Reactions on first day of seeing friends

[Mike E. P.]

Hainess,

Stop thinking about the shape of your head. You look terrific sly.  Welcome to the Forum!

[Sir Harry]

Welcome, Hainess! (love the username!)

Looking at your pictures, you have a great headshape and look great sly....As far as the shadow, that's just part of being a bald man, but no one will know the difference except maybe another bald man. That said, it seems your friends that made the negative comments are jealous, but I wouldn't let that get me down....Good luck and enjoy the forum!

[stasiu]

Welcome to SBG !  Looks awesome !  Glad you giving the 30-day period.  You will not regret.

[bennett11]

you look great.  heads come in many shapes.  keep it shaved and the shaven look will be you naturally. 

[Cave Dweller]

Glad you joined us, Hainess.

Quit worrying. Your head looks fine.

[mineral13]

Welcome!

As others have said, heads come in different shapes and sizes.  Don't worry about what anyone else says, it will become natural and they wont remember soon anyways.  You look great sly.

For cold days, I just wear a beanie.  It is currently around 8°F here with a wind chill of -7° and i'm perfectly warm. 

[Hingatao]

Welcome to the club, Hainess. Sly looks good on you!

[DOC_OSMC]

Looks good bro!  I wouldn't worry too much about what others think.  I too was worried that the shape of my head wasn't right for the shaved looked, but it actually looks fine.  Your's is fine too.

You don't need to apply too much pressure, let the blade glide over your head.  I shave every other day and find that it makes shaving easier and quicker.  The cold water rinse is definitely a must to help cool the head.  Afterwards I use AVEENO® Men's™ After Shave Lotion and that definitely helps with keeping it feel nice and cool.

[hainess]

I appreciate all your comments.  Picked up some witch hazel and looking forward to trying it.  Aloe Vera is always good.

[hainess]

Any tips on traveling? I have a business trip coming up and the head slick bottle definitely will not make it thru carry-on.  I hate checking luggage in.  How have you guys traveled with all that is needed to keep a shave?

[Lith]

Gotta say these guys are right, you are over thinking it and you do look good with it! 

My current routine is Headslick with a few drops of Secret Shave (AWSOME PRODUCT.. The first shave I used it on I noticed my dome was SOOO much smoother). Lather it on my head.. Then use my Fusion Proglide on my side burns (the facial hair that I can get to grow doesn't connect to them).. Then I get out my Headblade ATX and go to town. After I mix my aftershave with a couple more drops of secret shave and a combination of Aloe Gel and Witch Hazel (80% Aloe and 20% Witch Hazel plan on changing that to 60-40).

[Frontier Guy]

The Headblade travel kit works well (see headblade.com). If you use the link here at SBG you'll get a 20%(?) discount.

IF you are ordering from headblade.com I highly encourage you to add a couple of pumps for your large bottle of HeadSlick at home (I think they're 75 cents) - really makes it all easy.

[hainess]

I shaved a consecutive day and still get nicks here and there.  How do you guys not get nicks? Do you wait until the nicks heal before shaving again?

[DOC_OSMC]

You may be applying too much pressure when shaving.  Remember, you only need light pressure, let the blades glide on your head and do the work.

[BBCESQ]

I will echo what everyone else has said.  You look great.  You friends and family are simply reacting to the huge change in your look.  After a couple of days, no one will even notice, and after a couple of months, they will have a hard time remembering what you looked like with hair. 

I still get the occasional person who just does not like the sly look, and that's okay, I love it and that's all the matters.  In fact, since it has been 2 years since I started shaving, there are many people in my life that have never seen me with hair.  They think I look very odd with hair when I show them pictures.