Head Shaving, Grooming & Care > Miscellaneous
The shady shadow thread
Robmeister:
--- Quote from: grimesy on February 06, 2007, 07:26:07 PM ---This is only my second post and I haven't shaved just yet. The shadow is one of the things that is keeping me from making the plunge. I have relatively fine brown hair, but the sun always naturally bleaches it blond. I get tan very easily during the summer (and never burn) and would consider fake baking in the winter. Typically, the first long day in the spring sun is enough to give me a noticeable farmers tan. So, my dome would hopefully tan well too. Considering my hair and skin type, do you guys think daily shaving would be enough to keep away the shadow?
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First....Welcome to the Sly Guys forum....you've come to the right spot.
I'm right with ya on the pale shadow. I've been shaving the noggin for almost a month.
The pale shadow is something we all deal with in some fashion. I don't think it's a matter of shaving daily or getting the closest possible shave that mitigates the "pale" part.
That part of the scalp (where hair has been protecting it from most types of exposure) is very "VIRGIN" and in my case is very slow to respond to tanning of any kind....doesn't mean that it DOES NOT respond.....just very gradually.
I tan very easily like you and have fine brown hair as well. I do the fake bake each time I go to the gym (3 to 4 times a week). I'm getting pretty dang tan everywhere else....but the noggin is coming around slowly.
I've resolved that it will take patience and repeated exposure for the body to send signals up there that it needs protection from the sun = melanin = "tanning" cells.
Here's one thread to check:
http://www.slybaldguys.com/smf/index.php?topic=128.msg1524#msg1524
You can also use the search function and plug in "shadow" and get some hits.
a couple bottom lines that have been arrived at here:
1. All bald dudes have issues with it to whatever degree
2. It's really not as noticeable to others as it is to us...you know, pressing our forehead against the mirror
3. It takes patience and extended exposure to even it all out up there.
BaldBen:
--- Quote from: happyharry on October 03, 2006, 12:27:48 PM ---The only thing I dislike about my bald head is the shadow.
Shadow...aaaahhh!
Bald people with dark skin are truly blessed in that respect - the shadow doesn't show.
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That's not true.
The more color I get on my head the more my shadow shows!
Any suggestions gents for eradicating the unsightly!!
BALDANDRE:
--- Quote from: BaldBen on July 09, 2007, 03:18:48 PM ---Any suggestions, gents for eradicating the unsightly!!
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Put me on that list too! O0
Tyler:
--- Quote from: BaldBen on July 09, 2007, 03:18:48 PM ---That's not true.
The more color I get on my head the more my shadow shows!
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Weird, it's the opposite for me.
--- Quote ---Any suggestions gents for eradicating the unsightly!!
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Just ask her to leave... :*))
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
On a more serious note, there was a post about tweezing your head.
Paul:
--- Quote from: Tyler on July 09, 2007, 03:26:33 PM ---
--- Quote from: BaldBen on July 09, 2007, 03:18:48 PM ---That's not true.
The more color I get on my head the more my shadow shows!
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Weird, it's the opposite for me.
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Ditto for me, the better the tan, the less noticeable the shadow...Plus I think the sun even bleaches out those folicles
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