Exactly! A lot of ppl on this board are trying to convince everyone to believe that attitude is the be all end all when it comes to being bald. No it's not, some ppl just have BAD headshapes that don't look good at all shaved. It's hard to play confident when you know that you don't look good without hair but have no choice.
Quote from: yep_yep on June 04, 2008, 08:29:30 AMExactly! A lot of ppl on this board are trying to convince everyone to believe that attitude is the be all end all when it comes to being bald. No it's not, some ppl just have BAD headshapes that don't look good at all shaved. It's hard to play confident when you know that you don't look good without hair but have no choice. Why are you always so negative? You must want to shave your head or you wouldn't still be here after all this time. It's scary the first time you do it, to be sure. But the only way to end the torture is to just do it. Then you know whether you like it or not. You either love it and keep it or you hate it and let your hair grow back. But either way, you know. And even if you hate it, you'll gain a great feeling of satisfaction that you had the balls to try it.I really wish this site had existed when I was your age. BaldAndre would have had me reaching for my clippers and razor within the first two days, three tops. It would have saved me four or five years of agonizing over it like you're doing right now. Do you know how lucky you are to have a resource like this, and to be living in a time when a shaved head is perfectly acceptable, unlike 20 or 30 years ago?You have two choices: (a) shave your head and see how it looks and feels or (b) accept whatever Mother Nature dishes out to you, regardless of what it looks like. Which is it going to be?
do it and move on bro, you're a good lookin' cat...don't worry about stupid head shape...girls dig faces anyways!
oh...and razor, thanks for he compliment...I took the statement as one!
Razor X, are you always so hard on the new guys. It appears this guy has some confidence issues. Lashing out at him will only increase his self-doubts. I strongly believe in a kinder and gentler approach to resolving this issue.
Why are you always so negative? You must want to shave your head or you wouldn't still be here after all this time. It's scary the first time you do it, to be sure. But the only way to end the torture is to just do it. Then you know whether you like it or not. You either love it and keep it or you hate it and let your hair grow back. But either way, you know. And even if you hate it, you'll gain a great feeling of satisfaction that you had the balls to try it.
I really wish this site had existed when I was your age. BaldAndre would have had me reaching for my clippers and razor within the first two days, three tops. It would have saved me four or five years of agonizing over it like you're doing right now. Do you know how lucky you are to have a resource like this, and to be living in a time when a shaved head is perfectly acceptable, unlike 20 or 30 years ago?
In terms of options, anybody can google this topic and find a wide range of hair loss solutions. I personally don't like the idea of taking pills cause I question their safety. And I did consider hair replacement surgery, but I heard the reality wasn't as sweet as the romance. Anyway, my haircuts got really short because I didn't want to be self conscious about "covering anything up." One day, I messed a haircut up and the only solution was to start over by giving myself a true buzz job (hair clippers, no guide). I decided I'd gone that far, and there are alot of people with shaved heads, why not try it ?Anyway, so after viewing a few hundred websites on how best to shave my head, I went for it. I gotta tell you; I do one hell of a better job now shaving my head than I did that first time. Shaving your head isn't an inherent thing, it's developed. At first, you start off worrying you're going to cut your head, and worrying how you're gonna look when it's all done. It was different, but I was pleasantly surprised, and the more I saw it the more I liked it. And people reacted favorably to it.To be honest, I think alot of it just has to do with the shape of your head. I have seen some guys with heads that weren't exactly aerodynamic (once you start shaving your head you look at other guys domes for some reason to compare and contrast). But I figured I'm about average, and it works for me. And I think shaving your head is alot about comfort. It actually feels really good. And you come to terms with the fact that you're losing some hair, and decide rather than covering it up, let's do this whole "hair loss thing" right! Oh, you wanna see hair loss, I'LL SHOW YOU HAIR LOSS...jk, I got a little carried away there. One last thing, the most important thing. Once you start to shave your head the issue of hair loss becomes irrelevant. And you actually look forward to shaving your head because it becomes as common as shaving your face. That cool, soft, clean feeling you get after shaving your face without all that grime on it. And if you learn to shave well, the blade will clean hair off your head like a hot knife going through butter; I actually like the feeling of shaving my head; it's a feeling hard to describe but it's a good thing
Quote from: RazorX on June 04, 2008, 07:42:12 PMI really wish this site had existed when I was your age. BaldAndre would have had me reaching for my clippers and razor within the first two days, three tops. It would have saved me four or five years of agonizing over it like you're doing right now. Do you know how lucky you are to have a resource like this, and to be living in a time when a shaved head is perfectly acceptable, unlike 20 or 30 years ago?I do realize that... but you have to remember that sporting long sides even when you're bald was acceptable 20-30 years ago. And that's what bald dudes did.
I do realize that... but you have to remember that sporting long sides even when you're bald was acceptable 20-30 years ago. And that's what bald dudes did.
[Tell you what: you shave your head and post a pic and I'll shave my goat. Deal?
Quote from: RazorX on June 05, 2008, 10:07:46 AM[Tell you what: you shave your head and post a pic and I'll shave my goat. Deal? And just to sweeten the pot a little -- BA will shave his eyebrows.
Quote from: RazorX on June 05, 2008, 01:02:45 PMQuote from: RazorX on June 05, 2008, 10:07:46 AM[Tell you what: you shave your head and post a pic and I'll shave my goat. Deal? And just to sweeten the pot a little -- BA will shave his eyebrows. I will most likely do a #0 with clippers sometime this summer, is that enough for you?
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