You can either dye a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become LeBron James.
Keep it buzzed, it'll looks good on you.
Keep it buzzed, it'll looks good on you.
Your pictures are really clear light, honestly you have poor hair. I would shave it off. People don't always tell you what you need to know and you've got no reason to trust me either to be fair, but the pictures are really clear to me. I know sometimes the internet likes to overreact and tell you can become the Rock, but I think you'll be better if you just try and be healthy, dress well and shave it off. You'll probably look very cool with the right combo.Back the last time I buzzed my hair, nearly everyone told me it looked good or ok.
Once it grew back a bit, so many of those opinions switched to "oh yeah, I actually hated it"
It gave me a bit of a complex in feeling like I cant trust them. This was friends too.
That said, they all can see me in real life, where as y'all are looking at a picture I took to show off the balding in the most revealing light.
Not to mention that in cases like this, I feel like the advice given out is ALWAYS the same, I've never not once seen someone say "It's not that bad", when statistically, sometimes It won't actually be that bad.
All right.
I think I'm gonna shave it.
Tonight.
Big step, kinda nervous.
What's the best/easiest way?
Lowes.
Do you mind sharing before and after pics? (If you're comfortable)I do often feel compelled to chime in to these threads and mention that my hair transplant procedure was nothing short of a literal goddamn miracle.
It is, however, a very expensive procedure and I understand I am in a privileged position to get one. (I'd expect 10k at the absolute minimum for a good one.) But something to theoretically look into, OP, if you've got the cash.
Stone Cold Steve Austin is bald. Do you see him having any issues? No. He just gives people the Stone Cold Stunner.
Eight years ago, "before" (a hairline is drawn on):Do you mind sharing before and after pics? (If you're comfortable)
I'm always curious about how this procedure works. I'm just so fascinated by stuff like this and each guy's results.
I do often feel compelled to chime in to these threads and mention that my hair transplant procedure was nothing short of a literal goddamn miracle.
It is, however, a very expensive procedure and I understand I am in a privileged position to get one. (I'd expect 10k at the absolute minimum for a good one.) But something to theoretically look into, OP, if you've got the cash.
Yep. Dead easy and free once you've bought some clippers. Grade 1 all over for me, buzz buzz.
I had my transplant late in 2011; see the last image in my post for current status. I do use Finasteride for upkeep; I don't suffer any side effects from it.Don't you have to get transplants done every couple years? He's just gonna look patchy and weird if he gets plugs and the rest falls out in a couple years.
Edit: And when the rest falls out and you can't/won't do another transplant, you cant just shave it off - unless you wanna show off your scar.
Hmm, I have some buzzers right here with me. I think I'll go to a barber for the first time, then start doing it myself from then on.
What about super bald, like actually shaving your head with a hand razor? Is that hard to do?
Not tried that, I'm not a fan of the shiny close shave look (on heads or chins). I like a little bit of stubble. Probably a bit fiddly razor shaving your own head, at least with clippers you can just whizz around without any danger of slicing yourself.
Basically I grade 1 my chin then just carry on around the rest of my head.
I had my transplant late in 2011; see the last image in my post for current status. I do use Finasteride for upkeep; I don't suffer any side effects from it.
Re: the scar thing...I guess. Hasn't been a problem for me but even if I had to shave at this exact moment for the rest of my life, the eight years would have been worth it.
No beard and clean shaven head with my razor, and I feel a little like a cancer patient.
No beard and clean shaven head with my razor, and I feel a little like a cancer patient.
But... I don't dislike it. It'll take some getting used to.
Perhaps just a bit of stubble won't be a bad idea.
That's true. The doctor mentioned it was likely in ten years I might need more; it's eight and I'm still doin' great, but I do fully expect to grab another sometime in the next decade.Glad you're happy and this worked for you! You look great.
People should know that it's not just a transplant, though. It's a commitment. Gotta be on finasteride for the rest of your life OR be ok with showing off your scar OR do extra transplants when more falls out. it's certainly not one and done.
Shiiiit
Fuck me I feel weird.
But crap, I feel a little better each time I look in the mirror.
Here's the order I went in:
1. Barber buzz at a 1 or 2
2. Start buzzing it yourself with a Remington HC4250 (super easy... takes a couple minutes)
3. Start shaving it entirely off with an Omnishaver and shaving cream. You use this after a shower and it's a joke how easy it is. I do it every other day now.
As a bald dude, whose kept his head shaved since 22 let me just say that in my experience most women are far more unattracted to men insecure about their baldness than they are baldness. The sooner you shave, the sooner you learn to truly not be bothered by it, the sooner you will truly learn to love the way you look. It's a process with its own mourning cycle and everything. At least mine was lol. Took a couple of years for me to finally accept it.Unfortunately, I feel a lot of people my age would disagree, 24 is somewhat young to go bald, so people tend not to like the look.
Particularly girls. (at least, I assume.)
Here's the thing right, I always suspected and feared, but each time I wondered, anyone I asked would deny it, Including the hairdresser.Good for you, OP. I gotta be honest with you. You did not "start balding", you're already pretty far in. Good on you for owning it and shaving it. Personally, I don't think balding/bald folks need to all fully shave, a short buzz works too, especially if there is still some hair on top.
It works well for you.
You look better. That remaining hair did you no favors. Congrats on the upgrade.