I posted this on a seperate forum bur it looked good here too.
I've got the pattern bald gene from a grandfather I deeply respected and honor to this date, i truely wish I was more like him, I may be, I just got to be myself to find out.
I have had diabetes for 43 years now. I received a pancres/kidney transplant in 2010. I was dealing with a recededing hairline but fought it with creative hair styles like the flat top. I developed a CMV virus due to the double transplant and was in the hospital with a tube down my neck to survive. When I woke and was off the tube, I was able to take a shower, it had been over a week since I was "alive" and functioning and wanted a shower badly. When showering with the flimsy soap they give, it seemed thicker than normal. I got home and used my own hair wash and found it way thicker than I remebered. I looked at my hands and they were full of hair from the CMV and the anti-rection drugs I had been going through.
When I got released I went to the nearest barber that i frequented because the hair loss was just to much for me to deal with. I was 42 and felt I looked way worst and older than I was. Patches of the front hairline was gone. It looked like I was balding in spots. I told the gal that cut my hair to shave it completey. I then went home to try to shave it with a electric razor but it did not give me satisfaction. I went to the nerest WalGreens and got the Headblade I was seriously looking at for a month or two and got it and got hooked on the little race car. I could not belive how it changed my life in just a day.
With my flat top I was taken seriously at 5'4" but with the transplant drugs i had developed osteoprosis and was now at 5'2"and noticed a difference. With my bald head I was told that I looked like I was meaner than when I had hair and looked real good even for a short guy.
I don't really care if I look mean or not, I like the look I got. A bald head fits my sytle and I have had it for over a year and don't plan on changing anything.
i use the HeadBlade and love it. I can and enjoy shaving my head but still can't stand shaving my face. My face just has too many curves and hair growth patterns to deal with. I love useing a single blade on my face but i dislike shaving my face even more. Wish it was as easy as learning to shave my head with all the complex hair growing patterns. It's actually a lot of fun shaving my head and only took me a few times to learn. I constantly learn about it and it's fun.
I'll get a posted pic soon, this pic was taken on my 34th bithday at Mt. Rushmore. I need to get updated pic's for my profile soon.