The Shaved Head

[DAVE52]

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.

No. They've accepted reality .
As part of the male aging process , men lose their hair .
You can either accept it and deal with it ( which I admit I have diffiuclty doing ) or some people choose HT' s, some choose to take meds the rest of their life , some choose to leave their hair " as is " and look ridiculous and others cut it short ...some shave it
Just because a guy decides to shave his head doesn't make him unattractive.

You coem accross as a very bitter individual who seems to blame everything that doesn't go your way on your hairloss .

You should seek medical help . And I mean that sincerely.

People come on here for support not to feel more discouraged after reading your posts

I had a gentleman from work come in last Friday
He's 62 yrs old, 3 yrs from retiring with a full head of dark hair .

I'm sure he rather be bald than have to come in last week in tears and tell everyone he was diagnosed with cancer .

[ThinFast]

Fixed, what then is the point in doing anything for looks? Why shampoo or condition your hair when you have it? Why bother getting a hair cut? **** shaving your face or trimming nose hair. Got bad skin? Don't treat it, just let it stay oily. Long fingernails? Keep them, Howard Hughes did. As much as you think it's vain to shave your head, I believe it's more fake and vain to pretend like you suddenly don't care about your appearance at all. Just my .02 though.

[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.

[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]

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

[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]

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.

[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?

[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.

[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.

[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]

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.

[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.

[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.

[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.