Decided grey and balding wasn't working for me.

[VoodooSyxx]

Congrats and welcome Cy. That look is working great for you. Like Gary said, you get bonus points for doin the deed in that cold weather. Makes me thankful for being a Texan. Even when it's cold here, it really isn't

[Sir Harry]

Welcome aboard!

[mrzed]

My first step into Sly was Jan 19th last year.  Middle of winter. Well, winter in Central NC is different that winter in Iowa or Minnesota.  

But still, it was not a bad experience at all. Rarely wear hats unless it is blowing out and I'm going to be out for an extended time.

It's ok to go Sly in Winter.

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Was taken last February. The Christmas lights were still up, but the amount of morning sunshine suggests later in winter.

[Beardman]

G'day mate, welcome to the sly family, you look great! I went sly in the winter too, but as Gary said, an Aussie winter is nothing compared to a winter in the north!

[OzSly]

G'Day Cy mate,

Welcome to the the Sly Bald Guys Asylum.

Nice intro, take a look around and post often 

[xnewyawka]

Welcome to the forum Cy. Good choice in taking control over the gray, and the mpb. Enjoy the freedom. 

[nuts]

The Aussie contingent have given you a 'warm' welcome.  Our winters are not nearly as cold as Iowa.  I went sly in mid winter and actually enjoyed the cold air on my newly shaved head.

[Ming the Merciless]

Even those with full heads of hair can go gray.  What is wrong with being gray?  "Balding" is one thing; "loss of melanin" is another.  Ming does not think the two should be in the same category.

Babies are often bald at birth; they are never gray.

Ming would hate to think that becoming Sly is a return to the womb.

The color of your hair should not be the determinant of shaving or not.

[Frontier Guy]

The color of your hair should not be the determinant of shaving or not.

I most respectfully disagree.

Gray was the sole reason I shaved my full head of hair. It much too easily stereotyped me as "old."

Which has been proven repeatedly over the past months - when age comes up in conversation I am consistently guessed to be 5 to 10 years  less than my chronological age.

I'll take it. 

Even then I still don't feel as old as I look.

[Cysly]

     Being gray wasn't the sole factor in deciding to go sly but it was one of the determining factors.

[Gary~]

It's funny how people are so variable. Although my beard is going gray or white the hair that was on my head wasn't going gray at all -- just staying the normal blond. I like a grey beard on an older bloke though.

[VoodooSyxx]

I like a grey beard on an older bloke though.

I gotta say some of the older guys with the full on grey or white beards look pretty badass. I'm getting a bit worried over the grey streaks on my own goat though. I'm not nearly ready for that yet.

[TheSlyBear]

I gotta say some of the older guys with the full on grey or white beards look pretty badass.

I'll be audacious and assume I'm one of them and say "Thanks!".

I'm getting a bit worried over the grey streaks on my own goat though. I'm not nearly ready for that yet.

Don't worry too much about it. It's gonna happen sooner or later. Might as well embrace it! (Or get yourself some Just For Men!  )

[VoodooSyxx]

I gotta say some of the older guys with the full on grey or white beards look pretty badass.

I'll be audacious and assume I'm one of them and say "Thanks!".

I'm getting a bit worried over the grey streaks on my own goat though. I'm not nearly ready for that yet.

Don't worry too much about it. It's gonna happen sooner or later. Might as well embrace it! (Or get yourself some Just For Men!  )

haha You're welcome. Actually yeah, yours was one of the ones I had in mind when sayin that bro. I've thought about the JFM but since I'm working on the full beard, albeit slowly, I'll probably hold off and see how things look later on.

[F77Scot]

First of all welcome CySly. I would say my grey/white hair was one of the reasons that I had wanted to go sly for a while....it didn't look right with the darker beard whereas bald and bearded just seems to work!