I've done it and I'm not happy

[MarkusToe]

ok, so I've finally done it and I think it looks terrible - I'm not sure if I can keep that look for 30 days

[Switchy]

Dude    You look good !  Trust me if I didn't like it I would tell you !  You look super man !  199% better !   

[MarkusToe]

I think I look so much older now

[Viking]

Looks fine man, you've got a good shaped head there!

[Switchy]

NO WAY man , you don't look old at all .  You just got 10 years .  You look great man , give yourself some time.  Check out all these young guys and gals around here.  You want to see old that would be me , and dern proud of it.   

[TheSlyBear]

Good grief, dude. It's just the opposite to me. The "after" looks more youthful and a vast improvement. My advice: do the 30 days.

But it's ultimately up to you. It'll grow back if you let it.

[Crusher0209]

Dang you ask me you look 10 years younger and more maturer then you ever did it works great for you and you have an excellent shape head. I would tell you if you didn't look good but I can't because the sly look works for you 

[MarkusToe]

haha, thanks crusher  you thin I look like 16 now? 

[Crusher0209]

Well hair or no hair in my opinion it is no hair for you and is the look that works for you but that is my opinion and I am in 9th grade

[bella]

Your eyes and eyebrows are, IMO, your strongest feature and they are SO much more prominent and stunning in the after pic.  I think you look quite dashing, which might take some getting used to.

It might just be the shock of a new look -- sometimes even good changes are very difficult for us humans to accept.  Everyone tells me I look better bald and I'm still doing double-takes every time I look at myself.

I'd say give it some time and if you don't like it after a week, or 30 days, or whatever, let it grow.  But change is SO hard on us humans that it's not fair to judge a fairly radical update in the space of a day or two.

[MarkusToe]

thank you bella! "dashing"? I like that  maybe you've got a point, I just shaved my head only one hour ago and so far you guys and me are the only ones who have seen it so far, lets see how it will work out, but if I don't want a horse shoe thats the only option I have, so I'll better try to get used to it, I'm just scared what friends and family will say

[Crusher0209]

Heck if its negative with oh well you have to live with the look not them so it is still your option to keep it or not bella has just done hers a week ago and she absolutely loves as you can tell 

[slyjoe]

I'm telling you, and I'm NOT lying. You look tremendously awesome bald. I don't say that to everyone.

You look like one the best looking bald by choice! Keep it please. You would be doing yourself a favor.

[bella]

I know what I say is impossible, but try not to worry too much about friends and family.  They might blurt out something rude or be disapproving (OR they might be awesome and completely supportive) but try to remember it's YOUR look.  

Imagine your mother was a redhead and went blonde and then approached you very nervously wondering your opinion and seeking your approval.  You'd think she was balls out insane, right?

So even if you might say "jeez mom lay off the bleach" you're not the arbiter of her looks and nobody but you decides how you look.

(This is not to say your friends and family will react poorly, but even if they do, try to think of how you would feel about them if they got a haircut you hated?  Not too bothered, am I right?)

It's totally totally natural to worry about what they're going to say; I'm only a week in and I'm still worried about those who haven't seen me.  It's a natural worry but a pointless one, another human flaw.

I hope that wasn't too all over the place, I tend to ramble

[Crusher0209]

Bella is right you are the one that is going to have to live with it and deal with it no one else does