Sly Bald Guys Forum
Discussions About Being Bald => To be or not be...Bald => Topic started by: SLYinKC on April 22, 2007, 07:26:40 PM
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Hey Guys, I've been looking around the site for awhile and would like your input. I have been severely thinning for over 10 years now. At first, I just tried to hide it by covering over with what I did have. At first the thinning was mainly on the sides but has progressed and is now pretty thin all over. I get alot of comments from people (mainly family) about how it looks. I started cutting shorter and shorter and have now actually gone down to a no-guard on the sides and about a 1/8" on the top.
I keep think I need to just go all the way, and have even told people that someday I just going to shave it all off, but am having a really hard time just doing it.
I'm accountant and am pretty conservative by nature. Can you give me any help.
I've tried up-load a picture but am not sure it it worked.
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Hi, Rick. If you are down to no guard on the sides and 1/8" on top, then you are on the cusp of Sly! All you need now is some shaving gel and a razor and you are there.
It only takes about a week -- maybe 10 days in the case of someone who's seriously thinning on top -- to grow out 1/8" of hair. So the worst that can happen is you don't like how you look for a week and then you're back at your normal look. If you feel really self-conscious, try it over a long weekend or while you're on vacation.
I am also an accountant and it was not an issue for me at all. Got a few compliments, but very few people noticed. I got more reaction when I buzzed down to 1/8" the first time than I did when I shaved completely! In all likelihood, people already consider you bald and no one will bat an eye if you shave off what little is left.
Really, this is a no-lose proposition. Completely sly is almost always an improvement over "nearly bald". You'll feel better when you've done it, so don't put it off too long.
Welcome to the group.
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I have just gone down to this short in the past couple of weeks after I started visiting the site. Now I have had people to start really noticing. This morning I went to church and a friend came up and rubbed my head. It really ticked me off. I think have have just been trying to go shorter and shorter so that when I made the move it was no big change. I think your right and I'm there. I'll keep you posted for when I make the move and go totally sly.
Thanks for the input
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I have just gone down to this short in the past couple of weeks after I started visiting the site. Now I have had people to start really noticing. This morning I went to church and a friend came up and rubbed my head. It really ticked me off. I think have have just been trying to go shorter and shorter so that when I made the move it was no big change. I think your right and I'm there. I'll keep you posted for when I make the move and go totally sly.
Thanks for the input
Don't get ticked off -- you just had your first head rub!!
That happened to me at work one time. I'd recently changed departments and was working on a new floor. Somebody came up behind me and just started rubbing my head. I turned around and saw a middle-aged woman that I'd never seen before. She immediately turned scarlet. There was one other sly guy working on that floor at the time, and when she approached from behind, she thought I was him. She must have apologized five or six times. I didn't mind. I was a bit startled at first, but I didn't mind. I'd have minded less if she'd been a bit younger and more attractive >:D but c'est la vie.
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Welcome NSY. If you've gone done to no guard on the sides and 1/8 on top it won't be much of a difference going totally sly. Go for it man. You won't regret it. It will make you feel like new man. O0
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Not yet SLY-- I just made the move this friday and its amazing how much better I look and feel. You can check my Pic collage I did of my stages. Maybe it will help. Here is the link:
http://www.slybaldguys.com/smf/index.php?topic=1492.30
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Not yet SLY-- I just made the move this friday and its amazing how much better I look and feel. You can check my Pic collage I did of my stages. Maybe it will help. Here is the link:
http://www.slybaldguys.com/smf/index.php?topic=1492.30
You should upload that to the Before & After gallery.
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Welcome to Sly Bald Guys! Sounds like you're getting closer and closer to becoming SLY!! You'll learn to love the head rubs.
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Welcome NYS. I myself took it down very close before I pulled the trigger. I got a bigger reaction to the short buzz than the actual shave. I'm with you, head rubs are cool if they are from the right person.
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Welcome to the group NYS, glad you joined us, I think RazorX nailed it. All you need to do now is give it a try.
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Thanks again guys for the encouragement. Champ, your before and after transformation is awsome. I think I'm going to start on growing out the goat this week to help with the look. This past couple of weeks of clipping shorter and shorter is helping to get used to it. Last Friday was when I actually took the top down to 1/8 was probably the most dramatic.
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Welcome NOt Yet Sly
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Welcome to the group NYS, glad you found us
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I'm accountant and am pretty conservative by nature. Can you give me any help.
First, welcome to Sly Bald Guys!
I think you'll find that a lot of us here are in professional jobs... Since the bald head has become more acceptable in the mainstream, you'll find that most people won't even think twice about it in the workplace.
And yes, you'll come to love the head rub... O0
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NYS, Welcome...I am very new to this site myself and have gotten great feedback from every post that I have done here. It is great to be able to come to place where others can relate and get help and advice.
As far as looking "professional, or conservative", as long as you are still dressing the part and brushing your teeth, you will only come off as being more confident. Which may even help you out more in some aspects...
Make sure you check out the other posts as they will help motivate you to the next level...being SLY!
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Make sure you check out the other posts as they will help motivate you to the next level...being SLY!
The Before & After gallery is also motivational. I don't think there's a single person there whose after photo isn't a huge improvement over the "before".
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Thanks for the encouragement guys. My plan is to go SLY this Friday after work. I'm going to start a goat on Wednesday, only because I have a meeting with clients on Tuesday night and I figure that I should stay somewhat clean looking. With your encouragement, I am realizing that it will probably be a nonevent with most everyone else. Just a big deal in my mind.
I have checked out the before and after photos and they are very motivating. Like I read somewhere else on this site, once you get the SLY idea in your head it is hard to get it out.
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NYS...your right it wont get out of your head...you wont be satisfied until you do it!...go for it bro..the Sly liberation feeling is amazing O0
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Well today is the first day of working on buiding in a little facial hair in preparation for the "big shave". I wore a mustache for years but have been without since the late 90's. I have also tried the goatee several times but have never stayed with it. Mainly just on vacations and such. Kind of like with the hair on top of my head the facial hair never comes in very thick. I usually end up with a heavy shawdow look, but I think that will be alright this time. Before the focus was always drawn away to my extremely thin hair top.
The only good thing about the thin hair is that I think my scap has gotten a little sun. I have been driving with the sunroof open to help out and also spending more time outside. I have also been trying to work in a little self-tanner on the scalp. Only problems are in the areas where there is more hair it gives kind of a yellowing effect.
I really getting anxious to do this. I think it will be such a relief just to get it all off and start enjoying not having to worry about how bad the hair looks.
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I really getting anxious to do this. I think it will be such a relief just to get it all off and start enjoying not having to worry about how bad the hair looks.
You don't know the half of it dude! Wait until you finally have that gleaming bald head you've been dreaming about...you'll wonder why you been waiting so long to do it!
It's almost time to start your new life, my soon to be balded friend! Good luck!
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Amen, Bro.
Your pic of you and your little guy is great. Mine are 8 and 11. The 8 year old wants to go SLY too. I'll have to work on his mother to get that one.
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Just had a thought will you be changing your screen name come Friday aswell ?
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You bet.
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Hey Guys, I couldn'nt stand it any longer and decided I could not wait until Friday night. So, I told my wife that I was going to go trim my hair and ask her if she wanted to help. She told me that I didn't have enough hair to trim but I told her that I was really going "get a haircut" and a short discussion began and I think she thought that I was crazy. I had said several times that I was going to shave, but I didn't she took me as seriously as I was.
Well, after the initial shock, she is supportive, but still is not quite sure about it. It feels great. I thought that it wouldn't be as big of a change as it seems right not. The "Shave" took all of about 20 minutes. I'm hope it gets faster.
Now, I just have to go back to work tomorrow. I'm a CPA and am working at a client's office this week. It should be interesting. Let me know your thoughts on the new pic. O0 :*))
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Hey Guys, I couldn'nt stand it any longer and decided I could not wait until Friday night. So, I told my wife that I was going to go trim my hair and ask her if she wanted to help. She told me that I didn't have enough hair to trim but I told her that I was really going "get a haircut" and a short discussion began and I think she thought that I was crazy. I had said several times that I was going to shave, but I didn't she took me as seriously as I was.
Well, after the initial shock, she is supportive, but still is not quite sure about it. It feels great. I thought that it wouldn't be as big of a change as it seems right not. The "Shave" took all of about 20 minutes. I'm hope it gets faster.
Now, I just have to go back to work tomorrow. I'm a CPA and am working at a client's office this week. It should be interesting. Let me know your thoughts on the new pic. O0 :*))
Very sly bro!! Looks great!
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Great pic SLYinKC. You definately look younger from your other pic. I am proud to be the
first second(OK, had to modify since Tyler beat me), to say welcome to Slynesssss. You even look tan in the pic, amazing! Congrats and keep us updated on the "compliments". Make sure the wife gives you a headrub 8) How do the kids like it?
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You wear the sly look well, slykc. Bet ya rock 'em at work tomorrow. Can't wait to hear the reaction
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Hey thanks champ. I think the self tanner I have been using has help, along with the fact that my hair was so thin that my scalp did get some sun. The self-tanner i have been using is from Nuetrogena and also has an SPF15.
I have gotten a head rub from my wife and both sons. My eight year-old is the most excited and is begging me to give him a shave. Mom has not given in yet.
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Kids are great. Better hide the trimmer from the eight year old, just in case! ;D
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Lookin' good SLYinKC. Feels good too right?
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Looking sly KC. Looks good
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Hey Guys, I couldn'nt stand it any longer and decided I could not wait until Friday night.
See, this is what happens. And another obsession begins!!
It looks great -- and yes, shaving does get faster. It goes a lot quicker once you get the hang of it, and shaving off one day's growth is a lot faster than shaving off all that hair the first time.
I'm a CPA, too, BTW. Who says accountants can't look cool?? 8) 8) O:O O:O
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Thanks RazorX. You are a wealth of information and a true "Crusader for SLYness". I must say that alot of your input helped push me over the edge. It's good to know another SLY CPA brother.
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Thanks RazorX. You are a wealth of information and a true "Crusader for SLYness". I must say that alot of your input helped push me over the edge. It's good to know another SLY CPA brother.
It's like I always say -- just because I'm an accountant doesn't mean I have to look the part!! O:O
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Hey Guys, I couldn'nt stand it any longer and decided I could not wait until Friday night. So, I told my wife that I was going to go trim my hair and ask her if she wanted to help. She told me that I didn't have enough hair to trim but I told her that I was really going "get a haircut" and a short discussion began and I think she thought that I was crazy. I had said several times that I was going to shave, but I didn't she took me as seriously as I was.
Well, after the initial shock, she is supportive, but still is not quite sure about it. It feels great. I thought that it wouldn't be as big of a change as it seems right not. The "Shave" took all of about 20 minutes. I'm hope it gets faster.
Now, I just have to go back to work tomorrow. I'm a CPA and am working at a client's office this week. It should be interesting. Let me know your thoughts on the new pic. O0 :*))
Hi KC,
congratulations on making the move to sly....it looks great on you.....I know when i finally made the decision to go forward I wanted to do it sooner than I was able to....I am now less than 2 weeks into shaving and will never go back...I look forward to my daily shave
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looks good KC! congrats of going sly! O0
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Amazing! No regrets...great transformation. You look SLY and confident!! O0
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Congrats KC! You definitely rock the look. Glad you made the move sooner. Liberating isn't it? Give your wife some time, she'll get used to it.
WELCOME TO THE SLY SIDE!!!
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And yet another brother who fretted with whether to do it or not... only to find that he looks awesome. KC, you look like a natural, and very confident to boot. Glad you made the move, and that you ditched the Not Yet Sly name; you are definitely SLY now! O0
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And yet another brother who fretted with whether to do it or not... only to find that he looks awesome. KC, you look like a natural, and very confident to boot. Glad you made the move, and that you ditched the Not Yet Sly name; you are definitely SLY now! O0
Fence-sitters, take notice. Those who dare to try are rarely disappointed with the results. Quite the contrary, in fact. 8) 8)
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Well I just got home from my first day out with the SLY look. Pretty much a non-event. I was at the office early (like always at 7:00 am). Our office doesn't offically open till 8:15.
Since I've been working out of the office this week, only 1 person had arrived before I had to head out to the client I have been working at. This was a young lady (about 25 or so). She said "Oh, you got your hair cut?
How anti-clamactic! No one at my client's office even mentioned it.
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Well I just got home from my first day out with the SLY look. Pretty much a non-event. I was at the office early (like always at 7:00 am). Our office doesn't offically open till 8:15.
Since I've been working out of the office this week, only 1 person had arrived before I had to head out to the client I have been working at. This was a young lady (about 25 or so). She said "Oh, you got your hair cut?
How anti-clamactic! No one at my client's office even mentioned it.
There's always Monday!
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Tyler, you're probably right. I think I just expected a bigger reaction.
Hey, you're new picture in great. Totally cool and SLY. !B@
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Hey, you're new picture in great. Totally cool and SLY. !B@
Thanks! 8)
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Tyler, you're probably right. I think I just expected a bigger reaction.
Hey, you're new picture in great. Totally cool and SLY. !B@
Hey SlyKC, maybe there was no reaction because sly looks so natural on ya O:O
Ditto on the sophisticated sly look there Tyler O0
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Well I just got home from my first day out with the SLY look. Pretty much a non-event. I was at the office early (like always at 7:00 am). Our office doesn't offically open till 8:15.
Since I've been working out of the office this week, only 1 person had arrived before I had to head out to the client I have been working at. This was a young lady (about 25 or so). She said "Oh, you got your hair cut?
How anti-clamactic! No one at my client's office even mentioned it.
Same thing happened to me. I thought I'd made a dramatic change but nobody else seemed to think so. That's when it began to dawn on me that I was already much balder than I'd realized.
Again, fence-sitters take note: see how not a big deal this is to the rest of the world?? :)
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You got it, RazorX. I think everyone else was more aware of what wasn't on top of my head (before) than I was.
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Well I just got home from my first day out with the SLY look. Pretty much a non-event. I was at the office early (like always at 7:00 am). Our office doesn't offically open till 8:15.
Since I've been working out of the office this week, only 1 person had arrived before I had to head out to the client I have been working at. This was a young lady (about 25 or so). She said "Oh, you got your hair cut?
How anti-clamactic! No one at my client's office even mentioned it.
My office sly experience was anti-climatic too. I got some positive comments about my new "hair style," and everyone went about their day like normal. I went out to the store for the first time, and nobody stared or said anything. The only difference in public reaction I got was that a few folks seemed intimidated by me.
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Nice one SLYinKC,looks really good on you.
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Just an update. Today was my first day back at work where I was actually in contact with alot of my normal coworkers. I have to admit that I was somewhat bummed after the lack of any response or reaction last Friday, when I went back to work for the first time but was not really around my normal group of friends and coworkers.
Today seemed to be alot different. I got several compliments on my "new look" and I even think some of the other guys were envious that actually did it.
SLY still feels good. Tomorrow's a big day. I should actually see my boss for the first time.... 8)