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Title: tweezing
Post by: Propagandhi on September 21, 2007, 10:03:38 PM
Hello everybody. I'm seriously thinking about popping some advil and tweezing my hair out to have the ideal shadow free look. I was actually talking to somebody called zetaeffe and he gave me some helpful tips. Just wondering if there are others in this group who've had experience with tweezing. Obviously i'm a bit worried about the pain, ingrown hair and the possible infections that may come with it.
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: warhawk on September 21, 2007, 10:35:20 PM
I was actually talking to somebody called zetaeffe and he gave me some helpful tips.
propagandhi....welcome 2 the sly forum. glad that ya found us.  zetaeffe  has a very slick & smooth dome but i'm still kinda hesistant on the tweezing.  right now.... i'll just deal with the razor shaving 4 now.  i don't have all the information such as costs & how often that u have 2 get your dome tweezed.  i believe that u have 2 go 2 a professional 2 get it done.  i have never heard of people self tweezing. 

i think u might need something stronger than advil 2 "kill" the pain.  well.... keep us posted & let  us know what u decide 2 do.  however.... that's one of the "wishes" of most of the sly guys here is a shadow-free dome.  we can't stand the 5-o'clock shadow. >:(

WARHAWK O0
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: Timmay on September 21, 2007, 11:44:39 PM
im with ya bro...jsut dont know if the tweezing is gonna work..you know how many hairs you have on ya head?? might take a while..be better off just stickin ya head up against a grinding wheel.  LOL
Welcome to the forum buddy
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: JDog on September 22, 2007, 01:33:31 AM
Propagandhi welcome to the forum mate. Good name too,Propagandhi are one of my fav bands


I have thought about scalp tweezing myself too a few times but at this stage in my life I dont think I am ready to take that big of a step.
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: Paul on September 22, 2007, 04:38:21 AM
Welcome to the group Progagandhi.  Glad to have you with us.  Sorry, no tweezing here either, though to be free of shaving would be awesome.  It would depend I think I whether you have MPB or are BBC.  A full head of head would have to take a long, long time and more than one bottle of Advil
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: Propagandhi on September 23, 2007, 01:57:55 PM
Thanks for all your replys guys. I am mpb, i still have some hair left on the top of my dome though. So it wouldnt take me as long to get rid of all the hair on my head as somebody who's a BBC. I'm thinking i'm going to lose all the hair on my head anyway, so why not get rid of it all now. I heard the first time hurts like a bitch, but after that it becomes even easier than shaving. I dont know about you guys but i'm in my happy place whenever i think of a shadow free dome. I think it may be worth the initial pain. By the way Jdog, Propagandhi is the best canadian band ever. Celine Dion is just false advertising.  :D
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: KALBO on September 23, 2007, 03:08:58 PM
Welcome to SBGs, Progagandhi! 8)

No tweezing here, I can only imagine what you stated you fear yourself...OUCH! :'(
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: xnewyawka on September 23, 2007, 03:44:50 PM
Welcome Propagandhi, no tweezing for me either, I'll just go on enjoying my shaves.
I find that to be a bit too obsessive. I have dark hair and get shadow, but I also enjoy some stubble now and then. I shaved today after 2 days growth and it feels great, and in my opinion is good for the scalp.
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: SLYinKC on September 23, 2007, 03:48:12 PM
I think I'm with the others.  Until someone else decides to be the guinea pig, I'll stick with my razor.  The final product does sound enticing.
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: X The Hierophant on September 23, 2007, 04:43:21 PM
Thanks for all your replys guys. I am mpb, i still have some hair left on the top of my dome though. So it wouldnt take me as long to get rid of all the hair on my head as somebody who's a BBC. I'm thinking i'm going to lose all the hair on my head anyway, so why not get rid of it all now. I heard the first time hurts like a bitch, but after that it becomes even easier than shaving. I dont know about you guys but i'm in my happy place whenever i think of a shadow free dome. I think it may be worth the initial pain. By the way Jdog, Propagandhi is the best canadian band ever. Celine Dion is just false advertising.  :D

I found a web site a while back devoted to tweezing head hair for bald with no shadow.  I don't remember the site name :( ... but the guy there uses an epilady type machine and said that he used tape to expose only a narrow strip of head hair at a time.  He said it is VERY painful the first time and took him all weekend, but after that the skin gets accustomed and the hair grows back slowly (and some follicals will die each time).  Now I believe he only has to do a bit of maintenance now and again to keep it going, but a lot of the hair loss from tweezing is permanent, so once you do if for a while you have to stay with it...  I will look and see if I can find the website.

Let me know if you try this.  It sounded hardcore to me.
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: X The Hierophant on September 23, 2007, 04:49:15 PM
Ok ... took me a few minutes but I found it again.  Try this site out.  Looks painful to me, but if I may consider it one day ... who knows...

http://www.scalptweezing.com/

There are several groups of images of guys whoe have tweezed.  One guy tweezed to get the MPB look (which is unusual), but there is some other guys who tweeze for the full bald look.  And it looks shadow free...

I bet it hurts like hell though
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: wpruitt on September 23, 2007, 05:30:20 PM
Welcome Propagandhi.  Think I will stick with the Fusion
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: Propagandhi on September 23, 2007, 06:27:47 PM
Yes scalptweezing.com that's how i came up with the idea in the first place. I don't mind shaving either, ofcourse at times it could be frustrating. In my opinion, if you don't have any hairloss, it's not necessary. However, if you have MPB, the whole shadow on the sides even after a fresh shave doesn't look all that natural. The technique the guy came up with (packing tape and electric tweezers) makes it seem managable to go ahead with this. 
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: jusbnme on September 23, 2007, 08:28:51 PM
Welcome Propagandhi.  I had thought of trying it once when first seeing it mentioned on the forum but since have change my mind.  I think I like the act of actually shaving the noggin everyday. 
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: X The Hierophant on September 23, 2007, 08:32:01 PM
According to that site after the first time or two it isn't that bad.  I can see how that would be true.  For example, I tweeze hair between my eyebrows (I suppose I would have one of those unibrows going on if I didn't).  I have been tweezing there for over a decade and now hardly any hair grows back (most of the follicles have died) and as a bonus it doesn't hurt the least bit now ... but I remember the first time I tweezed there it wasn't fun.  Maybe the area gets desensitized or something...

Let me know how it goes if you decide to give it a go.  And I would recommend some alcohol to go with your advil ... you may need it.  O0
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: X The Hierophant on September 23, 2007, 08:33:17 PM
Welcome Propagandhi.  I had thought of trying it once when first seeing it mentioned on the forum but since have change my mind.  I think I like the act of actually shaving the noggin everyday. 

I agree with you, but the "no shadow" thing is quite appealing.  Plus it's virtually free ... the only catch is the whole pain/agony thing the first time or two.   >:D
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: jusbnme on September 23, 2007, 08:47:24 PM
Welcome Propagandhi.  I had thought of trying it once when first seeing it mentioned on the forum but since have change my mind.  I think I like the act of actually shaving the noggin everyday. 

I agree with you, but the "no shadow" thing is quite appealing.  Plus it's virtually free ... the only catch is the whole pain/agony thing the first time or two.   >:D

Very true bro.  I would love to be shadow free. 
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: Propagandhi on September 23, 2007, 08:51:04 PM
I'm still doing my homework so that i don't end up kicking myself for it. But so far i'm convinced that this is actually doable. If i go ahead with the operation my best friend Jack(Daniels) will be helping me through it. You are right though, i had a friend who was a bodybuilder(hairy bastard too) and he used to wax his chest before the competitions like it's nothing. I tried it once, and almost called the ambulance in the middle of it. The follicles get used to being pulled out.
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: X The Hierophant on September 24, 2007, 07:04:06 AM
I'm still doing my homework so that i don't end up kicking myself for it. But so far i'm convinced that this is actually doable. If i go ahead with the operation my best friend Jack(Daniels) will be helping me through it. You are right though, i had a friend who was a bodybuilder(hairy bastard too) and he used to wax his chest before the competitions like it's nothing. I tried it once, and almost called the ambulance in the middle of it. The follicles get used to being pulled out.

Yeah, Jack Daniels would be a good friend for you in this endeaver.

Seriously though, let us know how it goes.  I am very very curious to see your take on this after a few tries.  It seems like a good idea to me, but a bit scary at the same time.  :(
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: shyslyguy on September 24, 2007, 07:54:03 AM

http://www.scalptweezing.com/


Blimey - I dunno why but I was slightly shocked by that! Particularly Al's Tweezing story.

I think I just assumed they'd be guys who already had mpb but wanted to get rid of the shadow at the sides!

Anyway, welcome Propagandhi.  I agree it would be great to get rid of the shadow - let us know how you get on if you do decide to go for it & be sure to post up some piccies.  O0
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: Propagandhi on October 13, 2007, 05:37:14 PM
Hey everybody,

As you all remember i was thinking about tweezing out my hair. I went for it last week and it looks awsome. It did hurt alot though. I'm still waiting to see if i will get any side effects such as ingrown hairs or pimples. I did get some pimples on my head, not that many though. Not having to shave everyday, not getting any razor burn  permanent smooth look especially getting rid of the "MPB" shadow is an incredible feeling. My head now transformed to Bruce Willis' in Live Free or Die Hard. From what i heard there's a 2 month milestone before I'll know if I'm a good candiidate for scalp tweezing.Cheers.
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: SLYinKC on October 13, 2007, 07:21:58 PM
Propagandhi, Glad to hear of your experience.  Post a pic so we can see how it looks.
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: nomad on October 13, 2007, 09:01:34 PM
I think I'm sticking with my headblade. As much as I hated shaving my face before being sly I now find I love my shave time. No shadow would be cool but....
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: Scott on October 14, 2007, 01:30:14 AM
Propagandhi, Glad to hear of your experience.  Post a pic so we can see how it looks.

Yeah bro, congrats... I'd be curious to see how it looks too although I'm not sure I could go through with tweezing myself.
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: JDog on October 14, 2007, 03:58:52 AM
Propagandhi, Interested to hear what tool that you used to do the deed?

I would love to have a permanent smooth look with no shadow.
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: xnewyawka on October 14, 2007, 09:24:09 PM
I think I'm sticking with my headblade. As much as I hated shaving my face before being sly I now find I love my shave time.

Same here, Nomad. I look forward to my shave and don't really mind the shadow, it's gotten better now that my noggin has gotten some color.
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: BALDANDRE on October 14, 2007, 10:14:42 PM
Hey everybody,

As you all remember i was thinking about tweezing out my hair. I went for it last week and it looks awsome. It did hurt alot though. I'm still waiting to see if i will get any side effects such as ingrown hairs or pimples. I did get some pimples on my head, not that many though. Not having to shave everyday, not getting any razor burn  permanent smooth look especially getting rid of the "MPB" shadow is an incredible feeling. My head now transformed to Bruce Willis' in Live Free or Die Hard. From what i heard there's a 2 month milestone before I'll know if I'm a good candiidate for scalp tweezing.Cheers.

Verryy cool my bald bro!

I'm jealous that YOOU had the guts to do it...now YOU'RE shadow free!

Maybe one day I'll have the nads to do the deed...I would really dig a totally bald head! O0

Shine on our bald "shadow free" brutha!!!
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: Propagandhi on October 16, 2007, 12:56:47 AM
I used  Remington sily and smooth epilator. It hurt a bit but i think it was worth the pain. Before tweezing i'd have to shave every day, now i can get away with tweezing and shaving just once a week. And after the initial tweeze the pain is managable. Either way if any of you ever get sick of the shadow enough to go through with this, the option is out there.
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: Marz on October 16, 2007, 03:03:05 PM
Propagandhi, you really took the "How to Clean Everything" to heart huh?

kidding of course.

Tweezing and waxing doesnt seem too bad, keep us posted on how it works out, I would be up for it possibly.



Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: X The Hierophant on October 16, 2007, 03:48:46 PM
I used  Remington sily and smooth epilator. It hurt a bit but i think it was worth the pain. Before tweezing i'd have to shave every day, now i can get away with tweezing and shaving just once a week. And after the initial tweeze the pain is managable. Either way if any of you ever get sick of the shadow enough to go through with this, the option is out there.

I must say ... very tempting!  O0
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: zetaeffe on October 18, 2007, 07:46:22 AM
I used  Remington sily and smooth epilator. It hurt a bit but i think it was worth the pain. Before tweezing i'd have to shave every day, now i can get away with tweezing and shaving just once a week. And after the initial tweeze the pain is managable. Either way if any of you ever get sick of the shadow enough to go through with this, the option is out there.

First of all "Best compliments to Propagandi" for his new awesome "no shadow" look!  O0

Then I wish to share my experience on the topic: today is exactly 1 year of scalp
tweezing for me!
Like I've said in other threads, I've been shaving for more than 11 years: after some
years I started wishing to make it permanent, and most of all wishing to get rid
or that gray shadow I always had on my scalp, I wanted to really be bald,
not just shaven, totally and completely bald.
It was me who suggested Tom (the owner of scalptweezing.com) that he could
try using the epilator to tweeze out his hair: I wanted to do it but never had
the courage to do it for real... instead Tom is much more daring than me so
he actually went for it and was very happy with the result...  his bald dome really
looked great when he had it done.

Hearing his experience my wish to go the same way grew even more, but
at the same time I was worried about it: I still would have a full head of hair
so I knew that once I started tweezing I would have had to go all the way,
no matter if it hurted or not, otherwise would have ended up with a patchy scalp.
I could not even start and stop leaving a mpb fringe (the fringe is the most
painful to tweeze out) because I had no hair loss so if a suddenly showed up
with a mpb shadow people would have guessed it was not natural.
Moreover I knew it would take long time, 1-2 whole nights, to tweeze a whole
skull as it is so painful that you have to take many breaks: so I had to plan things
when I had 2-3 days off work (long weekend) to have the time to tweeze
and also to let the scalp recover from the irritation (didn't want to show up at
work with a red scalp!!).

After many years I finally went for it last year: well, it was REALLY painful, but
I managed to do it! The scalp was red for 1-2 days but then it was ok.
I was really HAPPY with my new look!! it's really another wolrd from just shaven,
the shadow was gone and I looked like I was totally bald, no hair left... actually
I WAS totally bald! It did worth the pain!

After the first painful tweeizng the maintenance tweezing were not so bad,
but still painful... they got les painful with time... after a year I've set to
a twice a week tweezing, but I guess that I could wait more days now
between tweezings.

What's the situation after 1 year?? well, I still have hair growing back!!
mostly on the back/sides, but still it grows back. The look anyway is
almost totally bald, as it's quite sparse and I never let it grow more than
3-4 days.
If you are thinking to go for it keep in mind that it's a long time task:
guess I'll have to keep tweeizng for some more years before it stops
growing at all, but at this point I guess I have no choice as I could not
grow back a full head of hair... or maybe yes, but have no wish to
let it happen  ;)

So: it can be done, it's painful but does worth the effort, but only
if you are ready to get rid or hair forever! after few months you won't
be able to go back to whatever hair you had

Hope this can help.
Francesco
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: JDog on October 18, 2007, 08:00:46 AM
Propagandhi, you really took the "How to Clean Everything" to heart huh?

kidding of course.

Tweezing and waxing doesnt seem too bad, keep us posted on how it works out, I would be up for it possibly.





Excellent Marz, what a great album and it really does sum up his experience doesnt it?


Francesco, you are a great spokesperson for Scalp Tweezing. I would love to do this too but my wife said she will divorce me if I try. ;D
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: X The Hierophant on October 18, 2007, 08:15:36 AM

So: it can be done, it's painful but does worth the effort, but only
if you are ready to get rid or hair forever! after few months you won't
be able to go back to whatever hair you had

Hope this can help.
Francesco

Awesome post man!  O0 O0 O0

I am still somewhat new to headshaving but at this stage I can't imagine wanting to grow back hair.  After reading your post and talking some with Propagandhi via PMs I am seriously considering doing this eventually.  I may wait a few years just to make sure (since this would be a permanent step).  At any rate your post answers a lot of questions.  Thanks man  O0

A couple quick questions:

(1) Are you now shadow-free?
(2) In between tweezing do you have noticable hair or fuzz growing ... is it obvious to others that you tweeze twice a week versus shave every day?
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: zetaeffe on October 18, 2007, 09:20:50 AM

So: it can be done, it's painful but does worth the effort, but only
if you are ready to get rid or hair forever! after few months you won't
be able to go back to whatever hair you had

Hope this can help.
Francesco

Awesome post man!  O0 O0 O0
...
A couple quick questions:

(1) Are you now shadow-free?
Look at the attached pics... even if the light conditions are very different
you can get the idea... first full head of hair, second totally tweezed scalp
(a bit red as it was taken after a maintenance tweezing).


(2) In between tweezing do you have noticable hair or fuzz growing ... is it obvious to others that you tweeze twice a week versus shave every day?

There's some hair growing, but it's sparse so that it can't be seen if you
are not close, and there's some fuzz that can't be seen, but you can
feel it by touch. To be totally and perfectly smooth you have to shave,
but it's the easiest shave ever  ;)
Another interesting thing I noticed is that the hair colour is turning to white...
the more I tweeze the more white hair grows back and that make it
even less noticeable.

Before I started tweezing I was much worried about others' reaction,
thought that people/family/friends would have noticed, but to my surprise
in a whole year nobody noticed!!
To me the difference is huge, but guess that for most of people
"BALD is BALD" and that's all, they are not so "into" this thing as we are here  :/O

Am sure that most of us would notice the difference, but that's because
we always looking at bald heads /mpb shadows /scalp shadows,
matte/shine and so on... maybe normal people can see there's something
different but they can't get what's different  ;) they could just think
it's a closer shave...

have a look at the pics and let me know what you think
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: joergHH on October 18, 2007, 09:51:03 AM
Awesome hey!!
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: zetaeffe on October 18, 2007, 09:53:08 AM
Awesome hey!!
Glad you like it!!  ;)

Are you thinking about going the same way??
If am not wrong I remember you have white hair, so you don't have the
shadow problem...
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: X The Hierophant on October 18, 2007, 01:58:48 PM


have a look at the pics and let me know what you think


Very impressive!  Definetely a HUGE difference.  I must admit you've planted the mental seed here ... I'm thinking about it.  I need to wait a few years to make sure as that is a big step.  You can't argue with your results though  O0 O0 O0
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: BALDANDRE on October 18, 2007, 05:57:03 PM
Friggin' awesome Z..

Like X said you planted a seed in my head quite some time ago...very tempting...maybe one day...

THAT could be a different "sly" convention for sure...along with a lot of booze! :o
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: X The Hierophant on October 22, 2007, 12:11:56 PM
Just to post the "devil's advocate" position ... there is a website out there called hairtell.com which is a forum for hair removal.  One of the forums there is on tweezing and use on epilators.  The general consensus over there is the tweezing is initially painful, then retweezes are much better but after several months of tweezing ingrown hairs become a major problem.  Not saying it doesn't work ... just a caveat...
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: BALDANDRE on October 22, 2007, 12:16:10 PM
Just to post the "devil's advocate" position ... there is a website out there called hairtell.com which is a forum for hair removal.  One of the forums there is on tweezing and use on epilators.  The general consensus over there is the tweezing is initially painful, then retweezes are much better but after several months of tweezing ingrown hairs become a major problem.  Not saying it doesn't work ... just a caveat...

Naw, it's good to hear it all bro! Good and BAD!
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: X The Hierophant on October 22, 2007, 12:23:00 PM
Thanks man.  I agree.

Here is one of the better posts I was referring to...:

"As much as I used to love epilators, I would never recommend one. Now I have some perspective and experience to pass on. I look at hair removal two ways: If you want hair removed, do it permanently, don't mess around. Get laser or electrolysis even if it comes out of your food budget. Or, if you're not going to permanently remove the hair, take good care of your follicals, because mistreatment of your follicals and skin will lead to your skin looking like hell.

Epilators offer a quick fix that at first is impressive, but as someone once posted here, they pretty much just become expensive razors as the hair cycles start kicking in. Epilators are way too hard on the follicals, they rip and tear the hair out and disfigure the follical and bulge over time. And, if the bulge gets really disrupted in it's angle and constituency, then that hair root will always be a problem, and will always be ingrowing. Ingrowns are minimal at first, then they increase over time as the epilator is used longer. Pretty soon the skin looks like a battlefield, not good. Also, and what bothers me most, if you enjoy the sun, then look out; a plucked hair leads to hyperpigmentation spots, and if you do it over and over, that is, mix plucking with sun exposer, the spots get more pronounced, and look like freckles. I still have these spots and it takes awhile for them to fade. They are most pronounced where my skin was exposed to the sun, on my lower outer calf areas. My skin used to be a rich, smooth, and even color in this area, now I'm waiting for these freckle-like things to hurry up and disappear, and they are, slowly.

Then as you continue to epilate, after ripping at the follical for months, the action starts to physically disrupt the follicals. Follicals that only sprouted one hair will sprout two hairs, maybe three. I know this because this happened to me. This is hard learned experience that taught me this. Today, I use a sensible plan; I shave and combine that with periodic laser treatments. The bumps go away, the ingrowns go away, it takes less time, the skin is exfoliated in the process, I'm making actual reduction gains. And really shaving in the shower is very convenient compared to epilating, a lot cleaner and quieter.

These people that come here telling of their bad epilating experiences, they shouldn't be put off. What they are going through is very real. If epilating works well for one person, then great. But for others, it's not a good option. To those that stopped epilating early on, good for you. Your skin will be better for it. "
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: Bilko1 on July 08, 2011, 12:34:51 PM
I have just tweezed every hair out from my scalp. Awesome experience. I now have zero shadow & a very smooth dome.
My wife loves the smooth, silky feel. She cann't resist touching it. I think I'm going to buy one of those t-shirts that challenge people to rub your dome. I know that people want to feel the smooth scalp but are afraid to ask !!
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: K J on August 04, 2011, 07:00:39 PM
Hi KJ here,

Could someone tell me more about Scalp Tweezing because I have a full head of brown hair and I would like to know what well hapen to hair when you Tweez an 'MPB' pattern on the top of your head any side afectes I need to know about before I do it to my hair

KJ

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Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: Razor X on August 04, 2011, 09:55:55 PM
Hi KJ here,

Could someone tell me more about Scalp Tweezing because I have a full head of brown hair and I would like to know what well hapen to hair when you Tweez an 'MPB' pattern on the top of your head any side afectes I need to know about before I do it to my hair

KJ

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I strongly advise you not to do it.  It will be very time consuming and painful to tweeze a full head of hair, and you will never be able to achieve a natural-looking result.  The top of the fringe needs to gradually fade into the bald area, not be an abrupt line of demarcation which is what you'd end up with after tweezing.  Tweezing rips out the hair by the roots,s o it will take a very long time to grow back completely -- and it might not ever grow back to its original density because tweezing can permanently damage the follicles and cause traction alopecia.   And then there is the whole question of why on earth anyone would want to artificially create MPB in the first place.  If you want to be bald, just shave your head.

Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: xnewyawka on August 05, 2011, 03:35:47 PM
Then there is the whole question of why on earth anyone would want to artificially create MPB in the first place.  If you want to be bald, just shave your head.

Exactly, just get a good blade and shave cream/gel and go shave it off, it's alot easier, and way more enjoyable.    O:O
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: K J on August 06, 2011, 12:33:12 AM
Hi Razor X it's KJ,

Do you know tomk at all?

Quote from Razor X

"And then there is the whole question of why on earth anyone would want to artificially create MPB in the first place"  You toock the wourds right out of my mouth ask him.  I read his bold story I was locking for insperin to go permanently bald  in it he sead he had a full head of hair like me until 2007 when he ScalpTweezed the top of his hair off.

KJ
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: Razor X on August 06, 2011, 11:34:25 AM
Let me put it this way:  while I wouldn't recommend tweezing at all, if you're going to do it, it makes far more sense to tweeze the entire scalp than to do the top and leave the rest.  Most of us shave our heads to avoid the MPB look.  To deliberately create it where it doesn't exist doesn't make any sense to me at all. 
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: K J on August 06, 2011, 05:46:06 PM
Hi Hi Razor X it's KJ,

I never herd of ScalpTweezing untill tomk sead it was part of his going bold post.  So I was cerese and now i'm going to shave my head.

KJ
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: Razor X on August 06, 2011, 07:42:40 PM
Hi Hi Razor X it's KJ,

I never herd of ScalpTweezing untill tomk sead it was part of his going bold post.  So I was cerese and now i'm going to shave my head.

KJ

I think that's a wise decision.  No pain involved, it's a lot easier and it's totally reversible should you change your mind.  Let us know how you make out.   :)
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: K J on August 07, 2011, 11:49:17 AM
Hi Razor X it's KJ,

How did you change your picture so I can I can show you my new look?  Have you ever thought of shaving your beard off?

KJ
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: Razor X on August 07, 2011, 01:38:57 PM

How did you change your picture so I can I can show you my new look? 

Click on "Profile" near the top of the page and then choose "Forum Profile Information" and then you can choose a new avatar photo.


Have you ever thought of shaving your beard off?

KJ

Nope.
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: sasha1 on May 12, 2016, 02:30:49 PM
hello, everybody.

first of all, i m not from the english speaking country and thank you, zetaeffe, for that solution for my hair.

my name is Sasha, i m 27 and i have nw5 alopecia. and i dont like the look at all. and i was tired of everyday shaving to look better as it possible with nw5.

during last month, step-by-step, i have done the hair removing with sugaring and tweezing. so i got some advices for those who wants to do that procedue and some questions for those who are experienced at that.

some kind of advices based on me experience:

i think, sugaring (maybe you call it some other way, it s kind a waxing procedure, but using sugar paste) is way more preferable for initial hair removing procedure, than tweezing. it takes you much less pain and much less time to do the whole work. it seems that taking so huge amount of hair must be unbearable painful, but its not. the pain is intense, but it dissappears in a moment. so if u trying to remove not so big area at once, so that u can do it in one move, it s not so painful. sugar paste is to be put against the grain, and to be removed with the grain (this way reduces pain and chance of getting ingrown hairs after). same advice with the following tweezing - use it to pull hairs with the grain.

my question is following :

which result can i get with tweezing and how long does it take? i mean, can i get totally shadow-free head? will my scalp skin tone be brighter and brighter month by month or the head will look always like the day i ve done my first hair removing procedure (after skin healing of coarse)?

and what do you mean under shadow free? the scalp skin only wont be gray but still will be darker than no hair skin of head? or someday the scalp skin and other skin on my head will be absolutely equal? cause i dont want to have just a not-gray lighter horseshoe

what i got now is that i see the difference in skin tone. yes, the hair is thinner, but it still grows and appears on a skin surface just after a halfweek. so if i look closely to my scalp skin, i se that little gray dots of hair or hair canal. and it seems to be never dissappear. and i cant pull hair until it reaches the 1-2mm height.. so i got to wait them till they grow. based on that, in perspective, it seems that i wont get the hairless look even for the day after fresh made procedure.

and those thoughts make me willing to do laser epilation.

am i wrong?

thanks for all of you.
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: Reg on June 06, 2016, 07:06:22 AM
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Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: Skullshaver on November 25, 2016, 04:25:00 AM
I want to be permanent bald and have starting lasering but they bungle it and i got permanent frustration and horror. my head is full os squares and strips and after remove an part of it by following treatmens, they comes back like after the extrem-bungel after the first treatment.

it makes me sick and im not longer able to go to this studio because trustingrelationsship is destroyed and the many of many negative experiences. so i have stop everthing that have to do with lasering - im "healed" from it and i need an way to remove this horrible look that is still visible after my daily smooth-shave as gray/skin-colored patches and strips.

I have buy an good epilator (expensive and the currents best one on the market) and i want to start epilation on this weekend to find an exit out of this horror-nightmare that destroy my life-quality since it appears 2 weeks after the first treatment on august...

i have buy numbing-creme to numb the skin so it isnt extreme painfull in best case.
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: Razor X on November 25, 2016, 10:37:38 PM
Skullshaver: the last I read you had begun to lose more hair and your head was looking a lot better.  Is that no longer the case?
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: dalboz on December 04, 2017, 02:38:19 AM
I've seriously been considering tweezing my head recently. While some people really like the daily shave, I'm all about the result, and after ten years of shaving my head I'm looking for something different. I want to experience the shadow-free look.
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: Razor X on December 04, 2017, 02:39:35 PM
I've seriously been considering tweezing my head recently. While some people really like the daily shave, I'm all about the result, and after ten years of shaving my head I'm looking for something different. I want to experience the shadow-free look.


Let us know how you make out.
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: slybeard on December 04, 2017, 03:25:30 PM
I've seriously been considering tweezing my head recently. While some people really like the daily shave, I'm all about the result, and after ten years of shaving my head I'm looking for something different. I want to experience the shadow-free look.

Others have posted here about success with tweezing, but it is VERY painful.  I am not sure it is ever 100% as well, some hair will grow back.  On the plus side, the pain is supposedly less each successive time it is done.
Title: Re: tweezing
Post by: Magoo on December 04, 2017, 03:56:00 PM
Better you than me. I wouldn’t even think about it. I like the feel of needing a shave and then the after shave smoothness. Some members have gone through this painful experience, maybe they will add their input.