You know, I've looked at the chart so often and I still couldn't really place me anywhere. The front of my hairline I would still place at a 2 or even before a 2 with slight thinning but no receding in the widow's peak areas. Nothing drastic though. My hairline is pretty much the same way it has been as long as I can remember. I have no idea where my bald spot would be placed. Is it a 3V or a 4 slightly more covered? You've seen the picture. No idea.
To be honest, I wouldn't buzz or shave to hide the balding. I am balding and that's that. Who gives a toss? When I think of buzzing my hair (as a start that will eventually lead to a shave), I am thinking of actually embracing my baldness and just providing a cleaner look... I think that thinning spots somehow appear untidy. Things as they are now are just about bearable. But now that I've spotted it, I want to slowly prepare myself for what is to come. And again... I like the buzz and I am looking forward to it, but somehow I am dreading not being able to carry it off. Growing back thinning hair must look awful!
The fact that just last week I met a really cute girl, with which I am going out, doesn't make my decisions easier at the moment. I thought I'll wait for another couple of months before I do anything drastic. I've even considered preparing her for it, but who wants to bad-mouth the goods before selling them, ey?
Absolutely not, unless you let the balding spot go too long!
Thank you, mrzed. It's good to read that. I guess I could even enjoy what I still have as long as I have it and then do the deed. And till then I can hang out electronically with cool dudes with loads of facial hair.
By the way, I do have a friend here in Germany where I live (no, I don't care about the skinhead stigma... I am not native, so the German Fatherland is of no concern to me) who also shaves his head and I cannot stop touching his head!
In the straightest possible way of course. It's a good feeling to know that one day I can have that feeling directly over my eyes.