I seek advice about shaving my head and being bald!

[Unregistered_Bull]

I shaved my head about a week and half ago. I needed a hair cut on a Monday and no one open would shave the back of my neck with a straight razor, so I shaved it. Honestly I prefer a real short buzz cut. It looks better and no razor burn. All the occasions in the past that I’ve shaved have been basically the same. I’ve shaved it about a dozen times. I have really thin hair on top along with a medium high hair line along with a real thin spot in the back.

[Reeder]

For those thinking of this.

Do not do it in the middle of winter.

I speak from experience.

Trust me on this.

[ccwaterback]

If you have big hairy ears, remember to get that hair off of them too. Nothing worse than a guy with a shaved head and big hairy ears. That is, unless you are going to audition to be some new Muppet character.

[Hey_It_s_That_Guy]

Well, my roommate has an electric hair trimmer, so he was cool enough to buzz me down to a “3” a few weeks ago. I have to admit, it looked pretty cool, and I was happy to note my head is nice and round and symmetrical. I haven’t touched it since, so it’s already growing back at a good rate (except for the thin areas on top of my head), but I plan to keep it around a 3 or 4 length for a while. Since I have a beard that I already trim at a “3” (and want to keep it), I can’t see totally shaving my head bald, but so far buzzing it short has yielded some positive comments from friends and co-workers.

[RancidYakButterTeaParty]

@Big Bad Voodoo Lou

Well, my roommate has an electric hair trimmer, so he was cool enough to buzz me down to a “3” a few weeks ago. I have to admit, it looked pretty cool, and I was happy to note my head is nice and round and symmetrical. I haven’t touched it since, so it’s already growing back at a good rate (except for the thin areas on top of my head), but I plan to keep it around a 3 or 4 length for a while. Since I have a beard that I already trim at a “3” (and want to keep it), I can’t see totally shaving my head bald, but so far buzzing it short has yielded some positive comments from friends and co-workers.

Glad you have the symmetrical dome. I know you’ve seen some bald guys with beards, right? I think it is a very cool look. I did go ahead and buzz mine with a “2”. Funny thing is that everyone says it looks just the same, they can’t tell the difference.

I’m tempted to go to stubble only this summer once school lets out, so I will have to keep you posted on those results.

[sewalk]

Come on, man, it’s time to go Large Richard! I started shaving my head five years ago and can’t imagine having hair again. My mother convinced me to shave my mustache as a birthday present for her (I had a pretty good Sam Elliot thing going, too) and I can’t believe the compliments from my friends. And I can eat without combing first, too.
Anyway…

1. I got the idea from James Boswell (see, nothing’s new). He shaved his head as a cure for depression. It didn’t hurt in that regard in my case.
2. Very irregularly. Sometimes daily, sometimes it goes 2-3 weeks. I was a Sensor Excel guy until last Christmas, now I’ll never use any blade but a Mach3. I also often use a cheap ($5), AA-powered, foil-type electric razor I got at WalMart, especially while watching television. NiMH batteries make this economical.
3. Didn’t Opal shave her head once? Perhaps I’m hallucinating.
4. Easy as pie. I wore a military style flattop for almost 15 years before I shaved so I never spent much time on my hair anyway. I do save a little bit on haircuts and I don’t get lopsided cuts anymore.
5. No complaints from any quarter. My son thinks it is cool. That’s about as strong an opinion as has been voiced.
6. I knew from my basic training High&Tight that I had a decent looking melon, so no fears there.

[WeRSauron]

@Tentacle Monster

I buy cheap two-blade razors and use a new one every day. Sometimes I can get away with using an old one, but never more than two or three times. I shave my head the same way I do my face: In the shower, no soap or cream or anything, just hot water. No mirror, just using my fingers to check for stubble.

This is the result.

Also, if I could find or make some Spider Jerusalem shades, I’d totally wear 'em.

Oh my.

That picture sure shows that being bald can be a good thing.

(I’ll stop before I’m guilty of public flirtation on a message board.)

WRS

[MissTake]

mmmmm… bald guys…

From a female POV, I find shaving a guy’s pate a very (erm…) delightful experience.

It is true that some people just should not be bald. Some people just have lumpy heads. Bald and lumpy is not good.

[Pushkin]

@Big Bad Voodoo Lou

1. Who shaves their heads?

Me! (25 by the way, shaved it first about 4 years ago)

@Big Bad Voodoo Lou

2. How do you do it (razor, clippers, etc.) and how often?

Every 2-3 weeks, just whenever I feel my head getting too hot and prickly. Maybe about a centimeter or two of growth.

@Big Bad Voodoo Lou

4. Do you like being bald? (Is it easy to maintain, etc.?)

I like being bald a lot. Helps keep my scalp healthy, before my scalp would be quite itchy, flaky and raw (as they say in the ads) and no amount of medicated shampoo would sort this.
People would say, you’d pull more women with longer hair, but I reckon the dandruff would put them off

@Big Bad Voodoo Lou

5. What do the people around you think, if they care at all?

Dad disapproved as he is bald as well, but Mum approved. Littlest sister reckons when its just shaved it feels like a kitten’s back because its so soft and springy. Some mates reckon it looks ok, one reckons I’d pull more women with it longer (but then I think little of his opinion)

@Big Bad Voodoo Lou

6. Were you apprehensive at first? Worried about the shape of your head, what you look like under all that hair, etc.?

A little apprehensive, but then I soon realised that although my head seems to be a lousy shape for hats and sun glasses, it looks ok bald