How old?

[Marz]

I was about 14 - 15 the first time I shaved my head with clippers and no guard. People thought I was a skinhead.

I have shaved my head to different lengths my whole life (using #2 in the summer was pretty popular when I was younger).

When I started loosing my hair (22-24) I shaved it with clippers and it wasn't long before it got the bic.

[40sandwfan]

I actually gotta say, the first time I ever shaved my head totally and completely was just a few days ago. I've always had it at least no-guard, buzz-cut short since I got out of the military. As for my age, I'm 29.
I've had my hair so short that not many people noticed it when I actually Bic'd it for the first time. I did it this past Wednesday and my Dad has still yet to say anything about it. My Mom, Sis and friends think it's alright. I gotta say though, I was at a parade/local holiday weekend here in the valley where I live and didn't wear a hat or any sunscreen and I think I 'm gonna have a dome that looks like Rudolph's nose within the next day or so.
I shaved my head after a long-standing desire to do so. I've always been nervous about doing it but finally decided that if a buzz-cut is 'low' maintenance, a chrome-dome is 'no' maintenance!! I love it and will be doing this every single day when I shower. It's way easier to shave it completely myself than it is to buzz it myself. I always missed patches of hair when I tried to buzz it, now I can do the whole thing in the shower. It just adds an extra 2-4 minutes when I do it!! I'd still have a full head of hair if I didn't shave it, but at 29 and getting a few grays here and there, I thought I'd do this instead!! I don't regret it a bit!!

[Ming the Merciless]

Around about age 40; that's nearly a quarter of a century ago.  But the hair has come and gone often since then.  I was buzzing for a couple of months, lately--once a week, #2 (did it myself), and although a once-a-week buzzed head is actually lower maintenance than one shaved bald (I shave MWF, usually), I'm willing to put in the "little extra" it takes in time.  At least some of the time.

[jamesh75]

I am 33 (will be 34 next week), and I am in my third week of shaving.  I had been doing the buzz cut with a #1 for about a year.  I must say, I really haven't gotten much reaction from my family on it.  My wife still hasn't said whether she likes it or not.  My kids said they like it.  Of course, my kids would probably say they liked it if I had a big orange mohawk.  I guess I haven't gotten much reaction because I had been buzzing it so short anyway.  I decided to shave because I was getting thin on top and didn't feel good about it.

[Razor X]

My wife still hasn't said whether she likes it or not. 

If she didn't like it, she would have said something by now.   

[seventyfour]

When I was 16 I cut all of my hair off with the clippers, but I had never taken the razor to my scalp until about a month and a half ago (I'm 19 now). I've shaved properly 6 times now and I absolutely love it, but my family, especially my father, reckon I've gone bananas. I thought he'd understand seeing as he's bald himself heheh. I think I might keep it shaved for a while, although since it's winter down here right now it's not the smartest idea I suppose. It'll definitely be back in the summer though!

[ynrehc]

First time was last weekend, I'm 27.

[Mikekoz13]

I was 47 and had been wearing a buzzed down horseshoe for about 7 years. My lack of hair never bothered me so one day I just shaved it.
My wife loved it immediately and I've been SLY ever since.

Even my oldest friends say they can't imagine me with hair..... even my Mom says this too.

[Ghost1988]

I was 47 and had been wearing a buzzed down horseshoe for about 7 years. My lack of hair never bothered me so one day I just shaved it.
My wife loved it immediately and I've been SLY ever since.

Even my oldest friends say they can't imagine me with hair..... even my Mom says this too.

wow....from looking at the slybaldcon pics i couldnt even tell you have a horseshoe. you looked like you had a full head of hair by ur shadow. looks good.

[Mike]

I was 19 when I first shaved. I had always liked the look of a smooth shaved head and my oldest brother shavd when I was younger and my uncle always tries to talk everyone into shaving their heads. I needed a haircut but didnt want to waste $15 on one and a bunch of other stuff happened so I decided that going Sly was the best thing. I joined SBG on February 11th and started asking questions and finally shaved it February 25th. It felt great. I loved it, my oldest brother liked it, my (ex)girlfriend liked it, but alot of people thought it was dumb. I kept shaving and still do shave, I passed the 5 month mark the other day and I dont think I will ever grow hair again. It is still weird looking at old pics of me with hair, it just doesnt look right, too childish looking. Since then I have gotten a couple friends and my oldest brother to shave and have been trying to get my dad and other brother to shave.

[SlyintheOC]

I was 41 yrs old and had been slowly battling mpb. Nothing seemed to help and I did not want to go the drug route. I wore a horseshoe flattop (much like BaldAndre does) for several years and let it grow out and I was cutting it myself in a short Ivy League style. Pictures of my hair did not seem to be the same as what I saw in the mirror. I always saw more. I was tired of not having a decent looking haircut. The last time I had cut my hair, I cut like a HnT. It grew out and so in one day I buzzed it, in steps, from a #4 down to a 1/16" and at that point said to myself 'just shave it'. That was April 2 of this year.
I had no reaction until my lil bro and his wife came over one night and commented on it. My sis-in-law said it made me look younger and my bro said he had thought about doing the same. That's when my Mom spoke up and said "NO, it's bad enough that I have to look at one shiny head".

Sorry for rambling on.....

[D.A.L.U.I.]

my bro said he had thought about doing the same.

Work on him--bring another guy into the life of Sly--it's a good deed.   

[Rob]

It was three years ago when I first shaved, and I was 35.  One of the best things I ever did!

[shaved]

I was 46 yrs old ,i had alway wondered what i would look like with a shaved head, So one day bit the bullet and did it, The reason i shaved it was that i have a full head of hair and i suffered bad dandruff and dry scalp, And to see what it would be like , i will never let my hair grow again. As all hair problems gone.
The family at first  didn`t believe it, my wife and 1  daughter loved it, other daughter hated it. But most reactions were positive and said i suited it, Got complaints from fellow workers who were going bald etc and said i was mad as i had plenty of hair.
But got the best reactions from the ladies, i get the ladies looking at me more now than with hair.

[Papa Don]

I started shaving last year at the ripe age of 63.  All my life I have hated my hair.  I used to stand in front of the mirror, what seemed like forever just trying to get 2 hairs to lay down beside each other.  Growing up, my parents were very strict.  Watched every movement-  High school had dress codes as did the military-and finally the 20+ year job with strict appearance clauses.  When I retired, I said to myself-I'm tired of all these rules--hate my hair-so get rid of it.  Had my life been different I probably would have gone this route ages ago.  So-don't let anyone tell you that old age does not have it's perks.  Man, I love the sly life!