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• Is this typical by nor_cal on 01 Jun, 2009 12:09
• I go back and forth between growing my hair off and keeping it shaved smooth.  Are there others of you out there who do this?  If so, how often do you go between looks?  Why can't I committ to one look or the other?
  
  Thanks for the help.
• #1 by Timmay on 01 Jun, 2009 12:53
• nope...once i shaved it all off...it has stayed off.  Never any question in my mind.  After 2 years of doing it, it is almost like second nature.  Good Luck
• #2 by Paul on 01 Jun, 2009 13:38
• Ain't typical here either.  Most it grows is for two days when I get really busy or am hunting.  Otherwise, slick and sly.
• #3 by Tyler on 01 Jun, 2009 14:35
• It could be normal for you.  My brother-in-law does this all the time.  Probably spends 6 months shaved and 6 months grown out.
• #4 by buddha on 01 Jun, 2009 15:56
• What's typical?
  It seems that the notion of cycling between being sly and letting the hair grow out implies that we, here in the SBG forum, are creatures of not only one mind but also of one schedule. Personally, I have been sly since 2000-01(?), and I have periods of letting the hair grow out and periods of scraping my skull. The vast majority of the time I am smooth of skull but, for whatever reason, I have periods when I let it go. It never has gotten longer than a "2" guard (1/4") since I started shaving because the crest of my dome is smooth by nature (well, almost: way more skin than hair).
  IMO this whole sly thang has more to do with individuality than typicality (yes, I made that word up.....I think?). We just have a group of fine and like-minded souls here in SBG, each of us is a beautiful and unique little snowflake who happened to lite here in the forum.
                     
• #5 by TheSlyBear on 01 Jun, 2009 17:08
• April through November, I'm sly. December through March, I'm buzzed.
• #6 by Mikekoz13 on 01 Jun, 2009 17:35
• SLY all the time.... I skip a day of shaving about once a week.........
• #7 by sq on 01 Jun, 2009 17:37
• Quote from: buddha on 01 Jun, 2009 15:56

  What's typical?
  It seems that the notion of cycling between being sly and letting the hair grow out implies that we, here in the SBG forum, are creatures of not only one mind but also of one schedule. Personally, I have been sly since 2000-01(?), and I have periods of letting the hair grow out and periods of scraping my skull. The vast majority of the time I am smooth of skull but, for whatever reason, I have periods when I let it go. It never has gotten longer than a "2" guard (1/4") since I started shaving because the crest of my dome is smooth by nature (well, almost: way more skin than hair).
  IMO this whole sly thang has more to do with individuality than typicality (yes, I made that word up.....I think?). We just have a group of fine and like-minded souls here in SBG, each of us is a beautiful and unique little snowflake who happened to lite here in the forum.
                     
  
• #8 by rodubls on 01 Jun, 2009 21:57
• I'm normally an every other day shaver, but yeah sometimes I will go a stretch every couple of months or so. I'm actually in a stretch right now after going out of the country on business for a week and then pulling a 65+ hour week at the office. Sometimes it just gets hard to shave my head every day and I especially don't like to have to bring additional stuff with me when I travel. And once it gets a certain length you gotta buzz it off before going sly so that takes additional time to boot.
  
  But after like two weeks I usually hit a point where I get real ancy about my hair again and its either time to get a haircut or shave it off...and I refuse to pay for a haircut at this point, so off it goes.
• #9 by Mike on 01 Jun, 2009 22:20
• Quote from: rodubls on 01 Jun, 2009 21:57

  But after like two weeks I usually hit a point where I get real ancy about my hair again and its either time to get a haircut or shave it off...and I refuse to pay for a haircut at this point, so off it goes.
  

  
  Every once in awhile I get like that when I dont shave for close to a week then a thought might get into my head of just regrowing my hair but I start thinking about haircuts and all that hair stuff like not showering for a couple days and having nasty hair, it would annoy me. After that thought I grab the clippers and all and scrape it down.
  
   I know many guys that shave starting around March/April and keep it shaved until around October, they have done that for ages it seems.
• #10 by rodubls on 01 Jun, 2009 22:24
• For some reason my stretches always come in the summer. WTF??? I live in Houston!!! Its hot!!! What am I doing??
• #11 by GASlick on 01 Jun, 2009 22:42
• I typically shave every other or every three days.  I seem to get a better shave it I let it come in some.
  If I let it go much longer than that, my wife starts commenting on it.  "You are going to shave that, right?"
• #12 by R o b 6 on 01 Jun, 2009 23:14
• Quote from: GAslick on 01 Jun, 2009 22:42

  I typically shave every other or every three days.  I seem to get a better shave it I let it come in some.
  If I let it go much longer than that, my wife starts commenting on it.  "You are going to shave that, right?"
  

  
  same here as GAslick and rodubls. i'll go in phases...every day currently, because it's really hot here. but not opposed to a 2-3 day break now and then especially in cooler weather. the shave you get after those 3 days max is even closer than the daily one so it can be worth the wait.
  
  
• #13 by Kratos on 01 Jun, 2009 23:24
• Negative, I stay slick, I don't plan on growing my hair back anytime soon.
• #14 by baldy46 on 02 Jun, 2009 09:01
• Every now and then I'll let it go for two or three days, but never more than that.  Been strictly sly for a full year now.