I shaved my hair in support of my son when he was going through chemo.
HueroPelon, thanks for sharing your story with us. I hope your son was able to beat the disease.
Tyler
Thanks Tyler, so far so good. He has another check-up next week and they'll look at the tumor to make sure it is dead and there is no new growth. He's a fighter that's for sure.
I'll NEVER look back... been great for about everything..Â
Hi KrasH, and welcome to our "club".
I must say, you look very good with a shaven head, so you definitely made the right choice there. I also like the picture you're using (has a peaceful feel to it) - it's nice to have members who post portraits with their girlfriends/wives (Tyler has a nice user picture, too).
I also checked out your photography website (looked at the one gallery that's online at the moment) - your photography is very artistic. I like b/w photography...you definitely get a different feel with it, something that cannot be reproduced on colour film...
Do you work with digital or with film?
The unit I was in didn't require standard haicuts, so I had a mop until I left the Regular Army for the National Guard.
The unit I was in didn't require standard haicuts, so I had a mop until I left the Regular Army for the National Guard.
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Hey, It was sort of a spur of the moment decision prompted by a few annoyances. I had long hair and i always hated having the upkeep. It took me forever to dry in the morning, and it was just a general annoyance. When i was at Supercuts, or wherever it was, the lady asked me if i wanted to donate it, and I said yes, which made me feel good. It's an awesome change and I never want to go back!
Hey, It was sort of a spur of the moment decision prompted by a few annoyances. I had long hair and i always hated having the upkeep. It took me forever to dry in the morning, and it was just a general annoyance. When i was at Supercuts, or wherever it was, the lady asked me if i wanted to donate it, and I said yes, which made me feel good. It's an awesome change and I never want to go back!Great, congratulations on your decision. Welcome to the group!
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Wise move with that hair dude.
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Wise move with that hair dude.
That's quite an unusual compliment. Thanks. :)
Hey, you look like Ricky from Trailer Park Boys in that picture...he lives in Nova Scotia too (the character, that is). What a coincidence... ;D
Hey, just kidding. :)
Great to have you with us.
All I mean is you look a lot better slick than with the hair...
As for looking like ricky... frist time i've ever heard that... I currently live in the same town that bubbles is from, I've seen him at my bar (out of character). My bar also had Mr Leahy and Randy do a promo there.
Thanks for the warm welcome, guys! And I just had to get me a Sly Bald Guys t-shirt! Love the design!
Thanks for the warm welcome, guys! And I just had to get me a Sly Bald Guys t-shirt! Love the design!
I think you're on your own there, Clean. On both accounts, thinking the Seahawks would make it to another Superbowl :/O and shaving the dome on a bet. :P ;) Great story, thanks :)Just wait, next year the stars will align again! Except this time I am going to have to place a different bet, seeing as I am now rockin' the Bald Look for good... Maybe another Tattoo?
Sun devils rocks.Damn Right >:D Preach my Brother!
I had shaved my head with clippers last year and loved it, but the gf at the time didn't like it so I grew it back out. This past thurs night I had a few (more or less) shots of Jack and decided it was the time to go all the way. I love the way it feels and am looking forward to the attention from the ladies ya'll speak of!!! I don't think I'll be going back to hair anytime soon.
Initially, probably seeing other guys with the SLY look made me curious what it was like. That and not having to spend ~$50 a month on shampoo/cuts and all the junk that comes with hair.
Hey Mr. Clean .... don't go bursting Ricecub's euphoria .... he might decide to grow his hair back!
First of All, Hello! This is my first post. I am new to the Sly look as of today.
I started losing my hair a couple months ago as a result of losing more than 125 pounds. So i finally said Screw the shampoos and worry and took it all off over easter break.
And I love it.
Post More later.
First of All, Hello! This is my first post. I am new to the Sly look as of today.
I started losing my hair a couple months ago as a result of losing more than 125 pounds. So i finally said Screw the shampoos and worry and took it all off over easter break.
And I love it.
Post More later.
It Was To Hot Offshore Last Week!!! Plus I Was Plannin On Doin It Anyway!! :D
It Was To Hot Offshore Last Week!!! Plus I Was Plannin On Doin It Anyway!! :D
YEAH right. you just wanted to be like me. >:D
The turning point for me was last month, when a woman where I worked guessed my age at being mid 50's.
I shaved just because I always wanted to be a cueball and for that great bald feeling!(and of course, it's just plain comfortable...)
Cancer :'(
Picture it. Grown men in their 20's and 30's spending 200 dollars at a hair salon getting the latest emo combover cut or faux hawk. Buying expensive hairgels and spray to make their oh so pretty do's look even prettier.
Well truth be told ,this made me sick. And to show my disgust for what hairs control over men that 10 years ago were unlikely to even see the end of a pair of barbers schears do just a decade later made me want to shave my head. So I did. Just didnt expect on how great it would make me feel and how empowered I felt. It became an addictive feeling to the point where I cannot leave the house without a perfectly slick smooth head. I have a full head of coarse black hair and I am constantly battling my shadow but I have been getting some good advice here in the Sly forum which will help tremendously.
Shine on my bald brothers.Por Vida
They laughed at it originally because they are young but thats about it. They would laugh at any bald guy really because thats just the way kids are. My friends really dig it and asked why I didn't do it earlier! They said it makes me look smart and sharp.
Picture it. Grown men in their 20's and 30's spending 200 dollars at a hair salon getting the latest emo combover cut or faux hawk. Buying expensive hairgels and spray to make their oh so pretty do's look even prettier.
Well truth be told ,this made me sick.
Picture it. Grown men in their 20's and 30's spending 200 dollars at a hair salon getting the latest emo combover cut or faux hawk. Buying expensive hairgels and spray to make their oh so pretty do's look even prettier.
Well truth be told ,this made me sick.
Being SLY is not inexpensive to say the least dude!! :Xo!
It costs as much buying all the shaving gear (blades, moisturizers, shave gels and creams) as the hair stuff I used to buy. In my case even more, since I'm shaving off a full head of hair.
What made me go SLY? Have to admit it started off as a bet. But I like the
look and there's no turning back! O:O
the estrogen blocker I was using didt work good enough
What made me go bald? Donations!
For the past few years I have participated in the local Heart Walk (for my son). This year I wanted to make things a little interesting and also blow the doors off of my past donation totals. SO, I got the idea to do a head shaving fund raiser. I set the goal and the date and started to watch the donations roll in. Let me tell you, if you want to raise a lot of money for a charity, a head shaving fund raiser is the way to go. The goal was met before my October 1st deadline, so I took the plunge over this past weekend. I love it. It will be hard to let it grow back in - if I do at all :)
What made me go bald? , a head shaving fund raiser is the way to go. The goal was met before my October 1st deadline, so I took the plunge over this past weekend. I love it. It will be hard to let it grow back in - if I do at all :)Doug, that's a great reason to go SLY.
What made me go bald? , a head shaving fund raiser is the way to go. The goal was met before my October 1st deadline, so I took the plunge over this past weekend. I love it. It will be hard to let it grow back in - if I do at all :)Doug, that's a great reason to go SLY.
But I bet you didn't no this whole bald thing is so addictive.
Ha, looks like you be SLy for awhile.
Anyway Doug, it's good to have you around this place.
Had no choice as my hair receded badly following 25 years of hair transplants.
Unfortunately, there are several scars from the event. It's the price I had to pay. Ran me around $4000 between surgery and laser. Dermabrasion was painful, laser was a nuisance but this is the look today as you see in the pic.
I needed something that was different and that would define me as an individual. Not to mention I got skin fades from 7th grade til my sophomore year in high school. I decided that I wanted to take the hair off and keep it off and for 13 years(excludiong 3 instances where I was required to grow my hair) I have been loyal to the way of Sly.
WELL. I've always been a BIG guy and a biker to boot. About 6years ago my hair was pony tailed to about the middle of my back , i went on a charity run for locks of love and when we got back , i donated all of it , and never looked back . But to be honest , my hair was always baby fine and real silky so even with a full head you could still see my scalp, so the decision was easy and the donation made it that much easier ! 8)
Our department frowned on officers being sly because it might intimidate the inmates!
Since then I've had constant compliments from co-workers, friends and all kinds of random people while out and about. I love it, and wouldn't even consider going back.
so i knew all along what i had to do, shave it! it just took a case of beer for me to figure it out!
Took me 3 years to finally work up to sly. You're lucky u had the balls to do it quickly.
...I wish I would have shaved my head years earlier lol.
Thx razor.
I'm with you BlackJamesRackham, having to deal with, style, and put product in hair was the worst!!
If only we knew then what we know now. O0
The thinning got too much, so off it came.Super analogy JWShaw.
It's like a bungee-jump - you spend so much time worrying about it, then when you get it over you wish you wonder what all the fuss was about - and you want to go again and again and again...
The thinning got too much, so off it came.Yeah, I can relate to that...good way to put it, man.
It's like a bungee-jump - you spend so much time worrying about it, then when you get it over you wish you wonder what all the fuss was about - and you want to go again and again and again...
it still kinda pisses me off though when old ladies grab their purse or people look at the ground when i pass. im a nice guy they need to get to know me! lol. thats about the ONLY negative thing about shaving ur head if i had 2 pick one. people view you as a criminal or skinhead.
ya dan-o-mite it does hurt. theres ignorant people out there and their will always be. theres nothin you can do about it. ive noticed that theres far more "non judgemental" people than "judgemental" people out there though.
whyd you start goin sly anyways? you dont look much older than me. im 20. i did it cuz my hairline started receding.
Well I'm 20 myself so I guess were even :P As for why I started going chrome dome?? I had a co-worker tell me I should try it seeing I always did a no guard buzz cut once a month at the barber. I was 19 at the time and I wasn't so sure about it, but I figured if I don't like it, it will grow back. So after I got my head buzzed one day I went and I bought some disposable mach 3's, or something of that nature, along with some shaving cream Then I proceeded to my neighbors house. My neighbor also is a Q-ball, and I asked him to do it for me for the first time. He was hestitant about it at first, but he said sure. The reason I asked him to do it was because I had never used a blade myself. *former electric razor user here* So I came into his garage and my old friend watched while my neighbor shaved me up. He used a big dog water bowl for water and slapped a towel around my shoulders. At first we used the gillette shaving cream and razors, but he didn't like using those. He went and got his gillette shavel gel and Sensor Excel and started using that saying that "it could shave a yetti clean. After about 30 mins, he's used to doing it in 5 or less, he had me smooth and shiny. During this whole time though he wouldn't let me see or touch it so I was quite curious. Once he was done he slapped on some nivea for men aftershave patted me try and told me to go ahead and take a feel. My friend caught on camera my facial expression when I first touched it along with a few other pictures during and after the shave. *Email Me For pictures Daniel.Giampietro@gmail.com*
After touching it I had to see it and went up to the basement bathroom and looked at it. I just kept saying duuuuude over and over. I loved the way it felt and when I stepped outside his garage a nice cool breeze ran over me and gave me the goosebumps like no other, it felt amazing. Once I got home that evening I really liked the way it looked and said to myself, I think I can stick with this...and Its been history ever since.
Thanks for asking dude
everytime i shave i cut myself AT LEAST once lol.
Had cool hair in school. Went into the Marines and hated how I looked shaved, but LOVED high and tight. 9 years after my first high and tight, I noticed it was creeping up. 1 time I shaved it bald, had 2nd thoughts, and wore a hat until it grew out. Then in May or so, I found this site and shaved it all off. Took me two days to leave the house. Finally did, got used to it, and don't even think twice now. I loved the shaved look, and am pretty sure I get more looks now then ever before.
--Josh
Everyone should have a slick bald head once in there lives...nothing like it...doesn't matter if you're truly BBC or MPB...the coolness is there in the final result...complete baldness! O0
Everyone should have a slick bald head once in there lives...nothing like it...doesn't matter if you're truly BBC or MPB...the coolness is there in the final result...complete baldness! O0
So have you returned to the life of the Sly and the Brave??? If so, WELCOME back. New avatar looks good.
My father was bald. My six uncles are bald. And they all have been losing their hair in their early years. At 18 my father was almost completely bald. When i started loosing my hair at the age of 16, i didn't really noticed it. Two years later i was sure that i would be completely bald in the next years and i was afraid about that. MPB got me!!!
The day i shaved my head for the first time, I immediatly knew that i've made the good choice. I felt freed from that stupid fear.
I quickly built self confidence as a bald man and I've got more self confidence today that i've never had in my whole life. Baldness is not such a problem. I would never go back.
Once again, sorry if this post seems strange. I'll try to improve my english.
My friends and family don't mind how I keep my "hair". And people who don't like it are not worth knowing in my life. There's no such thing as "I like you, but I don't like your haircut". My hair or hairlesness is me.
I'm kind of bald by choice. I do have a receding hairline, but no MPB. If I wanted to grow a full head of hair, it would be high on the head, but a full hair nonetheless.
hate to break it to you, but if you have a receding hairline, you have MPB. Whether or not it progresses to a completely bald top surrounded by a horsehoe is anyone's guess. But recession at the hairline is how it usually starts.
Quotehate to break it to you, but if you have a receding hairline, you have MPB. Whether or not it progresses to a completely bald top surrounded by a horsehoe is anyone's guess. But recession at the hairline is how it usually starts.
Not necessarily. A receding hair line is not male pattern baldness. It is simply a receding hairline. MPB is exactley that a pattern that starts at that the crown of the head and can also recede. You get the gene for baldness from your mother's father, so if your grandfather on your mother's side was bald there is a very good chance you will be bald. I have the exact hairline as my grandfather. He was receded but never did get MPB. Also I'm 45 and usually by that age you may thin a bit, bt as you grow older, but you would know if you started getting MPB by then. I used to be a barber and in barber college, we went over all the different types of MPB.
The ironic part is I could care less if I did go bald, but what I have at this point is probably what I will die with.
I was getting tired of watching my hair recede without the power to change it. MPB in an even pattern me made feel like my appearence was not kept clean. I clean shaved head has changed that and I am starting to get used to the money I shave. I also look forward to a clean head shave with my Mach 3 and headlube each morning. It just feels like a great way to start the day.
What made me go bald?
A drunken bet. My buddies and I were bet by our gf's that we wouldn't shave our heads, the stakes, 10 minutes,for each of us that did it, of them stripping and lap dancing us or whoever didn't shave had to streak around the block while the others got their dances. Needless to say four heads got shaved that night, me and my cousin never looked back and have been sly going on 8 years.
Perhaps it is a "ritual" that most men with MPB go through regarding their receeding hairlines. Trying to search for answers, denial, and looking for the "cure" plus several other emotions, etc. I went through this many many years ago.
Personally, I think that the scum who profess to be able to cure mpb and sell horse potion cures should be given hard time or shot. They prey upon vulnerable people and make millions off their hopes and suffering. And if a chic just likes you for your hair, then she ain't worth jack or judy s**t. :*))
I said it before. If there was something on the market that "cured" mpb or grew hair, it would be worth billions and all over the news. Don't waste your time, heartache or money on these psuedo cures.
Once ya accept it, shave the noggin and spend yer bucks on the chics who love sly guys. O0
Quotehate to break it to you, but if you have a receding hairline, you have MPB. Whether or not it progresses to a completely bald top surrounded by a horsehoe is anyone's guess. But recession at the hairline is how it usually starts.
Not necessarily. A receding hair line is not male pattern baldness. It is simply a receding hairline. MPB is exactley that a pattern that starts at that the crown of the head and can also recede. You get the gene for baldness from your mother's father, so if your grandfather on your mother's side was bald there is a very good chance you will be bald. I have the exact hairline as my grandfather. He was receded but never did get MPB. Also I'm 45 and usually by that age you may thin a bit, bt as you grow older, but you would know if you started getting MPB by then. I used to be a barber and in barber college, we went over all the different types of MPB.
The ironic part is I could care less if I did go bald, but what I have at this point is probably what I will die with.
Quotehate to break it to you, but if you have a receding hairline, you have MPB. Whether or not it progresses to a completely bald top surrounded by a horsehoe is anyone's guess. But recession at the hairline is how it usually starts.
Not necessarily. A receding hair line is not male pattern baldness. It is simply a receding hairline. MPB is exactley that a pattern that starts at that the crown of the head and can also recede. You get the gene for baldness from your mother's father, so if your grandfather on your mother's side was bald there is a very good chance you will be bald. I have the exact hairline as my grandfather. He was receded but never did get MPB. Also I'm 45 and usually by that age you may thin a bit, bt as you grow older, but you would know if you started getting MPB by then. I used to be a barber and in barber college, we went over all the different types of MPB.
The ironic part is I could care less if I did go bald, but what I have at this point is probably what I will die with.
My maternal grandfather never lost his hair. I get it from my dad's side of the family. MPB can come from either side of the family. A receding hairline is a type of MPB, its the same chemical DHT that causes the hair loss.
I have obsessive compulsive disorder and I was going through some life changes and figured "hey why not", since than its become a new compulsion of mine.
I have obsessive compulsive disorder and I was going through some life changes and figured "hey why not", since than its become a new compulsion of mine.
Don't feel bad I think there is some OCD in many of us head shavers. ;D
i figured out i am experiencing hairloss last january 2010 - im 19 that time... I'm a good guy . I'm still using that stupid comb over + toupee...
and im still thinking if i wanna shave it or not...btw im already 21 now...
oooh man...maybe god has plans for me...i still thinks im lucky because its only hairloss and not cancer and I feel motivated by reading some stories here specially the post by that man on my signature....I will shave my head when i save enough money to buy an electronic razor
yeahhh i just went to the barbershop and let them shave it...I feel so relieved...after the year of using minoxidil, propecia, toupee and stupid combover..FINALLY IM FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Last april i got a diagnosis of cancer and the doctors were deciding if i needed chemotherapy. Being already 75% bald
i decided to shaved it all off before it would fall from treatment. Anyway, they caught the desease early, so no chemotherapy was needed but i still keep the dome to remind me everyday day how fragile life is and to embrace it .
I look sly also which is good. 8)
Last april i got a diagnosis of cancer and the doctors were deciding if i needed chemotherapy. Being already 75% bald
i decided to shaved it all off before it would fall from treatment. Anyway, they caught the desease early, so no chemotherapy was needed but i still keep the dome to remind me everyday day how fragile life is and to embrace it .
I look sly also which is good. 8)
I probably dreaded it as a much younger man but really fancied so just did it its a good look tidy and clean
A couple months later I was at a professional society dinner and saw this guy who had to be close to my age but also had thinning hair. His hair was just a bit longer than my own (down to my shoulders), same color, he also wore glasses, but had no beard. What was weird about it was that so many times I had looked at my own hairline in the mirror and just went "it doesn't look that bad, it's just the way it is." But I looked at this guy and thought to myself "what the heck is he doing, he needs to just shave it all off" and then I realized what a hypocrite I was and that the way I saw this guy was most certainly the way others see me.
Now it is became fashion so no worry for this. So many people adapting that style.
Thanks for sharing.
barber gave me a concerned look, put his hand on my shoulder and asked, "are you doing anything about your hairloss?"
I bought my HeadBlade the next day.
I have Folliculitus Decalvans, which is an autoimmune disorder that makes the body attack the protiens in the hair follicules, causing the hair to fall out and scarring at the root/follicule. I was a (nearly) sly- 1/16th Wahl cut for about a year and a half until I made the mistake of asking my wife what she wanted for Christmas "To grow your hair back" Well, I did, and I hate it. My hairline in the front is very uneven, with one side significantly higher than the other.
I'm going to go sly...
I think so too...
I like the bald look, so that's my main reason, but there are others too: i disliked my previous haircuts, wanted to try something different.
And yes, I did find here the support needed to take the plunge.
Found these pictures of me with some hair....makes me feel better about going sly! (I guess on the Norwood scale I would be about a 4 now...)Most of these were taken when I had to grow hair out after two scalp surgeries.
Found these pictures of me with some hair....makes me feel better about going sly! (I guess on the Norwood scale I would be about a 4 now...)Most of these were taken when I had to grow hair out after two scalp surgeries.
Harry, you look so so so much better bald.
Me! I made myself go BBC and I can honestly say I would never grow my hair again. I absolutely hate having hair. The bald look is so damn cool. I really don't get why people get so upset (sometimes depressed) about there hair falling out. Well I do because we're all different and different things affect different people. I wish my hair would fall out lol. I hate hair. I'm antihair lol
Two things made me go bald.Nice Story, BBC 56 thanks for sharing....Nice handlebar/goatee combination too.....might be time to change up my facial fur a little...maybe.
First, I have always found the totally bald look compelling - I think everyone on this site looks awesome and I have felt this way since my early teens (when there were very, very few guys completely bald - maybe Yul Brynner and Telly Savalas and that was about it!). It just took me a long time to work up the nerve to even try it. You are all an inspiration to me.
Second, my hair. It is wavy and hard to keep cut so that it looks well groomed. I had the worst case of "bed head" every morning. Whenever it got humid, the stupid stuff would curl. Whenever the humidity fell, it got limp. And I live a busy lifestyle, so who has time to sit and wait at the barber shop or make and keep an appointment with a stylist.
So finally one day I worked up the courage to take it all off. I had tried crew cuts of various types, but in the early '90's all the barbers who knew how to do a good flat top or buzz cut were retiring. I had grown it out again and the same problems were the still problems. I grabbed clippers and sheared myself down to stubble and shaved it. And loved it.
But I didn't know about the 30 day challenge. I would make it two weeks and the let it grow out again, at least into a buzz cut or flat top (I learned to do them myself and make them look good). I shaved for two weeks every summer but never went the whole 30 days. Finally I just stuck it out and made it to 30 days (and I hadn't found this site yet, but I knew the truth of the 30 day challenge when I did find the site!).
And what keeps me bald? The great feeling of running my hand over my naked scalp. The great feeling of keeping my scalp naked and clean - it really does feel better and I don't feel clean if I don't shave every day. This site also helps a lot!
And what keeps me bald? The great feeling of running my hand over my naked scalp. The great feeling of keeping my scalp naked and clean - it really does feel better and I don't feel clean if I don't shave every day. This site also helps a lot!
So CHEERS to everyone BBC and loving the lifestyle!
As I have posted elsewhere on this site, I have had fairly short hair most of my life. In my teens I joined the Air Training Corps & then moved on to the Army Cadets & then Army Reserves (Territorial Army) & the regular army for a spell. Always had short hair during that time but never what I would call BALD. One summer, not too long ago, I went to my barbers for my regular summer cut (usually a #2 back-and-sides & #3 on top). When I sat in the barber's seat, my barber asked me if I would like to have my hair real short since it was so warm & I wouldn't have to go back for a haircut every 2-3 weeks that I had been doing. I agreed that a shorter than my normal haircut would be good change. The next thing I was caped up, the barber took the guard off the clippers & reduced my hair to microscopic stubble. He asked me to feel it. It felt like suede. Then he said to me; "Shorter?". I said yes. He took another clipper - a #00000 blade Oster & shaved my head. Now I couldn't see any hair...I looked bald but he asked me to feel my head.....weird.... I could still feel stubble, although I couldn't "see" it! He asked if I was ready for the next step.... with a gulp in my throat..... I said yes. Next he applied a lotion & then a hot towel to my head... Wow!! Next he took of the towel & applied warm lather.....Wow,again! Next came the straight edge razor & the head was scraped smooth..... Amazing experience........The rest, as they say, is history. BALD is BEST.
I really like to be bald.
I really like to be bald.
My first bald expierience was about 3 years ago and i really enjoy it.
Guys, do you think it fits on me and should i keep the bald look?
Thanks for comments!
I really like to be bald.
I really like to be bald.
My first bald expierience was about 3 years ago and i really enjoy it.
Guys, do you think it fits on me and should i keep the bald look?
Thanks for comments!
Awesome story Bilko. You look great sly.That sounds like a great idea. I think I will do that.
I enjoy going to a barber every once in awhile for a straight razor head shave. It feels good to be pampered every now and then.
I posted this on a seperate forum bur it looked good here too.
I've got the pattern bald gene from a grandfather I deeply respected and honor to this date, i truely wish I was more like him, I may be, I just got to be myself to find out.
I have had diabetes for 43 years now. I received a pancres/kidney transplant in 2010. I was dealing with a recededing hairline but fought it with creative hair styles like the flat top. I developed a CMV virus due to the double transplant and was in the hospital with a tube down my neck to survive. When I woke and was off the tube, I was able to take a shower, it had been over a week since I was "alive" and functioning and wanted a shower badly. When showering with the flimsy soap they give, it seemed thicker than normal. I got home and used my own hair wash and found it way thicker than I remebered. I looked at my hands and they were full of hair from the CMV and the anti-rection drugs I had been going through.
When I got released I went to the nearest barber that i frequented because the hair loss was just to much for me to deal with. I was 42 and felt I looked way worst and older than I was. Patches of the front hairline was gone. It looked like I was balding in spots. I told the gal that cut my hair to shave it completey. I then went home to try to shave it with a electric razor but it did not give me satisfaction. I went to the nerest WalGreens and got the Headblade I was seriously looking at for a month or two and got it and got hooked on the little race car. I could not belive how it changed my life in just a day.
With my flat top I was taken seriously at 5'4" but with the transplant drugs i had developed osteoprosis and was now at 5'2"and noticed a difference. With my bald head I was told that I looked like I was meaner than when I had hair and looked real good even for a short guy.
I don't really care if I look mean or not, I like the look I got. A bald head fits my sytle and I have had it for over a year and don't plan on changing anything.
i use the HeadBlade and love it. I can and enjoy shaving my head but still can't stand shaving my face. My face just has too many curves and hair growth patterns to deal with. I love useing a single blade on my face but i dislike shaving my face even more. Wish it was as easy as learning to shave my head with all the complex hair growing patterns. It's actually a lot of fun shaving my head and only took me a few times to learn. I constantly learn about it and it's fun.
I'll get a posted pic soon, this pic was taken on my 34th bithday at Mt. Rushmore. I need to get updated pic's for my profile soon.
Both my father and grandfather went bald early at a young age. So I knew it was only a matter of time for me as well but was shocked when my hair started thinning at 18. I was a bit immature and thought it will get thick again... Im still young but boy was I wrong. By 24 I had a massive bald crown. Got so depressed that I completely let myself go. Put on loads of weight, started drinking and smoking (pretty sure these bad habits also contributed to the hair loss).Sly suits you bro.
I was in a dark place... Still feel that a part of me still hasn't left that place (I know im being over dramatic). Heres a picture of me from 2 years ago... Scary right... lol...
I I leashed my inner baldness due a couple of factors. I have been really aware more and more of the area of thinning hair at my temples and a lovely bald spot at the back. Been going grey fast the last 6 months too and though sod this for a game of soldiers. Tyler's 30 day rule video was the turning point for me and I just dived right into baldness (very nervously though). I still have moments of doubt about what I have done but they are overpowered by the moments of loving it.
Great story mr J, the bald pate seems to be a never ending source of amusement, but once a man truly owns the look (as most of us here do!) it's always a good laugh rather than embarrassment or shame. I remember when I first shaved, if people made jokes I would get really self conscious, but now I love having a laugh at my own head.
Great story mr J, the bald pate seems to be a never ending source of amusement, but once a man truly owns the look (as most of us here do!) it's always a good laugh rather than embarrassment or shame. I remember when I first shaved, if people made jokes I would get really self conscious, but now I love having a laugh at my own head. And I have SBG, and guys like you and Harry that joined at the same time to thank for a lot of my improvement. So I update my previous reasons... I'm bald because it was meant to be!
My story mirrors yours, and it's been nearly 3 years bbc for me. My hair is totally white, and yes, shaving is the easiest way to eliminate grey hair! Congratulations on staying sly, I'm glad you like it. What kind of reactions have you received?
Having my mpb kick in at 18, spend the next couple of years trying to pass a combover off as a full head of hair.sounds familiar to ME!
Because i look more masculine and strong with a shiny head.i looked terrible with thinning sickly hair. i don't have much to razor anymore but I'm glad the rest is gone.
Because i look more masculine and strong with a shiny head.i looked terrible with thinning sickly hair. i don't have much to razor anymore but I'm glad the rest is gone.
Because i look more masculine and strong with a shiny head.i looked terrible with thinning sickly hair. i don't have much to razor anymore but I'm glad the rest is gone.
All or Nothing
i agree. i think we all get to that point (of hair loss) and say f**k IT! f**k it all. some guys sooner than others.Because i look more masculine and strong with a shiny head.i looked terrible with thinning sickly hair. i don't have much to razor anymore but I'm glad the rest is gone.
All or Nothing
Hi Chris: I agree. I wish I still had "nice" hair but since it has gotten so thin and whispy I would rather be rid of it entirely.
i agree. i think we all get to that point (of hair loss) and say f**k IT! f**k it all. some guys sooner than others.Because i look more masculine and strong with a shiny head.i looked terrible with thinning sickly hair. i don't have much to razor anymore but I'm glad the rest is gone.
All or Nothing
Hi Chris: I agree. I wish I still had "nice" hair but since it has gotten so thin and whispy I would rather be rid of it entirely.
e-x-a-c-t-l-y. total no brainer in my book.Because i look more masculine and strong with a shiny head.i looked terrible with thinning sickly hair. i don't have much to razor anymore but I'm glad the rest is gone.
All or Nothing
Always wanted to so I did a virtual st baldricks and made 500 bucks. Sat down in the barber chair and got it cue balled. I go back and forth but decided after I get my dvm I’m going to keep it sly 24/7. It’s just easier.