# Ask the guy who's about to radically alter his appearance (long intro) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 17, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-about-to-radically-alter-his-appearance-long-intro/441679 "2008-03-17T18:49:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-about-to-radically-alter-his-appearance-long-intro/441679/21 "2008-03-18T03:04:09Z")
Here’s a positive vote for the eyebrow ring! I think they look cool. Not that my opinion matters, if you like it then go for it. ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-about-to-radically-alter-his-appearance-long-intro/441679/22 "2008-03-18T04:53:00Z")
My friend Brian who cuts my hair ran into me tonight, told some very attractive girl about my plan and she went into some rather sexy details about what she would do to me if she weren’t married, and then I come home to all these positive comments from people I haven’t met. I’m even more excited than I was before. Thanks, everyone. [QUOTE=EmAnJ] Do you work? If so, have you talked to your HR department about your piercings? [/quote] I work in an upscale-ish restaurant (open air kitchen), and figured it would be a no go. But my boss said it was kosher, so here I go. Work is actually a big reason why I’m getting the facial piercing–I figure it won’t be long before I graduate and have to get a “real job”, and this might be my last chance to see what it’s like. > [@](#): > > Also, does your family know what’s about to happen to your appearance? Nope. The only people who know are coworkers, and then only because I’ve been really excited and can’t keep my mouth shut around people I talk to for eight hours a day. My family has learned to take my surprises in stride. When my mom and grandma saw my tattoos, I saw their eyes widen and lips pucker, then they made a couple jokes and nothing else was said. They picked up in the last five or so years that I don’t appreciate comments like “why on earth would you do _that_?” and I thank them for it. > [@redtail23](#): > > My only question would be why, for the love of Og, an eyebrow ring? I think that my bangs help to frame my face, and when that’s gone, I’ll want some visual reference to attract people’s attention away from my head and towards my eyes. If it doesn’t work, I’ll take it out. But I don’t like nose rings and a lebret just wouldn’t look right on me. > [@Silver Fire](#): > > Why did you choose the piercings? Why not a tattoo or something? I’ve always wondered what it’s like to have my dick pierced. I never really wanted one, really, but I am very curious. There’s only one way to know, so… And I’ve already got two tattoos. One of them looks like a prison tattoo (left hip bone so not visible) and the other [I really, really like.](http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v24/250/29/27422024/n27422024_31096965_7228.jpg) I’ve thought of a new tattoo, maybe of a chameleon, but I would have to think about it for another year before going through it it. I won’t be rushing into any new artwork because I like the way I look with the ones I have now, and don’t want to risk ruining the feng shui. > [@WhyNot](#): > > Okay…how’s it going with the blonde girl? I don’t talk to her anymore. Our last conversation may have involved the words “hell”, “crazy”, and “as”, and they may or may not have come from my mouth. > [@Quartz](#): > > I suggest a buzzcut rather than bald I should have been more clear–that’s what I’m going to do. > [@Taste of Chocolate](#): > > What made you pick shaved head, eyebrow piercing and polo shirts? My mental sets of polo shirt wearers doesn’t come close to overlapping with the sets of shaved head or eyebrow piercing (although those 2 do overlap quite a bit.) Are you trying to mix and match, or is t just that these are the 3 changes that appealed right now? I create my own stereotypes 😛 To tell the truth, the clothes thing wasn’t planned at all. I was just out shopping for new summer clothes (I change sizes like you wouldn’t believe, so have to go shopping about twice a year. I used to wear an XL with a 36 wast, I wore an XS for a while, and now I wear a medium/small with 29 waist), decided to try a couple on to see how they looked, and turned out that I liked it. That was more an accident than anything. I’m getting all three because, well, I’ve never done them before. It’d be an awful shame to die without having tried something as simple as these things. > [@BaneSidhe](#): > > My question is…why the frenulum piercing? Curiosity. I’ve always wondered what it’d be like to have a piercing down there, and of the available options, it was the most palatable. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-about-to-radically-alter-his-appearance-long-intro/441679/23 "2008-03-18T05:33:20Z")
I love piercings of all kinds, but I’ve never even considered an eyebrow piercing because I know too many folks with a big ol’ scar running vertically through the brow. When done right, I love the look of them–but be careful when choosing your piercer! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-about-to-radically-alter-his-appearance-long-intro/441679/24 "2008-03-18T05:41:33Z")
The shaved head and the piercings go together, but I’m not sure why you’d combine that with polo shirts unless you were going for a hipster, ironic thing. And if that’s your aim, button down shirts paired with ties would work as a better dichotomy. Oh! Unless you mean _striped_ polo shirts for that soccer hooligan look. That’d work well with a shaved head and piercings. ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-about-to-radically-alter-his-appearance-long-intro/441679/25 "2008-03-18T05:49:21Z")
[QUOTE=elfkin477] Oh! Unless you mean _striped_ polo shirts for that soccer hooligan look. That’d work well with a shaved head and piercings. [/QUOTE] I feel like doing both, and haven’t really given much thought to if they go together or not. I suppose it might look a little funny, but in a college town like this, I’ll probably still blend in just fine. ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-about-to-radically-alter-his-appearance-long-intro/441679/26 "2008-03-18T09:18:55Z")
A shaven head or very short buzzcut looks _tres sexy_. Especially with a goatee. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-about-to-radically-alter-his-appearance-long-intro/441679/27 "2008-03-18T15:49:28Z")
The first time I shaved my head, it was a major change - from shoulder-length-ish hair to nothing. I regretted it, mainly because my mom HATED it (I was maybe 20, living at home). Now, at 34, I LOVE having little or no hair. I’m a fat guy, and tend to get hot easily. Having no hair is wonderful for mitigating the heat. If I let my hair grow to, say, 2 inches, when I do eventually shave it, it’s the greatest feeling next to sex or scratching a bad itch - my temperature goes down immediately, even if it’s only psychological. Do it! Joe ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-about-to-radically-alter-his-appearance-long-intro/441679/28 "2008-03-18T15:51:14Z")
[QUOTE=DLuxN8R-13] A shaven head or very short buzzcut looks _tres sexy_. Especially with a goatee. [/QUOTE] How YOU doin’? Joe ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-about-to-radically-alter-his-appearance-long-intro/441679/29 "2008-03-18T21:32:26Z")
My friend Brian, the one who cuts my hair, has a hangover and can’t be arsed to get out of bed and come to work today. So I’m getting it all cut off tomorrow. The good news is that I went in and got both of my piercings. The [frenum piercing](http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u163/kpruss/pervert.jpg) is great–way, way better than I even hoped for, and I don’t think I’ll ever want to take it out. I’ll load up a picture of the eyebrow tomorrow, after my head is shaved. I’m a bit mixed on how it looks, because it’s a bit too far off to the side, which is making me consider getting a second one. ---
**Author:** ![Septima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-about-to-radically-alter-his-appearance-long-intro/441679/30 "2008-03-18T23:48:51Z")
[QUOTE=ForumBot] The frenum piercing is great [/QUOTE] You tease! ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-about-to-radically-alter-his-appearance-long-intro/441679/31 "2008-03-19T00:39:27Z")
[QUOTE=elfkin477] …that soccer hooligan look… [/QUOTE] [happy noise]_MmmHmmm…_[/hn]! > [@](#): > > I’ve always wondered what it’d be like to have a piercing down there, and of the available options, **it was the most palatable.** (bolding mine) /snerk 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-about-to-radically-alter-his-appearance-long-intro/441679/32 "2008-03-19T03:59:45Z")
I do not think your radical change is _really_ about your physical appearance. Just sayin. ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-about-to-radically-alter-his-appearance-long-intro/441679/33 "2008-03-19T04:26:08Z")
Congratulations on the new look! I’m all about changing hairstyles/colours, and I personally find it really liberating to just do what makes me feel good with no regard to others’ opinions. Also, frenum piercing? HOT. ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-about-to-radically-alter-his-appearance-long-intro/441679/34 "2008-03-19T06:19:34Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] I do not think your radical change is _really_ about your physical appearance. Just sayin. [/QUOTE] Oh yeah. > [@NajaNivea](#): > > /snerk I actually had a whole paragraph written out about the benefits of a frenum piercing, and decided a single pun could convey everything. I love the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-about-to-radically-alter-his-appearance-long-intro/441679/35 "2008-03-19T08:13:45Z")
I kind of like the contrast of the eyebrow ring with the polo shirts. One of my favorite guys at work has the boy-scout-with-a wild-side look…and it’s seriously cool. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-about-to-radically-alter-his-appearance-long-intro/441679/36 "2008-03-19T14:33:36Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] I do not think your radical change is _really_ about your physical appearance. Just sayin. [/QUOTE] No, but it’s rather amazing how much one can influence the other. Outer change can be very symbolic. ---
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OK, the results are in. I took one last [before picture](http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v197/124/118/27400307/n27400307_36875798_5246.jpg) to finalize how awesome I thought my hair was. But to tell the truth? [I like the new look way better.](http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v215/124/118/27400307/n27400307_36881650_1434.jpg) The jury’s still out on the eyebrow ring, though. I’m not sure I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-about-to-radically-alter-his-appearance-long-intro/441679/38 "2008-03-19T17:24:12Z")
I try to be tolerant of the younger generation, but: **Polo shirts?** ---
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Shutup! You don’t know me, you can’t tell me what to do. **YOU’RE NOT MY REAL MOM!!!** ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-about-to-radically-alter-his-appearance-long-intro/441679/40 "2008-03-19T17:47:26Z")
**humming "Mrs. Robinson"** Very, very nice. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-about-to-radically-alter-his-appearance-long-intro/441679.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-whos-about-to-radically-alter-his-appearance-long-intro/441679.md?page=3)