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Thathawkguy001:

--- Quote from: reddog on July 21, 2022, 02:51:44 PM ---A few years ago, I made it about 8 week, and I went to a barber for a flattop. When I got home I hated it, and shaved my head! What a waste of $25. Here is a pic of it.


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I've definitely done the same I've gotten a nice HNT or fade and then saw my bald friends and got the itch and grabbed the trimmers.

I think I tried growing it out this month made it 3 weeks and decided that I should just keep it off for good instead of wavering back and forth 😅

Razorhead:
@reddog that is a great flattop!

Just an update, I found a good flattop barber. About an hour drive. I’ve been to the shop before and you definitely get a good haircut. So I get in the chair and said that I wanted to do a flattop. He caped me up, and I mentioned that I normally shave my head. His response ‘the perfect balding man’s haircut’. I should add that his head was shaved. I have a knack for picking bald barbers and not deliberately. He gave me a good flattop, despite my thinning hair. Plus I was happy to just to get cleaned up.

Almost two weeks later, I finished a doctors appointment early, and decided to get my flattop tidied up. So I tried a shop nearby that does ‘military cuts’. I walked in and was asked if I had an appointment. I didn’t. The barber asked me ‘shaving it or a flattop?’ I thought this question was a sign of something or a reality check on a balding guy wanting a haircut that may not be right cut for him. I said flattop and was told the next available appointment was Tuesday. So I scheduled. I go on Tuesday. And the barber started getting to work on my flattop. As the barber was cutting, I knew it wasn’t going well just simply by the angling of the comb in front. I’ve had enough flats to know.

So the barber finished up. I left. Looked in the mirror in my car. And I hated the cut. It was a crappy haircut. I get home. I took a second to think of how I was going to fix it. I said ‘forget it’ it’s too much messed up so I just buzzed it down to a #1. Next day I just shaved it off.

All the clues were there that I was going back to bald. ‘The perfect balding man’s haircut’ comment and being asked by the second barber if I’m shaving it.

My flattop days are officially over. I was just destined to be bald.

reddog:
Thanks, @Razorhead !

Funny you should post, I've been growing again for 2 weeks, just flattened the top and shaved the sides and back today. A few years ago, I had the same situation as you. I grew my hair for about 10 weeks and went to the barbershop for a flattop. When I got home and looked in the mirror, I hated it! I could have done better myself. So obviously the razor came out, and 10 minutes later I was bald again.

Semi-Sly:

--- Quote from: reddog on July 21, 2022, 02:51:44 PM ---A few years ago, I made it about 8 week, and I went to a barber for a flattop. When I got home I hated it, and shaved my head! What a waste of $25. Here is a pic of it.


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I don’t think that was a waste at all that was a great looking flat top and in only two weeks I’m jealous as all heck!  It would take me a month or better to grow the full inch in the front like you have and if my hair is thick it is perfectly colored as yours is I’d be thrilled.
Mine on the other hand requires 3 to 4 months of growth and lots of coloring and all of the SMP dots on the scalp to make it look thick enough to be a respectable Flattop!

Still like you I plan on shaving it again on New Year’s Day because I just love the feel of it and I love to be free of the OCD is taking care of the Flattop for a few months each year!

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