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Discussions About Being Bald => Bald Stories => Topic started by: Semi-Sly on December 10, 2015, 10:05:37 PM

Title: Denial is not a river in Egypt!
Post by: Semi-Sly on December 10, 2015, 10:05:37 PM

so I am at barber school tonight giving a nice conservative casual business cut to a high school senior when the student in the chair next to me gets a customer. 

This customer is an Hispanic gang banger type with all of the appropriate gang tattoos.  He is in his late 20's and I CAN COUNT THE NUMBER OF HAIRS LEFT ON HIS HEAD!  The customer tells my fellow student that he wants a medium high bald fade with the top left at about 3/4 of an inch.  Throughout the entire haircut he is giving my buddy directions, changing his mind, wanting him to "fade out" the line where his MPB starts, etc.

I have never seen anyone in such an extreme state of denial!  It was really sad.

Title: Re: Denial is not a river in Egypt!
Post by: Cave Dweller on December 11, 2015, 10:55:13 AM

I had no idea what a bald fade was when I read your post, so I looked it up. When I saw the images on the web and thought of the guy you described wanting one, I cracked up.

How did your fellow student manage to do anything even approaching it?

Title: Re: Denial is not a river in Egypt!
Post by: Razor X on December 11, 2015, 11:00:49 AM

Sad but not uncommon. 

Title: Re: Denial is not a river in Egypt!
Post by: Sir Harry on December 11, 2015, 11:02:34 AM

You're making me want to dig up the thread about the skunk stripe around the back of the head.

Title: Re: Denial is not a river in Egypt!
Post by: Razor X on December 11, 2015, 11:06:46 AM

I always thought that once headshaving became mainstream that going bald would cease to be a big deal for the younger generation.  Clearly, though, people are still struggling with it.

Title: Re: Denial is not a river in Egypt!
Post by: stasiu on December 11, 2015, 12:47:45 PM

Yes, denial is common in some young guys.  I know this guy, around age 25, and really thinned out on top.  Wears the see-thru dark brown hair combed forward, bangs to his eyes.  Granted his sides/back hair is thick, but the top is not.  He grew a medium reddish-brown beard to off set the balding but insists that "just a bit thinning on top".  BTW - he teaches marketing.