Sly Bald Guys Forum
Discussions About Being Bald => 30 Day Rule / Beginners Section => Topic started by: chuck285 on May 30, 2018, 12:39:29 PM
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I’m fairly new here. I just shaved my head again a few days ago. This is my fourth go at it. I’m a solid 2 or maybe 3 on the Norwood Hamilton scale, so I still have a decent head of hair. I like the way my head feels after I shave it, and to be honest, I think it looks pretty good. After shaving before, I never have kept it up past a couple of weeks. I did start using a Headblade this time and it does make the job a lot quicker and easier. This is a summer haircut for me, but I’m not sure if I’ll fall back into the habit of letting it grow back again.
(https://s33.postimg.cc/v0hkiihsv/0_B718502-5511-4622-_B848-6_E427_CE6_F43_B.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/lfxxvmsgr/)
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Looks very smooth and strong.Definitely a keeper for me. Welcome to the group and look forward to hearing more of your experience this time round.
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Outstanding look for you Chuck! Perfect head shape for sporting the bald style. Enjoy the summer with the smooth dome, after a couple months you will be addicted to shaving.
How are the reactions? Are you getting support from family and friends? Just a great look for you!
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Thanks for the compliments. My wife is ok with my decision to shave, even though she prefers me with hair. VWMYVD
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Welcome Chuck , you have the head for the look. The longer you keep it shaved the more natural it will feel. Others will accept it as the new normal. Shaving get easier and faster with practice.
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Looks great!
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Great choice Chuck! Its a great look for you! I'm in a similar boat, have had my head shaved a few times, but have yet to complete the 30 day challenge.
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I’m 5 days in so far, only 25 more to go. I really want to commit to it this time around
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Welcome Chuck, it looks great!
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Wow, I'm surprised you don't have any shadow to start with, at least in that photo. The bald look may really suit you!
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I have a lot of grey, which doesn’t show up as a shadow. I probably had about a day’s growth in that picture. I’m about 12 days in and happy with my look so far.
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I stopped shaving for about 3 weeks, but ended up shaving again, one month ago today. I enjoy the feeling of a freshly shaven head and my friends and family have accepted my new look!
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Good going Chuck! You're probably getting a good routine established now. A couple more months and it will be hard to go back to hair. Glad to hear people are accepting your new hairstyle. You look awesome with a shaved head.
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welcome chuck,if you didnt like a shaved head you wouldnt be going back and forth,i think your not used to it yet.its also quicker to take care of.
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Hey Chuck,
Thanks for the update, it sounds like you completed the 30 day challenge and are now a Sly Bald Guy!
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so I still have a decent head of hair.
This, I have found, is a major problem...for other people. They'll be saying you've got heaps of hair, why on earth are you shaving it off? I've tried explaining in the past but it just goes over their (hair topped) head. Some things you just need to feel for yourself.
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You’re right. I feel like I’ve had to explain my decision constantly.
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I enjoy the feeling of being bald. I see now, after completing the 30 day challenge, that it takes a period of time to add shaving my head into my grooming routine. Thanks for the support, guys.
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I enjoy the feeling of being bald. I see now, after completing the 30 day challenge, that it takes a period of time to add shaving my head into my grooming routine. Thanks for the support, guys.
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Since I've been BBC over 5 years now, if anyone asks why, I tell them I tried growing it back and it has gotten pretty thin in some areas, so I shave the rest off. While it isn't true, they accept that as a reason for shaving my head. Everyone is used to my haircut, I would probably get more questions if I grew it back.
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I started as BBC. Technically, I had noticed some slight thinning, but my hair started so thick the no one other than myself could detect the thinning. But I had been telling myself for years that I would shave at the first sign of thinning, so I did. I instantly though I should have shaved sooner, because I liked it better than having hair. That was about 8 years ago, and I have been shaved ever since. Except for a few times I let it grow a few weeks just to see how the thinning had progressed. I can now say that nature has caught up, I have almost no hair on top. In fact, I now regularly just shave just the fringe, and only shave the top about once per week.
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we shouldnt have to explain to anyone why we shave our heads,all they need to do is take us the way we are thats it.
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True Scooby, after we first take a razor to our head, they have no choice but accept it.
I think it is different for us BBC guys. If you're balding and shave it, people understand your decision. If you have a full head of hair, they can't understand why you would shave it all off. Another thing I tell people that ask is that I could give them lots of reasons, but basically I like it shaved.
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My fiancee had the biggest issue as she said she doesn't find bald men attractive, she always had a thing for the boy and style haircuts i sported in my younger years. But now she just accepts it, however her eyes lit up when I suggested due to my constant irritation I might grow my hair back.
I'm not going to,I hated how my hair looked prior to shaving, it was patchy and thin and I felt self conscious about it all the time. Now I don't care I think I suit it bald and everyone else says it suits me now they've got used to it.
It seems loved ones and close family are the ones who have the biggest reactions but they soon he used to it.
Don't feel the need to justify to anyone mate, it's your hair do what you want. Heck if you want to get a hair piece get one! The stigma of men wearing a hair piece is ridiculous considering no one bats an eye at women doing fake hair extensions or wigs all these years.
Anyway I digress. Bald is best. End of! 😁
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well said mav i had the same problem with my hair as you did so i shaved it off and my wife of 25 years loves my bald head.