About four years ago I was feeling a bit self-conscious about a wedding I had to go to. I knew there would be a lot of people there who'd never seen me with a shaved head and I felt apprehensive about it. I let my hair grow out for a week beforehand. Big mistake. There wasn't much growing back on top, and I can't tell you how many bald comments I got, none of them complimentary. It made me regret not standing my ground and showing up with a shiny dome that would have at least sent the message that I didn't give a damn what any of them thought. To make matters worse, there was another guy there with a completely shaved dome and the whole time all I could think was, "That's what I'm supposed to look like."
