What made you go bald?

[Gary~]

I really like to be bald.
My first bald expierience was about 3 years ago and i really enjoy it.
Guys, do you think it fits on me and should i keep the bald look?

Thanks for comments!

You're a natural. Of course you should keep it if that's what you want. And you say you like it so keep it shaved.

Spüren Sie die Freiheit der ohne Haare

Befreien Sie sich von der Tyrannei der Haare

[4fit]

A wife 2 kids and a mortgage.

[Switchy]

When it really comes down to it "My Razor"     One of the best decisions I have ever made.   

[bella]

   I'm lazy.  I always had long hair that was shoved into a bun.    For over a year i never even wore my hair down.  Seemed pointless. 

So I finally decided to just lose the bun and go sly.  Plus I've always envied shaved heads and wanted to try it out since I was a teenager.

A few minutes shaving each day is so much less than the upkeep for my long hair and I feel pretty badass and love the look to boot!

[lsflipper]

Awesome story Bilko. You look great sly.

I enjoy going to a barber every once in awhile for a straight razor head shave. It feels good to be pampered every now and then.

                                                                                                                                                                                    That sounds like a great idea. I think I will do that.

[Hot_Wheels_14]

I posted this on a seperate forum bur it looked good here too.

I've got the pattern bald gene from a grandfather I deeply respected and honor to this date, i truely wish I was more like him, I may be, I just got to be myself to find out.

I have had diabetes for 43 years now.  I received a pancres/kidney transplant in 2010.  I was dealing with a recededing hairline but fought it with creative hair styles like the flat top.  I developed a CMV virus due to the double transplant and was in the hospital with a tube down my neck to survive.  When I woke and was off the tube, I was able to take a shower, it had been over a week since I was "alive" and functioning and wanted a shower badly.  When showering with the flimsy soap they give, it seemed thicker than normal.  I got home and used my own hair wash and found it way thicker than I remebered.  I looked at my hands and they were full of hair from the CMV and the anti-rection drugs I had been going through.

When I got released I went to the nearest barber that i frequented because the hair loss was just to much for me to deal with.  I was 42 and felt I looked way worst and older than I was.  Patches of the front hairline was gone.  It looked like I was balding in spots.  I told the gal that cut my hair to shave it completey.  I then went home to try to shave it with a electric razor but it did not give me satisfaction.  I went to the nerest WalGreens and got the Headblade I was seriously looking at for a month or two and got it and got hooked on the little race car.  I could not belive how it changed my life in just a day.

With my flat top I was taken seriously at 5'4" but with the transplant drugs i had developed  osteoprosis and was now at 5'2"and noticed a difference.  With my bald head I was told that I looked like I was meaner than when I had hair and looked real good even for a short guy. 

I don't really care if I look mean or not, I like the look I got.  A bald head fits my sytle and I have had it for over a year and don't plan on changing anything.

i use the HeadBlade and love it.  I can and enjoy shaving my head but still can't stand shaving my face.  My face just has too many curves and hair growth patterns to deal with.  I love useing a single blade on my face but i dislike shaving my face even more.  Wish it was as easy as learning to shave my head with all the complex hair growing patterns.  It's actually a lot of fun shaving my head and only took me a few times to learn.  I constantly learn about it and it's fun.

I'll get a posted pic soon, this pic was taken on my 34th bithday at Mt. Rushmore.  I need to get updated pic's for my profile soon.

[Lynchy]

Welcome mate,

Thanks for sharing your story!

[Frontier Guy]

I posted this on a seperate forum bur it looked good here too.

I've got the pattern bald gene from a grandfather I deeply respected and honor to this date, i truely wish I was more like him, I may be, I just got to be myself to find out.

I have had diabetes for 43 years now.  I received a pancres/kidney transplant in 2010.  I was dealing with a recededing hairline but fought it with creative hair styles like the flat top.  I developed a CMV virus due to the double transplant and was in the hospital with a tube down my neck to survive.  When I woke and was off the tube, I was able to take a shower, it had been over a week since I was "alive" and functioning and wanted a shower badly.  When showering with the flimsy soap they give, it seemed thicker than normal.  I got home and used my own hair wash and found it way thicker than I remebered.  I looked at my hands and they were full of hair from the CMV and the anti-rection drugs I had been going through.

When I got released I went to the nearest barber that i frequented because the hair loss was just to much for me to deal with.  I was 42 and felt I looked way worst and older than I was.  Patches of the front hairline was gone.  It looked like I was balding in spots.  I told the gal that cut my hair to shave it completey.  I then went home to try to shave it with a electric razor but it did not give me satisfaction.  I went to the nerest WalGreens and got the Headblade I was seriously looking at for a month or two and got it and got hooked on the little race car.  I could not belive how it changed my life in just a day.

With my flat top I was taken seriously at 5'4" but with the transplant drugs i had developed  osteoprosis and was now at 5'2"and noticed a difference.  With my bald head I was told that I looked like I was meaner than when I had hair and looked real good even for a short guy. 

I don't really care if I look mean or not, I like the look I got.  A bald head fits my sytle and I have had it for over a year and don't plan on changing anything.

i use the HeadBlade and love it.  I can and enjoy shaving my head but still can't stand shaving my face.  My face just has too many curves and hair growth patterns to deal with.  I love useing a single blade on my face but i dislike shaving my face even more.  Wish it was as easy as learning to shave my head with all the complex hair growing patterns.  It's actually a lot of fun shaving my head and only took me a few times to learn.  I constantly learn about it and it's fun.

I'll get a posted pic soon, this pic was taken on my 34th bithday at Mt. Rushmore.  I need to get updated pic's for my profile soon.

Welcome ... this: I like the look I got.  is really all that matters.

[Sir Harry]

Welcome, Hot Wheels! Thanks for sharing your story.

[Switchy]

Welcome to the board !  It looks great on you.  There are alot of beards here also. 

[baldjoeg]

Welcome. Thanks for sharing your story with us. Good luck to you on your health issues. You will love being sly.

[greatnessinc]

My hairloss was part genetic mostly medical, as a child I had a radiation surgery that I would later learn did nothing but kill the hair on the top of my head. I started thinning around 18 and it only got worse in my 20s. A couple years back I started to embrace my baldness and started getting buzz cuts. Then I figured what the hell I'll shave my head. When I first expressed interest in shaving my head (on facebook) I was met with nay sayers, then after I did it they all changed their tune. My parents occasionally ask if I'm ever going to grow my hair back out, to which I say no.

Except for the top of my head I have a reasonably fully head of hair. I just hate looking in the mirror and seeing skin popping up out of hair; it makes me feel like a bird nest with an egg in it. 
So I full on Lex Luthor it.

[sahil15]

Both my father and grandfather went bald early at a young age. So I knew it was only a matter of time for me as well but was shocked when my hair  started thinning at 18. I was a bit immature and thought it will get thick again... Im still young but boy was I wrong. By 24 I had a massive bald crown. Got so depressed that I completely let myself go. Put on loads of weight, started drinking and smoking (pretty sure these bad habits also contributed to the hair loss).

I was in a dark place... Still feel that a part of me still hasn't left that place (I know im being over dramatic). Heres a picture of me from 2 years ago... Scary right... lol...

[greatnessinc]

Both my father and grandfather went bald early at a young age. So I knew it was only a matter of time for me as well but was shocked when my hair  started thinning at 18. I was a bit immature and thought it will get thick again... Im still young but boy was I wrong. By 24 I had a massive bald crown. Got so depressed that I completely let myself go. Put on loads of weight, started drinking and smoking (pretty sure these bad habits also contributed to the hair loss).

I was in a dark place... Still feel that a part of me still hasn't left that place (I know im being over dramatic). Heres a picture of me from 2 years ago... Scary right... lol...

Sly suits you bro.

[Todo Duro]

+1 Greatnessinc. Sahil, you have the perfect head shape for the sly look!

I went sly for the first time when I was a teenager because I was sick and tired of my hair - it is naturally wavy, dull brown, very thin and prone to dandruff. On top of that I was born with a cowlick on the right hand side of my forehead which makes my hair completely impossible to style in any way - every day was bad hair day, I had to put a helluval lot of effort into it, got real paranoid about the way it looked... back at that time I was very much into heavy metal (well still am tbh) and all of my friends had long flowing manes, I was trying hard to fit in but ended up looking like a freak and not in a good way (I still shudder when I see pictures from those days ).
Eventually I got so fed up that I just walked into the barber shop and asked him for a Rob Halford cut predictable shock with the family, lots of arguments and nagging, but I liked the look enough to stick with it and I've been either sly or very closely buzzed for the last 16 years. It's part of me and I just couldn't see myself any other way... besides, now I couldn't go back even if I wanted to, seeing as my hairline is slowly but surely creeping back.