Shadow

• Shadow by LAGLE on 21 Jan, 2012 20:44
• For all you BBC guys out there, how do you cope with shadow? I am completley slicked and it looks like i have hair cause of the shadow, i hate it! is there any tricks and tips you might have for me?
• #1 by Paul the Headblader on 22 Jan, 2012 01:14
• well, as for me, it depends of the light:D
  I hadn't got tanned yet, so I'll have to wait for the summer to let the sun touch my dome :d
• #2 by mrzed on 22 Jan, 2012 03:19
• Quote from: SBG Ben on 21 Jan, 2012 20:44

  For all you BBC guys out there, how do you cope with shadow? I am completley slicked and it looks like i have hair cause of the shadow, i hate it! is there any tricks and tips you might have for me?
  

  
  If I recall correctly, you are BBC, so you DO have hair.  It's just part of you.  Bleach or hair dye won't help because your new roots will show every day in the original color. Besides you don't want all that chemical on your head daily.
  
  Just enjoy it. Give it a close shave daily. 
  
  And you are still pretty young.  Perhaps some day you will be bald by nature and the hair line/thing will go away.
  
  I suspect that I'll always have that. I'm OK with that. Baldness does not run in my family.  At almost 59 ... some say I have a slightly receding hair line.  But any change is so slow that I really can't tell. 
• #3 by -Doug- on 22 Jan, 2012 11:27
• Unless you're going bald by MPB you'll always have shadow. However, it's been my experience that we are our own worst critics when it comes to noticing or caring about it.
• #4 by sailor61 on 22 Jan, 2012 12:41
• The shadow is there and there is not much you can do to get rid of it.  Key to dealing with it is to de-emphasize the contrast between your bare skin and the shadow's edge.  A tan helps immensely in this regard - either natural from the sun or by using the Jergen's Natural Glow products...which might be tough in a barracks.  If you go with the tanner stick with the Jergns product, there must be other ones out there that work and don't give you an orange cast but the Jergens one is the one many of us have used and had good to great results with.   Another option is to go for SHINE....it also helps to redirect attention from the shadow.  But, as others have said,  we are each our own worstcritic when it comes to the shadow.  Wiht the exception of other sly guys the rest of the world doesn't notice it.
  
  And still another way to handle it....shadow is just a part of the SBC look.
• #5 by LAGLE on 22 Jan, 2012 14:19
• i may try the tan thing if i get a chance and it's allowed lol
• #6 by Venom on 28 Jan, 2012 11:47
• These Chicago winters prevent me from getting a tan 
  
  Eh. Shadows suck