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Discussions About Being Bald => Advantages and Disadvantages to being Bald => Topic started by: Jack21 on November 17, 2010, 09:46:28 AM
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I thought that I had deleted all images of me with a rug but then found a whole file on my computer. How people let me go on looking like I had a dead raccoon on my head is beyond me. Just look at this:
(https://www.slybaldguys.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi119.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fo155%2Fallonelk%2FPicture102.jpg&hash=195eb5eb94e3e2146c148699ac4f1e10676240e3)
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Actually, I don't think it looks too "ruggish" in that picture. Looks much better now without the bad hair and I have to imagine you're healthier mentally. Wearing a rug would totally stress me out. No thanks!
Good for you, Jack.
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That dead rat on your head really does not look that bad - - -but you look a "hell of alot" better without it
and I am sure you feel better too
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You look like a badass now vs. some random dude with hair.
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You look like a badass now vs. some random dude with hair.
Hey Kenny - - -I guess you agree - - -That rug does not look bad
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Well, I guess it looks a lot more fake to me than to other people. In any event it was so horribly itchy, uncomfortable, and restricted virtually every aspect of my life - exercise, showering, sleeping. It also had me fiddling with my "hair" in the mirror for probably 2 hours a day. Now I spend about 2 minutes a day looking in the mirror - or however long it takes to shave (never longer than 10 minutes). I used to wonder whether I was vain or just very insecure. I'm pretty sure I have my answer now.
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I've certainly seen worse rugs, but you look SO much better sly. Congrats again!
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It doesn't look that bad to be honest, I think you look a lot better shaved though.
Having a rug would make me a little paranoid as well, just imagine all the things that could go bad, a gust of wind, having to bend over to tie your shoe, jumping, swimming, pulling a sweater over your head, etc.
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FREEDOM JACK FREEDOM , you have it now. O0
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The truth is, we spend a lot of time worrying about what others think of us when in reality, they're so worried about what you think of them, they're not paying much attention to you! O:O
Seriously, think about it. Then be free to be yourself! O0
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Now you can be vain trying to keep it perfectly slick... and you'll still save time over your 'rug' days.
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One of the great benefits that I have yet to mention is the extra HOUR of sleep I get every night. I used to wake up at 5:45 and spend an hour on my "hair". Now I wake up at 6:45, spend 10 seconds splashing some water on my face and am then out the door.
Now you can be vain trying to keep it perfectly slick... and you'll still save time over your 'rug' days.
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I got to say, you look pretty cool without the rug. And you seem more confident as well.
I never used a rug myself but I always tried to perfectly comb the little hair I had and that was time consuming and “mind consuming”.
To be free to do exercise as and when i want, to let my girlfriend put her hand in my head as she wishes, not needing to look in the mirror every 5 minutes to see if the hair is alright, not needing to desperately try to comb every little hair on my head , is ABSOLUTELY LIBERATING!
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you did look okay with the rug.
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Yeah...not the worst rug out there....but I really do think you look better sly. Combine that with the freedom you have now and there is no doubt about the better choice.
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I think now about men who go 20, 30, 40, even 50 years wearing a toupee and I just can't believe that they can do it. It is the most horribly uncomfortable thing imaginable. I'm not saying that a guy who wears a toupee is any less of a man, but its just awful that we are so strongly conditioned to loathe our own baldness that some men go their whole lives trapped under a rug.
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The sales tactics of rug merchants certainly are suspect. However there's real hope we're putting all this hair=good crap behind us. Note the following:
Toupees seem to be on the decline: These are excerpts from the Wikipedia site:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toup%C3%A9e
Toupée manufacturers' financial results indicate that toupée use is an overall decline, due in part to alternative methods for dealing with baldness, and to greater cultural acceptance of the condition.
Other trends leading to the decline in toupée use include a rise in acceptance of baldness by those men afflicted with it. Short haircuts, in fashion since the 1990s, have tended to minimize the appearance of baldness, and many balding men choose to shave their heads entirely - a trend sparked in part by famous male pattern baldness sufferer Michael Jordan.
And of course, they are a source of humor:
The toupée is a regular butt of jokes in many media, with a typical toupée joke focusing on the wearer's inability to recognize how ineffective the toupée is in concealing his baldness. An early instance of "toupée humor" was an illustration by George Cruikshank in "The Comic Almanack" in 1837, in which he drew the effect of a strong wind, with a man's toupée whipped from his head.[20]
In the 20th century, toupées were a source of humour in virtually all forms of media, including cartoons, films, radio and television. In the 21st century, toupées continue to be a source for humor, with a variety of internet sites devoted to toupées, with a special emphasis on suspected celebrity hairpiece wearers.
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You didn't look bad with the rug (but of course, you look much better now!). Now and then you'll see some guys with rugs that are more than obvious. Those types, I cannot understand.
People didn't say anything to you either because they didn't notice, or they cared about how you feel about yourself. Both good things!
Not that it needs to be said at this point, but you are much better off without it. You made the right choice.
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After my father told me that I was a "f***ing idiot" for shaving my head I told him that I couldn't take wearing that damn hair piece anymore. I swear he looked me right in the eyes and said "what hair piece?". I've told a bunch of people whom I hadn't before since yanking it, and most didn't believe me. I don't say that as a good thing. The reason very few people knew was that I would spend hours and hours and hours getting it just "right". It was a horrible obsession. I also spent quite a bit of money on high end toupees. I mean a lot of money. Nonetheless, it always looked like a ridiculous joke to me except for maybe one or two days/ month. I will say that on those days I suddenly became the most self confident man alive. Ridiculous! How can one's self worth be predicated on whether or not one has hair?
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lol... been running into you a lot today,,,
I was the same. Then 15 yrs ago (drunk) I dared a friend to shave his head, and he did, then wanted to take to buzzer to me... not knowing it was a rug, not only that BUT glued on..!.. I agreed to do it myself and went to bathroom and freed myself. Sly ever since. I thought maybe he knew. But once in a while he would ask when am I going to let it grow back in. Back then when buzzed it looked kinda full.
I have a few pic with it and they look good. Even my wife would comment and say WOW you looked different with your hair.. (if she only knew).. lol
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That's a great story. It is amazing how oblivious some people can be. I was sitting in a meeting last year and a female colleague was staring at the sides of my hair, right where the rug "blended" in with my own hair and she says "Uh oh! I know your secret." My heart dropped. "I can see those greys". I almost blurted out "are you f#%ing kidding me????". Anyway, to have gotten to that point I had probably spent two hours the night before fussing with it and another hour that morning. If there were a world record for time spent fussing with a hair piece I would be right up there.
lol... been running into you a lot today,,,
I was the same. Then 15 yrs ago (drunk) I dared a friend to shave his head, and he did, then wanted to take to buzzer to me... not knowing it was a rug, not only that BUT glued on..!.. I agreed to do it myself and went to bathroom and freed myself. Sly ever since. I thought maybe he knew. But once in a while he would ask when am I going to let it grow back in. Back then when buzzed it looked kinda full.
I have a few pic with it and they look good. Even my wife would comment and say WOW you looked different with your hair.. (if she only knew).. lol
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I was sitting in a meeting last year and a female colleague was staring at the sides of my hair, right where the rug "blended" in with my own hair and she says "Uh oh! I know your secret." My heart dropped. "I can see those greys". I almost blurted out "are you f#%ing kidding me????".
To me, that would be the worst part about wearing a rug -- the constant fear of someone finding out and the always wondering if they knew but were just too polite to say anything.
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I live in Washington State and we get a lot of wind storms, I think you all know where I'm going...
Yeah I would be worried of bending over, jumping, wind, sweating, the hair piece getting fleas from animals lol. I could never have a rug after going sly.
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IT IS (was) a 24/7 stress... I must admit, I was (prob still am) a bit vain regarding looks. So like Jack21 spent hours getting it right. (not calling you vain Jack, lol,, I think we all want to look good) I't almost as you become obsessed with it and paranoid that everyone is looking at it. And since some people don't know, it's a killer when they start talking about hair styles. You change the subject ASAP. And some FOOLS (I was the real fool) would even try to fix it because they saw something a bit off.. talk about your heart dropping to the ground. You become a Ninja with the moves you do..
I remember going to a water park and with a girl I was dating and her getting pissed I wldn't go on some of the rides. (I don't think she new) & I would blame it on my eyes or something. I don't think she knew because she would grab it during (you know) and being the horn dog I was, I was well, if she pops it off, oh well... but I gotta finish... lol... then came the showers... I would to turn off all the lights and put on 1 or 2 candles, (lol I was such a romantic.. BULL SH!+, I didn't what them to see anything)... not sleep the entire night, then get up first and get that hair done. When I think of it, I was such an a$$.. I would rather tell her I was taking a bad crap then let her know... Or I'd have a hat on night stand and it went on as soon as I heard a noise. And get her back home asap... Look at all that morning tail I lost due to that stupid thing lol... life is crazy...
I got a million stories about that stupid thing that are funny as hell now... but believe me, at the time they were torturous.