Discussions About Being Bald > Advantages and Disadvantages to being Bald
Psychology of Bald :)
andrew:
--- Quote from: SLYinKC on October 13, 2007, 07:28:55 AM ---Some great posts guys. I think for those of us who have decided to go the SLY route, it is the ultimate acceptance of who we are, with no pretenses of trying to cover up anything or trying to make something appear like something else. Obviously a bald head is about as out there and natural as you can get. That's why I think SLY is the best way and the most psychologically healthy way for a guy to deal with hair loss (head-on...so to speak).
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Amen, SLYinKC
hipstersaint:
--- Quote from: Marz on October 11, 2007, 03:22:05 PM ---Good post.
Thank god for Queen Latifa and Bruce Willis.
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I love Queen Latifa!
ugabulldog:
--- Quote from: wojapi4me on October 11, 2007, 01:32:46 PM ---
Would you rather a man spend $3,000 (at least) on hair replacement or shave their head bald and spend that on you? O0
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My honest answer is: hairtransplants cost way more than $3,000 and aren't even a viable option for men w/ severe hairloss, and a shaved head is now acceptable and looks good (which I am sure has hurt the HT business, a good thing) so I agree that most women would answer on the "shave and spend on me." However, if there were an easy solution to weight loss I would have my girl spend $3,000 to lose 20 pounds anyday, and be able to keep it off. I admit I am one of the more shallow men.
JDog:
Too True.
For too long T.V have portrayed bald men as sinister or lacking of something(usually compassion,intelligence,courage etc)
The onset of the infomercial demonizing hairloss and its affects has also carried this myth that the Bald Man was a poster child for failure.
We disprove this stupidity in here everyday and in the lives that we live. We are confident,successful,good looking,well spoken, and understanding. And we dont have hair.
Take that Hair Club for Men!!
Penguins Fan:
Hair loss has for centuries been something that has driven men - and women - to extremes. Even today, the methods used to combat it or reverse it are feeble and generally doomed to failure.
Well, something changed in the past 15 years (a little bit longer than that for African American men) - it became okay, and then cool, to be free of hair. Oh, there are still the Bosleys, etc. that are snapping up the money from poor suckers who think happiness is hair on your head, and those types will always be with us.
How many men who shave would even want a cure for baldness? I don't. I don't ever want to bother with hair again. I don't miss getting haircuts, washing hair, drying hair, spraying hair, coloring gray hair, any of it. I would prefer a cure for hair, but that's another topic.
When I was putting myself through college, I worked in a hospital kitchen. One of the security guards was a very quiet man. He was tall, about 6'4", cut like he was chiseled out of stone by Michelangelo, and he shaved off the little bit of hair he had left. In the early '80s, bald wasn't cool yet, and even I made a comment or two about his head. Well, he was well ahead of his time. There was also an orderly, a very outgoing, friendly guy, who was also physically fit. He had alopecia and wore a wig. Today, he could ditch the wig and fit right in.
Compare that to a guy I see occasionally on the bus. He has a sunken in chest, a pot belly, has to have a puff from a cigarette right before he steps onto the bus, and another as soon as he gets off the bus. His combover is the worst. The hair on the back of his head is combed upward and on one side he plasters it over the top. It fools nobody.
This guy is more concerned with covering his head than maintaining his health, and he is to be pitied.
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