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• Anyone else feel like this? by Morthen on 31 Jul, 2010 21:45
• Ive been shaving my head for like..2 months? i think. and I was just curious if any of you ever miss your hair. I'm getting to where I miss having hair. Don't get me wrong I like being bald too and I look good bald but i do miss hair sometimes and I know theres nothing I can do to get it back but do any of you ever feel this way?
  
  I guess another reason I miss hair too is because it was less maintenance than being bald for me. Before when I had hair I would cut it rarely and washing / combing was easier and less painstaking than shaving my head ever was.. Idk I guess I just don't like the idea of my only hair style now can pretty much just be bald.
• #1 by Razor X on 31 Jul, 2010 23:04
• I used to feel that way but not anymore. It's normal to miss your hair in the beginning, but you miss it less and less as time goes by.  Remember the reason that you shaved your head in the first place -- a full head of hair is no longer an option for you.  So you do what you have to do -- keep your head shaved and work on improving other things about your appearance that need work and are within your control.
• #2 by TheSlyBear on 31 Jul, 2010 23:20
• Not for a second. Really.
• #3 by Rob-Raz on 31 Jul, 2010 23:28
• Nope...don't really miss mine either. To me the positives far outweigh the negatives. Never have to worry.."How does my hair look?"  If u need to just get up and go somewhere...no worries about bedhead.  I always usually kept a short haircut though...so i never had a whole lot to miss.
• #4 by The Noggin on 01 Aug, 2010 00:12
• Not really. In the first year there were moments I felt a little bit strange like getting stuck to the dental chair headrest or scratching my head and there's something missing.
  
  Face shaving was always like a burden to me, I never liked it and avoided it if I could. But now I don't want to miss the head and face shaving for a single day, despite the time and effort it takes.
  
  Beeing bald feels as natural as can be to me.
• #5 by Mikekoz13 on 01 Aug, 2010 05:29
• Not ever.... not for second.
• #6 by hammerdrill376 on 01 Aug, 2010 06:17
• I can honestly say I do not miss it at all. Especially when I was really thinning and was trying to decide which way to comb the remnants of my hair.
• #7 by D.A.L.U.I. on 01 Aug, 2010 06:51
• "Missing my hair" is what drove the urge to be free of what was left.  I don't have hair to miss, I have a horseshoe, and I don't miss that at all. 
• #8 by SBG Math Guy on 01 Aug, 2010 07:16
• Yes I remember those days.  In 3 weeks I will be celebrating my 2nd year as  but yes in the beginning I had those moments.  Just like you said it was less maintenance, but
  you can always shave every 2 to 3 days.  You can try that and see how you feel.  I know that keeping it smooth everyday would be     but because of skin sensitivity and lack of motivation I don't shave everyday.
  
  
• #9 by texanron on 01 Aug, 2010 08:40
• I don't miss my hair. Your hair is gone forget about it.
• #10 by Redgrave101 on 01 Aug, 2010 08:52
• I can relate to what your saying. But i guess as Razor said, you shaved your head for a reason. Because you wern't happy with how it was, and that a full head of hair was no longer an option. Thats what i have to remind myself when i am feeling doubtful.. Which is often at the moment lol! But im sure it is common for newbies to feel this way for awhile.
• #11 by TGB1 on 01 Aug, 2010 09:44
• My hair, high school pony tail and all is a fond memory and I like it that way.
• #12 by J.J. on 01 Aug, 2010 09:47
• Quote from: Morthen on 31 Jul, 2010 21:45

  Ive been shaving my head for like..2 months? i think. and I was just curious if any of you ever miss your hair. I'm getting to where I miss having hair. Don't get me wrong I like being bald too and I look good bald but i do miss hair sometimes and I know theres nothing I can do to get it back but do any of you ever feel this way?
  
  I guess another reason I miss hair too is because it was less maintenance than being bald for me. Before when I had hair I would cut it rarely and washing / combing was easier and less painstaking than shaving my head ever was.. Idk I guess I just don't like the idea of my only hair style now can pretty much just be bald.
  

  
  I still miss it sometimes.  However, in the 7 years since I started shaving regularly, the mild thinning that I had up top has progressed dramatically...to the point where I'm pretty much smooth aside from the mpb fringe (~Norwood VI), so I know growing my hair back to any styleable length is impossible.  I also get what you say about the upkeep of a shaved dome; unlike most guys here, I'm not big on the whole "experience" of shaving.  Lately, I've only been shaving slick about once a week, and doing clippershaves in between if needed.  
  
• #13 by reb123161 on 01 Aug, 2010 10:20
• I have not missed mine at all...never will!  If I had hair, I would miss my wife rubbing the dome..LOL.
• #14 by Morthen on 01 Aug, 2010 10:47
• yeah i understand i wont be able to grow back a full head of hair but I still do miss it. I guess im just having a hard time dealing with the fact im going to be bald probably the rest of my life