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Head Shaving, Grooming & Care => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Donk on December 20, 2011, 09:11:19 AM

Title: ever let your hair grow out to see what it looks like now?
Post by: Donk on December 20, 2011, 09:11:19 AM
ive shaved my head very close 0 guard clippers for 5 years, then for the last 2 years ive been bic'ing it with a disposable razor every day or two.

so now that im off work for 2 weeks for my christmas vacation, im feeling lazy (and curious) as to what it will look like if i let the hair grow for 2 weeks.

its been so long that my hair has either been 0 guard shaved or bic'd that i have no idea how much hair i have left now.

will i have a horeshoe or will it be patchy like a bad lawn. lol

so... im just curious, how long has it been since you all have seen what your head really looks like when you dont shave? has it been years? do you wonder what you would look like if you let your hair grow out now?  ;D
Title: Re: ever let your hair grow out to see what it looks like now?
Post by: TheSlyBear on December 20, 2011, 09:31:57 AM
I haven't let it get beyond a zero to 1-guard buzz since about 1985.
Title: Re: ever let your hair grow out to see what it looks like now?
Post by: Paul the Headblader on December 20, 2011, 09:48:02 AM
I'm not interesed to see how I look with hair anymore. bad, in all the cases.
make sure you tell us about your experience :)
Title: Re: ever let your hair grow out to see what it looks like now?
Post by: Sir Harry on December 20, 2011, 10:37:54 AM
I'm doing it right now...not by choice(because of surgery), but so far I'm seeing more recession than the last time I let it grow for three weeks in 2009 after a work injury....
Title: Re: ever let your hair grow out to see what it looks like now?
Post by: Laser Man on December 20, 2011, 11:27:10 AM
I've been shaving for nearly seven months and I'm convinced 1) my hairline has receded a lot, 2) the bald spot on my crown has become bigger, and 3) my hair is growing much slower than it used to.  So, I'm not tempted to see what I'd look like if I let it grow out!

On point #3, I first thought it was just that I was getting better at shaving, but then my wife commented that my hair doesn't seem to grow as much.  She noticed that even at 10:00 at night, there's very little stubble.  Perhaps I'm getting my wish: I said I liked being sly so much that I didn't care if my hair ever grew back!
Title: Re: ever let your hair grow out to see what it looks like now?
Post by: nuts on December 20, 2011, 01:22:39 PM
I let my hair grow for about a week a couple of years ago while travelling in India and my wife  said "get rid of that fuzz".  It took her a while to get used to the sly look seven years ago but now that look is ME.  She does comment that she would prefer a goatee to a full beard!!
Title: Re: ever let your hair grow out to see what it looks like now?
Post by: warhawk on December 20, 2011, 01:43:26 PM
no not at all... i love keeping my dome super smoooooth.  i shave daily and don't go longer than 2 days without shaving it.  love the sly life 2 much. O:O O0

WARHAWK O0
Title: Re: ever let your hair grow out to see what it looks like now?
Post by: buddha on December 20, 2011, 01:45:54 PM
Before I started shaving I had hair down to my shoulder blades. It wasn't until I saw a pic of myself showing the distinct lack of hair on the dome that I realized how ridiculous I looked (picture Larry Finkelstein from Dharma and Greg). Baldness being as it is (progressive) I don't imagine I would look a whole lot better today. Hence, I don't let it grow out to see if, somehow, my hair had magically re-grown to where it was when I was 20. I already know the answer to that question.
Title: Re: ever let your hair grow out to see what it looks like now?
Post by: Razor X on December 20, 2011, 01:58:57 PM
I'm afraid. :-[
Title: Re: ever let your hair grow out to see what it looks like now?
Post by: D.A.L.U.I. on December 20, 2011, 03:19:46 PM
Not at all interested in getting myself involved with that--no future in it, literally!
Title: Re: ever let your hair grow out to see what it looks like now?
Post by: kalbo on December 20, 2011, 03:47:48 PM
This is me sometime in August when I got too busy to shave, this is about 3 weeks growth.
Title: Re: ever let your hair grow out to see what it looks like now?
Post by: Donk on December 22, 2011, 03:04:34 PM
kalbo, you look like you have a full head of hair (no male pattern baldness) when it grows out.

 ill post a picture of mine in another week or so once it gets a bit longer.  :px
Title: Re: ever let your hair grow out to see what it looks like now?
Post by: Donk on December 23, 2011, 03:59:16 PM
well i could only last 1 week without shaving it.

the main thing i noticed, was that my head felt hotter and not the light clean feeling im used to. Also the balding is in the shape of an hourglass, with the hourglass part being fuzzy thin hairs, very thinned out.

it doesnt look good, ill never let it go that long in between shaves again.

Title: Re: ever let your hair grow out to see what it looks like now?
Post by: Timmer on December 23, 2011, 05:54:59 PM
I've done it once when i thought I was going to let it grow LONG after i retired from the Air Force.  The last time I sat in a stylist's chair, she spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to cover my monk's spot.  My receding hairline hadn't got any less receded.  One day it was just plain hot out and I was sweating like a pig and I just plain had enough.  Took it off again, never looked back.  I may let my hair go for a day or three, but that's about it.  That shows me how little hair I have left just fine.
Title: Re: ever let your hair grow out to see what it looks like now?
Post by: kalbo on December 23, 2011, 06:34:07 PM
kalbo, you look like you have a full head of hair (no male pattern baldness) when it grows out.

 ill post a picture of mine in another week or so once it gets a bit longer.  :px

Yes, I have a full head of hair but I prefer to be bald by choice.

well i could only last 1 week without shaving it.

the main thing i noticed, was that my head felt hotter and not the light clean feeling im used to. Also the balding is in the shape of an hourglass, with the hourglass part being fuzzy thin hairs, very thinned out.

it doesnt look good, ill never let it go that long in between shaves again.



I feel heavy and uneasy if I allow my hair to grow out. Being shaved smooth makes me feel sharp and clean and ready to take on the world...hehehe
Title: Re: ever let your hair grow out to see what it looks like now?
Post by: Slynito on December 23, 2011, 07:54:57 PM
I let it grow out a couple months last year. Went to the Far East and while there got one of the fantastic haircuts wit the washes and massages like I used to get...lots of fun. But when I got home and the temps got high it was time to shave...love BBC.
Title: Re: ever let your hair grow out to see what it looks like now?
Post by: Itall on December 23, 2011, 10:10:05 PM
Agreed
Title: Re: ever let your hair grow out to see what it looks like now?
Post by: Arnie on December 23, 2011, 11:16:08 PM
I don't, get too many compliments on how young I look, but when I last let it grow out...I got the same number of years difference guessed with my age, but then they are tacked on rather than subtracted.
Title: Re: ever let your hair grow out to see what it looks like now?
Post by: badguy1971 on December 24, 2011, 01:22:57 AM
yep, I just shaved after about a month of not, I thought I'd grow a bit of cover for winter... I didnt look like me with hair so off it came again!!
Title: Re: ever let your hair grow out to see what it looks like now?
Post by: Mike on December 24, 2011, 01:04:52 PM
I am only 22 but for some reason when I try to grow my hair out I always see more and more white hairs. I am still slightly thinning at the peaks but it hasnt gotten any worse. I have been tempted to try to grow it for more than a few days but I dont know if I could do it
Title: Re: ever let your hair grow out to see what it looks like now?
Post by: bearwolf56 on March 08, 2012, 01:43:56 PM
I have been shaving my head for about 14 years now. About two years ago I let it grow out for a couple of weeks and besides the fact it itched like crazy there wasn't all that much up top but fuzz. In twelve years the bald spot had grown to cover most of the top of my head. Needless to say the most I've let it go since then is a few days.