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Head Shaving, Grooming & Care => Head Shaving => Topic started by: warhawk on December 08, 2011, 04:01:39 PM

Title: WHAT'S the longest time U went without..........
Post by: warhawk on December 08, 2011, 04:01:39 PM
hello fellow chrome domes:  we have had numerous discussions on how often U shave your head.  i wanted 2 know what was the longest time U went without a head shave.  

i'll start.  i am a daily head shaver and the longest time i went without a head shave was probably 3 days.  i rarely let it go longer than 2 days so after 3 days i was feeling like a long-haired fabio.   so... how 'bout U?  what's the longest time U went without a head shave?  2 days?  3 days?  4 days?  a week?  what's your story?

WARHAWK O0
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Post by: ElecEngineer on December 08, 2011, 04:06:49 PM
I've gone for maybe a weekend and then the stubble drove me nuts lol
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Post by: outsider82 on December 08, 2011, 04:09:13 PM
12 months for me but thats without a wet shave. Generally kept it at a buzzed zero.

Warhawk totally relate to the long haired fabio look comment, its hard to explain to someone who doesn't have a shaved head what that feels like.

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Post by: buddha on December 08, 2011, 04:12:32 PM
Approximately 48 1/2 years. Then I scraped the dome in 2000 and never looked back.
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Post by: Ming the Merciless on December 08, 2011, 04:27:18 PM
Months.

I let what I've got grow out to various lengths, and then take it all off again for a few weeks.  Such a grasshopper!

At the moment, I buzz to #2 guard every two or three weeks.  I'm lazy.  A white #2 stubble is the absolute minimum of fuss 'n' bother.  I look semi-sly and yet save a lotta time with the razor every day.
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Post by: Arnie on December 08, 2011, 04:37:27 PM
Just over 36 years...

Now I may let it go 2 days, once in a while...but hardly.
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Post by: Mikekoz13 on December 08, 2011, 06:24:23 PM
Probably 4 days..... I shave everyday in the SUmmer..... about every other day in the Winter.
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Post by: marshd1000 on December 08, 2011, 06:54:28 PM
I first started to shave my head in 1997.  But since then, I have had times where I have grown it out for about 3 or 4 months at most.  Sly is my look now.  But about a year ago, I went 2 weeks without shaving because I was so tired because I was recovering from surgery.  That last grow out convinced me to just shave it when I saw how much more hair has left!
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Post by: schro on December 08, 2011, 07:32:38 PM
This New Year's will mark 5 years since I've been sly. As most of you know, The Lovely Mrs. Schro doesn't like the sly look on me. So, about a year into my life as a sly guy, I grew my (hairy toilet seat) hair back for a couple of months, at #1 setting for a compromise. I will admit, it didn't look that bad. However, the itch came back with the sebhorreic dermatitis. I tried all sorts of topical remedies, shampoos, whatever snake oil suggestion I could find on the internet. Finally, TLMS noticed the efforts I went through to make it work. She finally said, "just shave it".

So, the next morning, I let each of my kids use the clippers (no guard) shave half my head. My daughter commented on all the flakes that came up with TLMS in earshot. It was an "a-ha" moment.

Never dealing with that crud again.
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Post by: Laser Man on December 08, 2011, 08:01:51 PM
Since I went sly, I've missed only one day...I had to be at work by 6:00AM and couldn't drag myself out of bed early enough to shave!
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Post by: DCdome on December 09, 2011, 09:06:12 AM
Since going sly I shave the dome most every day.  Occasionally miss a day if I am running late in the morning.  Probably the longest time without a headshave was three days, maybe four.  I had cut myself while shaving and it was enough that I thought I should let it heal for a few days before shaving again. 
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Post by: sailor61 on December 09, 2011, 09:54:56 AM
I'm closing in on one year sly in early February. During the warm weather I shaved at least daily, sometimes twice since I found any amount of stubble annoying.  With the return of cooler weather I've cut back to once a day with an occasional lapse of 2 days.  There was a period in late spring where I let it grow for two weeks in order to prove to myself that I preferred sly...it was shear hell.  But just as with the 30 day challenge I had made the decision to stick it out and did.  Personally, I think that eriod of re-growth was helpful for me, I fully accepted that "bald is better" for me and no longer even consider the haired option.
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Post by: Slynito on December 09, 2011, 10:52:05 AM
I November of 2010 I let it grow for 5 months to keep my gourd warm while I was overseas. Stopped over in Bangkok and had one of their special wash/massage/dry/haircuts/wash/massage/dry'n'trims for <$5...If y'all get the chance to go there get yourself one, it'll make you as happy as a baby in a barrel of tits.
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Post by: Stewie on December 09, 2011, 12:41:06 PM
I went 5 days (over the Thanksgiving weekend). A lot of people (including myself) were surprised on how bad my MPB got, and 20 individuals told me that I am not allowed to not shave my head. What can I say? Everybody loves a sly guy.
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Post by: Paul the Headblader on December 09, 2011, 01:23:00 PM
I guess it was like 27-28 hours.
I was @ work and I've shaved it when I got home. Tired, after 39 days of working, imagine what a shave...
 :)
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Post by: Slyfive on December 09, 2011, 01:42:44 PM
I November of 2010 I let it grow for 5 months to keep my gourd warm while I was overseas. Stopped over in Bangkok and had one of their special wash/massage/dry/haircuts/wash/massage/dry'n'trims for <$5...If y'all get the chance to go there get yourself one, it'll make you as happy as a baby in a barrel of tits.

Slynito, you truly have a talent for illustrative simile
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Post by: mangosink12572 on December 09, 2011, 02:36:16 PM
Several winters ago  - -I let it go for 3-4 days - - -ended up with a "horseshoe' AND SHAVED IT OFF

 SHAVE EVERY DAY NOW   Hate the fuzz
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Post by: Slynito on December 09, 2011, 09:58:04 PM


Slynito, you truly have a talent for illustrative simile
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Well thank you very much for the recognition, Sly5. You make me happier than a hound dawg with two peters. There's nothing like a quaint simile to break up the boredom. Most SBGz love them and I appreciate the PMz of compliments they send to me. Enjoy the forum.
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Post by: Slyfive on December 11, 2011, 06:34:48 PM
I look forward to many more  :)
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Post by: Sir Harry on December 11, 2011, 07:03:17 PM
Ever since going sly (permanently) in 2008....about 17-18 days in October of 2009 when I was injured in a work accident....If I ever get hurt again and hospitalized or homebound again, I'm paying someone to do it even if its with clippers!
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Post by: Slynito on December 11, 2011, 08:20:55 PM
I look forward to many more  :)

I'll try to be there for you, like a booger that you can’ t flick off.

 :*)) :*))
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Post by: kalbo on December 12, 2011, 12:36:05 AM
I always look forward to my weekly shaves at the barber shop that is why I only shave my head once a week but there are times that I would do it myself, then I would shave every other day. Tried the daily shave routine, my scalp got irritated.
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Post by: fcb2001 on December 12, 2011, 09:47:56 AM
ive been shaving my head since 2004, since 2004, the longest ive gone is 3 days, i shave every day, about once a month ill go about two-three days, then i schedule a barbershop shave