# Shiny-headed gentlemen of the Dope, advice please **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 21, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-headed-gentlemen-of-the-dope-advice-please/993491 "2023-11-21T19:07:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-headed-gentlemen-of-the-dope-advice-please/993491/21 "2023-11-22T19:54:51Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > Just grow a goatee and get a gold earring. 🙂 Well, I have two silver earrings and a Shenandoah, but that’s basically how I went. I think I look silly either way, so I just stopped cutting it. Scabpicker-a-mania is running about the same as it ever was. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-headed-gentlemen-of-the-dope-advice-please/993491/22 "2023-11-22T21:40:51Z")
I’ve been shaving my head for over 20 years now. The standard routine is: Harry’s 5-blade razor, Harry’s shave gel, hot shower, M-W-F. Smooth scalp paired with a Van Dyke (it **isn’t** a goatee. A goat has a moustache _separate_ from the chin fur. If it’s an ouroboros around your mouth, it’s a Van Dyke!) No earring, though. ---
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-headed-gentlemen-of-the-dope-advice-please/993491/23 "2023-11-25T09:47:35Z")
Thanks everyone. Plenty of good advice here. I haven’t done anything about it yet, but I’m better informed than I was. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-headed-gentlemen-of-the-dope-advice-please/993491/24 "2023-12-20T06:54:23Z")
I have been shaving my head for a couple of decades now, and I’ve never bothered with anything fancier than just using the trimmer on my electric shaver. My mom has always said that she likes the way my shaved head looks, and she most certainly would be the first person to get on my case about doing something different if the way that I’ve always done it wasn’t up to snuff. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-headed-gentlemen-of-the-dope-advice-please/993491/25 "2024-01-06T14:54:13Z")
I used a HeadBlade. Very easy and didn’t even have to see what I was doing after the first few days. [HeadBlade ATX Razor - Original | Best Skull, Head Shaving Razor](https://headblade.com/products/atx-razor?variant=41873556734103) ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-headed-gentlemen-of-the-dope-advice-please/993491/26 "2024-01-07T02:59:09Z")
I have a Headblade and use it occasionally. The blades are sharp, _very sharp_, like drawing blood sharp. If you have any imperfections on your skin, like a mole or small pimple, they will be shaved off. I think your scalp needs to be conditioned to handle it. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-headed-gentlemen-of-the-dope-advice-please/993491/27 "2024-01-07T20:38:11Z")
> [@TwoCarrotSnowman](#): > > when I start to go a bit Hulk Hogan I heard someone refer to this hairstyle as Bradshawin.’ ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-headed-gentlemen-of-the-dope-advice-please/993491/28 "2024-01-07T21:05:49Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I don’t shave it all the way down - I use a #1 guard on an electric shaver all around. My dome is bald enough to be 99.9% skin, the monk’s ring around the rest gets short enough to not need grooming, but long enough to not look like unkempt fuzz/scruff. that! the main benefit over a clearly shaven head is: just like in a 3-day-beard, nobody cares if its 3, 5 or 9 days old. The same is true for applying #1 guard to your head… I can easily get away with trimming once every 3 weeks or so … If I shaved my head, I’d have to do so daily or every other day … way too much hassle for me … and my short hair does not detract from my classically good looks ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-headed-gentlemen-of-the-dope-advice-please/993491/29 "2024-01-07T21:12:00Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > My one note about taking it all off, you will bang your head on stuff more. With hair, you have that split-second warning to slow down. Ouch! Also, start your hat collection. thx for pointing this out … SOOOOO true … lots of minor head scratches and nicks from stuff I walk into, also … as you say, the splitsecond of earlier “heads-down” … and the fact that your head-fur also has a protective functions - make it more frequent to draw blood on the ol’ bowling ball. and another +1 on the hat collection … summer and winter really call for some coverage ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-headed-gentlemen-of-the-dope-advice-please/993491/30 "2024-01-07T22:43:26Z")
Yeah, my first winter as a head shaver, it really surprised me to find out firsthand how much an insulator my hair had been. I guess it shouldn’t have, but it wasn’t something I’d given much thought to. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-headed-gentlemen-of-the-dope-advice-please/993491/31 "2024-01-08T19:20:52Z")
I always wondered what you do about moles. I feel a couple moles on my scalp about the diameter of pencil erasers, not quite as tall. Can they somehow be removed, or would I have to carefully shave around them every time? Seems like they wouldn’t look good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shiny-headed-gentlemen-of-the-dope-advice-please/993491.md?page=1)