Hello To All,

I have been shaving my head everyday for a month now and I have done a great deal of reading about headshaving and being BBC.  I started balding at 17 and first shaved my head at the age of 30, 7 years ago.  I liked it but grew it back and continued to sport my combover.  I finally got a headblade and I will never grow it back again.  I wasn't sure of how i'd be recieved as I am in auto sales and I thought potential customers might be put off by my new look.  My sales as a bald man have exceeded those I had with my combover!  I just love it because I spend alot of time outside showing cars and I don't have to worry about the horrible Wyoming wind destroying my hair anymore!  This is a great site and shine on my fellow chrome-domers!

Welcome to the group diseldan; you see I new it would not be long before you posted something. Also  glad to hear that your Sly choice actually helped in your career, but I think that it probably has more to do with your inprooved confidence level and probably your personality too.

Combovers - never a good idea. Welcome!

Yes I agree, please see Bald Mans Law!!

I think you'll find like in other post that being bald will help you stand out more and let your personality keep your customers.  In the sales industry I would think a combover could be a really bad move  cause it show you trying to cover something to give a false impression.

Welcome Danmeister!!

Glad to have you here....

I'm with you and PBurke above....

There's folks in my line of work (financial consulting) that think since I don't have the strictly stuffed shirt, banker look my BBC look will hurt my business...

I don't think so...I have yet to take on new clients with my bald bean....but I am very encouraged by your and Paulie's perception about sales and baldness....I can't wait to don the three-piece suit with the new chrome dome.

Again, Welcome

Thanks for the welcome fellas!  Paul, you are right about the whole credibility thing, I think the shaved head has improved my customer relations.  I don't have the typical car salesman slicked back hairdo, and I think people sense my sincerity better.  I also don't do any polyester, but I do dress well!  I think the display of confidence involved with sporting a naked dome puts people more at ease when they are faced with spending $60K on a new Cadillac.

Welcome Dan! 

  Welcome, Dan. I agree with Paul and the others hands down: a man who has the forthrightness to celebrate his gleaming bald dome would probably think it beneath himself to swindle the unweary in selling a car. Getting rid of my thinning hair (never got to the point of considering a combover and never considered plugs or a rug) has made me more self-honest, and that seems to trickle down into all my dealings with others--so shaving it all off is a double plus. Welcome to the site; there's no better informed and upbeat bald venue on the net. Professor Melon