Buzzing your hair is the worst idea ever

[BigThinker]

Hey BT (I know you're BigThinker, but I like BT...), anyway, that day is fast approaching me. Im not yet on Fin...seriously considering it though. My aim is Fin, short haircut and just get the hell on with life.

Although, I see your point, getting the cut done is a bloody big step!!

Yeah, I'm giving it until late Feb (when I see the derm again) for my hair to have naturally bounced back. If it's still deteriorating at that time it will have been the better part of a year, and I will start fin. The derm actually offered it as an option last month when I saw her, but I decided to take the conservative approach and give it a bit more time. If I do fin, I'm going to do it right.

I'm definitely getting sick of having to be concerned with my hair. Finals week in grad school right now, and I really don't need any other distractions.

[Dan26]

. If I do fin, I'm going to do it right.

Buddy! Get some blood + hormone tests done, and start at a low dose! That is my $0.02.

[BigThinker]

Buddy! Get some blood + hormone tests done, and start at a low dose! That is my $0.02.

Got blood and hormone tests done last month. Vit-D was negligibly low and everything else checked out. I was thinking 0.5mg EOD, for the first 1-2 months. It will be a conservative and patient approach.

[Dan26]

Got blood and hormone tests done last month. Vit-D was negligibly low and everything else checked out. I was thinking 0.5mg EOD, for the first 1-2 months. It will be a conservative and patient approach.

How was your free testosterone?
That sounds good man! You could even go lower or every third day IMO, but you should see good results with that, and hopefully no sides!

[Exodus]

Yeah BigThinker, Im like you. Got my blood and hormones checked, everything checked out ok in the end.

Fin is on my mind and Im sure I could get a private prescription from my GP...but I'd be chopping those pills too.

[sausage]

Norwood 3 - you probably could just about get away with keeping your hair short on sides, medium on top.

Once it hits Norwood 4 it is time to shave it off.

Face is you will end up a Norwood 4 at some point and at some point you will have to shave your head and keep it shaved as Norwood 4 is not a good look, some older men may get away with it, but if your under 40 I would shave it.

It takes a while to get used to having a shaved head. I hated myself with a shaved head when I had a full head of hair, so I am not going to like a shaved bald head either....which I now have and have had for 3 years.

I have got a bit used to it. I hate being bald but I think I look ok bald. luckily I don't have big ears, a spotty, dimpled, lumpy head, or stupid shaped 'alien head'.

So shaved is better than old man, bobby charlton look.

[Exodus]

It's gonna take a while to get used to, it's a major change. But I think tackling the issue head on, taking what treatments you can and ensuring you look and FEEL (the key word here) good will resonate.

I sometimes feel with hair it dictates our lives, buzz, short cut, shaving etc, sends out a message of "Im in control".

[rdawg]

I'm around a NW3.

I find when it gets too long(say 1.5inches or so) it just looks stupid with obvious thinning and almost like a combover.

But if I buzz it too short saya #0-3, I look even more bald! It doesn't look bad as I can pull it off with my face shape, but it makes me look OLDER. so I usually shave down to a #4 or #6(half inch-3/4ths inch) gives me a little more coverage so you dont have as much of a skinhead look.

[custards]

Same as you OP. My hair looked even worse than yours when I buzzed it. But with a bit of length and a toussled haircut it looks normal, even good.

I think buzzing is the best option once it gets thin and scraggly over the rest of the top. Until then it only looks bad if you part it on the thin spot, whereas a buzz cut just looks like that all the time.

[Kayman]

A lot of us with longer hair are delusional, a buzz cut can tell you exactly where you stand. When I started to admit I was going bald, I thought I was on my way to norwood 2 but I clearly was closer to NW3, because I had longer hair that I would comb forward.

I have masculine features, a dark skin complexion, I can grow a 5 o'clock shadow stubble in no time, my skull shape is fine, I'm athletic and tall. How does a buzz cut look on me? HORRIBLE. Let's face it it looks like shit on everyone some people are better looking than others with it but even Statham would look 100 times better with a nice head of hair. I'll never buy the "rock a stubble and you'll feel like a milion bucks" crap we hear all the time. Hair is precious, it must be kept and styled.

I think the only reason you're saying this is because you buzzed your hair, went into panic because it wasn't what you were used to and grew it back out. The buzz cut looks perfectly fine on you. I rock the buzz cut and it doesn't look shit on me. You need to give yourself time to adjust and accept the look, once you do its all good and lets face it sooner or later those meds are going to pack in and you're going to shave it off again. My advice is do it now and let yourself and others become accustomed to it sooner rather than later so you can move on, because at some point down the road you're going to have to cross that bridge again and all the self doubt is going to be waiting there again when you do.

[Kayman]

It's gonna take a while to get used to, it's a major change. But I think tackling the issue head on, taking what treatments you can and ensuring you look and FEEL (the key word here) good will resonate.

I sometimes feel with hair it dictates our lives, buzz, short cut, shaving etc, sends out a message of "Im in control".

What this guy said

[DAVE52]

I had a HT 12 yrs ago
I get my head buzzed every 2 weeks using a 1.5 guard
The scar in the back is barely noticeabale - it doesn't run from ear to ear , it's not anywhere near some of the scars Ive seen here and no one has ever said anything

http://www.baldtruthtalk.com/showthread.php?t=8147

Best thing I ever did
Wake up, shower, towel dry and off I go .
No more worries

I may suggest when you have a week off buzz it with a # 2 .
See how you feel about it .
If you like it keep it like that or go shorter
If you don't like it , in a week it ;ll grow back and you can deal with it however you best see fit

[Kayman]

I had a HT 12 yrs ago
I get my head buzzed every 2 weeks using a 1.5 guard
The scar in the back is barely noticeabale - it doesn't run from ear to ear , it's not anywhere near some of the scars Ive seen here and no one has ever said anything

http://www.baldtruthtalk.com/showthread.php?t=8147

Best thing I ever did
Wake up, shower, towel dry and off I go .
No more worries

I may suggest when you have a week off buzz it with a # 2 .
See how you feel about it .
If you like it keep it like that or go shorter
If you don't like it , in a week it ;ll grow back and you can deal with it however you best see fit

Sound advice, for some people its easier to go down in increments, that way when you do take it down to the scalp its not quite such an impact when people see you for the first time with buzzed hair. I went grade 3 -2 -1 .