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#15 by tobler1 on 22 Nov, 2015 04:10
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I had a mohawk before I shaved. Enjoyed it. Definitely try it out if you're interested.
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#16 by DoberDaddy on 07 Dec, 2015 10:17
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I say, do what you want. It's your head, your hair. Stop worrying about what other think!
I wore the Ragnar, top know style with a full beard, that was in the mid-90s, people thought I was crazy!
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#17 by tellersquill on 13 Dec, 2015 03:45
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I went with the Mohawk!
I'm also growing out a bear at the moment. I'm going to let it grow for three months as well. I have a few patches on cheeks - I'm actually applying minoxidl to that area (there are tons of videos that show minox makes facial hair grow thicker and for some reason the new hair doesn't fall out once you stop using the product).
Must be the only balding man to put minox on the beard and not the head!
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#18 by tobler1 on 13 Dec, 2015 06:54
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Hope you're enjoying the hawk!
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#19 by Goatee on 13 Dec, 2015 08:15
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Your hair looks good! Shave and i see i say. It will always grow back!
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#20 by Semi-Sly on 13 Dec, 2015 13:35
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I went with the Mohawk!
I'm also growing out a bear at the moment. I'm going to let it grow for three months as well. I have a few patches on cheeks - I'm actually applying minoxidl to that area (there are tons of videos that show minox makes facial hair grow thicker and for some reason the new hair doesn't fall out once you stop using the product).
Must be the only balding man to put minox on the beard and not the head!
(I'll post pictures when the beard is longer)
Great news and already I am JEALOUS of the mohawk - and I haven't even seen it yet!
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#21 by SILBaldguy on 15 Dec, 2015 08:36
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I was/is in the exact same position as the OP, and I dealt with it for several years. My hairline/temple area started receding around my High School Graduation, just like yours slow at first. Around 26 it started to accelerate and the crown started to thin. At 28 going on 29 soon the widows peak and crown bald areas have grown and are set to merge soon, probably in my low 30s. I tried to hide it for a bit and grew my hair longer (wanted to go shoulder length), but that only made it worse, not better. Didn't care to do anything to stop it either, and I had a good solid and very thick beard to compensate so this year having grown frustrated of my receding hair, and finding out that there was a bald gene lurking in my mother's side of the family (It just skipped a generation as my mom's brother in his mid-upper 40s still has a full head of hair, but my great grandfather was bald by his 30s/40s) I knew I was destined to become one with the bald collective (pun on Borg Collective from Star Trek) I decide to cut it all off. I didn't 'shave' at first, just went with no guard on the clippers, however I was encouraged by another forum to try a clean shave of the scalp. I gave it a try and found it strange at first with my scalp feeling as smooth as a baby's bottom, though soon came to find out that I preferred it this way and kept shaving for 4 months.
To see if my 'assimilation' was truly complete I tried to let my hair grow out (though kept at a buzz cut length) for close to 2 months. Hated it and immediately ran back to the shaved head and beard look. I've been assimilated (darn it
). It was much better to accept it now and be done with it, then wait and stressing over it. I've got enough things in life to worry about and I don't need stress over hair loss to go with it. Best of all I still got my beard, and the very genes and are causing me to go bald, are really aiding in the beard growth. All in all, not a bad trade off. Everyone's journey to assimilation, err acceptance is different and like most things your mileage my vary.
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#22 by Goatee on 15 Dec, 2015 10:37
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Shave and see! A new forum moto!