does not run in my family.  But I love being BBC.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: Hingatao on August 19, 2012, 01:33:38 PM
It doesn't run in my family either. As far as I know, I'm the only one who's ever gone BBC. Now Tustin here, I wouldn't have it any other way.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: bald_737 on August 19, 2012, 02:34:03 PM
 I went BBC last year for a cause for 7 months, this is when I was 56, then let it grow for 5 months to join in the "Go Bald for cancer" again. Now being SLY for 4 months. Guess will be SLY till the end of time,  ^-^
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: baldjoeg on August 19, 2012, 06:54:50 PM
I started shaving my head almost 8 years ago whwn I was 57. I love the sly look. I wouldn't have it any other way now. People tell me I look younger now.

I like to compliment other guys too for a great looking dome. SOmetimes they reciprocate. Some times they don't.
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Post by: devilsfan on August 19, 2012, 07:43:12 PM
Full sly 3 months ago at age 54 from a progressively shorter and shorter buzz over the last 5 years.
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Post by: Robmeister on August 19, 2012, 08:02:20 PM
Hey BaldJoe

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Newport Beach is a great place to be ANYTIME!!

I grew up in Long Beach and my grandparents (R.I.P.) lived in Newport
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: kalbo on August 19, 2012, 08:39:03 PM
First shaved my head smooth when I was 27 years old, now Im 41. Am I considered in the older guys group?
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: Frontier Guy on August 19, 2012, 08:48:27 PM
First shaved my head smooth when I was 27 years old, now Im 41. Am I considered in the older guys group?

"Older guys" is resistant to definition.

When I was in my teens, older guys would have been in their 20s.
When I was in my 30s, older guys would have been in their 50s

It seems that with each ONE YEAR that I age, the "older guys" are TWO YEARS further away.

Going Sly increased the gap!
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: Razor X on August 19, 2012, 09:12:56 PM
First shaved my head smooth when I was 27 years old, now Im 41. Am I considered in the older guys group?

No.  ;)
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: marshd1000 on August 19, 2012, 09:59:19 PM
I first shaved my head in 1996 at a Jay Buhner Buzz Cut Night at the Seattle Mariners.  I did not start to shave consistently  until 1997, when I was 36.  I have MPB in my family and the front was recessing.  While the thinning was not too bad when I started shaving,  these days there is no doubt that I am Bald By Need!
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: jimbo48 on August 20, 2012, 07:03:13 PM
I went from a short buzz to sly in 2010 at the age of 62.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: Slynito on August 20, 2012, 07:12:08 PM
I had long hair for many years and just decided to donate my pony tail to "Locks of Love" and try BBC for a while I was still very young when I did it, sixty-something. 

O:O
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: Mikekoz13 on August 21, 2012, 05:25:52 AM
First shaved my head smooth when I was 27 years old, now Im 41. Am I considered in the older guys group?

No.  ;)

Spoken like a true 44 year old!!!  :*))
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: nuts on August 21, 2012, 03:59:06 PM
At 63 back in 2004.  Always wanted to be sly but stupidly waited until then.  Can't imagine having hair although I will always keep my full beard.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: baldjoeg on August 23, 2012, 09:10:37 PM
I did so about 8 years ago at age 57. Should have done so a little sooner. People tell me I look younger. I like hearing that.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: buddha on August 23, 2012, 10:35:06 PM
I had long hair for many years and just decided to donate my pony tail to "Locks of Love" and try BBC for a while I was still very young when I did it, sixty-something. 

O:O

Same here. About 11 years ago at age 48 I did the deed. I had hair down to my shoulder blades one day and a smooth dome the next. I was shiny on top prior to shaving but the real reason for scraping my dome was deer flies.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: mrzed on August 24, 2012, 02:23:16 AM
First shaved my head smooth when I was 27 years old, now Im 41. Am I considered in the older guys group?

Kalbo, you are 41?  Whoa. I would never have guessed. I thought you were in your 20's!

I'll let you claim to be in the 'older guys' group, but it's hard to believe. 
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: mrzed on August 24, 2012, 02:24:46 AM
I had long hair for many years and just decided to donate my pony tail to "Locks of Love" and try BBC for a while I was still very young when I did it, sixty-something.  

O:O

Same here. About 11 years ago at age 48 I did the deed. I had hair down to my shoulder blades one day and a smooth dome the next. I was shiny on top prior to shaving but the real reason for scraping my dome was deer flies.

Well, now, If I had dear flies, I'd shave my 'whatever', too!

LOL.

I guess, when my honey goes to visit her sisters in Minneapolis, I have dear flies , too! (Usually on US Air).

Good thing you had deer flies.  You look great bald.  And think of all the shampoo that you are saving.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: waine on August 24, 2012, 07:40:22 AM
I did the deed 114 days ago at age 46.

Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: artorg on August 27, 2012, 01:31:42 PM
I was 55 when I finally accepted that due to receding and thinning at the hairline, my flattop wasn't working any more, so I started getting #2 buzz cuts with bald fades on the sides to make what was left on top look thicker.  Later that year I had the barber shave it smooth with a razor for the first time just before I went on a week's vacation.  My wife wasn't enthralled with the look, so I let it grow back out to a #2 buzzcut, but kept cutting it shorter and shorter over the next year until I was down to a clipper shave.  Then, two years ago I decided to try the 30-day trial, and I've been sly ever since.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: kalbo on August 28, 2012, 02:21:40 AM
First shaved my head smooth when I was 27 years old, now Im 41. Am I considered in the older guys group?

Kalbo, you are 41?  Whoa. I would never have guessed. I thought you were in your 20's!

I'll let you claim to be in the 'older guys' group, but it's hard to believe. 

Yes Mr. Z. I will be turning 42 in December. I was not able to log in and post for a few days because I just got a new job and have been in training.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: baldntat05 on September 02, 2012, 08:17:34 PM
I wanted to shave it from the time I was about 15, but waited until I was 38.  Man I wish I had done it 23 years before!
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: BBC56 on September 02, 2012, 09:47:53 PM
Did it the first time at age 37; shaved it for a few weeks every summer since until I made the commitment to be BBC evermore when I was 53.  Wish I had done it sooner - I wanted to do it when I was in my early 20's.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: Paul the Headblader on September 02, 2012, 10:37:48 PM
20, BBC
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: wonderer on September 02, 2012, 11:22:49 PM
Buzzing without a guard since i was 22( i think)and then last year (i was 26 yrs old then ) i shaved it all off with a razor blade_ last May i think.  ???
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: baldsurfer on September 07, 2012, 07:06:40 AM
After a variety of buzz cuts, I first shaved completely bald in 1996, when I was 35. I'm 51 now, and still have a full head of hair when I want it.

That first time, I stayed sly for 6 months, and grew it back.
Since then, I go sly for at least a few months every year.
Most recently, I went sly in mid-August and shaved every day for the last 3 weeks or so. Color is finally evening out.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: CraftyGuy on September 24, 2012, 11:29:06 AM
Started (by choice) when I was 42. I'm 45 now.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: BaldRunnerFL on September 24, 2012, 06:42:44 PM
I first used he clippers w/no guard the week before 9/11 when I was 27.

I've used the clippers ever since, but I finally decided to go sly (for good) a week and a half ago at age 39.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: marty22 on September 24, 2012, 06:57:44 PM
started at 51; just turned 59.
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Post by: justtom on September 24, 2012, 07:06:46 PM
BBC just about two months now at the young age of 48...
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: mrzed on September 24, 2012, 08:19:25 PM
Started (by choice) when I was 42. I'm 45 now.

Nice choice, Crafty.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: mrzed on September 24, 2012, 08:20:44 PM
I first used he clippers w/no guard the week before 9/11 when I was 27.

I've used the clippers ever since, but I finally decided to go sly (for good) a week and a half ago at age 39.

So you know the value of extremely short hair, and now you're learning the joys of absolutely NO HAIR. Smooth as silk every morning, unless your blades are worn out.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: mrzed on September 24, 2012, 08:21:54 PM
started at 51; just turned 59.

I'm 59, too, Marty.  'cept I just started shaving this year. You have almost a decade on me.  Your profile picture looks smart.

Title: Re: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: mrzed on September 24, 2012, 08:23:21 PM
BBC just about two months now at the young age of 48...

I like to see these BBC guys at an older age just shaving the dome.  We don't have to.  We want to.  I still check it out in the mirror and think, it that really me with the bald head?
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: Sir Harry on September 24, 2012, 08:30:01 PM
First time (unintentional) at 13, First time intentional at 20, (both with clippers). Shaved with a razor for the first time at 28, Started shaving permanently at 35.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: mrzed on September 25, 2012, 04:17:14 AM
I like that, Sir Harry.  Unintentional at 13!  Doesn't every kid cut his hair at some point in an intended way?

You look good sly.  Look at the memorable details of head shaving.  In a sense, it is a big deal.
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Post by: alaskandave on September 25, 2012, 05:58:04 AM
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Post by: Sir Harry on September 25, 2012, 06:18:11 AM
I like that, Sir Harry.  Unintentional at 13!  Doesn't every kid cut his hair at some point in an intended way?

You look good sly.  Look at the memorable details of head shaving.  In a sense, it is a big deal.

Thanks, Mr. Z.! The unintentional at 13 happened (I was in eighth grade, Spring 1986) because my neckline hair was itching and I was trying to shape it up. The phone rang and I got distracted and cut too far up and my neckline had a funny shape. After being ridiculed at school, I couldn't get to a barber (it was a Monday) so to avoid being the butt of jokes, I just shaved it bald....I still was ridiculed but not as bad as I was when I had the messed-up neckline....Amazing I can remember something that happened more than a quarter-century ago!
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Post by: Falcon43 on September 25, 2012, 02:02:32 PM
I shaved it when I was 35. I am now 50 and have no regrets!
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: Doctor X on December 03, 2012, 03:58:27 PM
41. (I'm 42 now, a few weeks later). Don't know if being "over the hill" qualifies me as being 'older' or not...  ;D
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: kalbo on December 04, 2012, 02:55:15 AM
First head shave at 27. Hey Doctor X, we are almost the same age. Be turning 42 in two weeks.  :)
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: mrzed on December 04, 2012, 04:29:08 AM
41. (I'm 42 now, a few weeks later). Don't know if being "over the hill" qualifies me as being 'older' or not...  ;D
yes you qualify.

Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: schro on December 04, 2012, 06:41:28 AM
40. Funny, never thought of it. Not a mid life crisis thing, just happen to be the time I made the decision (New Year's Day 2007).
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: NESTYdPOGI on December 07, 2012, 12:41:04 AM
48 years old
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: christencs on December 07, 2012, 12:57:13 PM
At age 51, after a barber talked me into doing it in NYC.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: cobbster6 on December 07, 2012, 04:24:25 PM
Went sly at 40.  I am now 61.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: joergHH on December 20, 2012, 01:52:55 PM
started at 57 in 2007, just turned 61.

J
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: OzSly on December 20, 2012, 02:07:00 PM
Went Sly in 1997, I was 34.
Started having a No.1 buzz cut in my early 20's though.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: fcb2001 on December 22, 2012, 01:28:05 AM
Thought about it at 19 carried it out at 27 and kept it since
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: lsflipper on January 27, 2013, 10:07:14 AM
I was 48when I first shaved my head. I like getting the stares and attention of being the bald guy in a crowd. It's a daring move the first time you go totally bald ,but once you do you will probably like it.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: NoPony on March 26, 2013, 09:07:32 PM
The thread title says "older guys" so I'm surprised at all these youngsters who've posted  ;)
Anyhow I first shaved my head at 75, late 75, before that I had 20 + years with a long silver ponytail.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: Skallet on April 29, 2013, 06:01:48 PM
Let's see, I'm 51yrs now, I can't pin-point an age -but it was definitely in my 40's.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: mrzed on April 29, 2013, 06:44:18 PM
Thanks, guys for all your reads and replies.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: tomcj2 on April 30, 2013, 08:14:34 PM
61 when I did it myself.  When I was 26 I got very very drunk at a stag.  When I came to the next morning in a ditch I soon realized that I had been shaved.  I was missing half of my hair, half of my beard, and half of my moustache.  They had also alternated the halves i.e. right head, left nose, right chin.  When I arrived at my office the next day there was a pile of messages;  when I returned one of them I got a recording from AA.
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Post by: Lucasheppner on April 30, 2013, 11:33:51 PM
30 years old :)
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: Adamski1972 on April 30, 2013, 11:40:58 PM
Tried it out when I was about 25 years old for 3 weeks, didn't like it then. Tried the look again now I'm 41 years old and love it.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: slybeard on May 01, 2013, 06:00:35 AM
If I remember correctly, I was 49.  I am now 51.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: Titus13 on May 01, 2013, 06:54:50 AM
At 45 years old
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: schro on May 01, 2013, 07:35:23 AM
"Older" is a relative term.
 I was 41 when I first shaved the noggin' on New Year's Day 2007.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: bella on May 02, 2013, 08:32:27 PM
I'm neither older nor a guy but I finally checked out this thread out of curiousity and let me just say I am SHOCKED to hear how old you guys are!  I would have pegged many of you 10-20 yrs younger.  Clearly the sly suits.

Carry on men.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: mrzed on May 03, 2013, 04:01:40 AM
I'm neither older nor a guy but I finally checked out this thread out of curiousity and let me just say I am SHOCKED to hear how old you guys are!  I would have pegged many of you 10-20 yrs younger.  Clearly the sly suits.

Carry on men.

And see how much younger a shaved head makes us look?

thanks, Bella.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: Adamski1972 on May 03, 2013, 11:05:58 AM
I'm neither older nor a guy but I finally checked out this thread out of curiousity and let me just say I am SHOCKED to hear how old you guys are!  I would have pegged many of you 10-20 yrs younger.  Clearly the sly suits.

Carry on men.

Thanks Bella, a lot of my friends think I look younger than I really am. One of many reasons why I love the sly look.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: smoothsailing on May 03, 2013, 02:52:43 PM
Tried it out when I was about 25 years old for 3 weeks, didn't like it then. Tried the look again now I'm 41 years old and love it.

You're 41?? :0
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: Adamski1972 on May 03, 2013, 04:55:38 PM
Yup, benefits of a very healthy lifestyle and I didn't get to see much sunlight for 10 years when I worked night shifts so not too wrinkled yet!
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: ShavenHaven on May 06, 2013, 09:59:49 AM
23. Done it for the first time ever 2 weeks ago.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: greatnessinc on June 05, 2013, 10:21:33 AM
Being 30, I'm not sure I qualify as an older gentleman but I'm going to answer the question anyway. First head shave was when I was 27 (2010), I only kept it up a week because I didn't know what I was doing and kept getting razor burn. I found this site learned the proper way to shave then regrouped and have been sly ever since. That first year I took the winter off because I thought it'd be too cold to have a shaved head. I was wrong, I could have shaved all winter, that year it was a very mild winter. So new years day 2011 while sitting on my front porch in 60 degree temps I decided to go permanently sly. Only thing that kept me from completing the 365 challenge was a few days where I didn't shave because I was letting a cut heal.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: Cave Dweller on June 05, 2013, 04:57:01 PM
I played Warbucks in a production of Annie when I was 31.  I was pretty bald by then, but wore a skin wig (called a Woochie, it think) and liked what I saw.  I just didn't want to go with it right then because I was about to get married and had a career I was building in a VERY conservative field.

I didn't finally go sly until I was 51.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: TxTa2Guy on June 08, 2013, 11:47:12 PM
I shaved a pretty full head of long hair on August 24, 2009, at age 61.  I did it so I could get my lion tattoo.  I had not even had short hair since I was about 12 and had been as much a hippie as I could get by with for most of my life. The tattoo took four sessions from August 31 until October 20, 2009, to complete.  During that time I only shaved three times, when the tattoo was healed enough to tolerate a shave and additional tattoo work.

After the tattoo was finished and healed, I kept it shaved until November 15. I was curious to see if my hair would ever hide the tattoo so I intended to let it grow at least a couple of months.

But I didn't make it.  I really wanted to be Bald By Choice again. And I wanted to be able to show off my magnificent lion in his full glory.  So on December 28, 2009, I shaved six weeks of hair growth.  I might have gone three days between shaves a few times since, but I shave almost every day and intend to do so until I am no longer able.

There are very few things a man can do that feel better than rubbing his slick dome!  Too bad we all didn't figure that out years sooner.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: jdcsky on June 17, 2013, 04:22:08 PM
My first shaved head came at the age of 50.

Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: baldjoeg on June 27, 2013, 09:31:29 AM
I first shaved with a razor at age 58. I clipper shaved for about 8 months before that. I enjoy a good shave everyday. I find it to be very refreshing.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: baldjoeg on June 27, 2013, 09:32:58 AM
A lot of people tell me that I look younger since I first went sly. I like hearing that.
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: Sir Harry on June 27, 2013, 10:52:49 AM
A lot of people tell me that I look younger since I first went sly. I like hearing that.

That's great, Mr. Joe! I don't know what you looked like before, but the subtraction of years from your appearance is a welcome sight for anyone, right?
Title: Re: At what age did you shave your head? (older guys)
Post by: bigstosh on June 27, 2013, 01:52:59 PM
First head shave at 41 to support a friend who was on chemo.  Grew it right back.  Tried it for the summer at 56, shaved for good at 57.
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Post by: bbc2012 on June 30, 2013, 03:56:47 PM
First head shave at 32. Permanently BBC since I was 42.
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Post by: Baldstu on October 13, 2013, 03:08:45 PM
My first razor shave must. Be 35
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Post by: Marshal S. on October 13, 2013, 03:39:14 PM
First time, I was 31.
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Post by: Mike E. P. on October 14, 2013, 06:51:15 AM
I've used clippers for years, but the first time I used a razor to go completely sly was this past summer at 49.
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Post by: EarlBald on November 20, 2013, 08:21:24 PM
I think that my first head shave was in 1982.  I'd occasionally shave my head and then grow my hair, such as it was, back.  The hair got shorter and the periods of buzzcuts got longer.  I started shaving my head at least once a year, then more frequently around 2000.  Finally, on September 26 of this year, I shaved my head after shaving it two months in a row and letting it grow back.  It is still shaved; I just turned 61.  So, I'm a late bloomer!
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Post by: DOC_OSMC on December 31, 2013, 03:27:20 PM
Started shaving completely bald this last November 2013 at 42.  Will be 43 in April to give you perspective.

I knew I was gonna do it at some point once my hair had thinned to the point where it didn't make sense to keep it any longer, but I figured it wouldn't be until my mid to late 40's.  Was never gonna be the guy with the horseshoe, my vanity wouldn't allow it.  I had been buzzing hair for a year and my last pass with the clippers, I saw that it was seeming significantly thinner and made the decision to just shave it all off.  Best decision ever and I'm not going back!
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Post by: Mike E. P. on December 31, 2013, 06:51:47 PM
Going sly is liberating, isn't it? One less time consuming thing to worry about!
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Post by: DOC_OSMC on December 31, 2013, 08:03:42 PM
Going sly is liberating, isn't it? One less time consuming thing to worry about!
That it is!  Although it does take some time still with shaving and all, but it's time I don't mind spending!
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Post by: clipped on December 31, 2013, 10:59:44 PM
I have been a zero clipper shaver since 2008 at age 56. This site gave me the support, encouragement & guidance to be a zero clipper shaver, as I searched to find an appropriate, younger looking hair style that matched my outlook on life, not my age.  My barber was also egging me along for shorter and shorter buzz cuts, but he did not do razor shaves.  My first razor shave was at 57 in 2009. I have been pretty much clippershaved since then with occasional razor shave periods (and nothing longer than a #1 buzz) mostly on vacation the last few years...for a week or so.  I am now 61 and I generally prefer a clippershaved, as opposed to a razor shaved, head. My thinning hair never bothered me until I drew close to "retiring" from a fairly conservative career and wanted to "re-invent" myself.  In the past year, I also lost about 18 pounds (187 to 169...was down to 164 at one point), so between the clippershave and weight loss, I feel pretty good about 2013 and what I did for my appearance.     
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Post by: greatnessinc on January 02, 2014, 03:16:02 PM
About 27-28 if memory serves.
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Post by: Bald Guy on January 07, 2014, 05:34:26 PM
44 for me.  Just started razor shaving it on Jan. 2, 2014
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Post by: Powder88 on January 09, 2014, 12:35:43 AM
I Started shaving my head @ 18. I am now 25
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Post by: Aussie Sly Guy on January 09, 2014, 12:57:21 AM
Razor since I was 23, and clippers for 5years before that. I am now 26.
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Post by: reddog on January 09, 2014, 06:56:45 AM
Last June, age 59.
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Post by: baldjoeg on January 09, 2014, 10:12:19 AM
In October, 2003 at age 56. I have been shaving it since then and love the chrome dome. It is the best decision I have ever made. I love the looks of a sly, smooth and shiny chrome dome.
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Post by: BigKen on July 12, 2016, 05:25:25 PM
I was 55 when I finally accepted that due to receding and thinning at the hairline, my flattop wasn't working any more, so I started getting #2 buzz cuts with bald fades on the sides to make what was left on top look thicker.  Later that year I had the barber shave it smooth with a razor for the first time just before I went on a week's vacation.  My wife wasn't enthralled with the look, so I let it grow back out to a #2 buzzcut, but kept cutting it shorter and shorter over the next year until I was down to a clipper shave.  Then, two years ago I decided to try the 30-day trial, and I've been sly ever since.


Good-looking dome artorg!
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Post by: Mr Jules on August 08, 2016, 10:15:05 AM
I was 58 when I first shaved my head (BBC).

Just curious about some of you other guys, who later in life became sly.  At what age did you shave your head and did you NEED (BBN) to or just WANT (BBC) to?

I was 30 when I first shaved my head bald. Lasted a week. Then again, when I was 35. Lasted another week. Then permanently bald from 45.

Always wanted the bald look. The SBG forum and 30 day trial gave the confidence and determination to shave my head. Over 4 years now as a SBG and I think my hairline has receded. But since I'm slick bald, I neither know for sure, nor care !



 
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Post by: TheRedChile on November 12, 2016, 12:06:51 AM
     I think I was about 13-14 the first time I shaved my head.... got in trouble at school for dying my hair green for a soccer game. The next day I had a friend shave that dome clean. it was a statement because its my hair ill do what I want. I remember the principle asking why I shaved and I said because you guys where worried about the color and now you have to deal with the shine.

      I was about 23 or 24 when I started doing it habitually though.
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Post by: Semi-Sly on November 12, 2016, 08:59:22 AM
I have been shaving my head at least once a year since I was 45, (now 62).  I never seem to be able to keep it sly for more than about 4 months.  I look better with a bit of hair and people constantly remind me of that fact!  But, I love the feeling of getting and being clean shaven.
 Just don't like shaving myself!

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Post by: lsflipper on January 14, 2017, 10:47:52 PM
51 when I first shaved my head bald. I'm now 55 and still bald
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Post by: chrisphilly123 on January 27, 2017, 02:15:08 PM
First shaved my head smooth when I was 27 years old, now Im 41. Am I considered in the older guys group?

20, although most was already down my bathroom drain.
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Post by: Laser Man on January 28, 2017, 09:31:52 AM
I was 54 when I first shaved. I was immediately convinced it was what I wanted despite having a decent head of hair.
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Post by: Lew on January 29, 2017, 01:33:21 PM
I just started shaving my head last year at the age of 51.
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Post by: chrisphilly123 on January 31, 2017, 02:20:06 PM
I just started shaving my head last year at the age of 51.

you look like 31, with the shaved head. i think it makes a lot of dudes look younger.
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Post by: dshupe on February 01, 2017, 06:20:16 AM
I agree.....shaved heads do seem to make guys look younger most of the time.
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Post by: chrisphilly123 on February 01, 2017, 09:02:34 AM
I agree.....shaved heads do seem to make guys look younger most of the time.
you look in your late 20s to me.
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Post by: dshupe on February 01, 2017, 09:13:43 AM
I'm 39...for a few more months at least! Thanks man!
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Post by: BigKen on February 01, 2017, 05:25:11 PM
I'm 39...for a few more months at least! Thanks man!

You look like a teen!
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Post by: CowtownBaldie on February 01, 2017, 05:26:45 PM
I was 35 or so when I first shaved my noggin.
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Post by: dshupe on February 01, 2017, 05:28:13 PM
😳 Wow....Thanks BigKen
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Post by: BigKen on February 01, 2017, 05:42:32 PM
😳 Wow....Thanks BigKen

O0 O0!
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Post by: GoHabs on February 02, 2017, 05:25:17 AM
49!
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Post by: Lew on February 02, 2017, 10:32:46 AM
I just started shaving my head last year at the age of 51.

you look like 31, with the shaved head. i think it makes a lot of dudes look younger.

I'll take 31.  Thanks, you've made my day!
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Post by: Feenix on April 05, 2017, 11:29:44 AM
Mid 20s started shaving with clippers.  Did a wet shave a few years ago, liked it but didnt do it again for a while.  More recently Ive started wet shaving again on occasion.  I still like it, but Im lazy so I still just use clippers a lot of the time, lol.  :)
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Post by: gymguy66 on June 15, 2017, 07:40:52 PM
I buzzed down the first time in my early 50's....probably 12/13 years ago...kept that way till 09 or 10...got lazy...let it grow out....last month buzzed down to almost nothing....probably go slick this weekend....am 66 now'
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Post by: nuts on June 15, 2017, 08:37:06 PM
Definitely the best look for you gymguy.  Certainly beats some of the earlier versions.
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Post by: Mr Jules on August 18, 2017, 10:43:56 PM
Always liked that the bald look, but lacked the courage. Had a few attempts in my 30s. Then at 45 and still with a reasonable head of hair, came across the SBG website. Did the 30 day trial and been bald ever since. I've really taken to the shaved head. Five years on its just as important to keep the bald look as part of my identity. I own it and it's a constant.

Then came a beard and the handlebars !
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Post by: lsflipper on March 17, 2018, 01:43:46 AM
51. 2012
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Post by: Oto on March 17, 2018, 07:57:06 PM
Had some buzzcuts before but when I finally shaved my head smooth I was 47, 16 yrs ago
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Post by: Wiremu on August 02, 2018, 11:44:44 PM
I was about 36 when i started my BBC journey.
Before that it was short back and sides and a little off the top.

Although the first time I ever went bald was at about 26 when a bald chap from the minesite I worked on did a magic trick. I asked him to show me how he did it but he wouldn't show me until I'd shaved off all my hair - completely bald. I'd had a few beers so said yes. Turns out the answer to the magic trick was a big disappointment  haha.
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Post by: Barbero Pelón on March 07, 2019, 06:02:16 AM
I was about 36 when i started my BBC journey.
Before that it was short back and sides and a little off the top.

Although the first time I ever went bald was at about 26 when a bald chap from the minesite I worked on did a magic trick. I asked him to show me how he did it but he wouldn't show me until I'd shaved off all my hair - completely bald. I'd had a few beers so said yes. Turns out the answer to the magic trick was a big disappointment  haha.

Hahaha, at least you gain a great haircut
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Post by: Semi-Sly on March 09, 2019, 01:20:10 AM
I was about 36 when i started my BBC journey.
Before that it was short back and sides and a little off the top.

Although the first time I ever went bald was at about 26 when a bald chap from the minesite I worked on did a magic trick. I asked him to show me how he did it but he wouldn't show me until I'd shaved off all my hair - completely bald. I'd had a few beers so said yes. Turns out the answer to the magic trick was a big disappointment  haha.

 So is that what planted the seed for you?   did you find out you were surprised that you actually kind of liked it ?
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Post by: scooby on March 10, 2019, 11:21:07 AM
I was about 56 when I shaved my head.I was losing my hair at 29,so when it got to the point where it looked awful then I buzzed it down.by 40 I was bald on top and receding down the back.in 2005 I had cancer and thats when the rest of my hair in spots got thin.at 56 I decided to shave it all off,and I was glad,it made me happier and with more confident.
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Post by: chrisphilly123 on March 13, 2019, 09:28:00 AM
Kind of a related thought to the subject of this post.

When bald/shaved, we always look the same. No new hairstyle, no bad haircuts, no good/bad hair days, no new gray hair, etc.

Being that we look the same everyday—plus/minus a little stubble.

I wonder if people think we're not aging like our peers? I say that because whenever I see people I haven't seen in a long long time, I always hear, 'you look the same.'  Which I think is a good thing?

On the other hand, when I see peers from my school days, who are now thinning or lost inches to their hairline, I think they look terrible although I keep my mouth shut.

Thoughts?


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Post by: reddog on March 13, 2019, 10:16:55 AM
Right Chris. I see it as an advantage to have the same great looking hairstyle everyday. I remember going to the barbershop once a month, never knowing how your haircut will turn out. Luckily, I've been blessed with dads  good genes, and at 65, have almost no wrinkles.
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Post by: chrisphilly123 on March 13, 2019, 10:26:06 AM
Right Chris. I see it as an advantage to have the same great looking hairstyle everyday. I remember going to the barbershop once a month, never knowing how your haircut will turn out. Luckily, I've been blessed with dads  good genes, and at 65, have almost no wrinkles.
Exactly right. Sometimes my buddies will land a bad haircut from time to time. It's something that makes us baldies grimace. At least we're consistent w/ our appearance.
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Post by: scooby on March 16, 2019, 01:25:03 PM
I remember too many bad hair cut days before I shaved my head at the barbershop.
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Post by: reddog on March 16, 2019, 01:53:57 PM
My ex wife was a great hairstylist. She gave me great haircuts, but she cut it the way she liked it, always a longer style. After the divorce, I went to barbershops, and could never count on a good haircut. Now I can count on a great cut everyday, and not having the white hair is a bonus!
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Post by: Barbero Pelón on March 17, 2019, 07:40:23 AM
Good that I start at young age,no more bad haircuts.
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Post by: baldjoeg on March 26, 2019, 03:15:11 PM
I was 58 when I first shaved the dome.
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Post by: PDXGuy on March 26, 2019, 05:10:09 PM
I experimented and shaved my head in my early 50s and then did not shave and keep it bald until 60.