The original question about it being a big deal.
I see People with NW1´s or even slighty receding or thinning and think "Lucky Bastarð".
I admire the folks going bald who don't look like they give a hoot about it. I have a friend who is 27, a NW3 (nearing 4) a landing strip at the front, thinning a lot but he has fair hair so it´s maybe not as noticeable as darker hair, but he doesn´t care. He gets 'Baldy', 'You are going Bald!' crass comments all the time, but he just shakes them off and rips it back into them. He's known as a joker and it's all water of a ducks back, and still gets plenty of girls.
I've recently started shaving. Razoring for a while, and letting it grown in for a few weeks. I read a few forums, the one where men shave their heads and say ´´Looks Great´´ etc. Some folk do look great, but some don't. I have been told it brings out my eyes, I look good, Kelly Slater, but also had a few Billy Corgan, it makes your ears look bigger comments too.
It´s also a bigdeal because it's something you´ve grown up with. I used to be able to shave my head by choice, or save money. Shave it, and let it grow for 5 months and see it go from a skinhead to a mop on top and experiment with different lengths.
I also feel it has aged me in a way as well. Never getting ID´d at bars, when a week later I walk in with a beanie or a baseball cap I get ID´d straight away.
I also haven't wanted to be known as the bald guy (Im sure hardly any of us baldies have) but recently I´ve been told you look tough etc or nuts! and it is all to do with my lack of hairline.
If you are unsensitive, water of a ducks back type who just gets on with things in life. Hairloss probably won't be as hard to get over. I´m not saying it won't be hard, it will be, a part of you and what you are used to is leaving you, but like my friend, you shake it off.
Another factor going against is my skin colour and hair colour. Where I live, we are lucky if we get 3 months of good summer weather. I am quite pale most year, but I do go brown with sun, but I don't want to be damaging my skin by lying in sun hoping to change skin colour to a darker tone, but I also have very dark hair. It's almost black. It´s not black, but a dark dark brown colour and a receding NW2 very nearing 3, pale skin and dark hair doesn't look the greatest.
Saying all that......
It is not losing a limb, I can still see and hear, and I am reasonably fit. I´ve gotten into shape a lot. I run, walk, play squash, golf, keep active. I am trying everyday to accept my hair situation and let life begin and live it up. I´m not deluding myself that I look great like some other websites say when you shave your head.
This is more like a rant, Sorry for going on and on.. and probably, miles of the topic too.
I see People with NW1´s or even slighty receding or thinning and think "Lucky Bastarð".
I admire the folks going bald who don't look like they give a hoot about it. I have a friend who is 27, a NW3 (nearing 4) a landing strip at the front, thinning a lot but he has fair hair so it´s maybe not as noticeable as darker hair, but he doesn´t care. He gets 'Baldy', 'You are going Bald!' crass comments all the time, but he just shakes them off and rips it back into them. He's known as a joker and it's all water of a ducks back, and still gets plenty of girls.
I've recently started shaving. Razoring for a while, and letting it grown in for a few weeks. I read a few forums, the one where men shave their heads and say ´´Looks Great´´ etc. Some folk do look great, but some don't. I have been told it brings out my eyes, I look good, Kelly Slater, but also had a few Billy Corgan, it makes your ears look bigger comments too.
It´s also a bigdeal because it's something you´ve grown up with. I used to be able to shave my head by choice, or save money. Shave it, and let it grow for 5 months and see it go from a skinhead to a mop on top and experiment with different lengths.
I also feel it has aged me in a way as well. Never getting ID´d at bars, when a week later I walk in with a beanie or a baseball cap I get ID´d straight away.
I also haven't wanted to be known as the bald guy (Im sure hardly any of us baldies have) but recently I´ve been told you look tough etc or nuts! and it is all to do with my lack of hairline.
If you are unsensitive, water of a ducks back type who just gets on with things in life. Hairloss probably won't be as hard to get over. I´m not saying it won't be hard, it will be, a part of you and what you are used to is leaving you, but like my friend, you shake it off.
Another factor going against is my skin colour and hair colour. Where I live, we are lucky if we get 3 months of good summer weather. I am quite pale most year, but I do go brown with sun, but I don't want to be damaging my skin by lying in sun hoping to change skin colour to a darker tone, but I also have very dark hair. It's almost black. It´s not black, but a dark dark brown colour and a receding NW2 very nearing 3, pale skin and dark hair doesn't look the greatest.
Saying all that......
It is not losing a limb, I can still see and hear, and I am reasonably fit. I´ve gotten into shape a lot. I run, walk, play squash, golf, keep active. I am trying everyday to accept my hair situation and let life begin and live it up. I´m not deluding myself that I look great like some other websites say when you shave your head.
This is more like a rant, Sorry for going on and on.. and probably, miles of the topic too.
.....I am not judging them.I am just saying they[Obesity and male pattern baldness] are two completely different demons with nothing in common b/w em.
