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• Need some help.... by SLYinKC on 22 Apr, 2007 19:26
• Hey Guys, I've been looking around the site for awhile and would like your input. I have been severely thinning for over 10 years now.  At first, I just tried to hide it by covering over with what I did have.  At first the thinning was mainly on the sides but has progressed and is now pretty thin all over.  I get alot of comments from people (mainly family) about how it looks.  I started cutting shorter and shorter and have now actually gone down to a no-guard on the sides and about a 1/8" on the top.
  
  I keep think I need to just go all the way,  and have even told people that someday I just going to shave it all off, but am having a really hard time just doing it.
  
  I'm accountant and am pretty conservative by nature.  Can you give me any help.
  
  I've tried up-load a picture but am not sure it it worked.
• #1 by Razor X on 22 Apr, 2007 19:36
• Hi, Rick.  If you are down to no guard on the sides and 1/8" on top, then you are on the cusp of Sly!  All you need now is some shaving gel and a razor and you are there.
  
  It only takes about a week -- maybe 10 days in the case of someone who's seriously thinning on top -- to grow out 1/8" of hair.   So the worst that can happen is you don't like how you look for a week and then you're back at your normal look.  If you feel really self-conscious, try it over a long weekend or while you're on vacation.
  
  I am also an accountant and it was not an issue for me at all.  Got a few compliments, but very few people noticed.  I got more reaction when I buzzed down to 1/8" the first time than I did when I shaved completely!  In all likelihood, people already consider you bald and no one will bat an eye if you shave off what little is left.
  
  Really, this is a no-lose proposition.  Completely sly is almost always an improvement over "nearly bald".   You'll feel better when you've done it, so don't put it off too long.
  
  Welcome to the group.
• #2 by SLYinKC on 22 Apr, 2007 19:44
• I have just gone down to this short in the past couple of weeks after I started visiting the site.  Now I have had people to start really noticing.  This morning I went to church and a friend came up and rubbed my head.  It really ticked me off.  I think have have just been trying to go shorter and shorter so that when I made the move it was no big change.  I think your right and I'm there.  I'll keep you posted for when I make the move and go totally sly.
  
  Thanks for the input
• #3 by Razor X on 22 Apr, 2007 21:38
• Quote from: Not yet SLY on 22 Apr, 2007 19:44

  I have just gone down to this short in the past couple of weeks after I started visiting the site.  Now I have had people to start really noticing.  This morning I went to church and a friend came up and rubbed my head.  It really ticked me off.  I think have have just been trying to go shorter and shorter so that when I made the move it was no big change.  I think your right and I'm there.  I'll keep you posted for when I make the move and go totally sly.
  
  Thanks for the input
  

  
  Don't get ticked off -- you just had your first head rub!!
  
  That happened to me at work one time.  I'd recently changed departments and was working on a new floor.  Somebody came up behind me and just started rubbing my head.  I turned around and saw a middle-aged woman that I'd never seen before.  She immediately turned scarlet.   There was one other sly guy working on that floor at the time, and when she approached from behind, she thought I was him.  She must have apologized five or six times.  I didn't mind.  I was a bit startled at first, but I didn't mind.  I'd have minded less if she'd been a bit younger and more attractive  but c'est la vie.
  
  
  
• #4 by jusbnme on 22 Apr, 2007 21:48
• Welcome NSY.  If you've gone done to no guard on the sides and 1/8 on top it won't be much of a difference going totally sly.  Go for it man.  You won't regret it.  It will make you feel like new man. 
• #5 by champ007 on 22 Apr, 2007 21:49
• Not yet SLY-- I just made the move this friday and its amazing how much better I look and feel. You can check my Pic collage I did of my stages. Maybe it will help.  Here is the link:
  http://www.slybaldguys.com/smf/index.php?topic=1492.30
• #6 by Razor X on 22 Apr, 2007 21:51
• Quote from: champ007 on 22 Apr, 2007 21:49

  Not yet SLY-- I just made the move this friday and its amazing how much better I look and feel. You can check my Pic collage I did of my stages. Maybe it will help.  Here is the link:
  http://www.slybaldguys.com/smf/index.php?topic=1492.30
  

  
  You should upload that to the Before & After gallery.
• #7 by Tyler on 23 Apr, 2007 03:03
• Welcome to Sly Bald Guys!  Sounds like you're getting closer and closer to becoming SLY!!  You'll learn to love the head rubs.
• #8 by Beer Barron on 23 Apr, 2007 03:16
• Welcome NYS.  I myself took it down very close before I pulled the trigger.  I got a bigger reaction to the short buzz than the actual shave.  I'm with you, head rubs are cool if they are from the right person. 
• #9 by Tom McGarry. on 23 Apr, 2007 03:16
• Welcome to the group NYS, glad you joined us, I think RazorX nailed it. All you need to do now is give it a try.
• #10 by SLYinKC on 23 Apr, 2007 04:50
• Thanks again guys for the encouragement.   Champ, your  before and after transformation is awsome.  I think I'm going to start on growing out the goat this week to help with the look.  This past couple of weeks  of clipping shorter and shorter is helping to get used to it.  Last Friday was when I actually took the top down to 1/8 was probably the most dramatic.
• #11 by wpruitt on 23 Apr, 2007 17:46
• Welcome NOt Yet Sly
• #12 by Paul on 23 Apr, 2007 17:51
• Welcome to the group NYS, glad you found us
• #13 by BaldRob on 23 Apr, 2007 17:54
• Quote from: Not yet SLY on 22 Apr, 2007 19:26

  I'm accountant and am pretty conservative by nature.  Can you give me any help.
  

  
  First, welcome to Sly Bald Guys!
  
  I think you'll find that a lot of us here are in professional jobs... Since the bald head has become more acceptable in the mainstream, you'll find that most people won't even think twice about it in the workplace.
  
  And yes, you'll come to love the head rub...  
• #14 by YOSP on 23 Apr, 2007 18:10
• NYS, Welcome...I am very new to this site myself and have gotten great feedback from every post that I have done here. It is great to be able to come to place where others can relate and get help and advice.
  
  As far as looking "professional, or conservative", as long as you are still dressing the part and brushing your teeth, you will only come off as being more confident. Which may even help you out more in some aspects...
  
  Make sure you check out the other posts as they will help motivate you to the next level...being SLY!