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Anybody ever miss their old hair?

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Miller1989:
I know we all love having a smooth head, but does anyone ever miss their locks? I know I never do, because even before I started losing it, my hair was never great anyway, always on the thin and fine side. I always preferred buzzes and shorter styles anyway. And running my hands over a slick, cool, bald head feels way better than running my fingers through my hair ever did. And I honestly like the way I look better now as well. But I can understand that guys who had thick, wavy hair that they were proud of many miss it from time to time. Thoughts?

Razorhead:
Simply put....no. I don’t miss my hair. Like you I never had a haircut that I really liked except in college  when I had a good stylist who cut my hair in a very Beverly Hill 902010 style. However, I wasn’t very good about styling it and using product.  The next big cut to come along was the Caesar which I wore, and i hated it. Since then, I never really had a cut i liked so i started buzzing my hair and got military style haircuts. Then i was amped about my haircut choices. A buddy of mine buzzed my hair real short — close enough to look bald headed. So i got curious. Eventually, I got the balls to take a razor to my head. Then i was really hooked! Since then I kept a shaved head. From time to time i would let my hair grow out to crewcut or a flattop but always eventually ended up going back to a shaved head.

A shaved head is a nice  constant look. It’s easy. It’s accepted. I have a nice head shape. So why not. My hair is very silvery and the top has thinned and receded so I really can’t go back to my college hair days even if I wanted to.

It’s funny though even when i took a break from shaving and had some decent length, i look back at those pictures and i feel a little repulsed. LOL.

A shaved head to me is liberation.

Semi-Sly:
yes I do miss my hair but like razor head it’s getting very very difficult for me to even keep it in the Flattop because it’s getting so thin and so colorless.  and I also miss it whenever I have a convertible top down I love the feel of the wind rushing through my hair and when it’s not there it doesn’t feel as nice.   

But on the pro side the shaved head is so liberating!  I am free of the compulsion of getting to the barber every 10 days to two weeks - And then it’s never cut exactly the way I want it!

as a barber I catch a lot of flak about shaving my head because people can see that I still have a little bit of hair on top and I have a full front hairline but they’ll get over it!

reddog:
I started getting grey hair in my 20s, by early 30's pretty much all grey, so one of the best things about shaving my head was no more grey hair! There was a few times that I had a killer flattop, but when I try to grow it now, my hair is much finer than even a few years ago. So I'm pretty happy with the shaved head look. A sharp shiny shaved head is a bold style that makes a statement!

bennett11:
No i do not miss having hair.  as a teenager i liked the looks if very close cropped hair  on some guys.  in college i kept mine that way  and was not unhappy to realize i was balding later.  I first saved my head in late 1980's and kept it way for few years befpre the look became more common. for several decades now i have been shaving daily.

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