when there's a cure for hairloss

[champ007]

You all are doing a great job of making the best of a bad situation tho which is highly commendible.

Welcome to SBG, BMW. First let me hit on this particular comment. This tells me that your having issues with your hairloss, which is causing confident issues.
I know this because I am "Sly" due to my hairloss, and too felt like it was a bad situation. But I have to say, after meeting the BBC brothers on the site here I realized that it was a choice even hairloss people have to make. When I shaved for the first time, I found freedom from the mighty chains that weighed me down. The chains I have come to realize was not my situation from hairloss, but the hair that I have always had. I always worried about my appearance with my hair, how to style it, cut it short or keep it long, where to part it, mousse it or use hairspray, if it was drying out and causing split ends, and how to keep the rain off of it.
With my shaved head I found confidence that is undescribable, I look years younger, and have no issues with my appearance from the next up... actually no part but particually the neck up.
I see this is your first post and I only hope you read through some of the discussions of people who have experienced the "freedom" that alot of guys here have found. I also will say that shaving is not for everyone, and we have met people here that could not let go. What makes this a great site is that everyone also supported them in their decision, did not pressure them to shave, and offered advice to help them deal with their situation. There is a diverse group here that are main contributors and great people.
To answer your overall question, I would never go back to the "hair" days, that time will only remain in my memory of the eighties.
Hope to see you around the forum.

[Adam]

I think abou 99.9% of the folks here in this fraternity would shout "NO!" Me included.  And ditto on Marz's comment about hair removal from everywhere else.  Well, except the goatee.  I'd feel naked without it.

[Timmay]

I wouldnt want a cure for hair either.   I know it is something you have to do everyday....but If I elected to have my hair permenantly removed....that would take away my freedom of shaving.  I feel it liberating to be able to shave.  No more would I be able to tell people because I can.....I opt to still have my hair....but shave it off everyday...BECAUSE I CAN....

[BALDANDRE]

You all are doing a great job of making the best of a bad situation tho which is highly commendible.

Welcome to SBG, BMW. First let me hit on this particular comment. This tells me that your having issues with your hairloss, which is causing confident issues.
I know this because I am "Sly" due to my hairloss, and too felt like it was a bad situation. But I have to say, after meeting the BBC brothers on the site here I realized that it was a choice even hairloss people have to make. When I shaved for the first time, I found freedom from the mighty chains that weighed me down. The chains I have come to realize was not my situation from hairloss, but the hair that I have always had. I always worried about my appearance with my hair, how to style it, cut it short or keep it long, where to part it, mousse it or use hairspray, if it was drying out and causing split ends, and how to keep the rain off of it.
With my shaved head I found confidence that is undescribable, I look years younger, and have no issues with my appearance from the next up... actually no part but particually the neck up.
I see this is your first post and I only hope you read through some of the discussions of people who have experienced the "freedom" that alot of guys here have found. I also will say that shaving is not for everyone, and we have met people here that could not let go. What makes this a great site is that everyone also supported them in their decision, did not pressure them to shave, and offered advice to help them deal with their situation. There is a diverse group here that are main contributors and great people.
To answer your overall question, I would never go back to the "hair" days, that time will only remain in my memory of the eighties.
Hope to see you around the forum.

Good words Champ!

[D.A.L.U.I.]

bmw said on 3-2-08 "You all are doing a great job of making the best of a bad situation tho which is highly commendible."  And he is wrong, entirely misdirected since the clear predicate of his comment is that something is wrong w/ MPB, ist's not and never has been a "bad situation".  Let's all get over this attitude, consciously and sub consciously, there is nothing "bad", diseased, deformed or otherwise unpleasant about MPB, it's just that genetically the guys w/ MPB have been moving faster than our compadres who don't have it and some guys fear that they're different and inferior to less genetically advanced guys.  Really, enough of this .  In the future, and probably not too distant future MPB, that seems to be a dominate gene factor, will be the vast majority.  Get over it now, and those who have some electricity between their ears are going to opt for a shaved head so as not to look like disaster areas.   I mean, why hang on to a look that really means nothing more than a damaged memory of pre-puberty hair display?   Get ahead of the game and live w/o the hassle.  I'm really getting tired of Sly guys having to "justify" our choice over and over and over again.  Shaving the head for a guy w/ MPB--at whatever stage--is an entirely rationale and desirable option.  bmw's apprehension is just the result of his manipulation by hair "replacement/restoration" economic predatory politics. Believe me, bmw, and all other "fencers" with MPB, Stay smooth, stay natural, stay strong.  And, NO MORE OF THIS CURE CRAP , okay?  Get off the fence, get on with life, and, hopefully, join us and be frequent contributors to this FORUM.  I really don't want to see this again, but, please, we're still here to help you over the issue, and that is an issue of self-confidence--not MPB.  MPB isn't the problem.

[baldntat05]

I have no desire to have hair on my head, I could, but don't.  I do have a desire to stay slick and bald!

[blondeguy]

would you go for it? Or would you prefer to remain bald? Lets be honest, all of you would love to have a gorgeous head of hair, as would I. You all are doing a great job of making the best of a bad situation tho which is highly commendible. Science is understanding more and more about hair loss each day and the discovery of a hair loss gene (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23334554/) gives me hope that perhaps in a decade or less we'll see new and more effective drugs on the horizon and maybe even a cure? I'm new here btw so nice to meet you all in advance.

I was very happy when I shaved my head because I have fine, blonde hair that was difficult to manage.  As someone else mentioned, hair is an indicator of age, so people with shaved heads don't age like everyone else.  Plus, I think I'm too hooked on the ritual of head shaving to give it up.  It's nice never having sweaty hair in the summer, never worrying about your hair in the rain, never combing or brushing, and so on.  And besides that, let's be frank, there's not going to be a guaranteed "cure" for balding.  It's part of your DNA, not a disease that can be fought with antibodies.

[Rob]

love the sly too much.  Must admit I'm tempted very occasionally to grow my hair a little just to see if any more grey hairs have appeared, or if the bald patch has grown any, but it's too much trouble to let it grow.  Wish there was a cure for not being able to grow a full beard though!

[Sgt. Pate]

Heck no!  I'm waiting for an affordable cure for hair! 

[PBurke]

i have been lazy since monday. four days was enough to show me that i have lost too damn much. so i am sly/slick again.

[schro]

i have been lazy since monday. four days was enough to show me that i have lost too damn much. so i am sly/slick again.

Four days of growth? 

[mojim]

Probably not, you never realize how much hassle hair is until you go SLY...

[ChallengeMe]

A few guys here have picked up on the key word "cure". To need a cure, you need to have an illness, or deformity. This is true for a woman who is balding; she needs a cure. But it was put into the DNA of man when God created him. God intended men to go bald, some more, some less, some none. Since we were intended to go bald, that is why most of us look a lot better with shaved heads. To try to use a "cure" for their baldness, man is going against nature and God.

Since there cannot be any cure for baldness, I find this question moot. It is impossible  to answer.

bwm...welcome to the sly group. Are you still here? You haven't posted anything since your original question.

[honestjohnny]

A few guys here have picked up on the key word "cure". To need a cure, you need to have an illness, or deformity. This is true for a woman who is balding; she needs a cure. But it was put into the DNA of man when God created him."

Actually, the genetic code for hair loss is an X-linked trait.  We inherit it from our father's but from our mothers.  Women have to have the trait from their mother AND father to develop baldness.  However, neither are maladies that require treatment in the way that heart disease or diabetes are diseases.  Baldness is not life-threatening, nor is it debilitating.  Women who are balding should just shave their heads too.  If you're pretty WITH hair, you're pretty WITHOUT it.

[honestjohnny]

Yes, Johnny, you're very smart, but can you figure out how to use the quote function?!