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Razor X:
This photo is from 2002, about a year before I shaved my head for good.  I was wearing a #1 buzz at the time.  It didn't look too bad straight on, but as you can see from the one overhead shot, I was pretty thin on top.  (I was also a lot heavier then).  This is the photo I refer to when I occasionally wonder if I should grow my hair out. I use it to remind myself that this is the best case scenario - I might be able to get back to that look if I let my hair grow for a couple of months.  I still do have some hair on top, but I think most of it is lost now, and as you can see it was already getting pretty thin.  I think I'm better off staying bald.

PigPen:
Agreed!!! Much more SLY without the hair.

PBurke:
which one is you? just kidding bro. shaved is better, more sly.

Professor Melon:
 ;D Dear RazorX: You're 100% better in the after pic than in the before. I have about as much hair as you do [perhaps a bit balder at the crown], so what I observe applies to both of us. The old look makes no statement, except that time is marching on and genetics is doing its thing. The new look makes a take-charge statement. I agree about losing weight, but have a powerful love of beer. Shaving it all off and adopting the new iamge have actually had a tonic effect on me: I've returned to my daily exercises and showering makes me more conscious of staying in shape. The bald image, to my wife's delight, has also made me a more careful dresser. Tutrle-necks, shades, leather, and anything black seem seem to complement the bald look, as does the goatee. So I am staying with it for the foreseeable future. Except for my 90-year old father, everyone has responded positively. I have attended all kinds of conferences and meetings; in none of them was my new baldness a negative. If anything, it works to open conversations and confirm a new and honest identity. A bald guy is who he is; being a poseur is virtually impossible when you've got a shaved tight noggin. If people are uncomfortable with it, that reveals their problems, not mine. Let me know what you decide to do. All best, Professor Melon

Razor X:

--- Quote from: Professor Melon on November 27, 2006, 12:20:01 PM --- ;D . Except for my 90-year old father, everyone has responded positively. I have attended all kinds of conferences and meetings; in none of them was my new baldness a negative. If anything, it works to open conversations and confirm a new and honest identity. A bald guy is who he is; being a poseur is virtually impossible when you've got a shaved tight noggin. If people are uncomfortable with it, that reveals their problems, not mine. Let me know what you decide to do. All best, Professor Melon

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Same here.  My mother hated my shaved head (she still does but has finally shut up about it), but all the other feedback I got was positive.

I plan to continue shaving because I really don't see any other available options.  I can't grow back anything worthwhile and I don't like the MPB look on myself.  So I am bald, for better or worse.

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