Unless you know something I don’t, Google Images isn’t showing any examples of him having shaved his head, so your statement is just advancing our point.
I grew a handlebar moustache as a distraction. Now I look like an old-tyme cricus strongman. With thin arms and a beer belly.
(Thinning hair such as the Prince has can look unsightly. He couls absolutely rock the Lex Luthor look.)
I’ve been applying Rogaine to my chest and back for years, and now have a thick, silky pelt.
YMMV.
Another vote for “just learn to be okay with how you are”… I have heard that Bosley are shysters, also. Quoting basement prices, then trying to switch you to more expensive treatment, overdosing customers on their success stories, when there are tons of unhappy customers who wound up having to “just learn to be okay” AFTER they paid out thousands.
Example: They might get you in the door by talking about the costs associated with a 600-follicle procedure. Might quote you somewhere around $6,000 for that. Everything’s included, anesthesia and all, low monthly payments. Sounds attractive. But 600 follicles is not going to disguise anything but the very slightest cases of balding. Most people would need more like 2,500 follicles to look anything close to like they were before their hair loss started. And THAT would cost you more like $20,000. And even if you do pop for the $20k, you still might not be happy! Think of it this way - if the average human head has 100,000 strands of hair, and you start noticing thinning of 30 or 40% (30,000 or 40,000 strands) even artfully rearranging 2500 of them is no guarantee that you’ll be pleased with the look.
Also Chris Meloni and Mitch Pileggi, off the top of my head. (Pun not intended, but embraced once I realized it.)
Regarding the bump on your forehead, I’ll guarantee that it’s much more noticeable to you than anyone else. Shave the hair off or crop it really, really close and own it. Confidence is way more appealing than hair.
I didn’t think of that before, I even have the arms to pull it off. I love this idea because my wife’s gonna freak out.
Yeah. :mad:
It’s unfair, is what it is. With all the money I’ve wasted on Rogaine, I can’t afford the penis reduction surgery.
I have to say that I’ve loved this thread, but this is kind of the only practical solution. If you’re going outside for any length of time on a sunny day, and aren’t a fan of sunburn, greasy sunblock head, or avoidable skin cancer; you’re probably going to want a hat.
The lack of hair from top to crown is what made me stop worrying and love the bomb in regard to the cowboy hat. In every other hat, I feel like I’m inappropriately dressed, am depressingly dressed, or need to be pumping gas. Not everyone who wears a baseball cap looks like they need to be manning a full service filling station, but I do. A cowboy hat is actually much more ambiguous on my face, in my mind.
So, find your hat. When I don’t bother getting my hair cut in the winter, I get to pull a Dwight Yoakam on anyone who doesn’t know me.
Yeah. Just accept the fact that you’re not 20 years old anymore and move on.
QFT. Thinning hair is what it is, and there’s no reason to cling to your hair if it starts washing down the drain. I say this as I continue to watch my hair swirl away shower after shower. Now I just keep it cut very short. I don’t shave my head completely, just get it buzzed close.
I prefer the “close buzz” look to the “totally bald” look, but YMMV.
I started loosing my hair at 21 by 25 is was very very thin, never bothered me. I feel like I came out victorious but on the other hand I never fought it.
Yeah, but I like my hair on the longish side, and the bald part looks really bad in contrast.
I read your self description. I look at your user name. I declare the two to be a match.
Long thinning hair is the worst. Actually, a ponytail with a bald dome is the worst.
Combover is the worst. Some small percentage of people seem to be able to pull off the bald+ponytail look to a small extent (e.g. Danny Devito), but I’d still say that there are better options even if you’re one of those few who can do it.
It will be at least 20 years before there is a cure for baldness or longer, every 5 years the experts say the cure is near but near happens, love to go foward in time 50 years for the magic tablet to get all your hair back.
I remember an old science fiction story about a virus that turned human’s pelt producing gene back on. One character went broke investing in razors and such-like hair removal systems; the other became rich on shampoos, brushes, and hair ribbons as people adjusted to having fur.
Don’t worry about thinning hair. Think instead about what my dad said about his baldness.
“All men are given an equal number of hormones. If you choose to use yours growing hair, that’s your business.”
I have a full head of hair but it’s thinning out everywhere as opposed to male pattern baldness. Even though it’s not particularly flattering on me, I shave it all off or buzz it really close.
When you (OP) shaved your head before, did you keep it that way for a while or let it start growing back right away? I’ve known a few guys who shaved their head and looked fine but got so freaked out they let it grow back immediately.
In my case it took a few weeks of keeping it really smooth before I stopped feeling self conscious about it and stopped dreading the “What the hell did you do that for???” questions.
Unless the bump on your forehead is really more “growth” than “bump” I’d say shave it and don’t look back.
Avoid the shaved head/full bushy beard look. That seems kind of popular around here lately but IMHO just doesn’t look right. Proof
