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How are you doing? Well I guess I know why were all here so it goes without saying some of you may be a little upset, distraught, unhappy, confused, angry, sad or any other adjective that can be used to describe a discovery like balding.
Im 27 years old, I think i started balding very young, maybe even 16, but I was blessed with a mom who took very good care of me even though I did not take care of myself. (Thanks mom, you know who you are)
When I first discovered going bald, geez, what a life altering event am I right? You would have thought I was the most self conscious, upset, stuck in a life altering paradigm kind of person you could imagine.
My friends would always tell me, "Hey did you know your going bald?" haha, yeah well little did I know how intensely bald I was going. It hit me hard one day when I noticed a picture of me from behind. Someone had captured me at an event with friends. The first thoughts in my head were "Is that me?" and from then on, I knew, I was bald for sure.
Of course im not going to bore you with some detailed version of the more in depth life altering changes I have made since then. But I thought I might summarize some of it, its always good to hear someone's perspective on going bald.
So just to clarify im still bald, I am ultra bald, I shave my head like its going out of style. I do like my beard though so I keep that around haha. But I love being bald, minus the cold wind.
When I found out I was torn between accepting it, just letting it be or doing something about it. If I let it be, I would be this older looking fella trapped in a young mans body. I thought "This just seems weird, should I not appear young in all aspects until I am older?" So I started out on this quest to solve a perplexing problem, I tried natural shampoos and all sorts of natural methods to restore my hair. "Maybe I am stressed?" You bet your bottom dollar!! But I guess I had forgotten how early this had set in, cmon, reversing something as old as this would be pretty difficult. Plus I dont have the money for surgery and in all honesty after trying every natural way I could think of to fix things. I simply did not want surgery.
Then one day, I sat down, with a hair cutting system, a friend of mine had. I buzzed my head. But as I shaved the hair, it revealed to me a different person. Under what was left of my hair there was a person I had not met before. If I could sit down and write a novel on the psychology or symbolism I felt after shaving that hair off, it would describe a dramatic shift in my persona. I had this new lease on life a new man, strong again, smart, confident.
Of course there was a price I paid, but it was a welcome one. My friends, family etc, all were shocked. My mother was more in denial than I was I think. I told her, "Mom I am bald", and her response was simply "No your not". Thing was I was still searching for something. I wanted her to acknowledge it like I had, but she would not. You would be surprised to know that I dont think she has still accepted it, but she has seen me several times since then I keep my head shaved like a peach as much as possible. But I don't press her to accept it, I am beyond caring about being accepted anymore. I am who I am because that is who I choose to be, if someone told me I was a shoebox I would clearly find that hilarious, I am a human. My dad on the other hand always straightforward and smart "You got my head boy, there's nothing we can do about that!" hahaha Oh dad I love you.
After having some low points in my life and feeling like crud, I did something i went to school, paid for the whole shebang myself. Now I work as an artist and have a great life. Things are really picking up for me. I eat healthy, live healthy, enjoy time. I have the love of a wonderful woman. Just when I thought everything was on this downswing and I would never be able to pull myself out of a misery that haunted me for just a few years. I was happy, the pieces fell together. Everything I was working for, I think finally paid off. Of course I'm 27 so I have other plans too, but, as of now, I dont even think about my head. People don't even mention it and when they do, I smile because they always know who I am and I know who I am too.
How are you doing? Well I guess I know why were all here so it goes without saying some of you may be a little upset, distraught, unhappy, confused, angry, sad or any other adjective that can be used to describe a discovery like balding.
Im 27 years old, I think i started balding very young, maybe even 16, but I was blessed with a mom who took very good care of me even though I did not take care of myself. (Thanks mom, you know who you are)
When I first discovered going bald, geez, what a life altering event am I right? You would have thought I was the most self conscious, upset, stuck in a life altering paradigm kind of person you could imagine.
My friends would always tell me, "Hey did you know your going bald?" haha, yeah well little did I know how intensely bald I was going. It hit me hard one day when I noticed a picture of me from behind. Someone had captured me at an event with friends. The first thoughts in my head were "Is that me?" and from then on, I knew, I was bald for sure.
Of course im not going to bore you with some detailed version of the more in depth life altering changes I have made since then. But I thought I might summarize some of it, its always good to hear someone's perspective on going bald.
So just to clarify im still bald, I am ultra bald, I shave my head like its going out of style. I do like my beard though so I keep that around haha. But I love being bald, minus the cold wind.
When I found out I was torn between accepting it, just letting it be or doing something about it. If I let it be, I would be this older looking fella trapped in a young mans body. I thought "This just seems weird, should I not appear young in all aspects until I am older?" So I started out on this quest to solve a perplexing problem, I tried natural shampoos and all sorts of natural methods to restore my hair. "Maybe I am stressed?" You bet your bottom dollar!! But I guess I had forgotten how early this had set in, cmon, reversing something as old as this would be pretty difficult. Plus I dont have the money for surgery and in all honesty after trying every natural way I could think of to fix things. I simply did not want surgery.
Then one day, I sat down, with a hair cutting system, a friend of mine had. I buzzed my head. But as I shaved the hair, it revealed to me a different person. Under what was left of my hair there was a person I had not met before. If I could sit down and write a novel on the psychology or symbolism I felt after shaving that hair off, it would describe a dramatic shift in my persona. I had this new lease on life a new man, strong again, smart, confident.
Of course there was a price I paid, but it was a welcome one. My friends, family etc, all were shocked. My mother was more in denial than I was I think. I told her, "Mom I am bald", and her response was simply "No your not". Thing was I was still searching for something. I wanted her to acknowledge it like I had, but she would not. You would be surprised to know that I dont think she has still accepted it, but she has seen me several times since then I keep my head shaved like a peach as much as possible. But I don't press her to accept it, I am beyond caring about being accepted anymore. I am who I am because that is who I choose to be, if someone told me I was a shoebox I would clearly find that hilarious, I am a human. My dad on the other hand always straightforward and smart "You got my head boy, there's nothing we can do about that!" hahaha Oh dad I love you.
After having some low points in my life and feeling like crud, I did something i went to school, paid for the whole shebang myself. Now I work as an artist and have a great life. Things are really picking up for me. I eat healthy, live healthy, enjoy time. I have the love of a wonderful woman. Just when I thought everything was on this downswing and I would never be able to pull myself out of a misery that haunted me for just a few years. I was happy, the pieces fell together. Everything I was working for, I think finally paid off. Of course I'm 27 so I have other plans too, but, as of now, I dont even think about my head. People don't even mention it and when they do, I smile because they always know who I am and I know who I am too.
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