Sly Bald Guys Forum
Head Shaving, Grooming & Care => Head Shaving => Topic started by: ShyGuy on July 05, 2013, 04:19:30 AM
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Hey, I'm Chey, or ShyGuy as many call me. I'm 20, been balding since the ridiculous age of 14. They suspect its because of my hormonal imbalances. ANYWAYS, to the point. Sorry if this is on the wrong section, as its kinda the opposite of shaving.
I don't mind being bald, but I HATE having to shave my head all the time. Is there any simple safe ways to just accelerate my hair loss, or to just make it all disappear completely? Thanks. :)
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oh yeah!!! Is there any way to completely even the tone of my scalp and make the hair "shadow" that's always there disappear?
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Employ someone with a flame thrower to burn it all off!
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genius...
or I could go for super efficient and gasoline it up myself :3
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Welcome to the forum, ShyGuy!....Aside from investing in laser hair removal, which can be painful and expensive, there is no way to "accelerate" hair loss. Shaving can be a chore, but it doesn't have to be....One thing that can make your shaves last longer, which would cause you to stay smooth without shaving everyday, is a shaving brush. Shaving brushes spread your gel/lather/soap and make for closer shaves. Looks great, BTW!
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Maybe try and think of some ways to make your shaves more enjoyable.
As I think too much a lot of the time during the day, my shaves are an opportunity to have some time out, to the point where if thoughts come in, I let them float away again and resume focussing on the shave.
Another thing I sometimes do is take it as an opportunity to listen to a new cd or a favoitite cd. As in listen to a cd properly, without distractions, whilst shaving
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Welcome to the forum, ShyGuy!....Aside from investing in laser hair removal, which can be painful and expensive, there is no way to "accelerate" hair loss. Shaving can be a chore, but it doesn't have to be....One thing that can make your shaves last longer, which would cause you to stay smooth without shaving everyday, is a shaving brush. Shaving brushes spread your gel/lather/soap and make for closer shaves. Looks great, BTW!
Is that true about a shaving brush? If so, how come?
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Welcome to the forum, ShyGuy!....Aside from investing in laser hair removal, which can be painful and expensive, there is no way to "accelerate" hair loss. Shaving can be a chore, but it doesn't have to be....One thing that can make your shaves last longer, which would cause you to stay smooth without shaving everyday, is a shaving brush. Shaving brushes spread your gel/lather/soap and make for closer shaves. Looks great, BTW!
Is that true about a shaving brush? If so, how come?
The brush spreads the lather more evenly than most naked hands could allowing the hairs to shave right off instead of pulling in the razor. It may not work for everyone, but I have yet to hear anyone say it didn't.
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Shave brushes also lightly exfoliate. Don't think of shaving as a chore, think of it as a challenge. Push yourself to get a faster closer shave with no problems. Over all find a reason to enjoy shaving.
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become lex luthor, remember he lost his hair in a sonic blast. I want this too lol.
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thanks fellas. :)
and any advice for making the hair shadow disappear? I want that sexy even tone all around, like vin diesel. Lol
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Many of us would like to look like Vin Diesel!
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I just want that pretty tan queue ball look all over. but that damn shadow is always there!
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Welcome ShyGuy!
I have found that the only real way for me to get the shadow under control is to shave often. My horseshoe starts to reemerge within about ten hours of shaving - just like my beard. Tanning helps a lot to reduce the contrast of the hair follicles to the skin.
And remember that Vin Diesel, The Rock, Howie Mandel, Bruce Willis, and the other celebs probably have a coat of makeup and powder on their scalps whenever they are photographed, so their shadows are covered up.
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Tanning helps a lot to reduce the contrast of the hair follicles to the skin.
This.
Get out there and get some color on that noggin.
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I have tried Jergens Natural Glow as a realistic self tanner that does not look orange. That may help even out the shadow areas. Other guys have been successful with Laser to remove what's left. I actually did a micro tattoo process due to hair transplant scars needing to be concealed. Don't even consider any hair transplants.
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Hahaha my moms always trying to give me bosley coupons.
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As people have said, get a brush, get some good quality shave cream or soap, and make the shave a pleasure rather than a chore! I don't know of any way to lose the shadow though. Even with a BBS shave I can still see it.....
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Paint your head!
I guess we are all different and have to live with what God has given us.
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You could always do this: http://www.hishairclinic.com/treatment/scalp-pigmentation-mht/ (http://www.hishairclinic.com/treatment/scalp-pigmentation-mht/)
But don't. lol
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hi,
what you see as the shadow is the hair below the skin and the roots.
so, the only way to get rid of the shadow is laser, epilation, wax, or ipl.
I wish I had a complete bald and shadowfree head too - been shaving for 5 years and don't intend to go back to hair. ;-)
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As you grow older, and I've already done that so I speak from experience, not only will you have less hair (usually) but it will lose colour which makes a shadow more difficult to see. I actually still have most of a full head of hair-recently I've thought about letting a part of it grow out but....as interesting as I find it, others might see a white Mohawk, even a short one, as odd, unusual. Certainly that was the case when in my sixties I began collecting tattoos. On me that is.
Or you can quite shaving entirely and, eventually, you can call yourself Big Foot and hit the talk show circuit.
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Chey: you are a really handsome guy. Put yourself on schedule-ie shave 2-4 times a week. Make it part of your routine. It will work.
DS
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I have a former parishioner who has alopecia areata and he used a product called Epil Stop. He needed it because he never knew where the patches of hair would be growing at any given time. It isn't permanent but does seem to slow down the hair growth enough that one only has to shave once a week.
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Amen! Just started using a brush and soaps (Mother Bears, Col. Cronk, etc.). Love it! Much better shave and it does increase the joy of the ritual!
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I use Proline oil sheen after shaving my head as I like a gloss look , shinier the better :D
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I use monkey poo
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I agree with those professing the brush as the means of lathering up. I use it all the time now.
I do get light shadow which gets darker the longer it gets... grrr. I'd love it just to be "uniform" too. I suppose in time that will happen.