Sly Bald Guys Forum
Discussions About Being Bald => General Discussion => Topic started by: Itsonlyinmyhead on May 22, 2007, 12:56:07 PM
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I know there are a few maybe more people around my age on this forum and 1 or 2 below(the young chef comes to mind) and I just want to pick your brains
I was wondering why you went sly? Was it because you felt it looked better
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That you were loosing your hair and felt it looked alot better?
Did you feel it was a big step going sly? Im finding it kind of hard to make the jump
Please no added pressure as I am going to buzz my head for the first time this weekend, I dont know how long till I go sly
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Because my "slyness" has made me look and feel like I'm a young guy, I wanted to answer it....
I DON'T feel anywhere near 40...but I am, so my opinion on this isn't valid.... :(.......
I'm tellin' ya the sly way of life is the fountain of youth...
yet, another great reason to go the way of "sly"! O0
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hey,
So im 20 and have been sly now for over a month....
The reason i went sly: well i was losing my hair pretty noticably and wanted to somehow stop that. I never believed in those remedies that promised to grow hair back, because I know that such a remedy does not exist. I was thinkin about shaving it all off for a while, or at least trimming it down, but never really got the balls...
the dating scene got harder and harder for me as girls would shy away from the balding and the "whoa what is a 30 yr old doing here"....everyone told me i looked like I was in my thirties...
so one day, after seeing some guys who were sly, I decided to just do it....looking back on it now im surprised because there was no thought process involved. I just did it....than i went online and did the research on how to do it properly and found this site... so for me it was totally a whim...
but to be honest, it was a whim that felt right....its hard to explain but I didnt do it to gain confidence, to look better, or any of those positives that im feeling now. I just felt like i had to do it.
But now I do feel those positives...
I remember that second night after i shaved it, i was on this site and reading how everyone talks about more confidence, a better feeling, etc. I felt like it was great motivation but frankly some grade-a bullshit. Let me tell you I was completely WRONG....these guys were absoluty right! (i apologize now for thinkin otherwise) about a week to two weeks in, I felt as if there was a complete new person within me. I DID feel more confidence, i felt better, i thought i looked better. And the dating scene improved for me like night and day.
Now, i did get the people who were completely against the look. I had the jokes, the laughs, the "OMG's" but after the first few weeks they really got used to it and some people came to me afterwards, apologized, and asked me what im doing that weekend. >:D ^-^
Right now, my whole family supports me and likes it, (i even have an uncle that is thinkin about following) and most of my friends supporting it. Those that arent, well they have their own problems. Also, I had a very very positive reaction at school, such a positive one that one of the professor's is thinkin about it as well....(i recommended the site)
Now, thinkin back on it, It is a very big step. A very hard step that Im sure if i thought about it more, I would have not done it when I did. So im glad I turned off my brain from thinkin about the what-if's and instead just went for it.
After you shave, the first few days you will have regrets. I REALLY regreted the decision. I thought my shaved head looked horrible. It was misshaped, to white, bumpy, etc. It was all in my mind tho. No one else thought those thoughts except me. Now i dont regret it. At ALL....
Hope this helped you somehow....i know i was just going off on tangents....
Pick my brain all you want so I can hopefully help you more!
-Leo
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Hope this helped you somehow....i know i was just going off on tangents....
Pick my brain all you want so I can hopefully help you more!
-Leo
Dude...you nailed it exactly!!!!
Very insightful tangents there bro! O0
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Sticks that is an awesome reply, cheers.
I think Ill do it in stages. Ive started getting the comments that Ive aged alot while Ive been doing my current job, everyone says I look 27ish rather than 23(my actual age). I hate that, it makes me feel like a right t$%t to be told I look 5 or 6 years older. Plus I think you may be right, the dating scene does get harder if you are losing your hair not only that some girls are put off but you suffer dips in confidence, maybe made harder by people saying "oh your going bald!" or "your losing your hair". But on the other side I am a fairly naturally confident person especially compared to people my age as Im quite comfortable with myself on the whole and have always been at ease talking to anyone(probably inherited from my dad)
So it really has got to be this weekend that I buzz it, Im just abit obsessive about things staying the same or changing, it kind of frightens me!! But like I said I will do it so I will!!!(hear me psyching myself up in a forum post, LOL).
Also a thing that helped me move towards the buzzing/shaving is that my natural weight has creeped up from about 10st7lbs to 11st7lbs so I think I look alot better. Though Im trying to put another stone on, but not compromise my low body fat.
Ive been on this board for about a month or 2 and Im only just about to buzz my head!!!
BTW sticks I read your introduction and sly is definately a better look for you, not only over thinning hair but it really suits you.
p.s. I am taking my parents to the airport this sunday and Im planning on buzzing my head on Friday night after a few beers round at my mates, so that might be abit of a situation but I think its time I sat down and talked to my parents more, they always want to know about my private life but Ive told them very little as I dont feel at ease. Plus its not like its unexpected as Ive always been the wayward son.
Sorry about the rambling but I genuinley say whats on my mind most of the time
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I shaved at 25, but wish I would have earlier in life. I would say more, but I think Leo nailed it!
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I know there are a few maybe more people around my age on this forum and 1 or 2 below(the young chef comes to mind) and I just want to pick your brains
I was wondering why you went sly? Was it because you felt it looked better
or
That you were loosing your hair and felt it looked alot better?
Did you feel it was a big step going sly? Im finding it kind of hard to make the jump
Please no added pressure as I am going to buzz my head for the first time this weekend, I dont know how long till I go sly
These are the same questions that everybody asks, regardless of age. The whole age thing is a sliding scale. When you're 25, you don't want to look 30, and when you're 35 you don't want to look 40, and so on. Thinning and receding hair is very aging. Shaving it off erases that. It's that simple.
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Because my "slyness" has made me look and feel like I'm a young guy, I wanted to answer it....
I DON'T feel anywhere near 40...but I am, so my opinion on this isn't valid.... :(.......
I'm tellin' ya the sly way of life is the fountain of youth...
yet, another great reason to go the way of "sly"! O0
BaldAndre, is that the beginnings of a soul patch I see on your new avatar photo? No more Mr. Clean?
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Because my "slyness" has made me look and feel like I'm a young guy, I wanted to answer it....
I DON'T feel anywhere near 40...but I am, so my opinion on this isn't valid.... :(.......
I'm tellin' ya the sly way of life is the fountain of youth...
yet, another great reason to go the way of "sly"! O0
BaldAndre, is that the beginnings of a soul patch I see on your new avatar photo? No more Mr. Clean?
Oh, come one, "Mr. Detail"....
Notice baby Dre' is even younger in that pic ( it was from about 6 months ago), I just came across the pic and thought it was cool...
Still Mr. Clean and really diggin' it...not sure if it's forever, but real cool for now! O0
Thanks for noticing Mr. Sly guy, facial hair fashion police dude.... ;) :popo
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I know there are a few maybe more people around my age on this forum and 1 or 2 below(the young chef comes to mind) and I just want to pick your brains
I was wondering why you went sly? Was it because you felt it looked better
or
That you were loosing your hair and felt it looked alot better?
Did you feel it was a big step going sly? Im finding it kind of hard to make the jump
Please no added pressure as I am going to buzz my head for the first time this weekend, I dont know how long till I go sly
These are the same questions that everybody asks, regardless of age. The whole age thing is a sliding scale. When you're 25, you don't want to look 30, and when you're 35 you don't want to look 40, and so on. Thinning and receding hair is very aging. Shaving it off erases that. It's that simple.
Good point, RazorX.
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I am 25 years old and i shave weeks ago, I did it so that she wished to shave my head, now I am happy bald.
I do not have mpb, so I did it really in vain. for being bald
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Because my "slyness" has made me look and feel like I'm a young guy, I wanted to answer it....
I DON'T feel anywhere near 40...but I am, so my opinion on this isn't valid.... :(.......
I'm tellin' ya the sly way of life is the fountain of youth...
yet, another great reason to go the way of "sly"! O0
BaldAndre, is that the beginnings of a soul patch I see on your new avatar photo? No more Mr. Clean?
Oh, come one, "Mr. Detail"....
Notice baby Dre' is even younger in that pic ( it was from about 6 months ago), I just came across the pic and thought it was cool...
Still Mr. Clean and really diggin' it...not sure if it's forever, but real cool for now! O0
Thanks for noticing Mr. Sly guy, facial hair fashion police dude.... ;) :popo
Just askin' :) I don't think you'll be able to hold out forever. I think it's almost as hard to give up the facial hair as it would be to give up the sly dome. But that's just me. 8) O:O
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Just askin' :) I don't think you'll be able to hold out forever. I think it's almost as hard to give up the facial hair as it would be to give up the sly dome. But that's just me. 8) O:O
No worries dude....giving it up...I think that is why I'm so stoked this time...I always had the facial hair as a crutch in the looks factor...I always thought i looked better with somethin'....maybe the case, but this time i wasn't as affected by shaving it all off like the previous times...
kinda liberating...sounds like a familiar theme, huh? ;)
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Well, I just liked the look, which is why I shaved my head.
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p.s. I am taking my parents to the airport this sunday and Im planning on buzzing my head on Friday night after a few beers round at my mates, so that might be abit of a situation but I think its time I sat down and talked to my parents more, they always want to know about my private life but Ive told them very little as I dont feel at ease. Plus its not like its unexpected as Ive always been the wayward son.
Please provide the contact information for your friends so we can instruct them on what they need to do once you are good and liquored up. >:D >:D
As I think I told you before, I felt exactly the same way you do before I took the plunge, so take it from someone who knows -- I waited far too long to take the plunge. You really need to stop torturing yourself and do it. It's the only way. Once you get the notion in your head to go sly, there is no peace until you do it. Once it's done, you feel a whole lot better. Get your friends to do it for you if that's what it takes to get there.
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I'm a practical guy who gets annoyed at things I have to worry about. I wasn't sure whether I was balding or not, which was something I never worried about before. So I was drawn to shaving my head to remove that concern and go back to normal. I went back to normal and then some.
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I just turned 26 and my hairline was receding, it was annoying. So boom off the hair went. At the same time i have a friend in chemo, so i was able to do it for him and me. I made 2 people happy :)
But basically though, you have to do it for yourself. It will make you feel better about yourself and thats whats most important. If anyone makes a huge deal over it then they arent worth your time. In the grand scheme of things it really isnt a big deal
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Please provide the contact information for your friends so we can instruct them on what they need to do once you are good and liquored up.
Haha, a few friends know that Im going to buzz it already. Since I did the "we should all buzz our hair this summer". Ive just got to arrange Friday night out
I waited far too long to take the plunge.
I think Im going for it too early, but I dont want the hassle
I wasn't sure whether I was balding or not
Then why did you take rogaine and propecia?? Just a little bemused by this.
It will make you feel better about yourself and thats whats most important
Im quite sure it will.
If anyone makes a huge deal over it then they arent worth your time.
They are worth my time when they are my parents and my grandparents!! They are all very old fashioned, I think I remember my Gran saying that only thugs and convicts shave their heads.
p.s. Im not shaving my head yet, Im just going to buzz it down to a 1 or 2. This is a big step for me as I have never buzzed it before, I used to have my hair down to my eyebrows and then spike it.
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I waited far too long to take the plunge.
I think Im going for it too early, but I dont want the hassle
Too early is far superior to too late.
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My Dad has full head of hair that recedes!
No comment from him! He says its my head!
I respect my parents and alot of my relatives,
they respect what I want to do as long as it doesn't
hurt me or anyone else!
I think you have to do what is best for you, bless
grandpa's and grandma's they we're always on me about something!
But loved them dearly! And they loved me dearly!
Go for it!!! Respect Gran and help explain!! O0
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I'll be 27 in July and I've been shaving my head for almost five years now. I started because of some noticeable thinning around the crown of my head. Shaving just seemed to be the best solution. I didn't ease into it either. I went from hair that was several inches long on top and a number 2 guard on the sides to totally bald overnight. I got some reactions at work the first day I showed up bald but it was mostly because of the sudden change. It didnt' take long before people were telling me that the look suits me and now I wouldn't dream of growing it back (which is good because it's even thinner up top than it was back then).
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well i'm 22 and have been sly for about 2 months. I did it cuz i was losing my hair and thought it looked ridiculous so i figured i'd just hack it all off. I like it around my family and friends but when i go out i always seem to end up wearing a hat. but i'm slowly getting used to it. I remember the shower after going sly for the first time. The water on my scalp felt so intense i just started laughing. hahah
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I like it around my family and friends but when i go out i always seem to end up wearing a hat. but i'm slowly getting used to it.
For me, it was just the opposite. I felt totally at ease showing my smooth dome to complete strangers, but felt extremely self-conscious around family and friends.
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[quote author=RazorX link=topic=1808.. Once you get the notion in your head to go sly, there is no peace until you do it. Once it's done, you feel a whole lot better. Get your friends to do it for you if that's what it takes to get there.
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On the "head" Razor, on the HEAD. I think every Sly guy will remember that day because once it's done, all the good things are real, and the anxiety about friends, shaving daily, etc. are gone. Buzz is a good way, at least it was for me, although it only lasted a little over a month! Once I was down to 1/8", the final act was only three or four days away. LIBERATING.
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I'm 25 and I've been losing hair for several years. I've been wanting to shave it bald for about 2 years, but was on the fence and never got the courage to do it. I shaved it off about a week ago and I loved it from the very beginning. I wish I would have done it 2 years ago when I first thought about it. My advice to you is to go ahead and do it. It will always grow back if you don't like it and you won't be on the fence for 2 years like I was. On a side note I went with normal length to bald in one step. I buzzed my hair before and I didn't like the looks of it at all. I think the bald look is a big improvement over buzzed. If you buzz your head first it may not be a true representation of how you will look bald. Just take the plunge you won't be sorry.
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hey,
I remember that second night after i shaved it, i was on this site and reading how everyone talks about more confidence, a better feeling, etc. I felt like it was great motivation but frankly some grade-a bullsh*t. Let me tell you I was completely WRONG....these guys were absoluty right! (i apologize now for thinkin otherwise) about a week to two weeks in, I felt as if there was a complete new person within me. I DID feel more confidence, i felt better, i thought i looked better. And the dating scene improved for me like night and day.
-Leo
See now...Leo....Im glad you typed this up.....cause you said it exactly how everyone will or probably will feel...well some of us. I felt the same way. In no way shape or form will i ever change it. I like it too much. Besides...if I were to let it all grow back out i bet you it would all be grey.
Another thing Leo wrote:....................................
"After you shave, the first few days you will have regrets. I REALLY regreted the decision. I thought my shaved head looked horrible. It was misshaped, to white, bumpy, etc. It was all in my mind tho. No one else thought those thoughts except me. Now i dont regret it. At ALL...." Leo
Thats another thing...i really didnt want to come out of the bathroom. Well my bathroom is up stairs ...one door....no way out other than the fire escape. I bet I stood in there for an hour just looking and my mind was churning on what i was going to say when I went down stairs to where the family was waiting for me to finish getting ready. I just wanted to bail out of there somehow....but didnt know how to cover it up ya know...but to this day...NO REGRETS AT ALL. IM LOVIN IT....
Timmy
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this thread was started nearly a year ago (!!) but the stories are certainly still relevant.
i'm almost 22, and this summer all of a sudden my hair just seemed to be falling out, and quite rapidly at that. i've loved wearing hats most of my life, so i was able to just forget about it for a while, but then i realized i can't wear a hat ALL the time. so, i took my clippers out and buzzed my golden locks off. the relief was instantaneous. i began obssesively researching balding and tried to figure out if it was just stress or (oh no!) the dreaded mbp. being young, and with no family history of mbp, i decided that it would all grow back, i just needed to give it time.
well, this past fall i tried letting it grow to see what would happen, but i wasn't pleased. it wasn't terrible i s'pose. my hairline wasn't receding, there was just some deforestation going on up top. most people were just like "weird, you're hair is lighter (colored) on top" but all i could think of was looking like a 21 year old bozo the clown. it became winter time, so i just forgot about it for a while (classes and such) and just wore a winter cap most of the time.
anyways, i fortunately found this site pretty early in my struggles and it helped me deal with some of the emotional aspects of my thinning hair, and, most importantly, helped me realized i was not alone! i buzzed my hair w/ a #0 in early december to test out the waters again, but knowing i really wanted to just shave it. the only reason i didn't shave it was because it's winter and i reasoned i would wait for warmer weather.
well, over break i just got bored and reallllly wanted to shave it off, so i bought some new blades for my mach3 and went to town. personally, i'm very pleased with the results and very excited to go back to school and show it off. i wish i went to school somewhere a bit warmer, because its likely that i'll need to wear a hat to class simply out of necessity rather than vanity.
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this thread was started nearly a year ago (!!) but the stories are certainly still relevant.
i'm almost 22, and this summer all of a sudden my hair just seemed to be falling out, and quite rapidly at that. i've loved wearing hats most of my life, so i was able to just forget about it for a while, but then i realized i can't wear a hat ALL the time. so, i took my clippers out and buzzed my golden locks off. the relief was instantaneous. i began obssesively researching balding and tried to figure out if it was just stress or (oh no!) the dreaded mbp. being young, and with no family history of mbp, i decided that it would all grow back, i just needed to give it time.
well, this past fall i tried letting it grow to see what would happen, but i wasn't pleased. it wasn't terrible i s'pose. my hairline wasn't receding, there was just some deforestation going on up top. most people were just like "weird, you're hair is lighter (colored) on top" but all i could think of was looking like a 21 year old bozo the clown. it became winter time, so i just forgot about it for a while (classes and such) and just wore a winter cap most of the time.
anyways, i fortunately found this site pretty early in my struggles and it helped me deal with some of the emotional aspects of my thinning hair, and, most importantly, helped me realized i was not alone! i buzzed my hair w/ a #0 in early december to test out the waters again, but knowing i really wanted to just shave it. the only reason i didn't shave it was because it's winter and i reasoned i would wait for warmer weather.
well, over break i just got bored and reallllly wanted to shave it off, so i bought some new blades for my mach3 and went to town. personally, i'm very pleased with the results and very excited to go back to school and show it off. i wish i went to school somewhere a bit warmer, because its likely that i'll need to wear a hat to class simply out of necessity rather than vanity.
If you get a chance post up some pics. Before and After would be cool.
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If you get a chance post up some pics. Before and After would be cool.
Gotta agree...i liked seeing your new bald mug...it was a good way to inspire other younger dudes to go to the "balder, sly" side of life...
although the dino is cool, your face on the posts made ya real! O0
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Well Ive been losing my hair since i was about 19 and am now 25. Never really had any problems with it tho to be honest.
I started trimming it and went really short until a day ago i went sly. And i will certainly keep doing it :@`.
Just shave it and if you really dont like it, then it will grow back.
Greetz.
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Like brother ANDRE, I'm a little older but felt compelled to post. I'm 47 years old. Just the other night at basketball practice ( I coach 4th, 5th, & 6th graders) a set of parents I've known for over a year were talking to me about their son. Somehow the subject of age came up and when I told them I was 47 they were floored. They thought I was about 39 or 40.
Might have something to do with my SLY attitude..... I'm constantly talking to the kids while they're on the court and I run the court non-stop with them.
Have I mentioned that I LOVE my LIFE???????
Mike
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I too started losing my mop when i was in my late teens/early 20's. I started cutting really short (buzz cut), and people thought I was older than i was. When i was 21, a coworker, who didn't know my real age, thought i was 35. I was floored. A few years later, a lady friend suggested that i shave it sly. She thought it would take a few years off of my look. I hesitated, but thought it might be interesting. I let her do it, and it wasn't too bad. I was VERY self concious at first. I remember we went to the mall soon afterward. I wore a hat, again, b/c i didn't want to be a laughing stock. I happend to run into my mother in the hall, and after a minute of talking, she asked me if i had shaved my hair off. I looked at the floor, and reluctantly said yes. She tore my hat from me, and I felt ashamed. I grew it back, for a couple more years, and a different lady friend shaved it again for me, as her b/f, now husband, one of my best friends, also was a sly guy. I never looked back after that. My grandmother occasionally askes me to grow it back, but she'll never get her wish. She loves me just the same, though. I love being sly, I enjoy the head shaving process, and love this site and feel blessed to be amongst some great individuals.
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I love being sly, I enjoy the head shaving process, and love this site and feel blessed to be amongst some great individuals.
Man ADAM hit it dead on with this statement! BRAVO Adam.... and I agree...
Mike
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Yeah most of you know my story already, I'm 25 and getting pretty damn bald on top... still sporting a buzz rather than a shave, though. That's mostly cause I hate my headshape and feel that the little hair (#3) covers it up a bit...
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threw a party this weekend. shaved my head clean. i remember just walking around and having my head rubbed by numerous people the entire night. i've never gotten this much attention at a party just from walking around. guys and girls alike love it. its classy, its smooth, its sly ....can't complain about this bald thing at all
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Why did I go sly? I had been wanting to try out a new look. As soon as I learned about the sly look, I was intrigued!
I thought it was a pretty big change... a change for the better! I almost feel like a new person. :D
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Indeed, the Sly look gives you confidence,makes you feel good, and a lot of the time, gets you noticed. It is a great feeling to have a freshly shaved head and I walked out the front door feeling 10 foot tall.
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Its classy, its smooth, its sly ....can't complain about this bald thing at all.
That about sums it up, dino. O:O
Good to hear someone embracing this at a young age. You really have a great attitude.
I can only hope you will influence some of our younger "fencers" who are allowing themselves to be held back or being unsure about shaving it all off. Keep up the good work and maybe you can help them realize freedom awaits. O0
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The whole age thing is a sliding scale. When you're 25, you don't want to look 30, and when you're 35 you don't want to look 40, and so on. Thinning and receding hair is very aging. Shaving it off erases that. It's that simple.
That sums it up RazorX. Couldn't agree with you more.