Sly Bald Guys Forum
New Member Section => Introductions => Topic started by: Lith on January 14, 2014, 10:42:08 PM
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Hello there! My Name is Gregory Haire.. Greg or Gregory for short or you can call me by my gamertag Lith. I am 23 years old. I live in Central Texas. Have been married almost 5 years and have a BEAUTIFUL 8 month old baby girl. I am a stay at home father. I stumbled on this website while trying to find shaving tips and read a few post. Decided I'd like to introduce myself sense I read a few post and yall seem like a AWSOME community for a newly bald guy looking for tips.
Now that we're past the introduction I'll tell you my story.. I've ALWAYS had very thin hair.. And I've always hated that fact. I remember going to get my hair cut when I was, I don't know, around 10 and the person cutting my hair would always ask if I wore hats allot. I didn't.. Ever. So I knew from an early age that I would end up bald. It runs on both sides of my family. It has progressive gotten worse over the years.. Not as much as others, but still very noticeable. I'd have family, old and young, point out my bald spots to me. Which had made me very self conscious and very annoyed, I do look in the mirror and see myself. So I started cutting my hair progressively shorter saying that I'd eventually cut it all off, to be honest I didn't think I'd have the guts to. I think I was just trying to make myself feel better and prepare my wife when the time would come. I've known my wife sense 5th grade. She always had the crush on me and I was always "too cool" for her, but I eventually grew up and now realize I'm the luckiest man in the world. She supports me in whatever I decide to do, but I never would have thought she would support me in this. I had long hair when we started dating in high school. I decided today on a whim that I was going to shave my head bald. I had cut my hair, I own my own clippers and would just cut all my hair the same length, and looked in the mirror. The balding was very noticeable. Normally cutting it short made it less noticeable.. Not today. I looked in the mirror and wasn't happy and wasn't ready for the family to point it out.. yet again. So I told my wife: "I'm shaving it.." and to my surprise she smiles and says "Go for it!" In this situation I would have expected her to be hesitant. Nope and thank goodness she wasn't sense because I was scared myself. She gave me the confidence to just do it.
I know its only been, I don't know, like six hours sense I did it. I already feel like a weight has been lifted. I plan on keeping it shaved. Everyone who has seen it likes it and even my sister laughed and said I look like a badass who just got out of jail or something.. lol. My daughter was the funniest though. I'd lean down so she could touch my head while my wife held her and she would touch it, pull her hand back, and giggle. Anyway.. I thought I'd share my story.. Or should I say my beginning to the larger story.
(After I posted it, my wife said I should add the picture of shaving cream all over my head >.<)
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Hi Gregory: Welcome to the sly fraternity. Glad that you are with us.
WARHAWK O0
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Good for you Gregory! Welcome to the club. I'm glad your daughter likes the new look. The first time I buzzed my head all the way down, my young son ran away from me!
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Excellent introdution post, Greg!
Sounds like you may not need the thirty days to figure out if you like the new look. I didn't either. Glad you and your wife are happy with it.
Welcome to the forum.
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Welcome, Greg! Glad that your wife and daughter approve of your new look; you look like a natural! On a side note, I spent some time in your area when I was in the military (at Fort Hood)....Once again, welcome to the forum and enjoy!
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Welcome from one new sly guy to another.
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Thank you all :D. Yea I definately dont need the 30 days at all. It already feels natural to me.. Its kinda weird how natural.
@Sir Harry Yea fort hood is just down the road from me :D.. I have tons of friends and family in the military and most are luckey enough to be stationed there.
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Great story brother and welcome to the sly side of life! Enjoy, as I'm sure you will!
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Welcome, and hope you enjoy it - the Sly look and this board.
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Welcome. I hope you'll participate regularly in the forums. A lot of new members could benefit from your story ... and the after effects of feeling less burdened and more confident.
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Thanks for jumping in. Join the conversation and be one of the regular posters. Your bald head looks sharp.
Dan
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I plan on it :D.
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Great intro and looks good.
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It looks good but I recommend growing some facial hair to go with the shaved dome.
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LOoooking Great ! Congrats !
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Welcome, you look great shaven. I am considerably older but have always liked very short hair and now shaven. I am in the Austin metro area.
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Day 3: I went to my local HEB (grocery store for those of you who've never been to Texas, I've heard its like a Krogers) and got a ATX Headblade and some Headslick. Just finished trying it out and I love it so far! So easy to use. Compared to yesterday and the day before (when I first shaved) I feel I have more control over the razor. Before I think I was being too forceful, but after reading I found I should let the razor glide over my head and with the ATX it helps remind me to do that. I have a question though as I'm still very new to shaving (the facial hair I have/had I hardly ever shaved sense I never had to shave except maybe once every 2 weeks to a month). I see alot of shaving cream on the back of the blades.. I do my best to rinse often and it still will stay there. Today I blew on it and it got a majority off. Is there anything I should do when I'm done to keep it cleaner? I've seen people say use baby oil, but I wasn't sure what type of razor/blades they are using.
@bennett11 Nice!! Busy busy area... Im about an hour to an hour and a half north of you! (Belton)
@fcb2001 I have issues with facial hair >.< my hair grows in really really thin and slow so its a little weird.. Although from time to time I let my chin hair grow out.. Had I known at the time I was gonna go completely sly I would have kept it >.<. Its sorta like how yours is, but way thinner lol.
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Welcome to the forum Lith. Good choice on shaving smooth. Sounds like you're glad you did. O0
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I have issues with facial hair >.< my hair grows in really really thin and slow so its a little weird.. Although from time to time I let my chin hair grow out.. Had I known at the time I was gonna go completely sly I would have kept it >.<. Its sorta like how yours is, but way thinner lol.
Time to experiment and start with a new project! Experiment with the facial hair, especially if you've had it in the past. Everyone's facial hair grows just as diversely as the hair on top of our head. As you'll find in the beard section, unless your hair grows extremely fast, most say it'll take a good two to three months for a beard to look full. Of course that depends on how full you want it.
I have patchy areas around my beard still, but I've learned to accept it and to be quite honest, no one has ever made mention or commented on it. I just get the "I really like your bald and bearded look". So don't overthink it, and just go for it. You went for it with going sly, now go for it with growing the beard. I guarantee you won't regret it.
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Welcome, Greg
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Hi, Gregory, and welcome to the forum. You seem to fit right in. Thanks for posting your photos, especially the "lather up" one (I always enjoy those). You can try a beard if you like; if it doesn't work out, you can shave it off. You really rock the bald look.
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welcome Lith! I haven't been with the board that long; but i do agree with you that it is an AWESOME community.
I have the same problem with my ATX and even my HB sport where headslick accumulates in the blade cartridge. I shave my head while in the shower - so, if I get an accumulation that regular rinsing doesn't get rid of, I'll put the shower head on a one of the higher speeds and that seems to blow a lot of the residue out of there.
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Yea, I've been shaving once I get out of the shower and my water pressure in my bathroom is HORIBLE. I end up when I'm done, rinsing it in the hall bathroom. Where the water pressure is REDICULOUS!
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welcome to SBG, the sly look looks great on you, sounds like you have made the right decision and that you are very happy with it. It sounds like maybe you have always been a BaldGuy screaming to get out. My 19 month daughter also loves my Bald head, she kisses my head every night, melts my heart like something fierce! anyways glad to see you here. I look forward to your posts.
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Lol yea. I do feel like I was always ment to be Bald.. I think the social stymga of a guy my age being bald made me not earlier.
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we have alot in common, I was 19 when i shaved for the first time in 1995-96, I had really long hair and got tired of taking care of it, so one day i just decided im done and shaved it all off, i was hooked after the first time and have been Bald ever since. Cant see it being any other way!