The Shaved Head

[moses0324]

I come from a country where the 'goatee' went out of fashion very quickly around 2000-2001. The 'David Brent' character was its final and deserved nail in the coffin. Anyone who wears one now would be as well advised to wear a t-shirt with the word 'twat' emblazoned across it. I have noticed it has not suffered the same fate in North America yet, in much the same way as the mullet stubbornly clings on to the Bible Belt!

I don't blame hair loss for everything, but I know it's had a huge and negative impact on my life and the lives of millions of others. Whether through a loss of confidence, poor first impressions or simply being considered older (being treated as middle aged when you're 21 can have a hugely negative effect at work, as you're judged by higher standards because people expect you to be mature and used to an office environment from day 1, whereas your peers get an easier ride) it has been a real burden.

The thing that winds me up more than anything now though is society's attitude that bald men should bic themselves everyday. Whilst I agree the combover is an absolute no no, I don't see the point in head shaving either. For example, today I saw two Norwood VI/VIIs standing near one another; one trimmed, the other shaved. I just don't get this idea that one is meant to be better than the other because I cannot see a discernable difference. They both looked the same age (although one was dressed considerably younger) and they both had the peaky, ill look that the very bald have.

The only difference would be that the shaver would have been up twenty minutes earlier preening himself for no apparent gain! He might as well shaved his legs for the improvement in his image it gave him!

why are you making a big deal about what others do? you should really be concerned about your own well being. i highly doubt anyone judges you, the way you judge others. the way you have responded in some of the posts above, you really should seek help. if you are not happy with yourself, how are you supposed to make others happy. if you are miserable, no one will want to be around you. plain and simple.

i suggest you take a hard look in the mirror and concentrate on other things in life. i know easier said than done but in your situation, you are wasting valuable youth worrying about something you have no control over. i guarentee when you are older, you will look back and kick yourself for not living life.

[moses0324]

also to address your head shaving comments...i think the general concensus is that if you keep your hair buzzed/shaven it provides the most youthful appearance. it makes all of your hair even and makes the missing hair less noticable. you dont necessarily need to shave down to a zero to have this effect. the rule is,: keep your hair short and neat. it becomes less obvious you are balding.

[Fixed by 35]

If you genuinely believe what you are saying, then no wonder it's called the combover of the nineties!

It becomes less obvious you are balding....

Seriously? That's like saying if you chop your arm off, no one will notice you bite your fingernails. There's nothing more starkly obvious than a shaved head to say 'yep, I'm balding,' especially now the style is going out of fashion amongst those who aren't cursed.

And I don't see how it makes the appearance more youthful either. Maybe that's 8 years of reassessing how young people who are balding really are, but I can normally tell a 35 year old who does shave from a 25 year old who doesn't. If anything, I find the completely shaved look makes men look older.

[DAVE52]

lol.......you seriously don't think it's better, when you are thinnign , to have a closely cut hair cut. ?

I mean , geeez , you're losing you're hair , why grow it long to cover the bald spot .

Man up to it, cut it short, keep it neat , and move on with life.

[moses0324]

If you genuinely believe what you are saying, then no wonder it's called the combover of the nineties!

It becomes less obvious you are balding....

Seriously? That's like saying if you chop your arm off, no one will notice you bite your fingernails. There's nothing more starkly obvious than a shaved head to say 'yep, I'm balding,' especially now the style is going out of fashion amongst those who aren't cursed.

And I don't see how it makes the appearance more youthful either. Maybe that's 8 years of reassessing how young people who are balding really are, but I can normally tell a 35 year old who does shave from a 25 year old who doesn't. If anything, I find the completely shaved look makes men look older.

You are the first person I have ever heard say that cutting your hair short doesn't make a person look more youthful especially when you are thinning. I get constant comments saying why don't you grow your hair out. You have a full head of hair. Little do they know that I don't. As someone mentioned in another thread, appearance is all about symmetry. If you have whisps of hair scattered across your head it looks terrible. Keep it short and it looks a lot less obvious. Like I mentioned, shaving down to skin is not necessary. A 1 or 2 clipper looks just as good. For your arm being cut off example. A ton of men cut there hair or shave. I don't see many cutting off there arm.

I actually get depressed just talking on a forum to you. I can't even imagine dealing with you in person. It must be miserable.

[Fixed by 35]

To clarify, shaved head = grade 0. Certainly keep it short, but I personally think short looks younger than shaved. Shaved looks geriatric/ill. Although I guess some big, ugly blokes who try to look 'hard' by shaving their heads and growing 'goatees' pull off an immature look without hair, which is quite an achivement.

[Cyberdyne]

I agree with Fixed by 35
I dont understand people shaving down to '0'
What are they trying to do? Convince people that they are not actually bald but choose to look like a cueball? Do they honestly believe that people with full heads of hair also shave down '0' so maybe they can fit in with the others?
LOL. I tell you something, the people that shave down to '0' are as in as much denial as the bloke sitting next to you with the whispy combover.
Fixed by 35 i love reading your posts mate, somebody who speaks the truth.

[Fixed by 35]

Most bald men seem to go for a number 2. That's as far as I'll ever go, I don't want nothing but a big pink head because it just looks plain awful.

[Weedwacker]

Most bald men seem to go for a number 2. That's as far as I'll ever go, I don't want nothing but a big pink head because it just looks plain awful.

You mean you don't want nothing but hair.

[Jcm800]

Seems to me that a big pink head is going to come to most of us sooner or later, better try and get used to the idea?

[Fixed by 35]

I was actually talking about the back and sides. Sure, if the treatments don't work we'll end up pink on top, but for god sake what is this obsession in some men to wet shave all over? They just look plain awful.

[hdude46]

why are you making a big deal about what others do? you should really be concerned about your own well being. i highly doubt anyone judges you, the way you judge others. the way you have responded in some of the posts above, you really should seek help. if you are not happy with yourself, how are you supposed to make others happy. if you are miserable, no one will want to be around you. plain and simple.

i suggest you take a hard look in the mirror and concentrate on other things in life. i know easier said than done but in your situation, you are wasting valuable youth worrying about something you have no control over. i guarentee when you are older, you will look back and kick yourself for not living life.

perfectly said...

[Fixed by 35]

Looks like hippy rubbish to me. The world is perhaps a little more Machiavellian than he realises.

[ThinFast]

I agree with Fixed by 35
I dont understand people shaving down to '0'
What are they trying to do? Convince people that they are not actually bald but choose to look like a cueball? Do they honestly believe that people with full heads of hair also shave down '0' so maybe they can fit in with the others?
LOL. I tell you something, the people that shave down to '0' are as in as much denial as the bloke sitting next to you with the whispy combover.
Fixed by 35 i love reading your posts mate, somebody who speaks the truth.

I will just add something here. When I was in highschool, I would routinely bic my full head of hair during the summers. This is going back 15 years, before Vin Diesel went bald. I was not the only guy to do it either and none of us were neo nazis. I personally do not discern a difference between a "2" and "0". Either way, people can tell that you're balding. To me, it's all personal preference and nothing more than that. Yeah, I'm sure some guys shave their heads in an effort to minimize the look of being bald, but who cares really? If I lose my hair to the point where I can't cover it up, I'll take it down to a 2, then most likely shave it. Hair grows fast and if I liked it more at a 2, then I'll let it get there and keep it there, no big deal really.

[Fixed by 35]

To be honest, I think it might be better just to not care Larry David style. Why waste time shaving your head to go from something crap to something crap anyway?

Whenever I see a bald man who shaves his head I don't think 'confidence,' I think 'you vain bastard. You've wasted about 15 minutes this morning in your desperate attempt to conform. You deluded bastard, you believe people think shaving looks any better than not bothering.'

Nothing screams insecurity more than a shaved head anyway, especially on older men. They're all just desperately trying to fight the starkly obvious fact that they've become unattractive.