Sly Bald Guys Forum
Discussions About Being Bald => General Discussion => Topic started by: Krimson on December 17, 2011, 04:50:15 PM
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Just imagine for a minute that hair status was the opposite of what it is today. Let me explain: let's say that a full head of hair or hair growth would be seen as a "defiency" (let's call it "too much testosterone"), and that baldness was the "norm". Would you then wear a hairpiece or take the means necessary to be opposite of the norm or would you stay bald like everybody thus being " mainstraim"? In fact , my question is : Are most of you doing it to get attention, making a statement or like myself like the way i feel being bald, mainstream or not. Humour me!
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Considering that I was buzzing my head back in the 80's when poofy hair was the norm -- I guess you've got your answer.
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Considering that I was buzzing my head back in the 80's when poofy hair was the norm -- I guess you've got your answer.
Yes, but had they have bald heads in the 80's what would you have done?
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Knowing what I know now, and having had an abundance of hair, I'd still opt for the sly look.
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...BBC
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I would still be bbc
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I always liked the feel of it and when I did it originally I still had a full head of hair. Now I keep it shaved because I have gotten used to it and starting to get some silver hairs in my stubble
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I do the bald thingy because:
I feel special (few guys shave their head in Romania, so I get alot of "wow's"
I like the feeling
I hate the hair look.
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Well I originally shaved my head because of MPB but I would never have hair again. Sweat, shampoo, combs, wind blown look...... eh, no thanks.
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Whatever the norm is, I shave my head as a relief from a scalp condition.
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If I still grew hair up top on the dome I would have hair halfway down my back. In my case, since growth on top of the dome is sparse (to say the least) I would be as I have been since about '00, bald as a cue ball. What's currently "in style" would not make any difference.
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Considering that I was buzzing my head back in the 80's when poofy hair was the norm -- I guess you've got your answer.
Considering that I was buzzing my head back in the 80's when poofy hair was the norm -- I guess you've got your answer.
Yes, but had they have bald heads in the 80's what would you have done?
Not one thing differently.
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Shaving your head isn't a good way to get attention anymore, if it ever was. It's become commonplace enough that people really don't think twice about it anymore. I don't think most of us went into it with a "do the opposite from everyone else" intent.
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Shaving your head isn't a good way to get attention anymore, if it ever was.� It's become commonplace enough that people really don't think twice about it anymore.� I don't think most of us went into it with a "do the opposite from everyone else" intent.
Yup, just another "hair" style. Part of me likes that but another part misses the edgy aura that used to be part of it.
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Just imagine for a minute that hair status was the opposite of what it is today. Let me explain: let's say that a full head of hair or hair growth would be seen as a "defiency" (let's call it "too much testosterone"), and that baldness was the "norm". Would you then wear a hairpiece or take the means necessary to be opposite of the norm or would you stay bald like everybody thus being " mainstraim"? In fact , my question is : Are most of you doing it to get attention, making a statement or like myself like the way i feel being bald, mainstream or not. Humour me!
To be honest, as a young sly guy suffering from MPB, I don't see going sly as a reaction to being mainstream. I've gone sly just over a month ago, started growing it out again, then buzzed down everything with no-guarded clippers again, and I just shaved today again (yes, a little hooray for everyone, you guys are masters at persuading everyone into going sly :P). BUT: I'm not just sly, I feel 'bald' on the inside, too. I don't see myself as a rebel, I feel 'style-less', a blank canvas that's just looking like everyone else.
Back when I had more hair I would do everything to make it stand out: shave the sides, dye it black or red, or bleach it just to stand out. Being sly stripped me of that option. I don't feel ugly as a sly guy, but I don't feel special either (there are more guys with bald heads than guys who dye their hair red). Right now I'm looking for whatever it is that can make me stand out again in the same way as when dyeing and styling my hair. For some it is tattoos or piercings (which is only a partial solution for me since I have to be able to cover it up), for others it's in their clothing (which is probably more up my alley).
So I guess that IF we lived in a world where having hair would be seen as 'non-mainstream', I'd grow it out and proudly whip that weave back and forth. I tried to be normal once. Worst 5 minutes of my life :D
I didn't go sly for the attention, I didn't go sly because 'I like it', but I did it because the alternative is a horseshoe waiting to happen.
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To be honest, as a young sly guy suffering from MPB, I don't see going sly as a reaction to being mainstream. BUT: I'm not just sly, I feel 'bald' on the inside, too.
I didn't go sly because 'I like it', but I did it because the alternative is a horseshoe waiting to happen.
KDusk, you're young, but life isn't all dessert, you have to eat your vegetables too! Your conclusion is on point, your genetic disposition for cranial hair is a Bozo ring, a hairy toiletseat, a fringe. That's just life--but to feel "suffering" "bald", that's just crying in your beer. Get over it, get on with it--you've just lost some tonsorial tricks you would have given up as you matured anyway. Move on, move up. Don't look back, or you'll miss what's coming.
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I started shaving because I liked the look, so I doubt much would change.
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To be honest, as a young sly guy suffering from MPB, I don't see going sly as a reaction to being mainstream. BUT: I'm not just sly, I feel 'bald' on the inside, too.
I didn't go sly because 'I like it', but I did it because the alternative is a horseshoe waiting to happen.
KDusk, you're young, but life isn't all dessert, you have to eat your vegetables too! Your conclusion is on point, your genetic disposition for cranial hair is a Bozo ring, a hairy toiletseat, a fringe. That's just life--but to feel "suffering" "bald", that's just crying in your beer. Get over it, get on with it--you've just lost some tonsorial tricks you would have given up as you matured anyway. Move on, move up. Don't look back, or you'll miss what's coming.
Thanks for the heads up. I admit it's been a difficult journey so far, but it's also getting better. The first time I shaved it all off, the only thing I could think was: "Great, you now look like every other bald guy in the world." But that has changed. I've been very self-conscious in the past few weeks, examining myself and comparing to others. And I'm glad to have a great head shape (on which I have been complimented more than once), but I also have very small ears and quite a large forehead. But those are the things that make me what I am. The acceptance is here, now it's learning how to work with what I've got. So yes, we're moving up, but it's not something that'll happen overnight, and it shouldn't either. It's a journey and by my 25th birthday I'll have beaten my puberty AND my mid-lifecrisis. ;D
And I'll probably be the one everyone will be turning to for advice. I'm the first one of my friends to go bald, but my brother will be there too in a year or 2-3 and I just hope that by then I can help him through this phase. And other friends will probably be following. To be honest, it was difficult for me to have to do this just alone. There was no friend willing to take the leap, and so I'm just glad I found this place: always friendly and supporting others wherever they can.
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I'm really glad to have started this thread seeing that it has helped someone. To be honest with you KDUSK, you have done something that i don't think i could have done at your age. Being 49, i now have the confidence and backgroud to go sly and don't care what people think, even though i was 75% bald, which was even then a massive decision when i decided to go "all the way". Don't let anybody tell you that a "bozo or toilet seat" or any other demeaning idioms, is ridiculous ,it is not, it is called MPB and it is not a desease, it is a condition, and some men wear it well (look at TERRY BRADSHAW) It is YOUR choice. This is not a HMC mentality site. You have to live with it, even though it can grow back. To go sly at your age , i don't think i could have done it, more power to you my friend
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The only thing I miss about hair is being able to shave designs into my head (dice, thunderbolts, spider webs, etc). It was like getting a tattoo without the "permanency" meaning it would always grow back... But if it were the opposite, I don't know...I'm going to have to think long and hard about it.....Nah, I think I still would stay bald
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SLY Till I die.