Sly Bald Guys Forum
Discussions About Being Bald => 30 Day Rule / Beginners Section => Topic started by: pdxtodd on March 03, 2010, 07:51:57 AM
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Thanks to everyone on the boards for enforcing the "stick with it for 30 day rule". I agonized for months over going from a full head of hair (albeit not my own hair as I wore a hair piece) to shaved. When the day came I had all the symptoms of an anxiety attack, but stuck to my guns and took care of business. I'll be honest -- it was shocking to walk by the mirror and look at my reflection -- a shock that didn't wear down until the end of the 2nd week. I posted several questions to this board asking how long it took people to accept their new look and through that "therapy" I stuck it out for the 30 days and boy am I glad I did.
Today is the end of my 3rd month of being sly and I absolutely love the look and the freedom. I'm in control now - not my genetics, not my hair piece, not the hair company, not my hair stylist. I control how I look and I absolutely love it.
If you are a hair piece wearer like I was and are thinking about shaving your head -- do it. Every moment spent maintaining your hair piece, every dollar you spend on your system/products/services, and every moment you agonize over your "hair" is all wasted time, money, and emotions. "Man up" -- take the 30 day challenge -- you can always glue a piece of dead fur back on your head if you decide you don't like it. But as the Men's Warehouse CEO says -- "you're gonna like it or your money back".
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great post!! O0
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That post will sway a few that are teetering.
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Excellent post, pdx!!
Yes, that will go a L-O-N-G way for the lurkers who are agonizing with the same issues O0
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Another great post by Todd!
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Now batting clean up for SBG...... Todd! And there's another one out of the park!
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Great post Todd O0
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I am a cav scout, its a pretty fun MOS well I think im gonna take the leap guys. I was talking with some of my guys and they seem to think the whole bad ass look would fit me, I dont know why when we arent training im a total goof so hey lets take the plunge ill keep ya guys posted.
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Way to go dude! O0
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Todd,
Your story is awesome and you are the absolute poster boy for Sly Bald Guys. When we first heard from you, you were nothing short of a mess! You were wearing a piece and clinging onto it as much as it was clinging onto your skull. You made it through the 30 days, you look awesome and you continue to inspire fence-sitters! Congratulations man!
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stick with it dude! You can be a tough-ass with the sly dome, or a goofball too, everyone's personality has different sides, and you can be sly during all the phases of your career.
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Thanks Dome -- I have to get one of the women who chase me around the building to take a picture like your avatar!
I'm cresting the turn towards 5 months of being sly. I can't imagine ever going back to a hairpiece or even growing it out to clipper length. Its funny -- I was listening to an NPR story a couple of weeks ago about a "miracle cure" for baldness. Well the cure was still pie in the sky and there's no proof that its going to work. The story made me think about whether I would jump on a new medical cure for baldness if one ever hit the market. It took me all of about 2 seconds to make up my mind -- there's no way I'll go back to having hair. Just the thought of having to mess with hair every morning and going to the barber is enough to make me not want to go back.
Thanks again to all the guys on the boards that encouraged me to take the leap. If it weren't for you I'd still be agonizing over something as stupid as hair.
Now if I could just figure out how to go sly on my back :-)
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Todd,
Your story is awesome and you are the absolute poster boy for Sly Bald Guys. When we first heard from you, you were nothing short of a mess! You were wearing a piece and clinging onto it as much as it was clinging onto your skull. You made it through the 30 days, you look awesome and you continue to inspire fence-sitters! Congratulations man!
Good call, Dome. Todd's been a really good ambassador carrying the Sly flag for the movement! Keep it up, Todd!
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POTY?
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Thanks Rob. If I could make a living being an evangelist for being sly I'd be there in a heart beat. If 50% of men suffer from MPB by age 50 - that means there's a lot of guys who look in the mirror every morning unhappy with what's happening to their head. We need to get the word out that it doesn't have to be that way. Yep its scary taking that first step but after you do - the feeling of freedom and absolutely amazing. Do I look better without hair? I don't know and the good news -- I don't care. I'm just so happy that I'm not caught up in societies stigma that hair defines who a person is and makes them attractive. I now wake up in the morning - jump in the shower, grab the headblade and I don't even think about my hair for the rest of the day! I don't walk around wondering if people can tell I'm wearing a hairpiece.
As I've mentioned before - if you're thinking about it then do yourself a favor and take the leap. Is it scary? Sure its scary! Will you look in the mirror and go OMG? Absolutely! I guarantee that within 30 days you'll stand in the mirror and say to your self "I should have done this years ago".
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As I've mentioned before - if you're thinking about it then do yourself a favor and take the leap. Is it scary? Sure its scary! Will you look in the mirror and go OMG? Absolutely! I guarantee that within 30 days you'll stand in the mirror and say to your self "I should have done this years ago".
I wholeheartedly agree! I think I'm one of the few that told myself, I wouldn't fight it if I were to start losing my hair. That didn't make it easier when I finally came to the reality that it was on it's way out. I'm not going to lie, it was SCARY! Now that I look back on it. I wish I would have been BBC, when I was younger. 8) I will be Sly 7 years in June (off and on slick but at least down to the skin with no guard on the clippers) LOVE IT! Wish that I would have had this support group back then! But I'm glad to be a part of it now. So some poor schmo doesn't have to take the shock alone. Like I did O0
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Wish that I would have had this support group back then! But I'm glad to be a part of it now. So some poor schmo doesn't have to take the shock alone. Like I did O0
You guys, the ones that "did the deed" before SBG are my heroes O0, I can't even conceive of the hassles you faced alone. Thanks for blazing the trail, and thanks to Tyler on behalf of the rest of us schlemiels who bc of SBG didn't' have to tread the path alone.
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I totally agree Saint. I remember an IBM systems engineer back in 1979 who had a shaved head. We all thought how unusual he looked with a totally shaved head. I also had a PE teacher back in the early 70's who had a shaved head. But it was rare to see a guy with a shaved head.
This morning at Starbucks there were 5 guys sitting down and drinking coffee -- every guy in the place was sly! It was amazing. to look and see nothing but a sea of skulls.
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I've been hounding a forklift operator at work to get rid of his "ear brow" for about two years. Last night he rolls up and honks his horn bald as the day he was born. I just laughed and gave him a thumbs up O0