Sly Bald Guys Forum
New Member Section => Introductions => Topic started by: DanvMan on December 02, 2011, 04:38:33 PM
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Hey all,
thought id better get around to introducing myself as ive been lurking for a few weeks now :)
Unfortuantly for me i started to lose my hair when i was 17, not so good! i was in college at the time, fully into good ol' rock and metal and sporting some long locks to show! Its something ive had to deal with for the past 8 years, well during that time ive been through all the stages of denial, anger etc and really didnt like what was happening to me! First it was alittle thinning and receading until now, at 25, i have pretty much no hair on top at all! :O. To top it off both my brothers have a full head of hair and even better, so does my 47 year old dad! so you can imagine the grief i get off them! I also have a 3 year old son who has the thickest most curliest hair you have ever seen, believe me! so im surrounded by people doing the "shampoo advert hair flick" haha!
well 3 days ago i decided id had enough of it, and after alot of reading on this forum i took the plunge, id been using clippers to shave my hair down as short as they would go for a good year now so this was it! razor in hand and shaving foam on head, i took the first glide knowing i couldnt go back! to be honest i wish i had done it years ago it felt awesome! even got the gf to tidy the bits id missed! well now im on my third day and just finished my second clean shave and dont think ill ever go back, my mum had no comments so now im just waiting to return to work once my foots better ( another story!) to see how they all react there, ill get some pics up at some point but just wanted to share my experience and say thanks for the push to finally take the plunge and do it :D
Dan
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Welcome Dan, great to hear you took control and shaved it off. It's the best way to handle mpb, and I see you found out what most of the guys here have also said once they finally shaved: " to be honest i wish i had done it years ago it felt awesome!"
Enjoy the new found freedom. O0
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I'm hanging out for that feeling too Dan, glad to hear you went for it... I almost can't be bothered waiting for my beard to grow back now, I bought the head blade and I want to just do it. I was the same as you on the hair length front, glad to hear it worked so well for you, hope I'm the same!
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Good to have you with us Dave! Hope to hear a lot from you in the future. Keep us posted on you journey!
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Welcome to SBGs!!! 8)
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Welcome, Dan!
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Welcome to SBGs :)
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welcome to the sly life O0 B@%d enjoy the smooth
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Hey Dan!
You are already sounding like a confident bald man. O0 Congratulations on shaving the dome. Looking forward to your posts, bro.
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cheers for the responses guys!
I've added a pic on my profile so you can see how i look, it was taken the first time i went sly so 4 days ago, guess i should smile? lol
I hace attached a pic from 2008 just for comparison.
as you can see i had lost a fair bit! :o
as of now i ve tidied up my beard and taken it down to a goatee just to look a bit tidier!
trying to stick to the 30 day rule that you have set up but cant see it being a problem, also had a visit from my dad today and i didnt get any stick as i thought i would have! just the usual i look like a thug haha! so all good so far!
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Welcome Dan!! I hate to state the obvious but you look WAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY better shaved.
Stick around and be part of the "Brotherhood".
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You look great! Welcome to the club!
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Welcome--and as the Koz has said, it looks way better. You were almost a 7 on the Norwood Hamilton Scale:
(https://www.slybaldguys.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi316.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fmm321%2Fstchas%2Fnorwood.gif&hash=cd05d5fb2ebbfbe0be2f6057cafa93aa481c7801)
It's always better to be in control. Frankly from the sly you, I wouldn't have picked the balding you out of a line up! You've lost some serious aging--like 10-15 years.
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Hey Dan! Welcome to SBG! Thanks for sharing your story with us.
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Looking great Dan!
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You look great SLY BALD - - -you sure do look younger
Welcome and enjoy the group.
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Wow! I wouldn't have picked you out of a line up now after seeing that picture either. You look good now and much younger.
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Sly suits you really well. Welcome to the brotherhood.
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Oh Dan..... you look WAY MUCH better without the hair!
(And I'm not saying that just because I like sly. )
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Welcome to the clan....the new look is a massive improvement
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welcome! you had no choice.
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Thanks for all the poitive comments and support guys it really helps! :D
experienced my first downpour today and boy did that feel weird! did enjoy it although it got bloody cold haha!
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looks great fella!
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Hey bro,
You look great bald with the beard! Stay sly! It is definitely a great look on you!
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Wow! Looking much better bald! O0 O0 O0
Welcome!
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just gave my head another good shave and took a pic to use for the forums, bit of an update so far had no negative comments only good ones :)
dont look as grumpy now haha!
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Congrats for making the step. I can only repeat what others have said, the sly look suits you a thousand times better....I hope you keep it like that which I'm confident you will.
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Loving the new look man
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hey dan: welcome 2 the sly fraternity. glad that ya joined us. u obviously made the right choice. u look like a natural. enjoy the sly life. it only gets better each and every day. O0
WARHAWK O0
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Hey Dan,
The look suits you well, enjoy it mate. Welcome to SBGs also.
Pete
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How could anyone give you a negative comment with that look? I've been thinking of sporting the goatee for awhile and your picture is giving me another push. I've just never kept it for long because of the extra work in the morning. And that was before I had the head to deal with. I don't know how much steam the bathroom can take in the morning :o