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RANT: I wish there was an unbiased online community for discussing bald-ing/ness
reddog:
It's true, not everyone looks good with a shaved head. I think we try to be honest here with opinions.
For us BBC guys, it is about preferring the look. Before I started shaving, I was noticing alot of guys with completely shaved heads, and thought they looked awesome. I thought what the hell, shave it off one time and it will grow back, that was almost 6 years ago. I like how it looks, and how clean it feels, and being a little different than most guys.
Miller1989:
--- Quote from: Razor X on February 25, 2019, 08:43:44 PM ---What exactly would this “nonbiased” community be, exactly? One that takes no position as to whether one should shave or go the hair replacement route? One that doesn’t advise one way or the other? What is the value in that?
While I don’t expect anyone to be happy about hair loss, it is something that everyone who experiences it must come to terms with one am or another. The “woe is me” wailing and gnashing of teeth is simply not productive.
If you truly feel that there is a beee doe a “nonbiased” online baldness support community, then why not start one of your own?
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I agree. What would be the point of a community that gives no advice and tells people "We don't know what to do". That'd be like a support group that is not being supportive one way or the other. An oxymoron. Personally, I always found the idea of someone cutting up my head or taking drugs repulsive. And if they really thought about it, I think a large number of guys would. But it's true, there are opposite extremes. Some say that every guy looks ugly bald, and some say that every guy looks great with a shaved head. Neither one is true. But I think this group is more honest and middle-of-the-road than most others. We're usually pretty honest with people about their head shapes and such. But through it all, there is one irrefutable fact. Your life is NOT over just because you are losing your hair or are going to shave your head. As I've said before, there are plenty of people that are living proof of that fact.
slybeard:
The items you listed that can make a guy not look good sly can also make a guy not look good with a fringe. In many cases, not all, sly looks better. The other options, plugs, transplants, drugs, or hair pieces are not options for many guys due to cost and/or side affects. So it is really a matter of personal opinion, and it should be no surprise that guys and girls on a head shaving site would be more likely to prefer head shaving. Members on a buzz cut site will recommend a buzz cut. Members on a long hair site will recommend long hair. Members on a hair transplant site will recommend hair transplants. And there are sites that support guys with a MPB look by choice.
The encouragement often suggested here is to try going sly for 30 days and then make a decision. And yes, we will offer our opinions. I cannot remember seeing a guy here with visible MPB that did not look better, to me, sly, than before. For many of the BBC guys, that is not the case, but sly is their preference. I do my best to support them in their preference. And may guys start the 30 day challenge and we never see them again, so I assume they did not like the results and just moved on. The ones that stay are obviously the ones that like it.
After all, sly is just another hairstyle.
slybeard:
Duplicate post
max.b:
--- Quote from: Razor X on February 25, 2019, 08:43:44 PM ---What exactly would this “nonbiased” community be, exactly?
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A useful unbiased community would give good advice on looks-maxxing (as lookism users call it) to those who ask for it.
I'm not saying I know how to create one, but perhaps acknowledging that the problem exists is a start. All 3 communities related to balding/baldness are echo-chambers.
BTW if you'd like to know what, say, hairlosstalk thinks about this place, type
site:hairlosstalk.com sly
into Google (Trigger warning. They actually roast some people from this site) They are an echo-chamber too, of course.
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