Did it against the grain (carefully) for the first time tonight. Nice result.
I don't miss my hair a damn bit. Been BBC for going on four years, my first scalp shave being on 8/24/2009. The longest I let it grow out was six weeks, from 11/14 to 12/28/2009. Haven't been more than two days without a shave since then. I had a slightly receding hairline and slightly thinning crown when I first shaved it. Both are probably more pronounced now, but I just wish it would all fall out since I love being bald but shaving is not my favorite thing. If I didn't have my head tattooed, I would have my whole head lasered from the back of my neck to my eyebrows! Unfortunately the laser would do major damage to the tattoo, so I will just keep scraping it off most every day.