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Cost of shaving

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Noner:
I always get a line from people "well I bet you save money on shampoo and haircuts."

Now I thought about it and at first it seemed true, but then after analizing it, I actually spend as much money as other people. Have you see the cost of the Fusion razors???

After buying the razors, the shaving cream, the skin lotion for the head and sunscreen, I drop just as much money as I did going to get a haircut.

Anybody else have this problem?

happyharry:
Noner, that's an interesting and valid point. Indeed, we bald guys don't spend our money on things normal people spend on (eg haircut etc), but we do buy our accessoires and these cost.

Frankly, I didn't go bald to save money on haircuts, but I sat down the other day and calculated how much it costs
me to be bald (per month):

2 packs (6 each) Extreme 3 razors = 11 Euro (13 USD)
2 tubes Nivea shaving cream = 3.50 Euro (4.20 USD)
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Total = 14.50 Euro (17.40 USD)

And that's all I spend each month for my head - I don't use any other lotions or sunscreens (I wear hats).

Hm...if I calculate the amount I spent on hair products before I went bald:

2 shampoos = 8 Euro
1 Haircut = 15 Euro (hey, I'm a tightwad)
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Total = 23 Euro (27.60 USD)


As you can see, shaving is only slightly cheaper, you don't save a lot of money compared to
the usual haircare.
And I'm only using disposable 3 blade razors (these are relatively cheap), so if you use the
more expensive ones (Quattro, Fusion etc) the costs would be about the same as or a little higher than the costs
for standard haircare.

However, there's one factor that has been overlooked: "regular shaving", i.e. shaving your face. Those who shave their heads usually shave their face with the same razor (during the same session). And all men (well, almost all) shave their faces. So if men with hair spend the same amount of money on razors (and shaving cream) for shaving as us bald guys, then we can exclude the razors from the equation and it all boils down to skin care products. And that's a miniscule amount, I guess. Perhaps 5 Euro per month? And we don't pay for haircuts. So we do save a good deal of money...

It all depends how demanding you are regarding razors. If you shave every day and if you only use the Fusion and each blade only once...then things can get rather expensive, naturally.

PS: by the way, I checked out your personal homepage and I liked it. You're one funny fella. I like stand-up comedians.

Yeti:
good points, I agree that if you are already shaving your face (and neck like the Yeti lol ugh) then the costs to do your head as well, make it cheaper than haircutting, not too mention all the cons to having hair again. Bald4Life! (and hair covered elesewhere for life too 8-( hehe)

sarcazm:
depending on how sensitive your head is, a razor can last quite a long time! as far as i am concerned, if you firstly buy razors in bulk (costco- mach 3 blades like 24 razors for about 35 bucks!) you start out right! secondly, the only place to shave in my opinion before a day or night out is in the shower. The steam shoftens the stuble and it makes for a nice close shave...

hell... i shave everday and i have not bought razors in several months. i beat the hell out of the blades and get a consistant smooth shave! mach 3 is my definate fav!

also i have found that if you use body soap or hair conditioner as your cream, your head also stays moisturized. I prefer oil of oly body wash with the shea butter!

my cost, compared to the days of hair is down in a major way! no damn shampoo, hairspray, brushes, haircuts, hair ties (i used to have a pony tail), etc. i will never go back!

ar3inc:
Shaving your head is just like keeping your hair styled.  You have the products and time invested.  The bottom line is... nothing beat the bald head see the other post for detailed list of benefits

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