# Ok, my hair is receeding, and I'm afraid to shave it off

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 19, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-my-hair-is-receeding-and-im-afraid-to-shave-it-off/780247 "2017-02-19T20:09:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-my-hair-is-receeding-and-im-afraid-to-shave-it-off/780247/41 "2017-02-22T12:36:24Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> Consider trying something totally nuts.
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> After I shaved my head, my son gave me some grief for not doing it in crazy stages. He wanted me to trim my beard into a chinstrap, then continue the strip around the outline of my head. I wish I’d done that, gotten a pic, then shaved it all off.

Definitely agree with that. I do that with my winter beard, too.

As for going completely bald–I think it depends on the shape of your head. Some people look good, others look better then they let there be at least some short hair left over.

I agree not to leave it short/bald in the front and long in the back, unless you want to “make a statement.” In my opinion, it tends to look trashy.

All this said, a pic would be nice. You can tell a lot more about what “do” would look good on a person if you can actually see their head and hair.

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**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-my-hair-is-receeding-and-im-afraid-to-shave-it-off/780247/42 "2017-02-23T05:20:18Z")

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In the end, what ever you pick, just own it. Attitude really makes a huge difference.

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**Author:** ![Fruitbat2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fruitbat2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fruitbat2)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-my-hair-is-receeding-and-im-afraid-to-shave-it-off/780247/43 "2017-02-23T05:57:24Z")

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Shave it!

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