I had shaved my head several times before the pandemic and let it grow back out to a flattop but had the urge to shave it again just before the pandemic shut down everything. My barber was closed down and after three weeks of not getting tidied up, and no clue when my barber would be able to open, I took matters into my own hands and chose to go sly. A few weeks later, my wife and I were sitting on the patio, and I overheard my backyard neighbor saying that he decided to shave it. I took a peek over the fence and sure enough, my backyard neighbor is sporting the sly look as well. I called his name and shook his hand over the fence. Anyway, he kept shaving his head while I chose to grow mine back out to the flattop. I mostly kept the flattop, but would get a wild hair up my arse and shave it two or three more time between now and then, while my backyard neighbor kept his shaved.

I shaved my head 6 weeks ago today and I'm proud to say I haven't let it grow more than 3 or 4 days before shaving it all off, but about that time that I shaved my head, I saw my backyard neighbor with quite a bit of growth on his head. I really wanted to ask him about it, but refrained, as I thought that would be a bit weird. I saw him last weekend working in his yard and his hair was quite long and it really showed how much MPB he has. He's probably 20-25, maybe more, years younger than I am and just an all-around nice person. Well, I saw him tonight, over the fence and noticed he's back to 'Sly'.... I may ask him about it if I see him around this weekend.

Yes, absolutely. As you know, I alternate between a shaved head and a flat top but during Covid, I kept it shaved all the time partly because I couldn?t get to The Barber to maintain the Flattop and partly because it just felt right.!

I was shaving well before the pandemic, but did the opposite, I started letting it grow.  But the reason I did was because the barber I had gone to for a beard trim and head shave was put out of work, so I decided to let my hair grow back so I could return to him for another head shave and beard trim when he was allowed to reopen, with plans to give him a big tip to help compensate for his time shut down.  As time passed and barbers were finally allowed to re-open, he was so busy I could not even get in, so I took matters into my own hands.

I suspect your neighbor was influenced by you.  You should mention it to him.  I have found the head shavers, as well as bearded guys, are quite open to talking about head shaving and/or beard growing.  You might want to mention this site to him as well.

@reddog I had about a quarter inch of hair on my head and shaved it off. And like you, I decided to shave off my beard. I really wanted to like having a clean shaved head and face, but it was so much work. I eventually went back to a beard. But it?s a look that I really like. Hey, I even keep it as part of my profile pic. It?s  Not my best look. But I liked it enough because i rediscovered my dimple

Yup as soon as I was done with school interviews I went to the barber and got my head shaved. I kept it all year then grew it out on and off for a bit. Now I mostly keep it bald unless im lazy. I also buzzed a few folks heads since they wanted to try it.