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There comes a time in everyman's life when he looks in the mirror and thinks...bloody hell, what's happening?

Napoleon suffered this at Waterloo, Cornwallis suffered this at Yorktown, Tom Cruise suffered this in Top Gun...you get the idea.

I'm going bald!

Now, does anybody have any advice?

Do I spray paint my head black? Do I buy an ill-fitting toupee

Or do I accept I'm going the way of Kojak?

I need reassurance, that I'm not alone, that my fellow dakka members will rally round and say it's ok to be bald. I'm bald. I hope!!

Edit: I quite like the idea of being able to throw a toupee at somebody

My realization came when my Fourhead became a sevenhead.
Im shavin it. Im young enough that it still looks good.
But I also wear hats alot.
I just need to work the guts up to do it

I would say, if you have the head for it, shave the rest off, but with a caveat....

I dunno how things are in the UK, but here in the US the beard is making a bit of a comeback and for some reason many guys are shaving their head, whilst refusing to shave their faces.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
My realization came when my Fourhead became a sevenhead.
Im shavin it. Im young enough that it still looks good.
But I also wear hats alot.
I just need to work the guts up to do it

It's ok for you - you're American. If anybody laughs at your baldness, you can shoot them! Being in the UK, I don't have that option! Damn those liberals!


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 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
I would say, if you have the head for it, shave the rest off, but with a caveat....

I dunno how things are in the UK, but here in the US the beard is making a bit of a comeback and for some reason many guys are shaving their head, whilst refusing to shave their faces.

My head is shaped like a 50 pence piece That's a UK coin that's shaped like an octagon - not pretty!

im 22, I doupt people will laugh if I shave.

Join an appropriate cult - either one where you have to have a shaved head, or one where you have to wear a head covering.

I’m getting very thin up top. Luckily, I’ve been a hat kinda guy for years. I’d shave my head, but don’t want to deal with the upkeep of keeping it that way.

Grow a Bill Bailey

I started going bald around 26 or 27 (32 now) and I went the Kojak route. Shave that gak! It is a little awkward at first to navigate the razor blindly around the back of your head, but within a few weeks you'll be a pro and eventually you'll be able to do a dry shave with a dull razor without batting an eye.*

As long as you don't have a horribly misshapen head you'll be fine. And I mean dented like a discount bin can of beans misshapen.

You'll have to be aware of things like sun screen for your head, and you'll want to invest in a good moisturizing lotion so your skin is supple for the people in your life whom you desire to rub your crown, but other than that you'll save money on shampoo and conditioner, but you'll spend it on razors and shave cream so it balances out.

Jokes aside, shaving has been great for me. I don't "feel" bald in the sense of being ashamed of my flawed follicles, and like the look of the completely smooth dome.








*Don't actually do this.

 A Town Called Malus wrote:
Grow a Bill Bailey

Never been a fan of the Gollum hair style


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 Nevelon wrote:
I’m getting very thin up top. Luckily, I’ve been a hat kinda guy for years. I’d shave my head, but don’t want to deal with the upkeep of keeping it that way.

Yeah, it's a total pain to maintain.


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 SilverMK2 wrote:
Join an appropriate cult - either one where you have to have a shaved head, or one where you have to wear a head covering.

Maybe I should go for the Dr Evil look?


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 hotsauceman1 wrote:
im 22, I doupt people will laugh if I shave.

Probably because you've got an AK47 on your back, that's why they won't laugh

Wear a nice hat.

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:
I started going bald around 26 or 27 (32 now) and I went the Kojak route. Shave that gak! It is a little awkward at first to navigate the razor blindly around the back of your head, but within a few weeks you'll be a pro and eventually you'll be able to do a dry shave with a dull razor without batting an eye.*

As long as you don't have a horribly misshapen head you'll be fine. And I mean dented like a discount bin can of beans misshapen.

You'll have to be aware of things like sun screen for your head, and you'll want to invest in a good moisturizing lotion so your skin is supple for the people in your life whom you desire to rub your crown, but other than that you'll save money on shampoo and conditioner, but you'll spend it on razors and shave cream so it balances out.

Jokes aside, shaving has been great for me. I don't "feel" bald in the sense of being ashamed of my flawed follicles, and like the look of the completely smooth dome.








*Don't actually do this.

Like I said, my head is shaped like Kryton's from red dwarf!! It's not that bad, but baldness will be brutal for me.

Bank on future medicine finding a cure.

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:


Like I said, my head is shaped like Kryton's from red dwarf!! It's not that bad, but baldness will be brutal for me.

Well that settles it. Buy a Kryten suit, shave your head and be the worlds most committed cosplayer

Perhaps you could sort of, "manicure" your hair to look more like Patrick Stewart/Jean-Luc Picard?

 TheCustomLime wrote:
Bank on future medicine finding a cure.

They can't even cure the common cold.

I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned the toupee option.

I mean, there are hundreds of gun experts, ex military types, military history experts, and loads of legal experts on dakka, but not one, not one person knows anything about toupees!!!

Disgraceful!!!

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
Perhaps you could sort of, "manicure" your hair to look more like Patrick Stewart/Jean-Luc Picard?

Or Sean Connery?

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
Perhaps you could sort of, "manicure" your hair to look more like Patrick Stewart/Jean-Luc Picard?

You mean Benjamin Sisko, don't you? Don't you?

You cross your fingers that you look good with shaved head, or pray to whatever god(s) you believe in that your sex drive goes with your hair.

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
Perhaps you could sort of, "manicure" your hair to look more like Patrick Stewart/Jean-Luc Picard?

Yeah, that isn't a bad idea. Bruce Willis does similar things to his hair as well. Might take the "edge" off your Kryton head, Do_I_Not_Like_That.

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
Perhaps you could sort of, "manicure" your hair to look more like Patrick Stewart/Jean-Luc Picard?

I don't think you can pull that off gracefully without being 50+ years old.

My hair went thin. I kept it shaggy until there was no possible way to hide it. I wound up going with the cue ball look, and many people have told me it looks much better now. My former boss once described the look as that of a "well-fed Lenin". Personally, I didn't think it was going to look good, because I thought I had a funnily shaped head, and I do, but it turns out I have the head perfect for bald.

Plus, you have an excuse to always wear a hat.

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
Perhaps you could sort of, "manicure" your hair to look more like Patrick Stewart/Jean-Luc Picard?

You mean Benjamin Sisko, don't you? Don't you?

Definitely not

Well, thanks for the advice.

I'm feeling slightly depressed so I'm going to help a neighbour remove some asbestos and when that's done I'm going for a walk through the military firing range, past some cliffs, across that bridge that's been condemned for years, stop off at McDonalds's for a big mac, take a short cut across the motorway, and come home.

When I'm back home, I'm booking a holiday in Syria, and when that's done, I'm going to have a few cigarette's and fall asleep on the chair. Hope the smoke alarms are working

 daedalus wrote:

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
Perhaps you could sort of, "manicure" your hair to look more like Patrick Stewart/Jean-Luc Picard?

I don't think you can pull that off gracefully without being 50+ years old.

You could always do the Agassi style of super close cropped but also clearly bald. You don't need graying hair for that look to be decent.



Ultimately you have to just own whatever style you decide to go with. I think a lot of guys get too self conscious of their thinning hair and some go into denial and try to prop up whatever remaining hair they have left with mouses and styling gels, but that crap doesn't fool anyone. I know because I was one of those denial guys initially, and it is a waste of time and money. Just be confident with what you have going on and people will respond in kind.

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:

 daedalus wrote:

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
Perhaps you could sort of, "manicure" your hair to look more like Patrick Stewart/Jean-Luc Picard?

I don't think you can pull that off gracefully without being 50+ years old.

You could always do the Agassi style of super close cropped but also clearly bald. You don't need graying hair for that look to be decent.

Oooh, yeah. Good point. That'd probably be less maintenance than a full shave every day anyway.

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:

 daedalus wrote:

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
Perhaps you could sort of, "manicure" your hair to look more like Patrick Stewart/Jean-Luc Picard?

I don't think you can pull that off gracefully without being 50+ years old.

You could always do the Agassi style of super close cropped but also clearly bald. You don't need graying hair for that look to be decent.



Ultimately you have to just own whatever style you decide to go with. I think a lot of guys get too self conscious of their thinning hair and some go into denial and try to prop up whatever remaining hair they have left with mouses and styling gels, but that crap doesn't fool anyone. I know because I was one of those denial guys initially, and it is a waste of time and money. Just be confident with what you have going on and people will respond in kind.

So you're not a fan of the Bobby Charlton comb-over?

Nobody looks twice at a bald bloke.

People snicker at anyone trying to "cure" their baldness.

Shave it and be done with it.

 Chongara wrote:
You cross your fingers that you look good with shaved head, or pray to whatever god(s) you believe in that your sex drive goes with your hair.

Buddha is bald - you might be on to something

Shave it, own the situation. You chose baldness! YOU ARE THE KING OF YOUR OWN SCALP!

 Alex C wrote:
Nobody looks twice at a bald bloke.

People snicker at anyone trying to "cure" their baldness.

Shave it and be done with it.

I shall shave my head on the condition that America repeals the 2nd amendment, Putin withdraws Russian troops from the Ukraine, George Lucas apologises for Jar Jar Binks, and Australia stops dumping Fosters on Britain!