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Title: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: reddog on April 18, 2021, 07:46:01 AM
I went to a hotrod cruise-in last night, and noticed how hairstyles have changed. I was there with four of my friends. Two of us sported shiny shaved heads, two with short buzzcut, and one with a short crew cut. I mentioned to the one with the crew cut that he was looking a bit shaggy!
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: chuck63 on April 18, 2021, 12:52:47 PM
I let my hair grow for a month or two back in the fall.  Even with a buzz cut I felt shaggy.  I shaved it off and haven’t looked back.  Other than that short period of time, I’ve been bald for over a year, and I love it.  I can’t see myself ever going back to hair again.
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: Runningman586 on April 18, 2021, 07:36:10 PM
Does that friend have any desire to join you on the bald side?
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: DoberDaddy on April 19, 2021, 12:44:04 AM
I am currently wearing a 12" silver mohawk!
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: clint902 on April 19, 2021, 05:30:09 AM
I see all kinds of haircuts in my travels.  I've even seen a few with blue or pink streaks.  I imagine what they would look like if they were completely bald and also wonder how they can stand walking around with that huge mop of hair.  I don't know why but when I see something like that, I get the heebe jeebees and I start to get itchy, but that's me.  As soon as I walk in the door, I get the urge to grab a shave or at the very least, wash my hair.
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: reddog on April 19, 2021, 06:15:29 AM
Runningman, I'm not sure if any of the guys considered shaving, I don't bring it up. One of the buzzcut guys is really getting thin on the top, though. He recently started cutting it himself, and quite often. He often comments that he got a haircut today, and I always comment "me too".
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: clint902 on April 19, 2021, 10:15:53 AM
 :*))
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: Rusty Shackleford on April 19, 2021, 10:38:33 AM
At my gym one thing I've noticed with younger guys is that they look like they're getting perms.  Several have super curly hair that doesn't look exactly natural.  Other things I've noticed is that there's a trend to fade the sides of the head but not the entire back, and some guys are shaving a pair of thin racing stripes on the sides of their heads like you used to see back in the 80s.  The perm thing is a fad that I don't quite get, but I'd rather see that than a manbun.
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: slybeard on April 19, 2021, 05:37:34 PM
I am currently wearing a 12" silver mohawk!

And from what I recall, your mohawk looks awesome!
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: slybeard on April 19, 2021, 05:40:45 PM
At my gym one thing I've noticed with younger guys is that they look like they're getting perms.  Several have super curly hair that doesn't look exactly natural.  Other things I've noticed is that there's a trend to fade the sides of the head but not the entire back, and some guys are shaving a pair of thin racing stripes on the sides of their heads like you used to see back in the 80s.  The perm thing is a fad that I don't quite get, but I'd rather see that than a manbun.

I think the faded sides, without the back faded, is the new version of the old mullet.  I have not seen any perms here yet, but south Louisiana usually lags in the fads.  I do see a lot of the cut in racing strips or lines as well.
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: DoberDaddy on April 20, 2021, 02:18:30 AM
Thanks @slybeard !

The funny thing about hairstyles, and styles in general. They will always change, but in some way reflect on the past.

There will ALWAYS be people who hate them.

Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: reddog on April 20, 2021, 05:04:19 AM
I agree, hairstyles will always change, or old styles become new again. Now that so many guys have discovered the advantages of wearing a shaved head, I think it will become even more popular, and remain a common hairstyle choice.

We have a classic game show channel here, and they show some from the 70's and 80's. It's hilarious to see all the guys, young and old, with long hair below the ears. Many had long bushy sideburns too. Wow, that's a style I hope never comes back!
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: clint902 on April 20, 2021, 06:56:46 AM
I remember how I wore my hair back in the 60s & 70s and I'm embarrassed whenever I see an old picture of myself.  Whenever I watch a television show, the hairstyles pretty much give away the release date of the film.  It's hard to believe what I see is real hair but I guess it is.
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: reddog on April 20, 2021, 07:21:32 AM
My ex wife was a hairstylist that frequently went to training on the newest trends. I was her guinea pig to practice on, so I got different cuts, colors, and yes, perms. Gosh, I hated that smell! And she hated short hair on guys. When I was 18, I got fired from a job for refusing to cut my shoulder length hair. How the hell did I end up bald by choice?
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: slybeard on April 20, 2021, 07:31:30 AM
You had the balls to grow your hair long when you wanted to grow it long, and to let your Ex experiment and train on your hair.  So you had the balls to shave it when YOU wanted to shave it.  Makes sense to me.
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: chuck63 on April 20, 2021, 09:16:23 AM
I grew up in the 70’s and graduated high school in the early 80’s.  Long hair was in style back then.  I had long hair like most of the other guys did.  Bald guys were a rare thing in those days.  The only ones I remember on tv were Telly Savalas in Kojack and David Carradine in Kung Fu.  For whatever reason, there were times in high school when I wondered  what it would be like to have a shaved head.  After wearing a buzz cut for ten or twelve years, I shaved mine for the first time about five years ago.  After going back and forth for three or four years, I’ve been committed to staying bald for over a year now.   It seems to me that I don’t see as many bald guys around as I used to. 
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: reddog on April 21, 2021, 08:23:16 AM
@chuck63 , just the opposite around here. There are more shaved heads than ever. When I o to Menards, I always see 5 or 6 fellow baldies!

I remember in the 70's, we had a guy in the neighborhood that sported an awesome short flattop. He stuck out like a sore thumb, as long hair was popular. I always admired him for sticking with the flattop, even if it was considered old fashioned.
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: Rusty Shackleford on April 26, 2021, 09:07:52 AM
Thanks @slybeard !

The funny thing about hairstyles, and styles in general. They will always change, but in some way reflect on the past.

There will ALWAYS be people who hate them.

I think that's because there's really only so many ways that hair can be styled, but like Reddog said I hope the big mountain of hair that overhangs the ears never returns. 

It's funny because I watch sitcoms from the 70s and early 80s where men had that haircut, and even though I know that I must be much older than they were back at the time they still look decades older than me.  I don't know if that's because I first remember these episodes and characters from when I was a teen and therefore they will forever feel 30 years older than me or if those haircuts really go age a person.
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: reddog on April 26, 2021, 09:52:33 AM
How the hell did I end up with a bald head!?

My haircut history is extensive. For us guys that grew up in the 60's and70's, most of us wore long hair. Secretly, I always liked short hair, but because of peer pressure, I had shoulder length hair. I ever got fired from a job for refusing to get a haircut. During the 80's, I dated, then married a hairstylist, so it was still a little long, but styled, sometimes even permed! I also started turning grey at 21, and mostly grey by 35. Then in my 40's, I tried several styles, and wore a silver flattop for a few years. Then I had a boring regular haircut for many years until 8 years ago, when I got out the Clippers and buzzed it all off. Immediately, I didn't like the buzzcut, so out came the razor, and I fell in love with my shaved bald haircut.I'm glad I'm at the age that I wear my hair the way I like it, and it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks!
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: slybeard on April 27, 2021, 07:30:30 AM
I think the hairstyles for young men and teenagers in the 70's were more a statement of rebellion, so they had to be more extreme and different from the older generation.  I do admit that one style liked but never had was the mullet. Likely one of the most hated hairstyles today.
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: DoberDaddy on April 29, 2021, 03:54:17 AM
Funny that the mullet is making a comeback... and it's worse than ever.

I see guys with really amazing, thick long hair... buzzing half the front... leaving the back long... or flattop with mullet.

Not something I would do myself... but. Wow, pretty extreme.
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: clint902 on April 29, 2021, 05:22:41 AM
The one that really bugs me is when a guy has a straight line shaved in the front that goes from the left to the right side.  I dunno why, it just bugs me.
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: Razorhead on April 29, 2021, 10:50:25 AM
The one that really bugs me is when a guy has a straight line shaved in the front that goes from the left to the right side.  I dunno why, it just bugs me.

I took a break from shaving my head a few years ago and grew it long enough to do a side part haircut with shaved in part. Every time I see pics from back then, I cringe and I say ‘this is why I can’t have hair’. Just about every haircut (other than a buzzcut) that I had, I hated.
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: Rusty Shackleford on May 05, 2021, 11:15:31 AM
Also on thing I see on all male haircuts anymore is a clipper-edged hairline on the front parts of the head like on the forehead hairline or on the temples.  It makes for a very harsh and artificial look, and most guys do not bother maintaining it so a few days after getting a fresh haircut this hair starts growing back and looks like a mess.  I don't get it as it seems completely unnecessary.
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: slybeard on May 05, 2021, 01:04:52 PM
Also on thing I see on all male haircuts anymore is a clipper-edged hairline on the front parts of the head like on the forehead hairline or on the temples.  It makes for a very harsh and artificial look, and most guys do not bother maintaining it so a few days after getting a fresh haircut this hair starts growing back and looks like a mess.  I don't get it as it seems completely unnecessary.

My guess is those cut in lines and forehead line-ups are put there to keep guys coming back.  They look good for a few days and then they look bad as it grows out.  So you have to keep up with weekly appointments at the barber to keep it fresh.  I have asked a few young guys at my gym about their "defined" haircuts, and they all keep weekly appointments.  Many do the same detailing with their beard.  It is a lot of cost, and a lot of time.  And I agree that it looks artificial and totally un-natural.
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: Rusty Shackleford on May 06, 2021, 07:57:30 AM
Also on thing I see on all male haircuts anymore is a clipper-edged hairline on the front parts of the head like on the forehead hairline or on the temples.  It makes for a very harsh and artificial look, and most guys do not bother maintaining it so a few days after getting a fresh haircut this hair starts growing back and looks like a mess.  I don't get it as it seems completely unnecessary.

My guess is those cut in lines and forehead line-ups are put there to keep guys coming back.  They look good for a few days and then they look bad as it grows out.  So you have to keep up with weekly appointments at the barber to keep it fresh.  I have asked a few young guys at my gym about their "defined" haircuts, and they all keep weekly appointments.  Many do the same detailing with their beard.  It is a lot of cost, and a lot of time.  And I agree that it looks artificial and totally un-natural.

I think some guys even use a pencil to make the hairline even more extreme and artificial looking.  Some guys end up looking like an NPC from an early low-resolution 3D video game.

I love the look of a fresh fade haircut, but one of the reasons I resumed shaving my head is because of how rapidly fades fade away.  I guess the edging in the front of the hairline makes the need for a fresh haircut more apparent too.  I really enjoyed my barbershop for those 2 years but the idea of going once a week seemed too extreme, but is necessary to maintain fades, flattops, and other short hairstyles and I just didn't have the interest in going anything more than once every 3 weeks.
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: reddog on May 06, 2021, 09:33:12 AM
When I grew my hair back several times, I liked cutting my own flattop. But, like you say Rusty, it takes alot of maintenance. I would find something to touch up every few days. Then, at some point I wouldn't like how it was looking, so I went back to shaving.

(https://i.postimg.cc/qRkcWBML/Snapshot-20130817.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: Razorhead on May 06, 2021, 08:37:24 PM
@reddog: that’s an amazing looking flattop. Kudos  to you for the self cut. That is a tough cut to do.
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: DoberDaddy on May 07, 2021, 02:12:43 AM
When I grew my hair back several times, I liked cutting my own flattop. But, like you say Rusty, it takes alot of maintenance. I would find something to touch up every few days. Then, at some point I wouldn't like how it was looking, so I went back to shaving.

(https://i.postimg.cc/qRkcWBML/Snapshot-20130817.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

WOW! Kudos... great cut!
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: DoberDaddy on May 07, 2021, 02:13:50 AM
Also on thing I see on all male haircuts anymore is a clipper-edged hairline on the front parts of the head like on the forehead hairline or on the temples.  It makes for a very harsh and artificial look, and most guys do not bother maintaining it so a few days after getting a fresh haircut this hair starts growing back and looks like a mess.  I don't get it as it seems completely unnecessary.

My guess is those cut in lines and forehead line-ups are put there to keep guys coming back.  They look good for a few days and then they look bad as it grows out.  So you have to keep up with weekly appointments at the barber to keep it fresh.  I have asked a few young guys at my gym about their "defined" haircuts, and they all keep weekly appointments.  Many do the same detailing with their beard.  It is a lot of cost, and a lot of time.  And I agree that it looks artificial and totally un-natural.

I think some guys even use a pencil to make the hairline even more extreme and artificial looking.  Some guys end up looking like an NPC from an early low-resolution 3D video game.

I love the look of a fresh fade haircut, but one of the reasons I resumed shaving my head is because of how rapidly fades fade away.  I guess the edging in the front of the hairline makes the need for a fresh haircut more apparent too.  I really enjoyed my barbershop for those 2 years but the idea of going once a week seemed too extreme, but is necessary to maintain fades, flattops, and other short hairstyles and I just didn't have the interest in going anything more than once every 3 weeks.

Either they brush on "Biggen" dye... or use an airbrush. Lasts about as long as hair fibers...

Yeah, I don't get a hairstyle or beard style that does not hold up more than 2 days.
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: Rusty Shackleford on May 10, 2021, 08:42:48 AM
When I grew my hair back several times, I liked cutting my own flattop. But, like you say Rusty, it takes alot of maintenance. I would find something to touch up every few days. Then, at some point I wouldn't like how it was looking, so I went back to shaving.

(https://i.postimg.cc/qRkcWBML/Snapshot-20130817.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

That's a great looking flattop!  But the maintenance  is what kills all sort hairstyles other than shaving bald.  Even when I would just use the clippers to cut it at an even length it's was still a PITA because the guard would poke into my skin or the hair would be laying one direction and require going over 15 times to get cut. 
Title: Re: Hairstyles have really changed!
Post by: Rusty Shackleford on May 10, 2021, 08:46:35 AM
I've been on a Karate Kid / Cobra Kai kick for a few weeks now, and seriously, if you have not seen Cobra Kai you've gotta see it.  It's an amazing show in its own right, and the way it connects to 3 movies made nearly 30 years ago is just brilliant.

Anyway, I watched The Next Karate Kid (aka Karate Kid 4).  This was not the remake from a decade ago but the one where Mr. Myagi trains a teenage girl.  In it she has a boyfriend with that 1970s bushy haircut that goes over the ears that we mentioned, and he looks like a 40 year old man because of it.  The weird thing is that the film was from 1994 and male hairstyles from then and now are very similar.