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Razor X:
Hi, guys.

I just discovered this great site and joined.  My hairline began to slowly recede when I was in college.  I still had most of my hair by the time I was 30, but it was around that time that I became fascinated with the idea of shaving my head.  I really wondered what it would be like but didn't think I'd ever have the nerve to ever actually try it.  One weekend in January 2002, I decided to try to give myself a buzzcut, to save some some money.  The #1 guard didn't cut close enough, so I decided to try it without the guard.  That left my hair way shorter than I'd expected.  I was practically bald at that point, so it seemed like a good opportunity to shave off the rest and see what it was like.   I liked the result and smooth feel a lot, but felt too self-conscious to keep it and let it grow back right away.   However, within a couple of months, I got the urge to shave it all off again.

I shaved several times and always ended up growing it back within a week or so, never quite sure if the look was "me".   By November 2003 the recession had worsened, and I'd begun to thin out all over the top.  I got the urge to shave again and did it on the day after Thanksgiving, November 27, 2003.  This time, I made a vow, that no matter what, I would shave my head every day for the next three months.  There were times that I really had to force myself to do it, but I managed to honor my pledge.  I found that when the three months were up, I didn't want to grow my hair back.  Three months became four, then five, and then six. 

Then one day, I inexplicably started to miss my hair and started to grow it back.   I found that the thinning and recession had worsened considerably, and after 10 days I was left with an MPB fringe and a little peach fuzz on top. That's when I got the razor out and made my head smooth again.

I've been completely bald for three years now (or will be in another 2 days) and have almost forgotten what it was like to have hair.  I still think about it sometimes, but can't imagine what it would be like to have my head covered with hair.  I think I would really miss my smooth bald pate.

PBurke:
looks sharp. keep it up.

PigPen:
Lookin good RazorX...keep it up and welcome to the forum!!!

BaldRob:
Glad you embraced it!!  Welcome to the forums!

Professor Melon:
 :D Ahoy, RazorX: just read your post of November 25th and was interested to note a parallel with my own experience. I just shaved for the first time on November 4th. Since then, I have found that daily shaving confirms the identity and diminishes the impulse [based on denial and nostalgia?] to  grow my hair back. I was interested to learn how that three-month vow you made worked.  Locking into the new identity actually produces bald pride moments that would have been unthinkable for me a month ago. The bald image is utterly reliable, honest, adult, and male; my wife loves it; there is no more hairspray gunk on my jacket and shirt collars; and I am not anxious about wind gusts and convertibles. After reading your story, I'd be downhearted to learn that you'd decided to grow back what you've got left. Staying bald preempts nature; growing it back only makes one subject to it again. Am I talking this into myself or do you and the other guys chime with my reasoning? Professor Melon 

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