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Go grey early or go bald late
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People can look strange and it still be perfectly fine to be that way.
Subpar Spatula
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They're not strange. That's all on you.
Strangeness is subjective, yes.
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
I'd rather go grey early than lose my hair (which like 85 percent of guys do to a significant degree IIRC), easily.
This is a good point. Not everyone can make bald look good, and there's a startling large amount of fear about it, but not everybody makes grey look good either- especially that young. Looking full gray at 30 is not going to be the epitome of sex appeal that people think it will be. You'll just look old. At least with bald you can pass for younger.
I was going to say gray, but having my hair till 50 would be preferable and who gives a shit about bald after so thats my answer.
Pinko Marx
Banned
Grey. Next question.
Generalpsyduck
Banned
Grey for sure.
Zvonimir Boban
Banned
Grey for sure.
He's not 30.
How About No
Member
A 30 year old would have an even better hairline
Agreed. Perfect hair until I'm 50, natural color or any color I want with dye, the side effect being I become bald at 60.
Astral Dog
Member
Go bald late i guess (80 year old
Fast Forward
Member
Grey earlier. Easy. Even it was full grey tomorrow at 32. I would be fine with having grey hair/beard.
Where as with balding I dread it. No great options for me, as I'm not exactly the kind of white guy who could rock a bald head like Stone Cold.
Where as with balding I dread it. No great options for me, as I'm not exactly the kind of white guy who could rock a bald head like Stone Cold.
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
Gray, literally no question. I think it looks distinguished.
Turbowaffles
Member
Speaking as someone who is 30 and balding, grey all day.
Jesus, you guys with hair have no idea how much women judge you just based on your hair alone.
Jesus, you guys with hair have no idea how much women judge you just based on your hair alone.
Ephemeris
Member
Pretty much. Though my bloodline :
1) Prepared me for this
2) has always looked great bald.
Earthbound64
Banned
More in reference to this thread where the OP was asking for advice on keeping/regrowing hair, and people were telling him to "just shave it"/"embrace being bald."
LookAtMeGo
Member
Going bald fucking sucks. I miss my thick ass head of hair. I want it back. Although being bald with a grey beard, I think I'm going to look like a crazy ass mofo in my 40s.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Gray, that way I can be like an anime character.
Grey hair doesn't let you run fast with your arms at your sides.
Earthbound64
Banned
EYEL1NER
Member
Yep. I was prepared to let Agent Orange answer this for me ("Everything Turns Grey") but then I saw that the ages weren't the same for both scenarios.
My hairline started receding in my late teens. I'm 30 now and have just enough hair left that it is an annoyance that it is there at all; at this point I'd rather it not grow back at all. So going grey at 20 while still having a ton of hair or having a full head of hair until 50 both sound great to me.
I'm extremely bummed that I won't get any grey hairs (never found any in my beard, just very blond ones that tricked me) or be able to have a pompadour or long heavy metal hair that I can windmill around.
Hell, give me greying at 20, full-grey at 30, balding at 50, and fully bald at 60 and I would be pleased.
Hello? This is Hailun!
Member
Chicks dig salt and pepper
Zen_Arcade
Banned
I think I'd look alright with grey hair. I don't think I'd look good bald.
MastAndo
Member
No women is going to reject the 55-year-old version of you based on your lack of hair. They'll reject you for the million other reasons that make you gross....these same women aren't going to date a 30-year-old who is COMPLETELY gray, by the way.
Kind of feel like I'm taking crazy pills here, but I'm not sure you guys are reading the conditions of the hypothetical - choose late baldness, and you'll get through your prime years looking perfectly normal, and ahead of the game in your 40's where more than half of all the other dudes are already losing it. As a 37 year old whose hair is in shambles, this would be a blessing.
I can't say I've ever met someone with a full head of gray hair at 30, but I think most of you are thinking salt and pepper, or if not, you'll suddenly be a young Geralt of Rivia.
SolarPowered
Member
Salt and pepper is awesome. Grey is cool as well. I'd gladly go back to having a full head of hair if it were grey.
magnificenz
Member
I wish I'm bald. I shaved my head every week. Look way better without hair.
Both looks great actually but of course depends on the people's other facial structure.
Both looks great actually but of course depends on the people's other facial structure.
.la1n
Member
There are a lot of variables but ultimately I'd go with grey since it's reflective of what's happened to me. Having said that; grey does not always look good. Some guys end up with grey spots in various parts of their hair and it isn't the grey fox look. It's more akin to a grey leopard.
John Rabbit
Banned
Gray early, no contest.
ThisGuy
Member
Can't stand baldness? You got experience? Have you caught...baldness?