Give the new guy some courage.

[PigPen]

Do it!

Oh yeah, welcome to the forum too.

[The Noggin]

Welcome and congrats on your decision FightFan!
Good luck for your first shave! 

[mangosink12572]

Welcome and go for it - - -We all did  - -months and years later  - - -we are all here to help  - -All I have to do is hear that hair spray stuff that you do  - - - - -It is so easy to be bald and everyone  - -eventually  - -likes it  - -  It is SEXY - BEAUTIFUL-  CLEAN and EASY

[bem75]

First, welcome to the forum.  These guys helped me get over the hump and we'll do the same for you.

Honestly, not having support from family and friends does make it tougher.  However, you need to take the advice of the guys here.  It is your head and your life.  Once they see that you are happier, they will support your decision.

Read through the stories on this site.  You'll see the same thing over and over and over again.  We all went through stuff like this and we're all happier now.  Shaving your head is an important step towards self confidence.  You WILL be a better and more confident man, once you take this balding issue into your own hands and embrace your new look.  Most of us wish that we had done the deed sooner.  I certainly do.

Shave that thinning hair off and enjoy your new look and your new confidence.  Own it!  Give it 30 days and don't give in to anyone telling you to grow it back.  If you hate it after 30 days, I will eat my words.

Good luck!  Keep us updated.

[Ming the Merciless]

Can't add much more to what's been said to you already.  I was/am a "slow shedder," and although a barber, many years back said, "You'll never be bald," baldness is a matter of opinion.  I've formerly posted a view of what hair I've got at the age of sixty-five (no longer to be seen in my current picture, and the general opinion of old me vs. SLY was, "Yuck!'  Oh, well).  I first went SLY at forty (exactly! The day I turned) and have done it "on and off" (hmm!) since then.  At the moment (see picture), a buzz, but the razor and the lather are calling me.

In my view, shaving it off at any age, whether due to MPB, or as a matter of BBC--why not?  To hell with Samson I say.  Even with a fullheadofhair, shaving it off is just another way of being what you want to be.  Oh, you don't want to be bald?  Suck it up.  Take it off!  Move on.

[joergHH]

Welcome here, FF!

Bros gave you the best advices. Do the deed and enjoy your life. Best wishes 

J

[Papa Don]

FF, do what a man has to do!  Get rid of the stringie stuff on your head.  Be happy, confident and hang the naysayers!

[Arnie]

Welcome to SBGs!!!

[buddha]

My girlfriend and mother are totally against me shaving my head. Thats why I have signed up here all you guys looked so cool with a shaved head and theres no negativity here so im thinking f**k it so tomorrow I will get it done and its all from reading how liberated you guys have felt after doing it.

Sorry for the life story and thanks for reading, wish me luck.

It's good that you are not letting the DISEASE TO PLEASE your girl and mother keep you from shaving your head.  Make sure you shave and keep it shaved for 30 days straight.  This will give you and your family time to adjust to your look.

Welcome to SBG!

DISEASE TO PLEASE! That phrase is truly magnificent. Those three words say sooooo much! Kudos to you, Tyler.

[mdave87]

As another guy who started losing his hair young I know it sucks man. Maybe just start shaving it with a 1 and working your way to the razor if thats easier? And like daren said hit the gym and grab some new clothes it helps a lot. Good luck!

[dodger]

Fight Fan

Sounds like you are going through alot with the hair you have left and still
you are not happy

That's the key...

I am many years older and for that period I went through a miserable time of lotions, transplants and hairpieces.

Finally, I realized that I needed to be true to myself

With the support of the SLY Family, I shaved the dome a month ago and I have not yet stopped smiling.

So, if you are asking us, JUST DO IT..

Keep in touch

steve



 
 

[warhawk]

hey fightfan:  welcome 2 the sly fraternity.  just shave that dome smoooooooth & i guarantee that U will not have any regrets.  matter of fact, U will be thanking us 4 encouraging U to "do the deed", "take the plunge", or in simpler terms..."shave your head".  keep us posted 2 your road 2 slyness.

WARHAWK

[FightFan]

Thanks for the support guys, well I had enough of having it long and combing it forward being really fine and trying to please everyone. I went barbers last week told him to buzz it, he suggested a 5 on top and 4 back and sides. Had that done, woke up a few days later and buzzed it myself to 3 all over, already considering buzzing it to a 2 or 1 later. Looks like i'll be sly by end of the week lol. Its been so windy and raining all week and all my usual worries are gone. NO MORE HAIRSPRAY 

Told the girlfriend I buzzed it, her exact words were 'eww I dont date bald men' My reply well I guess we're over then, since im a bald man. Shes been begging to come back but I said I couldn't date someone so close minded. So onto pastures new.

Also first day back at college since the buzz and no one mentioned anything until a guy came in late and said as loud as possible 'damn you look like a nazi' 

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

. Had that done, woke up a few days later and buzzed it myself to 3 all over, already considering buzzing it to a 2 or 1 later. Looks like i'll be sly by end of the week lol. Its been so windy and raining all week and all my usual worries are gone. NO MORE HAIRSPRAY 

 a guy came in late and said as loud as possible 'damn you look like a nazi' 

Well, you're following exactly what happened to me, once it was buzzed, it was a steady and rapid move to #1, then no guard, then sly--never looked back, never regreted--and you won't either.  Don't resist the urge, and if, after 30 days, you really don't want to do it fast, let it grow out and go bald, hair, by hair by hair--a blade is the only alternative that makes sense other than the slow balding that nature provides. 
By the way, you're really going to like it, that's a promise from SBG.

[Teehach]

Dude,

Sounds as if you have the courage.  My family was also against me going sly.  I told them I would try it and if they just hated it I would grow it back.  You see, I had a full head of hair.  Funny thing is, I envied men who were losing their hair cause they had a great reason to go sly.  I just love the look and didn't want to deal with the hair anymore.

I also went #3 for a day then #1 for a week and then pulled out my Mach III and went after it.  I have to tell you if you like the buzzed look at all, you will LOVE, and I mean really LOVE the sly look.  It is a total transformation.  You will not be able to stop looking in mrrors and/or any reflective surface you can find.  Man, I am excited for you.

Oh, back to my family.  It has been 2 weeks (4 days sly) and my son has told me it has grown on him.  He said my wife told him that as well.  She is just to stubborn to admit she was wrong about liking it.  My daughter has warmed up to it as well.  The people that love you will want to see you happy and confident.

Go for it, you won't regret it