Sly Bald Guys Forum
New Member Section => Introductions => Topic started by: baldken on January 23, 2008, 11:00:31 AM
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When I was 17 a saw a picture of a guy who had a horseshoe style with real long hair and a clump of hair growing out of the middle of his forehead. And when I saw that I thought. "If I ever look like that I am shaving my head." After a winter of bad hair days I decided that it was time. So, as of May 8th 2007, I have been shave smooth. I spent most of that evening looking in the mirror saying "I freakin' love it!" Mixed reactions...Wife-thinks it a phase, Uncle- thinks I have enough hair for a comb over, Three head rubs in the first week.
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Ken, welcome to Sly Bald Guys! I think many of us said that same thing.
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Ken, you're just about a week behind me. Been SLY since April 26th, 2007. I think I remember saying some of the same things. Just took a little while to finally figure out I'd reached that point and needed to pull the trigger.
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July 1st 2007 for me. We were on vacation and I wanted to do it while on vacation so I could get used to it before all my friends and co-workers saw it. my wife gave me a Fusion Power razor while we were on vacation and I zipped my little bit of hair off. I immediately wanted to get back to work so i could see everyone's reactions.
It was so damn cool and i felt great about it.
I remember going to the pool a few hours after I did it and when I walked into the pool area I distinctly remember thinking "Here I am with my bad ass bald head world..... look at it and wish you had the confidence to do the same". i felt like a million bucks.
Mike #!@!
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Welcome Ken in this great forum!
J
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Ken, welcome to SBG! Good story and I believe SLYinKC is right, most of us have said the same thing.
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Welcome Ken!!! Glad to have you here.
Max
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I have yet to say anything like that....too modest. O:O
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Welcome Ken, great story and great you found us.
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Good to have you with us Ken!
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ken....welcome 2 the sly fraternity. hope u stick around & join the fun by being an active member. O0
WARHAWK O0
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I spent most of that evening looking in the mirror saying "I freakin' love it!"
All of us here can really relate to that, and I still do it, but I'd bet all the rest of the guys also still do too. Welcome.
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Uncle- thinks I have enough hair for a comb over
If you need a comb-over, you don't have enough hair! ;)
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Welcome Ken ... Charleston is a great city!
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When I was 17 a saw a picture of a guy who had a horseshoe style with real long hair and a clump of hair growing out of the middle of his forehead. And when I saw that I thought. "If I ever look like that I am shaving my head."
Me too. Problem is that horseshoe look has a habit of sneaking up on you -- even when you're on the lookout for it. So a lot of us are off in our timing. We don't realize when we've reached the point of "looking like that." ::)
Sounds crazy, but it's true, especially if you're thinning all over. You still have hair on top of your head and no true slick bald spots, and you don't realize how "see-through" it's become. But the important thing is not when you go sly, it's that you get there eventually.
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I have yet to say anything like that....too modest. O:O
B$MT
now down to business. welcome ken. hope you hang around awhile.
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When I was 17 a saw a picture of a guy who had a horseshoe style with real long hair and a clump of hair growing out of the middle of his forehead. And when I saw that I thought. "If I ever look like that I am shaving my head."
Me too. Problem is that horseshoe look has a habit of sneaking up on you -- even when you're on the lookout for it. So a lot of us are off in our timing. We don't realize when we've reached the point of "looking like that." ::)
Sounds crazy, but it's true, especially if you're thinning all over. You still have hair on top of your head and no true slick bald spots, and you don't realize how "see-through" it's become. But the important thing is not when you go sly, it's that you get there eventually.
Boy, I relate to that remark! One of the times I grew my hair back, a co-worker pointed out that I was getting thin in the back. That cemented my decision to keep "sly" as my primary look!
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Hey Ken, welcome to the SBG site. I said the same thing when I saw my hair was starting to thin. I would always tell people if it starts to get worse, it's coming off, and that's what I finally did on August 2, 2007. I had a bit off help from my bro's here of course, they wouldn't have it any other way. O0