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Discussions About Being Bald => To be or not be...Bald => Topic started by: dave523 on March 21, 2009, 11:07:14 PM
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Posted this message under "miscellaneaous" where i used to chitchat about our weather or not to accept fate. Sean25 and SLYinKc advised me to put it in a new thread. So i did.
"Hi Guys,
I have been off this forum for a while and instead of taking your advise a did the opposite. I took propecia and still do. I've been using it for some times and i do not see any reaults as of yet, but i hope it will bring some results. Maybe i am too impatient and should wait for some more months, but maybe i am fighting an uphill battle. Fed up with this fate.
One of my bald buddies noticed and told me i should shave and i made a bet with him. If 30 different members of this forum vote: "Bald" within two weeks from now, i will shave it all off and stop taking propecia for at least 10 months. But if less than 15 vote "Bald" i get to keep my hair and can take propecia as much if i want and He cannot shave his head for two months (which will look :D ).
Let us have ur votes plz.
Cheers Dave (and Tom)"
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go for it. I think that all of us here will tell you to stay away from the propecia.
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Dude...... you'll have 30 different members by Monday AM...... it won't take two weeks.....
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Dude, we'll make sure 30 vote if I have to threaten to ban them. I don't want to see you keep making the mistake of taking propecia.
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15 minutes int othis and already 10% to the goal of 30. Get that razor cleaned up Dude!
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15 minutes int othis and already 10% to the goal of 30. Get that razor cleaned up Dude!
hehehe dude, it is making me a bit nervous :-\
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Putting ridiculously dangerous chemicals into your body for the rest of your life (you do realize that you need to keep taking it, right?) is what should be making you nervous!
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It's my understanding that Propecia doesn't cause re-growth for most people who take it. Rather it just helps to keep you where you are at. There is no guarantee, it is expensive, and you still must keep buying other expensive products, such as shampoos and styling agents for the rest of your life.
The fact that you face this decision, and that you are leaving your fate in the hands of strangers on a sly website, makes me think that you want to shave, but that you just need some backup.
Well, your backup is here.
Head to the local grocery or "apotheke" and get a good razor and some shaving gel or oil.
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I really cant beleive that we are all having to vote to stop this guy from swallowing CHEMICALS :/O . The world has truly flipped. Get a grip man and shave.
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Get the razor...do the deed...and enjoy the SLY lifestyle. You'll be glad you did that instead of injesting chemicals the rest of your life that could cause God only knows what side effects.
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Feel a strong sentiment against propecia here. Don't want to start a discussion here but i haven't had any side effects, maybe that it why it doesn't feel like chemicals. if i ever do, i would quit immediately off course.
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Putting ridiculously dangerous chemicals into your body for the rest of your life (you do realize that you need to keep taking it, right?) is what should be making you nervous!
There's a good reason why bootedbear put those words in bold. Also, it's truly liberating to shave your head (a good reason I put those letters in bold). SHAVE IT.
Also, think of all the $$$ you'll save. That's good, but the confidence you'll gain by shaving it........PRICELESS. O:O
5t*mp
So, you shaved it yet?
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Feel a strong sentiment against propecia here. Don't want to start a discussion here but i haven't had any side effects, maybe that it why it doesn't feel like chemicals. if i ever do, i would quit immediately off course.
This is crazy. Thats like saying I know cigarettes might be bad for me but I will stop when I get lung cancer :Xo! :Xo! :Xo! :Xo! :Xo!
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Just shave your head, you've been on the fence for months.
Red
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Shave.
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I took propecia for a bit...it didnt grow any useable hair, unless you consider peach fuzz useable.
+1 to shaving. On a side note.. Scottish Ambassador...is that a tat on your right arm ? What is it ?
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Dude,
Been there, done that, got the "little blue friend" :'(! Do yourself and your "brains" (if that's where you think ;)) and stop now! It's not worth the vanity of a few hairs; if only for a few years until you body changes and you start losing hair again. Get off that crap- now! :Xo!
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Man, put your mind at rest. Shave and stop taking drugs! It can't be good in the long run.
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Ok I am a big fan of "Time heals EVERYTHING".
Now here is what time cannot heal, negative side effects from propecia. It's not easy to live with the inability to have an erection for the rest of your life. And bro I hear you, you will quit if you get side effects. The problem with that is by that time it's too late. If you google "propecia side effects" you will see so many guys who quit after seeing side effects, but that it didn't help at all.
Now about time heals everything. Time will help you get over living with a bald head if you don't like it instantly.
But time cannot heal your side effects, and time cannot make life pleasurable for you if you cannot get an erection.
Trust me, that's one thing most men cannot live with.
YOU DON'T NEED TO BURN YOUR TOE TO KNOW THAT FIRE IS HOT.
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Simplify your life, take a razor, shave and be happy!
J
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Don't know why I'm sayin it, coz I don't think you are emotionally ready, bro: but shave it all off. 8)
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I think you are right Rob. I think he's self-justified filling his body with crap that can result in permanent horrible side-effects no matter what we say, for the chance -- chance, mind you -- that he might stop losing hair or grow some peach fuzz.
I hope we are wrong.
The power of advertising to convince men that without hair they are nothing is sad and depressing.
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22 votes for going bald in less than 24 hours...I'm looking forward to seeing the pics.
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22 votes for going bald in less than 24 hours...I'm looking forward to seeing the pics.
yeah I hope this time we are not wasting our time (well to be correct, I was not here the first time). You said you would shave if you get 30 votes, so once we are at 30 I hope you will not break your promise. Cheers.
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Dave ~ I'm casting my vote for you to shave bald so your bald pal won't have to live with hair for 2 months. Frankly, I think you'll hate a shaved head.
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Shave please!
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Shave your head and keep shaving it every day for 30 days. Don't particularly want to hear from you otherwise.
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SHAVE !!
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Number 27 here... ...do you think it will take another three weeks to get 3 more?
I don't know much about propecia. It wasn't available when I started going bald thirtysome years ago...
Go SLY!!! Give it the 30 day tryout. You won't be sorry.
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By the way dave you seem to be suffering from 'I'm invincible, it wont happen to me' syndrome. Can you imagine how you would feel if it did happen to you, you get erectile dysfunction as a result of vanity?
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I don't like to see people walking against traffic--it's dangerous and you don't know which speeding car will kill or maim you, nor do you know the cigarette that tips the balance of a cell to become malignant. You may have already started a physical cascade that will overwhelm you, I hope not. But why chance it--your hair, or that of any other guy, isn't worth maiming or destroying your body. Your genes have set you up to be bald, perhaps profoundly bald w/ just a fringe within five years--yes that's the average--so you can pop pills and play the odds, or get with the program, accept the genes you have and follow my vote--shave it, clean up your body from the drugs and move on with life and have some fun. Why would you make your friend do that--but that's another subject. That weirded me out.
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29 down and 1 to go............ I think I hear the sound of a blade scraping stubble from a virgin dome...........
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You got your 30....good luck with the shaving!
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well Dave.... Are you going to man up and shave and then post some photos????? Oh DAAAA-AAAAAVVVVVEEEEEE!!!!!
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good luck with the shaving man.
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Bet it won't happen >:(
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Time to do the deed!
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Bet it won't happen >:(
lol why did I think you would say that? I think so too. What I would hate the most is if he just uses clippers to make it shorter. We need the razor shave.
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I know I'm always sceptical, but I bet he won't even show himself once he sees the votes!! ::)
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I think he vamped as soon as he saw which way the wind was blowing...
Come'on man, show us we're mistaken!
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Bet it won't happen >:(
My thoughts exactly.
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Yeah....I am not holding my breath on this one.
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hey dave: i say do the deed. whether U need 30, 40, or 5000 people 2 convince U 2 scrape that dome smoooooth. U only need one person & that my friend is U. we gave U the winning lottery ticket. all U gotta do is cash the ticket & become rich with freedom & embrace being bald. all i gotta say is that i truly enjoy living as a SBG. O0 O0 O0
WARHAWK O0
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It just aint gonna happen. He's bottled it ???
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yesterday i received 3 txt-messages from my buddies as soon as someone posted the 30th vote was in. Must have been watching like hawks. Pretty hard truth to swallow :Xo!. T wants to come over on thursday, but think i need some more time to get used to the idea. For the record, did anyone vote twice?
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yesterday i received 3 txt-messages from my buddies as soon as someone posted the 30th vote was in. Must have been watching like hawks. Pretty hard truth to swallow :Xo!. T wants to come over on thursday, but think i need some more time to get used to the idea. For the record, did anyone vote twice?
Do it bro! You won't regret it!
By the way, it's not possible for anyone to vote twice based on the settings of the poll.
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Dude, you didn't vamp! Props!
Now do the deed! Remember, in the (highly unlikely) event that you don't like it after the 30-day trial, it just grows back!
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it just grows back!
>:D Well actually most of it grows back, the hairs and follicles that were going to retire anyway are gone with or without shaving. Face it, you're losing your hair, in 5 to 10 you're going to be sporting a fringe if you don't get out in front. And, if you don't, you, your friends, and all the babes are going to watch it go, hair, by hair, by hair. >:D >:D >:D
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Buzz it done with an electric buzzer, then lather it up and shave it. Plenty of advice on this site on the forum.
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Looks to me like you're gonna be Sly, very soon!
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it just grows back!
Buddies wanna come over tomorrow evening to poker and do my forfit >:D. I think my colleagues will be in shock when i get to work on friday. Buddies and me are going clubbing on saterdaynight in Amsterdam, not sure i will be ready for doing that as a bald guy 8).
What worries me is that if i lay off the propecia (i know, a very controversial medicine here) for 10 months my hairloss might starts to accelerate and after the period i might not have the option to grow it back :-[, meaning that this could be the last 28 hours with a hairdo :o. Might ask for doing the forfit after the bet ends in 1,5 week.
Cheers, Dave
>:D Well actually most of it grows back, the hairs and follicles that were going to retire anyway are gone with or without shaving. Face it, you're losing your hair, in 5 to 10 you're going to be sporting a fringe if you don't get out in front. And, if you don't, you, your friends, and all the babes are going to watch it go, hair, by hair, by hair. >:D >:D >:D
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Be very careful with propecia man. That stuff messed with my brain big time and I only took it a very short time. I did not respond well at all. I actually lost more hair on it but I think they call it a shed or maybe I bald too fast or something.
Anyway there is website you can check out with all the horrible stuff that drug can do to your body. I am scared about being bald but I have made the choice that I will choose my health forever over possabily losing my hair a little slower.
Although from your pic you don't appear to be going bald so this process often takes awhile. I like my shaved head but I have had some trouble from friends and family. But trust me your health is so valuable. I wish you would not take the risk. I don't believe doctors are completely sure what that stuff does to your body.
Best Wishes,
Frank
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Be very careful with propecia man. That stuff messed with my brain big time and I only took it a very short time. I did not respond well at all. I actually lost more hair on it but I think they call it a shed or maybe I bald too fast or something.
Anyway there is website you can check out with all the horrible stuff that drug can do to your body. I am scared about being bald but I have made the choice that I will choose my health forever over possabily losing my hair a little slower.
Although from your pic you don't appear to be going bald so this process often takes awhile. I like my shaved head but I have had some trouble from friends and family. But trust me your health is so valuable. I wish you would not take the risk. I don't believe doctors are completely sure what that stuff does to your body.
Best Wishes,
Frank
Hi Frank,
Descision was made for me tonight, as i got a shave because of a stupid bet B@n%. I can tell u it is a big shock! Two hours ago i had fairly long hair and now i look like a bald guy when looking in the mirror. At least i gave my buddies a nice night. I might post some pics if i ever get used to how i look.
Think i will work from homee tomorrow. I don't think i will feel like facing my co-workers ???. Going clubbing in Amsterdam saterday night. Still hard to believe i have no hair. How did u get to support your new look?
Profile pic (which i removed tonight) was taken a year ago. Hairloss accelerated since than >:(, but i noticed it (AGA) at that time. Never had any problems with propecia when i took it. But i can understand why you and the guys here hate propecia. I play tennis, fitness, golf and soccer at least three times a week so i am very conscious of my health. That should somewhere compensate for taking the blue pill, but mst lay it off for ten months.
Cheers,
Dave
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Hey Dave, come on you have to post the a picture of the results. You are killing me here. We need to see.
!B@
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Yeah post a pic. Look around we are all bald here! Also, did you take the blade to it? Smooth is the way to go!
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Its no use wimpin out now: post a pic :x!
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Its no use wimpin out now: post a pic :x!
Yep, seeing is believing.
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I guess not everyone has the problem with propecia that I had. I hope you are adjusting to your new look alright. This is a good place to get support for shaving your head. It has inspired me. I am glad it has become more acceptable and I don't have to run around with strands of a combover before I am 30. Keep your chin up.
Frank
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Gotta see the pic, Dave... waiting, waiting, waiting. :x!
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Pics or ban... :x!
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Gotta see the pic, Dave... waiting, waiting, waiting. :x!
hey dave: talk is cheap. >:( where's the evidence? :x! :D :x!
WARHAWK O0
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Yeah post a pic. Look around we are all bald here! Also, did you take the blade to it? Smooth is the way to go!
Used the blade, but pretty sure after two days of baldness, sly isn't working for me. Too kuch of as hassle. Think i will shave once every two weeks.
Starting tot get used tot the bald dude in the mirror a bit. Rest of world seems to care less than i thought. Bald buddies however, are realy smug about it.
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Pics or ban... :x!
Threatening usually works great with me. Will post pics when I am ready!
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Pics or ban... :x!
Threatening usually works great with me. Will post pics when I am ready!
And what if you are never ready and grow it back? Post the pics before you change your mind. :)
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Used the blade, but pretty sure after two days of baldness, sly isn't working for me. Too kuch of as hassle. Think i will shave once every two weeks.
Have you not heard of the 30 day rule? :popo Besides, shaving once every two weeks will be a lot more difficult than shaving every day, because you'll have to buzz your hair down every time. Shaving your head is a piece of cake once you get the hang of it; much easier than shaving your face.
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Razor speaks wisely. The most you should let it go is every other day. Otherwise you are just making more work for yourself.
With practice it gets easier. Mine takes 7 minutes every other morning.
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Dave, every other day should be fine. If it's irritating your skin, than either use a different kind of shaving gel or cream, or try going with the grain alittle while before going against the grain for a closer shave.
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Post the pics!
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Me thinks that Dave may NOT have actually shaved........... If he did, why not post the pics??
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Koz, I'm beginning to wonder the same thing!
Dave, cartoon heads in various states of hair length do not constitute proof you held up your end of the bargain.
Picture, please.
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My thoughts exactly. 8)
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Me thinks that Dave may NOT have actually shaved...........
Me thinks your correct.
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Me thinks that Dave may NOT have actually shaved...........
Me thinks your correct.
Ya think?? :D
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Koz, I'm beginning to wonder the same thing!
Dave, cartoon heads in various states of hair length do not constitute proof you held up your end of the bargain.
Picture, please.
I don't know man, some of the middle stages of the cartoon look like the pic he had up haha :P
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Way to go, Dave! I notice you've changed your avi. Thanks for posting a pic. Looks SLY to me.
Now tell me, did you really think it was likely there wouldn't be 30+ "shave" votes? I think you secretely wanted to shave and set the tally low so you would "have to" give it a try. >:D
Anyway -- good job and coming through.
How do you like it so far?
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Cannot believe the guys in here. U dudes are F*&% ing horrible. PLZ give a dude some time to acclimatize!!! Putting up a pic of myself takes some time....
Way to go, Dave! I notice you've changed your avi. Thanks for posting a pic. Looks SLY to me.
Now tell me, did you really think it was likely there wouldn't be 30+ "shave" votes? I think you secretely wanted to shave and set the tally low so you would "have to" give it a try. >:D
Anyway -- good job and coming through.
How do you like it so far?
I actualy thought that 30 was quite a big number for a poll and i didn't think i would go bald within a week after posting the poll. Buddies shaved me after losing the bet.
I feel ok even with a bald dome. However, I also promised to lay of propecia for 10 months when losing the bet. Cannot track hairloss at my current lenght, but I fear that laying off Propecia for ten months will turn my (stille very acceptable) head of hair into a horse shoe. My hair recedes at the sides of my head but i fear lack of P will connect the sides :-\ . This would mean i will be a Baldy forever and indefinately. Keeping track and keep counting.................. for 9 months to go
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i fear lack of P will connect the sides :-\ . This would mean i will be a Baldy forever and indefinately. Keeping track and keep counting.................. for 9 months to go
But even Merck knows propecia cannot stop hairloss after some time. So, I am sorry to say you will be Baldy forever anyway. That's unless you take propecia and notice the effects going away completely after 4 to 5 years. Then you will be a Baldy forever. If you styt bald now, you will be a proud Baldy. O0
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Welcome to the Sly world. Hopefully you get used to it soon.
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Cannot believe the guys in here. U dudes are F*&% ing horrible. PLZ give a dude some time to acclimatize!!! Putting up a pic of myself takes some time....
Way to go, Dave! I notice you've changed your avi. Thanks for posting a pic. Looks SLY to me.
Now tell me, did you really think it was likely there wouldn't be 30+ "shave" votes? I think you secretely wanted to shave and set the tally low so you would "have to" give it a try. >:D
Anyway -- good job and coming through.
How do you like it so far?
I actualy thought that 30 was quite a big number for a poll and i didn't think i would go bald within a week after posting the poll. Buddies shaved me after losing the bet.
I feel ok even with a bald dome. However, I also promised to lay of propecia for 10 months when losing the bet. Cannot track hairloss at my current lenght, but I fear that laying off Propecia for ten months will turn my (stille very acceptable) head of hair into a horse shoe. My hair recedes at the sides of my head but i fear lack of P will connect the sides :-\ . This would mean i will be a Baldy forever and indefinately. Keeping track and keep counting.................. for 9 months to go
Cannot beleive you could describe any one of the guys on here as "f&%$ing horrible". How would you describe someone who encouraged you to pour a cocktail of chemical sh*t down your throat? You came on here seeking advice and you got it. If you cant stand the heat, stay out the kitchen :Xo! :Xo! :Xo!
PS, please remember YOU started the vote - no one else!
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Yeah.
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dave it looks like you proved everyone wrong with your new avatar O0
It looks good, and your nose does not look huge ???
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From the pic you posted I would have to say it looks good and you do not need to worry about propecia but it is up to you. Best wishes,
Frank
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i fear lack of P will connect the sides :-\ . This would mean i will be a Baldy forever and indefinately. Keeping track and keep counting.................. for 9 months to go
But even Merck knows propecia cannot stop hairloss after some time. So, I am sorry to say you will be Baldy forever anyway. That's unless you take propecia and notice the effects going away completely after 4 to 5 years. Then you will be a Baldy forever. If you styt bald now, you will be a proud Baldy. O0
AUCH dude, harsh comment!!!! But i think you hit it on the head, I was probably born to be a bald guy. Might not like that fact very much, but somehow i must get accusomed to it.
Heard some bald jokes already, but i cannot really smile about them. Especially hate it when my bald buddies speak of "us". Probably facing the truth makes me feel one of them (or you) soon.
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dave523 - I think once you become accustomed you will wear it with pride, looks really good on you.
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This would mean i will be a Baldy forever and indefinately. Keeping track and keep counting.................. for 9 months to go
I was probably born to be a bald guy. Might not like that fact very much, but somehow i must get accusomed to it.
Heard some bald jokes already, but i cannot really smile about them. Especially hate it when my bald buddies speak of "us". Probably facing the truth makes me feel one of them (or you) soon.
I think you are almost unique to this site, everyone has had some issues but you really are conflicted about this. It hasn't been thirty days, so it's understandable that you are still surprised by the "guy in the mirror." Most guys are pleasantly surprised. You really need to consider what has been said before, the drugs delay, they don't prevent, the ultimate march of mpb--you're going bald. Whether you accept it now or later after spending a load of money you're going to be bald. Your choice is get in front of it, or slip slowly, painfully into a Bozo ring, under a rug, submit to a plug or keep downing drugs. It's pretty simple really. It's your choice whether to look backward or forward. If life's a journey, the hair part of your journey is ending, how it's ended, not whether it's ending, is your choice.
As for the jokes, you're not the lone ranger--that's happened to everyone. Once you understand that the comments are just that "jokes" and learn to roll with the punches it's easy. When you start dishing back, you'll be on top O:O. I remember the look on the guy who commented early on in my Sly-dome and I nailed him with the question, "And when was the last time a babe said your comb-over turned her on?" >:D He's never, not once, commented on it again. He hasn't gone Sly, but at least he's gone silent.
Just remember the brothers are here to support you in this, answer questions, assure you that what you're experiencing is not unique and most importantly that you can live, emphasis on live, as a Sly Bald Guy O0, or exist, merely exist as a balding guy :'(.
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Looks good...Hang in there, before I started shaving I kept it trimmed real short...when I did shave it wasn't a big culture shock...it been 5 yrs. plus and no regets