Why did i wait so long?

[SpeedoApe]

Ever look at your new sly self and think," why the HECK did i wait so long?" i do! i look and think man i was so stressed about how my hair looked and what people would think if i did it etc etc. now its like you GOOF! you shoulda done this YEARS AGO!
why do we wait so long to do it???
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[JohnMont]

it's the never ending question.   At first I was just glad to be sly.  many guys asked that question and my answer was .... i dunno ... but I'm sly now and I like it . 
After a couple of months though  ; for some reason the quesiton has more relevance.  Whey the f%$#$
DIDN"T i shart shaving it sooner.  I had a lot of anxiety; i WANTED to shave it . What was the hang-up.  I could have been reaping the benefits of the confidence  being sly can give a guy.   So yeah; why the heck didn't I do it sooner, but;  I'm enjoying it NOW!

John

[xnewyawka]

That's exactly right, John. I think a lot of us have been down this road.
Such a simple thing, but we agonize and wonder. Thankfully, we found this place, where it helped to affirm that there is nothing wrong with being bald. In fact, it's just the opposite!. The feeling of confidence and self esteem actually rises with the hair being gone.
 
The main thing is we got here and are enjoying it now, and that's all that really matters.
Don't think of the past and "why did I wait so long"; you're here now, so keep moving forward. And keep it smooth!     

[SLYinKC]

That's exactly right, John. I think a lot of us have been down this road.
Such a simple thing, but we agonize and wonder. Thankfully, we found this place, where it helped to affirm that there is nothing wrong with being bald. In fact, it's just the opposite!. The feeling of confidence and self esteem actually rises with the hair being gone.
 
The main thing is we got here and are enjoying it now, and that's all that really matters.
Don't think of the past and "why did I wait so long"; you're here now, so keep moving forward. And keep it smooth!     

Very well said, Joe!!!!

[andrew]

You guys are all very right.  I've only been sly for 1 week and 3 days, and I'm already wondering why I didn't do this earlier.    I was expecting to feel awkward confronting people for the first time, but instead I'm more confident than ever.

[hipstersaint]

no kidding!! I look back at old pictures and stuff and think ' oh, that's not me at all!!!"

[schro]

A LOT of guys on SBG have a similar story, me included.
I love the look and the feeling of self-confidence of not worrying about MPB (male pattern baldness) or scratching my scalp.

When I was speaking to my brother (who I also regard as my closest friend) about whether or not to return to being sly (I grew it back for my wife...she didn't like it....long story), he said "The buzz cut looks good, but being sly is a much bolder look". Glad I'm back.

Hindsight can be applied to many things....

[warhawk]

gr8 post yhote.... yeah.... i agree with all the sly brahs....."why did i wait so long?"  .... i have been sly since april 24, 2007 and i can't  c  myself with hair anymore.  i have patients who  c  my old  identification badge (when i had the big mop) & all my patients make comments that i look better with the shaved head.  u gotta luv a freshly shaved, smooth noggin'.

WARHAWK

[joergHH]

gr8 post yhote.... yeah.... i agree with all the sly brahs....."why did i wait so long?"  .... i have been sly since april 24, 2007 and i can't  c  myself with hair anymore.  i have patients who  c  my old  identification badge (when i had the big mop) & all my patients make comments that i look better with the shaved head.  u gotta luv a freshly shaved, smooth noggin'.

WARHAWK

Really, why did I wait so long? I was on the fence from May to August. At May 14th I tried  a first shave. No that was not good - cuts and razorburn. It lasted till August 7th and I did the DEED - eventually!!!!!!!!!! Now I feel good, I've learned to shave and love my freshly shaved dome in the morning. That's it!

J.

[danyroo]

And it's imposible to go back.

[joergHH]

And it's imposible to go back.

I think too.

J.

[Oto]

I waited years and years to take the plunge and that is my eternal question: why did I wait so much? I love the bald look and don't let it grow back anymore. First time BBC in 2o02, from 2006 on a regular headshaver, got addicted to shave my head completely smooth. Should have started decades earlier.

[KALBO]

I think, for me, I still had visions of my pre-Navy days...

subconsciously, I thought I'd have the opportunity to grow it long like that again once I got out while avoiding the reality of how bad my MPB was looking.

Thank God for SLY friends...and my HeadBlade!

[JDog]

I can guarantee every man in the forum has uttered the phrase "Why didn't I do this sooner?" upon their first initial headshave.

[Razor X]

subconsciously, I thought I'd have the opportunity to grow it long like that again once I got out while avoiding the reality of how bad my MPB was looking.

I've felt like that at times, too.  Not so much anymore.  I was thinning but not totally bald when I shaved.  After you shave, you don't see how the hair loss is progressing and in the back of your mind you always think that you can return to how it looked on the day you first shaved.  Then you give it a try and realize that it looks like crap and you shave it all off again.

For me, it was always about timing.  I decided that I'd shave my head once the hair loss got to a certain point.  I figured there'd be fewer awkward questions than if I just shaved off what was still a halfway decent head of hair.   Eventually, it got to the point where the hair loss wasn't progressing quickly enough.  That's when I realized that I really wanted to be bald and it was time to let go.

And now, when I look back at photos taken just before I shaved, I realize that the hair loss was much worse than I realized at the time.