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Discussions About Being Bald => To be or not be...Bald => Topic started by: Tyler on December 03, 2006, 09:19:11 PM
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I posed this question because someone searched for it and ended up here at Sly Bald Guys. It's a good question to ask. If a man has confidence enough to keep a partially bald head or thinning hair, do you think he should still shave his head?
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I think yes.
I wish I would be balding so I would have the best excuse why I shave my head. So I am having the problem that I have full hair and that a lot of ppl ask why I had to shave my head if I don't need to do it. I always say that it is kind of a fashion statement and not a political statement.
For balding guys I think it looks kind of ridiculous if you try to keep those few hair you are still having. Shaving makes the llok cleaner and more self-confident.
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I think anyone who wants to should shave their head. Case in point, myself David or Christian. Personally, I don't shave because it's cool or to get the ladies. It's because I want to.
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:D :D Every balding man is facing a losing, demoralizing, and irreversible situation. Shaving one's head makes more than a fashion statement; it says "I run my life." Another point must be made in this feminized era: it provides an adult role model for all those young guys genetically programmed to lose their hair and who don't have a father-figure with whom to identity. An appreciation of the bare human skull needs to be developed. As RozorX remarked in an earlier thread, most men actually look better bald. Hollywood conceptions of masculinity are both feminized and unrealistic. To use a term coined by the Governator, "girly" men are not bald. I'll take Bruce Willis or Saint Ignatius Loyola over Fabio any day. We as Americans are enjoying unprecedented longevity; it is inevitable that we shall see more baldness as we age from the 20s through the 80s. Increasingly, having a full head of hair will be seen as an adolescent or feminine phenomenon. I congratulate all those guys with hair who choose to adopt the sly bald persona. Professor Melon
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Yes, it gives off so much more confidence. My mom dyes her hair so it isn't gray and has done that since I was a little boy. I find it hilarious because everyone knows she does it. But that is her choice and I won't tell people how to look. It does give me a nice comeback though if she whines about my permanent bald head/beard or moustache/goatee look.
Hair looks weird on some people(myself) and imho if you have a young face being bald makes you look older, which is good if you are young and trying to make it in the world.
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Hi KJ here,
Should Balding Men Shave Their Heads? Yes perfuribly when they start going bald or when they noteise. Heck if black men and asiain monks do it it must be a great haircut. Plus if you shave your head every day intill your hair spops growing back your in control.
Kelsey
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Well you balding men could always have a comb over. I have balding older Brothers and let me tell you there comb overs look worse then a dime size mole on your nose.Shave that Head and tell your friends you wore your hair off on the Headboard!
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Well you balding men could always have a comb over. I have balding older Brothers and let me tell you there comb overs look worse then a dime size mole on your nose.Shave that Head and tell your friends you wore your hair off on the Headboard!
I completely agree!
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Every balding man is facing a losing, demoralizing, and irreversible situation.
I'm going to disagree with this point, not the losing or irreversible part, but the demoralizing part...
Yes, I'm one of those who has lost my hair and now I shave... however, I went many years before shaving. I was never demoralized by my hair loss! I lived with it... and I'm just as confident now as I was then. When making such a broad and all emcompassing statement, you should really stay away from words such as "every" and "all" unless you are 100% sure that your case is correct for everyone! Over two and a half years ago, I put the Mach III to the skull... not because I was demoralized by being thin on top.... but because I made a choice to change my style.
Confidence comes from within. Granted, for some, slicking the dome may push them into the realm of confidence, but that is not always the case.
Increasingly, having a full head of hair will be seen as an adolescent or feminine phenomenon.
I am also going to disagree on this point. For a man to have a full head of hair is in no way adolescent or feminine. Not everyone will ever adopt the "sly bald persona" whether they are balding or not... just because a man with a full head of hair decides not to shave his head doesn't mean he is less of a man. That's his choice, as it is his choice if he decides to shave it all off... Same goes for a balding man who decides to keep the horseshoe.
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three cheers for bald rob. hip hip hooray.
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I, like Rob, don't feel a guy that is balding always needs to shave his head as long as he has confidence with his look without trying to cover up his balding. The second he thinks about covering his head with a combover, wig, or using drugs to try to grow hair back I think he should try shaving his head to see if that provides him with the confidence that he's looking for.
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... try shaving his head to see if that provides him with the confidence that he's looking for.
Yeah...that works...sure doesn't hurt to give it a try.
I've picked a week where I won't have a lot of social interaction for the initial shave.....just so I can get used to it...get some color up there, etc.
The questions my wife has been fielding from her friends is an interesting flip side of this post--"Why in the world would he shave his head?...he's got a full head of nice hair."
Just as Rob pointed out above, "whether they are balding or not... just because a man with a full head of hair decides not to shave his head...That's his choice, as it is his choice if he decides to shave it all off... Same goes for a balding man who decides to keep the horseshoe."
And I REALLY like how Vash weighed in on the subject:
"Asking why you’d shave your head when you don’t “need” to is like asking why someone would wear their hair short, when they COULD grow it long. Or why they wear it their natural color when they COULD have it any other color they like. It’s like asking why you wear a certain style of clothing, when you COULD wear a number of others, why you choose a hamburger when you COULD have tacos. It’s a choice, an option a preference....The most important reason you should ever change your appearance is because you want to and because you can. No 'better' reason is required or exists."
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I say shave it, i loved having my hair, but when i started balding a little , i just shaved my head, and i just love being bald, ive totally embraced the bald look./
It is the best solution to the problem
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I say shave it too. I loved my hair in the 80s and did the whole big hair thing when I was playing guitar in local bands. The fact is that times have changed and shaving your head is not only liberating for you but very cool now. You will be so happy to be free from worrying about thinning hair that you won't care what others think anyway.
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Shaving your head is not for everyone. And not everyone with thinning hair would look good shaved; my boss for sure. Besides, if ALL balding men shaved, it wouldn't be as cool as it is now.
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Amen to that ChallengeMe and all the rest. You have to do what is best for you. You have to be comfortable with your choices in life. Like many I'm BBC and not because it is "cool" but because I just like being slick, it has now become part of who I am. Shave or don't shave but do it because it is who you are.
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I have always thought that bald or balding men should at least try shaving their heads. Heck, that's what prompted me to try it, knowing my family genetics. If you don't like it, it grows back fast!
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Now I am not one of those who lost it, I still have the capability to grow a full Fro if I wanted to... Thats the thing, "IF I WANTED TO" Is the key to that sentence. I agree with Marshd1000 on this one, that every Balding man, once they are working the widows peak ought to give it a try, what have you got to loose O:O? Make a imformed decision on either or not to keep the look going afterwards. I just think that it is always a major improvement over the Combover and the Drastic Widows Peak (usually accompanied with tremendously thin hair every where else).
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Considering what most going bald guys try to do shaving is much more preferable.
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cheers to BaldRob, i think he wins the award for the most intelligent, thoughtful, respectful and all-encompassing answer for who should shave their head. i respect that
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I'm with Rob on this one too. Losing my hair really didn't bother me much. I just started buzzing it because I thought it looked better that way, and I went on about my business. Though now that I'm smooth, that's the way it's gonna stay. 8)
Perhaps a better way to ask the question would be: Should men who uncomfortable about losing their hair shave their head?
To that I say, YES! Try it on for size and see how it feels. Compared to the other "solutions", it's completely reversible and has virtually no side effects.
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:D :D Every balding man is facing a losing, demoralizing, and irreversible situation. Shaving one's head makes more than a fashion statement; it says "I run my life." Another point must be made in this feminized era: it provides an adult role model for all those young guys genetically programmed to lose their hair and who don't have a father-figure with whom to identity. An appreciation of the bare human skull needs to be developed. As RozorX remarked in an earlier thread, most men actually look better bald. Hollywood conceptions of masculinity are both feminized and unrealistic. To use a term coined by the Governator, "girly" men are not bald. I'll take Bruce Willis or Saint Ignatius Loyola over Fabio any day. We as Americans are enjoying unprecedented longevity; it is inevitable that we shall see more baldness as we age from the 20s through the 80s. Increasingly, having a full head of hair will be seen as an adolescent or feminine phenomenon. I congratulate all those guys with hair who choose to adopt the sly bald persona. Professor Melon
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I agree with your comments about the feminization of society. Many male role models wear make-up and wouldn't know how to change a tire.
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First of all I don't know how to change a tire and if I occasionally get dark circles under my eyes I use cover stick.Do these 2 things make me effeminate.In fact I know women who are good at changing tires.Does that make them masculine!You can't stereotype everybody into certain roles just because of their gender.I love to wash dishes and I hate sports.Does that make me a woman!The trouble with society is that if you're a certain gender you have to be a certain way.I look very masculine and am no less a man because I have different interests than the stereotypical man.
And trust me,I bet a lot of macho men would love to try other things too but wouldn't dare because of their insecure macho image.I also agree with BaldRob,just because a man dosen't shave his full head of hair dosen't make him less of a man.It dosen't pay to be an extremist with opinions.Everybody is different.
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You should learn how to change a tire(male or female, upon the age of driving). Your life could depend on it, and at the very least you'll have to pay someone else a ton of money to do it.
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I totally agree with BaldRob about what he said and I voted "depends." Because there are a lot of guys that can still carry off a good look even if they are thinning. I think it depends on different factors. For example, I've seen some guys out that were really thinning but they had a good looking beard so it was like a you almost couldn't didn't even notice their hair was thinning at all.
But even that doesn't matter. It all comes back to confidence like Baldrob was saying. If you are happy with you and carry yourself in a confident manner I don't believe anyone would even pay the slightest attention to you being bald or not. Or thinning or not. Just like some real good actors that are really thinning. I don't even notice it half the time when I'm watching their movies because they are so good at what they do or they carry themselves so well. My step-dad had very thinning hair but I rarely even notice because he doesn't dwell on it or let it bother him. He's fine with it and never speaks of it. He is always confident and carries himself so.
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I love to wash dishes and I hate sports.Does that make me a woman!
No, it makes you a member of an extremely small minority. I don't think I've ever heard anybody - male or female -- say that they love to wash dishes. What's to love about it? ???
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First of all I don't know how to change a tire and if I occasionally get dark circles under my eyes I use cover stick.Do these 2 things make me effeminate.In fact I know women who are good at changing tires.Does that make them masculine!You can't stereotype everybody into certain roles just because of their gender.I love to wash dishes and I hate sports.Does that make me a woman!The trouble with society is that if you're a certain gender you have to be a certain way.I look very masculine and am no less a man because I have different interests than the stereotypical man.
And trust me,I bet a lot of macho men would love to try other things too but wouldn't dare because of their insecure macho image.I also agree with BaldRob,just because a man dosen't shave his full head of hair dosen't make him less of a man.It dosen't pay to be an extremist with opinions.Everybody is different.
I'm glad I caught this one bro. I totally agree with you here about what you just said in this entire post. Even if it did get off topic a bit. :*)) But seriously, I'm glad it did. I don't know why but I don't mind doing dishes either. :-\ No comments Razor. LOL. :*)) And I'm really not into sports much at all. I mean, I'll watch football every now and then especially around playoff time. But I don't know the stats of every team and every single player on every team. For the most part they bore the hell out of me. Maybe I've just got A.D.D. or something. LOL. ;D Naw, I think it has something to do with what Don just said. Just because I'm a guy I don't have to watch sports, work on a car, or do whatever it is "guys" are supposed to do. That's another thing. I HATE working on a car. I would rather go broke and pay someone to fix my car than to even think about working on it. All this stuff doesn't make me any less of a man. Well, in my non-stereotypical opinion at least. I've seen it time and time again. Guys acting a certain way or doing certain things to just be...a "guy." To be honest, I think my "out of the norm" way of being a different kind of guy is what makes my marriage so great. Shoot, if I was all into sports and working on cars all the time my wife would be up my butt about our time together. ;D
Wait....I think I just hijack the heck out of this thread. ??? :-\
Oh, here we go. And that's why all balding men do not have to shave their heads. ;D
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Thank you so much for seeing my point Lance.At least you try to see where the other person is coming from.
And to Razor,the reason I like doing dishes is because I like the scent of the dish detergent ,I like the way the suds feels,it's relaxing and I feel like I'm accomplishing something by cleaning up.
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Don bro. I think Razor was just joking around a little bit. Don't take too much offense man. We're all cool here. O0
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I'm retired and wife still working....I do all the house work now.... :D
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I'm retired and wife still working....I do all the house work now.... :D
I think that may be why I really don't mind doing things around the house. I'm still a stay at home dad and my wife works. So I take care of our son while getting things done around the house everyday.
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I'm retired and wife still working....I do all the house work now.... :D
Me too......BUT I can't clean to my wife's standards so she still does her white glove cleaning on the weekend while i watch Football, Nascar, Baseball, Tennis, Golf, Basketball, Hockey, Badmitten, Female Mud Wrestling, MMA, Hooter's Girl Calendar Shoot, Etc. Etc....
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I voted "It Depends" because not every bald guy is sly! ;)
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It depends upon whether or not they really want to... ...its their choice.
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I voted "It Depends" because not every bald guy is sly! ;)
Perfect words on this topic!
BTW nice new avy...but you know you're hidin' the most important feature round' these parts! ;)
Stay smooth brother!
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I voted "It Depends" because not every bald guy is sly! ;)
Perfect words on this topic!
BTW nice new avy...but you know you're hidin' the most important feature round' these parts! ;)
Stay smooth brother!
Exactly!
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Sorry Andre... it's flippen cold here! :*))
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I'm retired and wife still working....I do all the house work now.... :D
Me too......BUT I can't clean to my wife's standards so she still does her white glove cleaning on the weekend while i watch Football, Nascar, Baseball, Tennis, Golf, Basketball, Hockey, Badmitten, Female Mud Wrestling, MMA, Hooter's Girl Calendar Shoot, Etc. Etc....
LOL.....you can't clean to her standards or you just DON'T...... O:O
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I'm retired and wife still working....I do all the house work now.... :D
Me too......BUT I can't clean to my wife's standards so she still does her white glove cleaning on the weekend while i watch Football, Nascar, Baseball, Tennis, Golf, Basketball, Hockey, Badmitten, Female Mud Wrestling, MMA, Hooter's Girl Calendar Shoot, Etc. Etc....
I think I clean to any reasonable person's standards. Example: My wife made me take down the Vent Hood over the oven so she could clean the back of it (the part that is against the wall). In my book, that's unreasonable.
LOL.....you can't clean to her standards or you just DON'T...... O:O
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I'm retired and wife still working....I do all the house work now.... :D
Me too......BUT I can't clean to my wife's standards so she still does her white glove cleaning on the weekend while i watch Football, Nascar, Baseball, Tennis, Golf, Basketball, Hockey, Badmitten, Female Mud Wrestling, MMA, Hooter's Girl Calendar Shoot, Etc. Etc....
I think I clean to any reasonable person's standards. Example: My wife made me take down the Vent Hood over the oven so she could clean the back of it (the part that is against the wall). In my book, that's unreasonable.
LOL.....you can't clean to her standards or you just DON'T...... O:O
I guess that would be a little unreasonable bro....lol.... O0
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I wouldn't try to force my opinion on anyone (even if they're wrong, and I'm right, which is usually :P) So I wouldn't say anybody should shave their head. HOWEVER - as I look back on my short time here on SBG's, and the before and after pics I have seen posted up - in every instance, the person looks 5-10 years younger when they go with the slick noggin. Who wouldn't want that?! O0
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I voted "It Depends" because not every bald guy is sly! ;)
True words from the Sarge. In my line of work I see plenty of bald guys all day.
Not all of them are sly, in our terms. Many of them seem to have resigned to the fact that this is what mother nature dealt them and they are going to go with it. Which is absolutely fine.
Now, you will also see the guys who have plenty of attitiude of a different kind, like, "check me out, I'm the s**it". These are usually guys who have jumped on the ufc bandwagon, and consider it the cool, tough look for now.
Just like there are all kinds of people from all walks of life, there are going to be different types of guys who have shaved their heads.
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There are two questions here in actuality, first, as a matter of appearance, should a man w/ MPB shave? and second, as a matter of fact should every man shave in response to MPB?
Regarding appearance, in my opinion, I don't know of any man w/ profound MPB that doesn't look better shaved, and for those w/ active advancing MPB, i.e. wisps and memories on top, or worse islands remaining while the rest of the hairline has gone to the back, it's just not even a question. For a time during the mpb process some guys look okay w/ a short cut or buzz--but it is a passing time and will ultimately lead to the point where for appearance sake shaving is important to restore appearance. My view of this was validated recently at a party when a friend of my wife who is a portrait artist and hence really into the appearance of the face and head of her subjects agreed that every MPB man should shave as a matter of improving his appearance.
Regarding the fact of shaving, that is where "it depends" is accurate because no matter what area of personal appearance we're talking about, the man has to be comfortable doing it, even if the cost in appearance is negative. So, I bite my tongue when I see some poor balding guy walking down the street, but if they ask me about shaving, and unfortunately that's extremely rare, I am as helpful as I can be getting them to what I know to be a good and comfortable Sly Place.
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I realized I never answered my own question. I'd say that it depends on their comfort level with their current style. If they live a confident life, then no they don't need to shave. If a guy is struggling with confidence, then yes, he should give shaving it a try.