Couldn't believe it

• Couldn't believe it by Kaygee on 29 Jun, 2014 19:03
• So there I was in a department meeting. I looked at someone that has hair plugs (there's just no denying it) and started thinking about how someone could live in denial this long and try to hide it so badly.
  
  Then I started thinking about a picture that I just put up on Facebook a couple hours earlier. Once again, I received may sly remarks about my :receding hairline" from my friends. I know it is all in jest, but.....
  
  I started thinking to myself, "am I the one that is in denial"
  
  I knew that I was thinning.....but jeez, I was trying to cover up something in a bad way!
  I have always heard little jokes about my hair. My brother is bald and told me one time in karate class, "dude, when are you just going to let it go? Embrace it. What you are doing now isn't working."
  
  I thought he was crazy! I wasn't THAT bald......was I?
  
  That weekend was Memorial Day weekend. My wife put up a bunch of pictures after the weekend and I noticed the hairline like I never noticed it before. I started looking thru older pics and couldn't believe what I was looking at.
  
  So I shaved it all off....
  
  I have received zero negative feedback about my decision to shave it all off! In fact, I am receiving very, very positive feedback, to the point that I think that people may feel sorry for me and are trying to be nice. But there is always one underlying subject that comes up....they all think it looks "better" then before.
  
  Anyway, here I am, shaved and trying to embrace it, although it is difficult. But my initial reaction to being bald is, how did I not realize I was bald for over a decade.
• #1 by slymyke on 29 Jun, 2014 20:14
• Welcome, Kaygee!   
  
  Great story!  Thanks for sharing.  I'm sure you will get used to it...it looks great, and all the positive feedback is good to hear.   No more receding hairline or balding hair... just a slick, bald head and cool attitude!  Let 'em weep!
• #2 by Mike E. P. on 29 Jun, 2014 20:23
• I didn't realize how bald I was till I saw a photo of me in the pool with my son. I could see right through my hair to my scalp. It was really jarring. I think I was trying to convince myself I had more hair than I actually had. It didn't help that in an attempt to make me feel better, my wife was always saying, "you're not going bald." Yeah, now I can laugh about it!
• #3 by Cave Dweller on 29 Jun, 2014 20:39
• Glad you joined the board, Kaygee. That is a great story.
  
  Personally, I think the look suits you; but give being smooth thirty days to allow yourself time to adjust to the look before you decide one way or another whether you want to stay this way or do something else.
  
  Welcome.
  
• #4 by Sir Harry on 30 Jun, 2014 03:16
• Welcome, Kaygee! It's normal for guys to deny they're balding, we always get the classic "It doesn't look that bad from this angle" or "I just need to style it this way", etc. The sly look looks good on you, as the others say, give it 30 days.
• #5 by AJ Q-Ball on 30 Jun, 2014 09:05
• Welcome to SBG Kaygee!
  
  Like you, it was a long time until I saw how bad I was thinning.  I guess it was because I had a lot on my mind during the time I was progressively balding. My uncle just out of the blue looked down over me one day about a year ago and he was shocked at how bad my crown looked as far as hair loss goes.
  
  I don't think you would have any problems getting used to it after a few days.  It looks good.  Before going sly, I hated getting up early in the morning but now I look forward to it since I can have a nice clean head.
• #6 by ksshane on 30 Jun, 2014 09:07
• I was a ball cap guy.  In complete denial.  Wouldnt even answer the front door without putting on a ballcap.
  
  Then my wifes family took everyone to the lake and rented a boat to pull tubes.   Someone took a picture of me on the tube, and I was almost in shock with how far my hair line was going back.   Finding this site and going sly is one of the best choices I have made in years