Should I Be Ashamed To Be Bald By Choice? - page 2 -

• #15 by mrzed on 30 Jan, 2013 17:22
• Full head of hair here. Shaved it bald at 58. I love it.  Nothing to be ashamed or embarrassed about.  Some thing to be proud of.
  
• #16 by merase on 30 Jan, 2013 18:20
• I just don't see the reason why you would be ashamed. I frankly think it's pretty neat.
• #17 by Andrei on 02 Feb, 2013 01:37
• Welcome baldguy1!
  
  It's a haircut, so you should decide. If you want it then go ahead and try it. Isn't it better to experiment instead of wonder what if?
• #18 by Flatbadger on 02 Feb, 2013 22:43
• Bald is so much easier then the hair I have. Shaved it in about 2005 and never went back and never will 
  
  It felt different at first but never shameful LOL.
• #19 by Gary~ on 03 Feb, 2013 00:27
• Oily, dandruff, hat hair, sweaty hair, pillow hair.
  
  If you want to be ashamed of something be ashamed of having hair then shave your shame away.
  
  You will probably feel a great feeling of freedom or liberation from "the tyranny of hair". It's hard to believe until you do it.
  
  
• #20 by Oto on 03 Feb, 2013 13:38
• When you take the plunge, you'll see tje asbsolute majority of people around you simply don't care. I had the same feelings before I started to shave my head. There were very few "bad reactions" and even those people got accostumed soon.
  Shaving a head BBC is simply like growing a beard or not. Simply a preference.
  I suggest you shave your head in stages... cutting each time shorter. When you reach #1 or even #0 you'll see there's almost nothing more to lose, everybody will be accostumed to your short look, mainly YOU and you'll be ready for the next step.
  Even if you don't like at all the smooth look you have hair again in a couple weeks if you don't keep your head shaved.
  But the sensation of having a smooth head is wonderful. Probably you'll keep it sly as many of us and thousands of people elsewhere have done. here.
• #21 by lsflipper on 03 Feb, 2013 18:32
• Several of the bald guys that shaved because of thinning hair wished they have shaved their head sooner. No shame go ahead and shave.
• #22 by stemikger on 04 Feb, 2013 10:16
• No way.  It's just another style.  Although I have a receding hairline, I have no bald spot in the back, so technically I could grow my hair, but part of why I am shaving it is I work midnights and not worrying about hair when I take my nap a few hours before I go to work is a big time saver for me.
  
  My wife still asks me if I could grow it back and I still get some remarks about why I shave it, but I've come to a point in my life where I LIKE IT!!  So I just ignore what others say ad the bottom line is it makes me happy and I actually prefer the look.
• #23 by clarinetguy on 04 Feb, 2013 18:53
• Totally BBC here. To be honest maintaining thick hair that was grayling was hard. I was too old to style it the way younger guys do- could not pull off coloring well either. Wish I had do this 5 yrs ago. BBC now for 8+ months - no turning back! Your choice is most important- we are here to support you .
• #24 by greatnessinc on 05 Feb, 2013 10:40
• When I first expressed interest in going sly, I received a few negative comments; then when I shaved it everyone who first tried to deter me from it said I look good this way. I'd say no don't be ashamed.
• #25 by gutsygirl on 27 Feb, 2013 09:11
• Quote from: Oto on 03 Feb, 2013 13:38

  When you take the plunge, you'll see tje asbsolute majority of people around you simply don't care. ....There were very few "bad reactions" and even those people got accostumed soon.
  

  
  LOL....life is soooo different when you are a BBC woman!!  Haha. 
  
  But I have sometimes felt guilty, bc society purs sooo much pressure on women to fit that supermodel body including hair (seen all those shampoo commercials lately for women?).  To me its just hair and not a huge big deal but I don't think others see it that way when its a woman who is bald. 
  
  That's why I hang out HERE!! You guys are da bomb and accept me with and without hair just the same. I love this forum at SBG. Just like you get support for MPB, I get support too.  Grateful.
• #26 by slybeard on 27 Feb, 2013 09:22
• No shame here.  I have always liked the sly look and was waiting on MPB to kick-in just so I wouold have an excuse to shave.  I have some minor thinning that I could see up close to a mirror in bright lighting, but no bald areas.  My thinning was not even noticalble by others, so I consicer myself BBC.  However, I considered it enough to give me an excuse to shave.  Now that it is done, I wish that I had shaved it 10 years earlier, because nobody really cares if I am BBC or BBN.  So decide for yourself, its your hair, your choice.
• #27 by slybeard on 27 Feb, 2013 13:17
• I need to remember to use the spell checker.
• #28 by Todo Duro on 27 Feb, 2013 16:44
• BBC here, been shaving or buzzing for years for similar reasons as yours. Ashamed? Never. Other people's opinions whether positive or negative are irrelevant, at the end of the day it's your hair and you, not others, get to decide what to do with it. If you like it shaved, do it - if you don't like it, don't do it 
  
  Also if you have greasy hair and dandruff you'll likely see your problems disappear almost overnight as soon as you start shaving. Might be left with oily scalp skin if you're prone to it, but that's nothing to compare!
• #29 by Sir Harry on 01 Mar, 2013 03:34
• Nice responses, folks....Unfortunately, the OP hasn't checked back in for more than a month, so.....