The Shaved Head

[adragon999]

I'll probably go to a psychiatrist about my bad attitude when they find a cure

The shaved head does indeed look terrible on most people. Acceptance with regards to baldness should mean accepting you are what you are and you're allowed to detest your outward appearance. Shaving your head and saying you look great is not acceptance - it's just another form of denial.

My approach to baldness is on the one hand hate it, on the other hand work on the inside to be successful. Perhaps the most important thing is working for yourself and working alone - you get far less discrimination that way.

Bald looks stupid on most people. Like 95% of people. I am very athletic and fit but my head would look absolutely terrible if I shaved it...absolutely CRAP.
A lot of people have these tiny heads and big bodies so shaving the head would look really bad... balding just looks a million times worse than if you have a full head of hair.

Wow...helpful not even a bit! Although it's "your" perspective! Why promote these ideas? At least try being less harsh and use more appropriate adjectives!
The poor guy, reading this with the freshly shaved head...

This is "ACTUALLY" something people have control over.
So dude, you made a good first point!
Half of one appearance is their self confidence and attitude!

A clown nose looks stupid on most people...bald just takes some getting use to!!!
Think about it, Bruce Willis looks odd now, if he has hair on!

My point is, this for many is for a largely about acceptance! So making comments like: most people, 95%, stupid, crap...etc.
Is not helpful and yeah, you got it...really "STUPID"!

Think of all the money, self esteem and trouble. Having a general "better attitude" for self as others could save for everyone related!!

[geminidb8]

It is true though. Bald does not look good period. It happens and people say accept it. So does body odor but we cover it up with anti persperant or deodorant. I saw some bald guys with a shaved head at the gym the other day and what a shame. They did look awful. Truth is truth. If one wants to say accept this then I should go out with my penis hanging out and say Accept it this is great! Bald needs a cure not acceptance. It is ugly and disfiguring. Sad but true. For those who want to lie then tell yourself it is. Just don't take a lie-detector test. I felt this way 30 years ago and still feel the same today.

[Fixed by 35]

Bruce Willis still looks odd to me. However, he is somewhat fortuitous that he fits neatly into one of the shaved head stereotypes (meathead man).

[KeepTheHair]

adragon999 this is not about acceptance. It is about admitting the truth.


It looks bloody awful. PERIOD. The shaved head looks dumb on 99.999999999% ppl. Seriously I can NOT think of anyone that has a shaved head right now that would not look way better with a full head of hair.


Hair looks good, period. thats it. it just does.

In this thread we admit that. Then try to move on. We don't try to lie to ourselfs and say the shaved head looks ok, LOLOL IT IS SEXY


NO ITS NOT.

It's retarded. It looks retarded. It's dumb. It's uncomfortable. I hate it.


I still have a good amount of my hair, I am only 20. Now that I cut my hair it loks like I am somwehere around N3 ro so. But it looks way better cut, way less obvious that I have thinning actually.

Just admit the damn truth. use your medication. Wait for the cure.

I won't lie to myself.


You get a whole different first impression from a bald guy than a guy with a full head of hair. A WHOLE DIFFERENT FIRST IMPRESSION.


Thats why I agree with Fixed By 35. Hairloss sucks, because it doesn't allow you to be who you want to be.


I am glad I didn't start balding in the dark ages, since now I can just use rogaine and finas untill some cure comes out.

[Fixed by 35]

I do think baldness hits the more reserved the hardest. Unfortunately, a shaved head is still a 'statement' and not just a hair cut. If it was just a hair cut, it would be fine. But I sure as hell don't want to make this statement or get any comments on my hair.

That's the trouble. If I went home and shaved my head tonight, I'd draw attention to myself. I'd go into work on Monday and have to deal with a barage of unwelcome comments. 50% will probably be 'you look good' and 50% will be matey 'alright slaphead' remarks. It'll only last a few days, but I don't want to let this happen. Some people like being told they look good, I hate it. And I know I'll hate it ten times more when I hate the image myself.

That's not to say a shaved head won't work for someone else. I'm a fairly conservative minded accountant and I dress appropriately for my image. I don't think the shaved head is any worse than the Goth or Hippy look. But these might work for other people and so will the shaved head. It just won't work for me, and I won't like the look on other people.

I really don't know what to do about my hair loss now. I'm really not keen on anything artificial, because I think maintenance will be hard going. I'm not worried about other people's thoughts, because I plan to emigrate, but still, it's just a dodgy option in my view. However, I can't decide whether it's the lesser of two evils. I can't imagine spending the rest of my life with an image I detest either (not that that is likely with Histogen and Aderans, but you get the idea).

I'm also not sure whether to carry on with Dutas or whether to switch to Propecia. I'll use up my supply of Dutas, don't want to waste money, but I'm not sure what I'll do after that! Also, I'm not sure whether to start using minoxidil.

I think what I'll do is just keep using Dutas and then once I've emigrated I'll apply Toppik liberally in the workplace. My hair loss doesn't bother me anywhere else.

[KeepTheHair]

You should use minoxidil also untill histogen comes out with something... It really cant hurt dude and it probably will do more good than you think it will.

Try to get a really strong concentration and give it a go for a few months.


Switching medication is a very risky thing to do. It might work way better ...or way worse.

[Fixed by 35]

I thought of a good analogy for shaving your head the other day. If someone wrote '****' on your forehead and on the back of your neck, would you shave your head so you could write '****' all over your head.

Because, basically, that's what a shaved head says about you to every potential employer out there except the army, most of whom are.... best not say on an American website.

[KeepTheHair]

Sadly I agree with you once again. People get entirely different first impressions from bald people. I know I do.

This is not who I want to be.

[Gusto]

Sadly I agree with you once again. People get entirely different first impressions from bald people. I know I do.

This is not who I want to be.

I agree with you. Many men embrace a shaved head as if it's something cool.

I don't think it is, especially in winter when you need hair on your head.

In my mind's eye I SHOULD have hair, but I am bald. I have my hair cut very short, never went completely bald shaved.

I am also wearing a baseball cap. But am seriously thinking of going for the hair replacement route, IF THE PIECE IS GOOD.

If it's bad, it goes straight in the bin.

[KeepTheHair]

I know for a fact it will look way better. But definitely some sacrifices you have to make with it. Also, it is just another thing in your closet :P I mean the dirty secret one lol


hehe

Let us know what you decide on lol

[Fixed by 35]

Like head shaving, wigs are a lot of work. I don't think I'd be motivated to maintain it for very long!

I'm starting to think it's best just to forget fashion and appearance once and for all. As long as I'm hygenic, no one has any right to complain!

Honestly, the balding look isn't great, but it's no worse than the shaved head and it's a lot less effort. I think it's time to give up on appearance and focus on something else, like maximising the misery of people with hair.

Does anyone ever feel like that? That it's somehow justified to make men with hair miserable? Like, this afternoon, a bloke about twice my age with a full head of hair couldn't find his hotel and asked me for directions. I couldn't help but send him in completely the wrong direction, wrong though it is. It's as if this meanness is subconscious in me!

[KeepTheHair]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOL


DUDE. hahaahhaahahhaha


hahaha that is good... lol


I don't think I would do that. But maybe one day I will also take it that personal. One day he has a smirk on his face, next day he is getting wrong directions lol

haha man. I do feel that way sometime. But really though. I see no point in that.

I want to say just keep a smile and don't let it get to you. But if it doesn't get to us then we wouldn't be here.

To be honest I don't know what to do. I am just enjoying life trying to keep my hair lol.


I do whatever I feel like doing hehe

[headshape]

Regarding some of the comments above....
- I tried using minoxidil (both in Rogaine form and Dr. Lee's ******* with azelaic acid). Despite the threat of going bald, I found it difficult to comply with the 2x daily regimen. It's also hard to tell if the minoxidil is working if you're taking propecia/dutasteride at the same time.

- I haven't tried fluoridil or Rogaine foam...will look into them. I suspect Rogaine foam will be at least as effective as the liquid version, which is hard to absorb in to the skin. I don't know if it will be effective for me, given that the dutasteride barely works now.

- I think a small minority of guys look very good with a shaved head. Others look OK or passable, although not as good looking as when they had hair. In my case, I was born with a misshapen skull (in fact I've only seen one other guy whose skull shape resembles mine) so I am in the minority that look truly terrible bald.

[KeepTheHair]

Applying rogaine only once daily will NOT be effective. I think there has been studies done on this and I have read again and again about it. You have to use it twice daily. I have missed once so far in the 10 days that I have used it. But I have applied it more before and after that so it makes it "ok" lol...in a way. But still you have to keep helping those follicles. Once a day is not enough I think.

Rogaine foam is actually proven to be LESS effective than the liquid version since it is harder to absorb and harder to get to the scalp or so. There is study online about that. The difference is definitely noteworthy, but not that much.

I think fluridil has some promise and once I can afford it I will add it to my regimen later this year.



COME GUYS. LETS NOT SHAVE THOSE HEADS JUST YET! WE MUST HOLD OF THE DHT UNTIL WE CAN BUY A CURE! HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD


HOOOOOOOOOLD

lol

Keep the hair....keep the damn hair

[headshape]

KeepTheHair,

Thanks for the info. Yeah, I am definitely NOT an authority on Rogaine/minoxidil, so if you're reading this please take my inferences with a huge grain of salt.

Regarding fluridil, I found a link to one paper, which I plan to read.

http://www.hairsite2.com/flu.pdf

Any other studies that you know about? I'd like to know if this is a legit product or not.