Sly Bald Guys Forum
New Member Section => Introductions => Topic started by: Joe442 on June 11, 2008, 07:52:34 AM
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Hello to all, I've been checking out the site for awhile now and decided it was time to join as you all seem to be a really cool and supportive group. I'm a 40 year old male who has had thinning hair on top for some time now and I'm finally at the point of buzzing it off! Don't quite know if I'm ready to go Sly yet but I would appreciate advice and I guess would also like to know what the ladies think as well. I'm going to try and post a picture soon. Thanks!
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Hi Joe,
Well I guess the fact that you have been looking round here for a while means you know what the answers are going to be!
I am yet to see a guy who looks worse sly than balding. In the main it seems to suit most people and everyone on here seems pretty happy with it - so give it a go, you might just like it! ;)
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Hey Joe and welcome!
Buzz it down to a 1 guard and see what you think... give it a little while to sink in and then break out the ol razor and take it all off. Give it the 30 day trial run and see what you (and others think). Just be prepared for some good natured ribbing... O0 :D
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Welcome! BRob and Argyle have given you some great advice. Only thing I will add is, no matter what you do, give it at least 30 days before you decide whether or not you'll go completely SLY, or keep it buzzed.
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I am yet to see a guy who looks worse sly than balding.
That's basically it in a nutshell, my friend.
Anyway, welcome to the board!
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Welcome Joe! As many of the guys on here will tell you.... MANY, MANY women love the SLY look. My wife loves it!
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Welcome bro!
Like the others have said...you've been lurking and thinking about it for some time...
time to buzz it down dude...and sly if you're feeling real ballsy that day! ;)
Go for it...it's not like no one around you has not ever seen a bald guy in their presence....
You'll see, life is WAY better sly anyways!!!!! 8)
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Joe, I might also add that since you have joined the 40-something club, you have the right to do whatever the heck you want. Buzzing your hair down will help you see how it will look when it's all gone. Plus it might give you the final push to shave it clean. Post up some pics when you take the next step(s).
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All good advice Joe. As a SLY Guy myself and new to the site all I can tell you is that I have gotten nothing but positive comments on my SLY look. Especially from the ladies.
Buzz it off and see how you like it.
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Go for it bro. Nothing wrong with taking it in steps
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Welcome Joe!
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Hi, Joe.
The easiest way is to go in stages. Get your hair buzzed as short as you feel comfortable with. I'd suggest a #2 (1/4") maximum. Get it buzzed to the same length at least every two weeks and then when you feel you're ready, take it down to the next length. #1 (1/8") will grow back to #2 within a week. Once you're used to a #1, you can either buzz it to #000 or #0000 - there isn't much difference between the two and both will leave you looking very bald. Once you go shorter than a #1 you might as well just shave it and get it over with.
You'll always feel a little nervous when you're going down to the next length, but the important thing to remember is that it always grows back to the prior length within a week. Shaved bald will grow back to #1 within a week. A week isn't a terribly long time to have to live with a haircut if you don't like it.
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JOE! AWESOME you are gonna take the step. JUST DO IT...read up on some of the threads and you will learn everything you need to know.
By the way ...welcome aboard Fellow HOOSIER! So what part are you from? Im down here in SW indiana near Vincennes.
Great to have another SLY HOOSIER on board.
Timmay
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Joe, welcome aboard! A lot of us on here started by gradually buzzing it closer and closer. Then, when you do shave, it's not such a shock to you or your friends/family. Plus, like RazorX said, if you don't like it you can have it back to a #1 in a week. Keep us posted.
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Hello Joe! Well whaddya know?!!
A big fat welcome to annuvva,
soon-to-be-sly bruvva. ;)
:)
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Thanks to everyone for your comments and warm welcome! I'll keep you posted on the progress and post some new pics soon.
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Welcome Joe!!! The other guys and MagmaBabe have said it well. Try it, give it time and love it like we do.
Max
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Hey Rob.....I notice you are sporting the Bear's jersey. We finally got rid of that worthless Benson eh? Maybe we'll be able to establish something resembling a running game now! I know this isn't the right place to post that but I had to get that in.
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Hey Rob.....I notice you are sporting the Bear's jersey. We finally got rid of that worthless Benson eh? Maybe we'll be able to establish something resembling a running game now! I know this isn't the right place to post that but I had to get that in.
Bears fans eh? I think QB is an area of equal, if not greater, concern for you guys...
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Absolutely no doubt about that James! I really think they should give Orton more of a shot as he seems to look the most comfortable under center.
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Welcome Joe. Give slick sly a shot once you're good and ready. Or find a traditional barbershop and have them take it down to a #2 or #1. Guarantee you they'll ask if that's short enough and then it'll be decision time! Good luck.
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Welcome, Joe. i would say buzz it, maybe to number 1. If you have a hankering to go sly nothing will be able to stop you taking it shorter, if not, then you can keep it buzzed. O0
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joe: welcome 2 the sly fraternity. everyone has given U some good advice. just read up some of the routines in the HEADSHAVING section of the forum & check out the PRODUCTS review section of the forum 2 help U gain some knowledge when U decide 2 "do the deed". keep us posted 2 your road 2 slyness. O0
WARHAWK O0
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Joe, there's not much I can add for advice, but I wanted to give you a huge welcome to Sly Bald Guys!
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Going for the buzz tomorrow!! Gonna start with a #2 and see who it goes....may end up with a #1. I'll post a new pic as soon as I can. Thanks again for all the great input!
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I predict that once he goes with the #2....he will keep going down to a #1 then after he see's that there really isnt all that much there....he will break out the razor.....What you all think?
Go for it JOE! I guess I will have to wait until I get back before I get the answer to this one...on the 23 of June. See ya
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Bet you'll just get lower and lower. That's what I did. being smoooth is so different to being buzzed to a 1 or 2 that you just gotta shave it to see what its like eventually. It's just a matter of time! O0
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From one Joe to another, welcome to the SBG site. Good to have you with us.
Sounds to me like you're ready to do this, and I have to agree with my fellow sly's.
If you do the gradual buzz, it's probably going to be a short time before you will just want to take it all down. That's how I did it, and from the time I had gotten a Oa buzz, it was no more than a month when I finally decided to do it.
Best decision I ever made.
I'm pretty sure you''ll be saying the same thing. O0
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Hey Joe,
Being new to the fourm and newly sly myself. I did exactley what you are proposing. I took it in steps. I have been wearing the crewcut for about a year and I have to tell you, taking the razor to the head was very liberating.
Also, my hair is growing back very fast, so if you don't like it, in a week you will have a crewcut. I'm a little older Joe, I will be 44 next week. My wife thinks I'm going through some mid-life crisis. ;D
Good Luck Joe. Go for it. It's a lot of fun.
Steve.
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beer helps
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I'm a little older Joe, I will be 44 next week. My wife thinks I'm going through some mid-life crisis. ;D
Steve.
At 56 I've already had three mid-life crises and plan to keep having them as often as necessary.
Red
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Hell Red, I'm 42 and I've been having one every year for about 6 years now! It basically involves meeting my brother out in Vegas and partying our a$$e$ off for about 3 days LOL!
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Hey Joe, I just dove in and went from a full head of hair to smooth bald over night. My wife actually talked me into it as she loves the sly look. I wasnt sure at first but after about 6 weeks now i will never go back to hair.I say just go for it....but give it a little time at first it is quite a shock. Also most of the comments to me have been positive as well. Deep
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Also, my hair is growing back very fast, so if you don't like it, in a week you will have a crewcut. I'm a little older Joe, I will be 44 next week. My wife thinks I'm going through some mid-life crisis. ;D
OK, Steve. This is how you win her over: Tell her that it is your midlife crisis and then convince her that she's getting off easy because a shaved head is a lot cheaper and easier to deal with than other midlife crises -- like a new convertible or a chick on the side. :*))
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Hi Joe!
Welcome!!!! All I can say is before you start doing the deed, take a few minutes and go through some of the most inspiring threads on this website.
1750+ Members can't be all wrong!!! O:O
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Originally posted by RazorXOK, Steve. This is how you win her over: Tell her that it is your midlife crisis and then convince her that she's getting off easy because a shaved head is a lot cheaper and easier to deal with than other midlife crises -- like a new convertible or a chick on the side.
That's so true RX. However, the chick on the side doesn't sound so bad. Just joking. I'm a true blue kind of guy. . . But hey I can dream. >:D
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That's so true RX. However, the chick on the side doesn't sound so bad. Just joking. I'm a true blue kind of guy. . . But hey I can dream. >:D
Of course you can. As long as you don't talk in your sleep! ;)