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Head Shaving, Grooming & Care => Trimming Your Head/Hair => Topic started by: Rusty Shackleford on February 18, 2018, 10:12:50 PM
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I've been shaving my head in a regular basis since August 1999, but I have been considering regrowing. It's been bugging me for a while and here is a dumb reason: there's this weird (staged) show called Storage Wars that holds me whenever it appears on my TV. I hate that. Anyway one of the acto...er... real people had the shaved head goatee thing going and it looked good. Then around the time I started considering regrowing since hair I stumble upon the show and he had a nice fade with a short top. I thought it looked great and it kept the idea alive, but the urge kinda faded (no pun intended)
Then last night I saw a bald acquaintance who had a grown short faded haircut and now I want to do it again. I'm also curious to see just how gray my hair is after this 19 year absence.
And I'm not talking about growing something big or doing "hipster hair" but I'd like to try a faded haircut with an inch or two on the top.
I know it's a "just do it and if you don't like it then shave it of again" thing, but I DEPLORE the idea of being in the spotlight. If I do this it will bring endless annoying comments and other annoyances. I also don't like the idea of having to go get it cut because cutting head hair is far more difficult than cutting a beard.
I also got the urge to perm my beard just to puff it up, and to get that middle-age earring I said I would get once I hit 40 which happened 3 years ago. I don't know why I'm looking to do this, maybe I'm g finally getting that mid-life crisis.
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If it’s something you want to do, go for it. Just don’t be surprised if yiur hair is considerably thinner than it was the last time you saw it.
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I did it, and after 24 years, realized I am totally bald!
What are you doing with the beard these days?
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Mid life crisis most likely. But we all go through it .
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I've started growing my hair back more times than I can count. Sometimes I make it 6 to 8 weeks of more. Because I get the dermatitis mostly on the sides and back, I've been growing the top and keeping the sides and back shaved. It's kind of a military look, but at some point I start thinking it looks silly on a guy my age. It is fun taking the clippers to it though.
So, to for it Rusty. Enjoy the process, it only takes 2 weeks to get a good buzzcut going. Everytime you see someone with a shaved head, you might get the urge to shave. I guess that is called shaved head envy.
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If it’s something you want to do, go for it. Just don’t be surprised if yiur hair is considerably thinner than it was the last time you saw it.
I don't think that's going to happen. When my hair gets to stubble length it is like 80 grit sandpaper across the whole thing. Even the crown feels just as dense. The times it has reached since length, like when I cut my head a few years ago, it looks evenly thick over the top.
I do feel a little bad knowing I have a full head of hair and shave it when so many went bald because genetics forced them.
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I did it, and after 24 years, realized I am totally bald!
What are you doing with the beard these days?
I seem to remember that.
The beard has only had a few minor trims mainly to keep the shape. I don't know the length but it's as long as two fists with a little sticking out.
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Magoo: I really do think it's a mid life crisis; I've even started to consider getting earrings again!
Reddog: I've ever thought of a military cut as young guy's haircut, but I guess it makes sense because the area that goes bald first is the part most needed for that style. I guess too many old guys literally can't wear that hairstyle.
And, yes, bald envy is a thing. When I had to grow our my hair because of an injury I always got envious of done guy with a perfectly slick head when I had a week of stubble on the top. While pondering on this I saw some guy on the TV with a perfect bald head and thought dammit! I can't do both!
Both bald head and beards seem like an accomplishment and I think that's where the envy comes from; i.e. it's something the guy consciencely worked to achieve. On the other hand a bald face and basic haircut just seem so ordinary. When I get envy for either it's like I feel like they worked to accomplish something that I was to lazy to do. LOL It's weird logic but it works in my head.
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And I am regrowing my hair because I am getting a hair system.
It feels weird. I can actually feel it rustle in the wind. Growing for three months, and probably another 3 more before I get it cut.
:)
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A lot of guys hate hair piece systems due to the maintenance and end up shaving because they don't want to be bothered anymore. In curious as to why after so many years of shaving are you going the other way?
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It started as a lark, was going to get a wig, as a joke. But, as I started looking into getting something, more realistic, I started to think about being bald for 24 years. When I shaved my head, I had a full head of hair (mostly).
Now, after 24 years, I am completely bald, with no options other than messing with my facial hair. I never liked my own, natural hair, and never really "dug" the hairstyles of the 70s, 80s and early 90s (when I had hair). I usually buzzed it.
Now, there are some really cools styles out there, and even grey hair is cool.
So, I decided to try it. I got a trip to Madrid, Spain, for the measurements and secondary consultation. Will go back for the "installation". If I like it, I will keep with it, if I don't... then I toss it.
I am not trying to fool anyone into thinking that it's my real, growing hair. It's just an artifice. Like a woman uses makeup, hair extensions, and breast implants.
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Interesting, I'll be interested in seeing what you get!
The hairweave thing reminds me of the phrase we have at work: tumbleweave. It's a word for clumps of weave on the floor. 😄
Add for me I'm about 5 days into my hair regrowth. I feel like those guys in No Shave November who stop shaving for a few days and think they have a beard lol I doubt I'll last 2 week's.
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It will take awhile Rusty. I hate the buzzcut look on me when I grow it out, with the white hair, it looks like a giant Qtip. I usually can shape it up after 2 to 3 weeks.
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Giant Qtip. :*))
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Interesting, I'll be interested in seeing what you get!
The hairweave thing reminds me of the phrase we have at work: tumbleweave. It's a word for clumps of weave on the floor. 😄
Add for me I'm about 5 days into my hair regrowth. I feel like those guys in No Shave November who stop shaving for a few days and think they have a beard lol I doubt I'll last 2 week's.
Tumbleweave! What do you do for work???
Ya, I will post pics, for sure.
S.
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Gee, my husband uses the term "tumbleweave" in his work... I wonder if you do the same thing. Female here. Finally went bald and let it stay bald for just over a week but ... soooo much maintenance (for another post). Regrowing my buzzcut. Best of luck! (Had to comment on tumbleweave!)
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Definitely mid life crisis, in late February I decided to grow what ever hair I had back, last Friday I got sick and tired of it, so I went to the barber and I had a straight razor head shave, I’m back to the bald look.
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Here ya go... long hair... is a bitch!
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DD, I can't imagine dealing with that much hair! Do you miss the bald head? I always liked your bald and bearded look.
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I bit off a lot... hair system and long hair. It's... a hassle.
To be honest, I really like how I look with hair.
But to be honest. It's NOT the same as having your own hair. It looks natural but does not FEEL natural.
I am considering cutting it, a bit.
It's also expensive. I thought I would try it... can always go back to shaving my head.
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It will be interesting to see after say 6 months if you go back to the shaved look. It seems most of us try the hair growing again , but most go back to shaving . That’s my story anyway.
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I agree. I tried countless times to grow it back, then it could be 2 weeks, 6 weeks, or 8 weeks and the urge to shave it off returns. Soon I find a reason to dislike the hair and the razor comes out. I guess it has become a fetish of some sort, but I think a bald head looks good and feels even better.
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i use to have the horse shoe look until i shaved it off,which i have done before,but i always go back.when i shave my head i feel emotionaly better for some reason.
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It will be interesting to see after say 6 months if you go back to the shaved look. It seems most of us try the hair growing again , but most go back to shaving . That’s my story anyway.
Well, to be honest... if I find that having hair is more of a hindrance to my sex life, then not, I will probably get rid of it... or, potentially go shorter. MOST guys prefer me shaved bald...
Will see...
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Steve To me your previous look with shaved head and great beard is much stronger and bolder and personally I couldn't handle the idea of all that hair and the time and expense of looking after it. However each to is own.