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"I won't look good with a shaved head." - for the guys on the fence!
dave523:
BTW if going straight to razored bald is too much...bro take it in stages...and no offense, but a buzzcut would be WAY more hip on you than your 80's hair...sorry, but true..
I mean your Brit brother David Beckham is buzzed bald and he comes across as a pretty hip guy!
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Hehehe thx, that was 50 Euro's well spent on a haircut :(!
Tx guys for your replies. Actualy i've never seen a guy that doesn't get away with buzzed/sly or maybe i am just not aware (Btw i am not Britsh, i am 100% Dutch). Still not so sure about myself though. Sent in some pics to a site called headshave.baldlygo.com. You send them some pics of yourself and they give u a virtual shave. The pics and they were sent back to me an hour ago. Curious/nervous how it looks, but haven't opened pics yet .
Think it would be easier if i would have the option of hair. Seriously, wouln't you guys prefer the option to be able to grow hair to being forced to buzz (because of MPB)? Then again, in ten years from now i will probably think "what the hell was that all about :D". As for now, not at a mental stage yet where i can accept that i might be one of the baldy's. RazorX, you are absolutely right in saying that i have got it coming, but you haven't been there. I have been a real dick making them ridiculous >:D and knowing them they will not 'ease' me into this fate >:D >:D. Maybe i should start looking for a wig :-\
Cheers Dave
Razor X:
--- Quote from: dave523 on July 04, 2008, 05:35:46 PM ---
RazorX, you are absolutely right in saying that i have got it coming, but you haven't been there. I have been a real dick making them ridiculous >:D and knowing them they will not 'ease' me into this fate >:D >:D. Maybe i should start looking for a wig :-\
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You think they won't laugh at a wig? ::)
J Digory:
Hey man, first I wanna say welcome to the site. Secondly, I really want to let you know that life isn't fair. Some people get handed the one thing in life you want most, while you struggle and never get it your whole life. For those of us who lose our hair naturally we most always go through a phase where we moan and complain that it isn't fair. But it's not. So deal with it. I'm not trying to be harsh, man. I started thinning a while back and I seemed to be the only one that could notice. I don't know if my friends tried to be really nice and play dumb, or if they were just blind. But I SAW my hair thin, and it drove me nuts. So yeah, it can take some of us a while to come to grips with hair loss. But you really only have two choices: deal with it, or don't. I tried some different drugs, and to be honest, THAT was giving up. The longer I tried to stop my hair loss, the longer I postponed dealing with my hair loss.
I'm not trying to say bald is the answer for YOU, but you have to do something. Drugs only work as long as you use them, and that's IF they work. It's like renting a big screen tv for a really long time so you can look impressive, since you can't afford to go out and buy one. You stop renting the tv, and it's gone. Eventually your hair WILL fall out if you are thinning now. No amount of drugs can stop it eternally. And as long as you don't deal with the emotions surrounding your hair loss, it won't make any difference when it happens. At 50 years old it's still going to hurt if you're not prepared for it.
The way I see it is this: I was born white, but if I really wanted to be black I could probably undertake some expensive surgeries to look black. But for what? I am still the same exact person God made me, but now I am trying to trick people into seeing me a different way.
Do what you want with your hair, man. Cut it short, comb it over, wear a wig. Just do what ever it is you do for your self, and not so that other people see you a certain way. As long as you are trying to manipulate other people's perception of you, you're going to be uncomfortable.
On a final note, it sounds like this can actually do you some good. By your own admittance you were pretty mean to your friends about something they couldn't control. It's one thing to poke fun with your friends, and it's another to really dig into them. If you just played with your friends, then you don't really have anything to worry about. If you can't take some jokes from your buddies, then hair is the least of your concerns. But if you really were mean to them it sounds like you may have some thinking to do. You wouldn't pick on a man in a wheelchair, so why pick on someone because of something they have no control over (loss of their hair)?
Please, keep us updated, Dave. I really am curious to see what you end up doing and how you come through this. I'm cheerin' for ya.
dave523:
--- Quote from: RazorX on July 04, 2008, 08:29:36 PM ---
--- Quote from: dave523 on July 04, 2008, 05:35:46 PM ---
RazorX, you are absolutely right in saying that i have got it coming, but you haven't been there. I have been a real dick making them ridiculous >:D and knowing them they will not 'ease' me into this fate >:D >:D. Maybe i should start looking for a wig :-\
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You think they won't laugh at a wig? ::)
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Wig, off course, was a joke. No wig or HT for me, i think that just leads to obsessive behaviour about the 'situation'. Knowing myself this would mean a lifetime-self-inflicted-hair-issue-imprisonement. My options are narrowed down to:
A) take medicine and consciously enjoy having hair;
B) accept being part men that go bald;
Think the second option is the best from a philosopical point of view. The one who can let go of things in life the easiest, probably is the happiest. But i am no philosopher and a pretty vain SoaB. Hope to find the answer by hanging/looking around this forum.
J Digory: wasn't really mean to my buddies, but was very unaware (until some months ago) that losing hair could be such an issue.
Looked at the pics of baldygo.com. At first i wasn't really shocked at the pics they returned and actuall was relieved (i probably expected worse). After having multiple looks, i am not so sure i could sport that look. Don't think i am the type to be a bald dude.
Cheers, Dave!
MagmaBabe:
Hey Dave
you should go with option B.
The more negativity you put into a situation, the worse you are gonna feel about it.
In all honesty.. to ask for help regarding treatments to help your hair stop falling out..
is just plain daft in my eyes. This is SlyBaldGuys, not the Rogaine for men club. I don't wish
to offend you in any way, obviously you're finding it hard to come to terms with your hair
loss, but the guys here can help you with that. What we can't do is wave a magic wand and
make your hair magically grow back. It's something you are going to have to come to terms with.
If you listen to some of the testimonies from the fellas on here.. they've been through the same
thing as what you have. As of right now, you are not the only one, nor will you be the only one
to feel this way. But please..poke around a little more on the forum and do a little more reading up
regarding other members losing their hair. I think it might help. :)
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