Sly Bald Guys Forum
Head Shaving, Grooming & Care => Head Shaving => Topic started by: carryboy on May 12, 2008, 07:29:05 AM
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Hey guys~ name's Carry. I've had MPB since I was 15, now 21. After all those years fighting, bought myself some 'rogain.' 2 days, and I realized: "there's no way I'm doing this for the rest of my life." Then I saw this website, and all you made me seriously concider shaving it all. I'm pretty convinced I'm gonna do it. Far as I can tell, 100% of men are glad they did.
So I was hoping for a simple rundown of what it takes. Mind you, I've only shaved with an electric blade for my chin all my life.
Thanks guys~ I look up to ya'll.
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Glad you found us Carry. Check the shaving routines section for some tips.
Welcome again!!!
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Hey Carry,
Welcome to the forum. Good choice in second-guessing the rogain. Shaving it all off is a great long-term option that offers much freedom. Sounds like you're leaning in that direction. Consider taking slyness for a test-drive by giving it a 30-day trial period. You can always grow it out again, but I'd be willing to bet you wouldn't.
Andrew
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Carry, welcome to Sly Bald Guys! My suggestion would to go to your barber and tell him that you want to shave it all off and to get close as the skin as possible. Or you can buy some clippers and do it yourself. Then, when you get home, use your electric razor to get it smooth! Try that out for thirty days and check in with us to let us know how it's going.
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Welcome Carry!
I wish I had put all that "hair bondage" behind me sooner! Good luck with your decission bro. O:O
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Best thing to do really as far as the hair is concerned just get rid of it if you have MPB.
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Welcome to the Forum Carry! Go ahead and shve the bean.... you'll get all the support you need here and I'll bet that you love it once done.
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Welcome dude!
Do what Tyler and the guys suggested...
You will love it when your bald and not just balding!
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Welcome bro....glad you found us and that we have convinced you that it is easy to do and acceptable. Once you do it though...You will be bitten...and you wont want to have anything else but a shaved noggin. Go ahead...then post up some before and afters....
Good Luck!
Timmay
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Welcome to the group!!!
Jim
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Sounds good dude! Buzz it down no guard and wear it like that to see what you think. The rest is easy!
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Welcome, Carry. Glad you found us. I can't add any more. Just shave it. O0
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UPDATE: Oh boy~ I'm on my way. Just went and got the shortest haircut of my life today. About the length of an unshaved shadow. I love it so far. The ladies in the salon approved too O0.
Just wanna recap on some research. Of the products I need to finish the beast and keep him down, I need:
1) something to pre-soak (exfoliator) 2) 'shaving cream' 3) after-shave product of some kind.
Am I missing anything?
P.S. I think I'll try the headblade, but I have one silly question. In the instructional movie on the website, it says to start mid-head, and do your grain-shave. (For or against, whatever you decided.) Then go mid-head, and shave the other way to finish the line off. In Tyler's great post, it says to start at the front and go alllll the way back (or vice versa). Probably only a negligible difference, huh?
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Awesome bro!
Not a headblader here, but I would go by Tyler's advice...
at least you can find HIM if it goes bad! ;)
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I follow Tyler's method and start at the front and go all the way down the back of my head. Then I turn the HB around and go from the base of my neck up. I don't know if you'll see a difference either way though.
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Cool~ Thanks for the tips/welcomes guys. I wouldn't have made this leap if it weren't for ya'll. Saving the world, 1 bald man at a time.
Anyone else feel like a sissy before their first shave? I'm afraid it'll look like I took a cheese grater to my head when I'm done. (sorry for the visual)
Last question: I got my head shaved with a #1 turns out~ should I go to a barber to get it shorter before my first razor run?
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Cool~ Thanks for the tips/welcomes guys. I wouldn't have made this leap if it weren't for ya'll. Saving the world, 1 bald man at a time.
Anyone else feel like a sissy before their first shave? I'm afraid it'll look like I took a cheese grater to my head when I'm done. (sorry for the visual)
Last question: I got my head shaved with a #1 turns out~ should I go to a barber to get it shorter before my first razor run?
Most times I would say just do it yourself...but since you seem to need sometime to get used to it, why not go to a barber and ask him to buzz you as close to bald as possible...or find a barber to shave it clean...they are out there and some do a great job...
and cheese grater....nah, take your time and for most dudes shaving your head is a much cleaner process than shaving your face, it's usually a lot less rough..
Good luck dude, you'll love it once your completely bald! O0
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Think I have my supplies picked out. Checked out some local retailers~ nobody has Headshed so I'm gonna try St. Ives. And can't find Headlube~ any tried and tested competitors for post-shaving?
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Cool~ Thanks for the tips/welcomes guys. I wouldn't have made this leap if it weren't for ya'll. Saving the world, 1 bald man at a time.
Anyone else feel like a sissy before their first shave? I'm afraid it'll look like I took a cheese grater to my head when I'm done. (sorry for the visual)
I think everybody worries about that. It never actually happens, though, unless you use a cheap disposable razor or try to take the blade to your scalp without buzzing the hair off first. Follow the proper protocol and you'll be just fine.
Last question: I got my head shaved with a #1 turns out~ should I go to a barber to get it shorter before my first razor run?
Yes, the shave will go much easier if you get your hair buzzed as close to the skin as possible. Tell the barber to take it down to #000 or #0000. Once that is done, you'll pretty much be bald and it's jut a matter of removing a little stubble to achieve a smooth dome.
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lose the hair buddy, you can be a youngin like me
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Welcome to the neighborhood brother.
sounds like your on your way, if you can't find headslick, you can try King of Shaves gel or the edge gels aren't to bad. Just go slow your first time and you'll be fine.
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What are some post-shaving products you can reccomend? Preferable something you could pick up at Rite Aid or Walmart?
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What are some post-shaving products you can reccomend? Preferable something you could pick up at Rite Aid or Walmart?
carryboy: welcome 2 the sly fraternity. glad tha ya found us. some gr8 post-shaving products 4 the dome is witch hazel and clear aloe vera gel. these 2 products R cheap & it keeps the dome in tip-top shape.
WARHAWK O0
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Sorry for the late response to this thread.
WELCOME to the SBG family, you have been given some good advice from some great guys here, so I can only echo, what they have said.
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You should be able to find headslick at Walmart...or you can try CVS or Walgreens. Good luck, I really cant tell you anything else because that is all I have ever used...See ya
Timmay
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I did it!!!
Well, actually a barber did. I went to a guy that my old man goes to, since I needed a closer buzz before the shave. I said: "how close can you get it?" "Pretty close. You know, I could shave it if you want." That was the moment of truth. "Do it!" Not bad. He got a few gashes on me, and left a lot of scrub/fuzz. But you had to look close to see it. And hey~ who knows how I would have done my first run. Better to let a semi-experienced guy break in my skin to the razor.
Holy crazy! I've gotta admit: about 1 out of every 2 thoughts in my head for the past 6-7 years has been stress for my 'balding head.' 7 years of fighting it! I'm sure many of you guys know the pain I speak of. Really ironic, how my greatest fear and it's solution turned out to be one and the same: no hair!
I've never felt so alive and so free! I can't believe the looks I'm getting from women now O:O <---- just like that.
Thanks again guys for all ur support. It was all of your confidence and brotherhood that sold me.
I'll post the before and after pics in a few days when things settle in.
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Way to go brother O0
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Yes, I was last weeks "sissy". ;D
Congrats and welcome!
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that is awesome bro. glad you are feeling good about it aleady.
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Get you some witch hazel.
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I've never felt so alive and so free!
Told ya! Congratulations. Enjoy the new you.
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Welcome to your new bald ( NOT BALDING) life bro! O0
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Way to go carryboy!
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Congratulations Carryboy. You made a wise decision and one that I'm sure you won't regret. Enjoy your freedom.
Andrew
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carryboy: congrats on doing the deed. welcome 2 the club! glad that U R loving your new look! keep us posted on all the reactions from family, friends, & the lay-days. O0
WARHAWK O0
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I'm late on this but welcome to SBG's carry.
Glad you joined us, and even better you are now sly and free. We call that "slydom".
Sounds to me like you love it, as most of us who finally do the deed do.
Enjoy your new found freedom, bro! O0
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Carry, I'm very late on this, but better late than never! Congrats on taking the plunge and glad to hear you're enjoying the freedom that comes with it!
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So where are the pictures????????