# Is going bald difficult emotionally?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-going-bald-difficult-emotionally/561843
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 25, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-going-bald-difficult-emotionally/561843 "2010-11-25T03:26:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-going-bald-difficult-emotionally/561843/81 "2011-02-02T18:57:34Z")
> [@Sunspace](#):
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> **FordTaurusSHO94** , can you give us a reference to that story?
I can’t find the article with a time-frame, but [here’s](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40911256/ns/health-mens_health/) part of the story.
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### Author:  [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-going-bald-difficult-emotionally/561843/82 "2011-02-02T20:13:59Z")
Also, I just wanted to mention that nothing feels better than a freshly shaved head laying down on a nice, cool pillow.
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### Author:  [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-going-bald-difficult-emotionally/561843/83 "2011-02-02T20:27:46Z")
Why can’t a man’s face go bald and leave the wanted hair where it is?
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### Author:  [@Koldanar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koldanar)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-going-bald-difficult-emotionally/561843/84 "2011-02-02T21:02:15Z")
I noticed it thinning at about 23, and since I always had trouble settling on hair (basically with a cut it and forget it mentality) I said, “Eh, screw it”. I got my friends together for my 24th birthday, and had a big, drunken, shave my head party. Haven’t looked back since.
From what I remember, I was worried about it when I was younger (What would I look like without hair? What if my head is lumpy!) but once I decided it was time, I was ok with it. And, I wouldn’t know my current SO w/out the baldness, so there’s a plus. I do think I look better, too.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-going-bald-difficult-emotionally/561843/85 "2011-02-02T21:17:17Z")
I went bald in the space of 10 minutes, so yeah, it was a bit traumatic. But I rapidly got used to it.
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### Author:  [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-going-bald-difficult-emotionally/561843/86 "2011-02-04T14:33:03Z")
> [@Cumberdale](#):
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> Also, I just wanted to mention that nothing feels better than a freshly shaved head laying down on a nice, cool pillow.
When you’re hot and sweaty and a cool breeze blows across your head, it can be very nice indeed. And you can wipe off the sweat with a towel without worrying about your hair.
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### Author:  [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-going-bald-difficult-emotionally/561843/87 "2011-02-04T23:47:27Z")
I am bald and don’t like it-I am always banging my head on something and cutting my scalp. Hair provides a lot of protection-losing is a problem!
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