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[FunkyPajamas]

Hi Gaf: this is my first thread, so please go easy on me. Also, I searched before posting, but all I could come up with was "gaf bald thread", and found the "bald chronicles" thread which was rather short lived (and a bald eagle threesome thread too).

Anyway, I'm 33 and started losing my hair back in my early 20s (22-24, if I remember correctly), so I've been shaving my head or at least keeping what little hair it has trimmed really short since then. I don't really worry about it anymore (there's nothing left for me to worry about anyway!) but I feel like I'm constantly aware of the fact that I am bald. Like if I'm wearing a hat and take it off for a while, I guess people are going to think I'm wearing the hat because I'm bald (which is in part true since I don't want to get sunburn, haha). I make jokes about being bald every once in a while and it kind of helps to break the ice when meeting new people, but to be honest I think I'd rather have hair again.

Also, my "residual self image" (yeah, I know) still has hair, so whenever I see myself while dreaming, I still have hair and it's super weird. Hell, sometimes all I do is dream that I'm combing my hair, or getting a hair massage or whatever. I always sported a clean-cut hairstyle before I went bald; no dreads, ponytails or anything like that, but I kind of miss the feeling or water and wind in my hair (while swimming, taking a shower, riding a bike, etc).

So, GAF, what are your Bald-age stories? Do you feel ok with being bald, not mind, like it, etc? I've posted some pictures in the "post new pictures" thread, but I guess we can post some more here if it gets the bald rolling.

Update: Norwood scale, courtesy of Aesius

 

[JDSN]

Hahaha, I didnt know you would take the comment so bad that you would make a thread about it. Sorry.

 

[JumpJeff84]

When my hair started thinning, I shaved it. Haven't looked back. I'm a sexy motherfucker, and I know it, hair or not. It's all confidence, any woman will tell you that.

Any guy reading this thread who's losing his hair and debating whether or not to shave it- FUCKING SHAVE IT.

Bald can be sexy, but nothing makes you look older or less virile than hair that is obviously thinning.

 

[Borgnine]

Hell, sometimes all I do is dream that I'm combing my hair, or getting a hair massage or whatever.

:lol

 

[Maklershed]

I started losing my hair when I was 16 and was bald by on top by 18.

Ya gotta just shave your hair close and act like it doesn't bother ya.

 

[Fixed1979]

Right behind ya man, I'm seriously thinned out on top. Too scared to shave the head though, although I have though about it lots. I used to have long hair back in the day, it's weird looking back at old pictures and thinking "goddamn it!".

I just try to keep it neat a tidy at this point, especially working in an office setting. If there was a quick fix to grow it back I would jump at the oportunity. I keep hoping that they'll come up with a pill or something, I'm sure someone is working on it because there would have to be some serious coin to be made if it were possible.

When it first started and someone would say something it really bothered me, but not so much anymore. The only time I get a bit anxious about it is when I meet someone I haven't seen in quite awhile.

 

[Beardz]

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omg dude, you sound depressed; you should wear a wig or something.

 

[Nemo]

I shaved my head with a razorblade once. Looked alright if I left my stubble beard

I might do it again this summer, though not sure since it makes me look older

 

[Rich!]

Ehh, I'm receeding. My hair is still thick as anything other than at the front, but so was my dad's until he hit 23 - then it all fell off. And his stomach grew to three times the size.

I've got a year left. I'm screwed.

 

[Lucky Forward]

2 Kings 2:23-24

And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

 

[travisbickle]

I use Korean Minoxyl, it works.

 

[Fixed1979]

When my hair started thinning, I shaved it. Haven't looked back. I'm a sexy motherfucker, and I know it, hair or not. It's all confidence, any woman will tell you that.

Any guy reading this thread who's losing his hair and debating whether or not to shave it- FUCKING SHAVE IT.

Bald can be sexy, but nothing makes you look older or less virile than hair that is obviously thinning.

Would you still take a full head of hair over your shaved head?

 

[Beardz]

Would you still take a full head of hair over your shaved head?

Spoiler

What do you prefer, cut or uncut?

 

[Fersis]

100% Badassery.

Thats all you need to know.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

Hahaha, I didnt know you would take the comment so bad that you would make a thread about it. Sorry.

:lol Honestly I'd been thinking about this thread for a while, but your comment did trigger the post.

Any guy reading this thread who's losing his hair and debating whether or not to shave it- FUCKING SHAVE IT.

Couldn't agree more, seriously.

:lol

But it's true! ):

The only time I get a bit anxious about it is when I meet someone I haven't seen in quite awhile.

Oh, god, this! I hate it when I meet with old highschool friends or whatever and the first thing they say is "what happened to your hair?"

omg dude, you sound depressed; you should wear a wig or something.

):

I use Korean Minoxyl, it works.

This is relevant to my interests. Please tell me more.

http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/WWE-Austin-SP0520.jpg
100% Badassery.

Yeah, problem is I'm more of a

kind of guy :lol

 

[OJdaKiller]

Hair today, gone tomorrow...ha.............ha..right?

Unfortunately, there's not a ton that can be done about it. If you look decent, trying shaving it. If that doesn't work you (as shaving is definitely not an option for everyone) you can use a hat. If you have the money, go for a transplant, but if not, just deal with it.

Plenty of guys have thin, balding hair. It's pretty common. I think if you're really young it's got to be tough, but as you get older you'll have more stuff going on in your life other than worrying about how you look. I say focus on the stuff you can change (weight, clothes, job, interests, etc..). The rest you just have to accept.

 

[Van Owen]

I'm pretty bald on top, especially at the front. Currently I'm just using an electric trimmer with no guard. I might using an actual razor this summer.

It really bothered me at first, and honestly still kind of does, but I'm slowly getting over it. If there was some miracle pill though I'd take it in a second. :lol

 

[Davedough]

I stopped caring about my hair years ago. I dont comb it, I just wash it and let it go. I keep it short (about #3 on the clippers) and it works for me. I'd be cue balled if my wife would let me but she says I have a giant head, so she doesn't want me to shave it off.

 

[travisbickle]

This is relevant to my interests. Please tell me more.

You're not going to get a full head of hair back, but it makes a noticeable difference. I first got hold of it when I was in South Korea, my girlfriend's father must have noticed how jealous I was of Korean guys and their mass of hair. So he gave me some as a gift, a few of their family are doctors/pharmacists and it is recognised as a working cure, like I said before people have noticed a difference.

 

[Brian Griffin]

I'm not bald yet but I'm going to be. I first noticed my hair falling out around last August but my hair was so damn thick I'm sure it was thinning for a few months before I was actually able to tell. I've been taking finisteride and that stopped the loss for a while but now it seems to be picking up again.

I've decided that's all I'm going to do to try and hang onto it, other than rogain again maybe, but it's so annoying to use I stopped it a while ago. Once it's too thin to rock my mohawk I plan on giving myself the last haircut I'll ever have and not looking back. I don't see any point in wasting thought power on something I can't change.

EDIT: I'm 26 btw, forgot to include that.

 

[Atramental]

Started losing mine at 17. Now at the age of 19 I have barely anything on top except some fuzz.

Gonna shave it all off this summer.

 

[donkey show]

My hair started thinning after I joined the Army when I was 20. I didn't think I'd look good considering I was rocking the typical spiky asian haircut back in the day, but after that initial buzzcut, I thought it was pretty sweet.

After growing it back out a couple of times for the hell of it, I said "fuck it," shaved it all off, and haven't gone back since (28 now). I love it considering I don't have to worry about fixing it in the morning, aside from the occasional shaving in the shower, and the wife loves it.

I'm sure if I tried to grow out my hair again, I'd look like Vegeta or something. :lol

 

[Arment]

I started going bald in high school. I have 80% of my hair, but the front is receding at a pretty rapid rate. After 6 years it's not too bad, I just look like Vegeta. I just buzz my hair real short and try not to care, but lets face it I'm not Captain Picard.

Any guy reading this thread who's losing his hair and debating whether or not to shave it- FUCKING SHAVE IT.

Fine fine. I WILL. I'll try it, damnit. Just this once. Maybe not today, but I will try. Pictures promised.

 

[Boonoo]

Currently I'm just using an electric trimmer with no guard. I might using an actual razor this summer.

Same. Not sure if I want to make the jump to a razor. I worry about cutting myself.

 

[Kard8p3]

Ehh, I'm receeding. My hair is still thick as anything other than at the front, but so was my dad's until he hit 23 - then it all fell off. And his stomach grew to three times the size.

I've got a year left. I'm screwed.

This is my exact situation right here.

 

[btkadams]

baldness doesn't take away from sexiness at all, just don't have it too long or it can look dirty. keep it clean and short.

 

[Arment]

This is my exact situation right here.

Yeah, I'd almost rather have just gone completely bald ala Lex Luthor rather than lose it on the front. Sucks

 

[JoeBoy101]

Question for BaldGAF: My hair on top is pretty much gone, but sides and back are thick as a bush. Do I keep it all shorn, or can I keep it short but not shaved (except on top). Say, 3/8" to 1/2"?

 

[Arment]

Question for BaldGAF: My hair on top is pretty much gone, but sides and back are thick as a bush. Do I keep it all shorn, or can I keep it short but not shaved (except on top). Say, 3/8" to 1/2"?

This. :lol

 

[Kozmo]

I'm convinced there should have long been real, permanent solutions to hair-loss by now, but The Man has been keeping the technology back so the pharmacies can nickel and dime men with low self-esteem with these hair-loss products.

 

[donkey show]

Question for BaldGAF: My hair on top is pretty much gone, but sides and back are thick as a bush. Do I keep it all shorn, or can I keep it short but not shaved (except on top). Say, 3/8" to 1/2"?

Well, how old are you?

 

[Draft]

Question for BaldGAF: My hair on top is pretty much gone, but sides and back are thick as a bush. Do I keep it all shorn, or can I keep it short but not shaved (except on top). Say, 3/8" to 1/2"?

Let that shit grow. The wild sides are coming back, you mark my words.

 

[JBaird]

Ehh, I'm receeding. My hair is still thick as anything other than at the front, but so was my dad's until he hit 23 - then it all fell off. And his stomach grew to three times the size.

I've got a year left. I'm screwed.

From what I've heard it's not based on your dad's genes, but rather your mom.

Anyway I too got a bit of a receding hair line and some thinning. Though I would look like a cancer patient if I shaved my head.

 

[Cymbal Head]

I'm 23, and I've been losing my hair in a typical male-pattern baldness way for oh, about the last 3 years or so. I've got thinning on top (almost to the point where I have an honest-to-god bald spot) as well as loss above the temples.

Throughout my high school and college years, I kept a mostly shaggy look, and I'm torn about what to do moving forward. I've been keeping it relatively shorter for the last year or so, but even this length is going to be unsustainable eventually. I have a small, kinda craggy head, so I'm deathly afraid of shaving it.

From what I've heard it's not based on your dad's genes, but rather your mom.

In my experience, this is bullshit. My mother's father died in his 60s with a full head of hair, her mother, brothers, and sisters all have normal amounts of hair. On the other hand, my dad started losing his hair young, in pretty much the same pattern as I am. I figure I can chart what my hair will look like through the rest of my life by looking at pictures of him. I might even be outpacing him a little.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

Yeah, I'd almost rather have just gone completely bald ala Lex Luthor rather than lose it on the front. Sucks

Yeah, same here. I'm more of a Locke than a Vegetta, but I'd rather be 100% bald than having to take care of whatever little hair I still have. If I don't shave/trim it constanly I look about 10 years older, no fun.

Let that shit grow. The wild sides are coming back, you mark my words.

:lol

I can't be the only one with the residual self image thing, right?

 

[tokkun]

From what I've heard it's not based on your dad's genes, but rather your mom.

Anyway I too got a bit of a receding hair line and some thinning. Though I would look like a cancer patient if I shaved my head.

What you are talking about is male pattern baldness, which you have a 50% chance to get if your mother's father had it, since it passes on the X chromosome. However, there are multiple causes of baldness, so it is possible to get it from your father as well.

 

[DimmuBurgerKing]

When my hair started thinning, I shaved it. Haven't looked back. I'm a sexy motherfucker, and I know it, hair or not. It's all confidence, any woman will tell you that.

Any guy reading this thread who's losing his hair and debating whether or not to shave it- FUCKING SHAVE IT.

Bald can be sexy, but nothing makes you look older or less virile than hair that is obviously thinning.

Came here to post this. Fuck doing things halfway! Thinning/receding hair makes a 22 year old look 10 years older, IMO. ...

Spoiler

Though I'm often told I look like Scott Ian, who is a lot older than me.

 

[Thagomizer]

2 Kings 2:23-24

And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

One of my favorite passages, just for the sheer "WTF" factor.

 

[bigswords]

Having no hair is an advantage at times.

1) In warm weather having no/less hair is cooler (temperature wise)
2) You will not get hair lice (or you can wash off the buggers easily)
3) You can wake up at any time and look fresh (dont have to comb hair)
4) You look like Minsc

Awesome, sometimes I dream that I do not have hair and it's so cool and nice and when I wake up my hair is a mess and I have shower /comb before I rush to work.

 

[DeadFalling]

Guys... Please if you are very young like me (18) and losing your hair... don't shave it with no guard. Don't listen to the people here! :lol Sometimes it's better to just leave it at a #3 or something... See here. I'm currently using a #3 guard after that... experience... Being shaved no guard with such a young looking face makes you looks like some kind of alien or like pod-human from the Matrix or something. Plus all my friends laughed as soon as they saw it :lol Gunna try adding on 15 lbs or so before I attempt that again.

 

[dbztrk]

I use Korean Minoxyl, it works.

Where do you purchase your Korean Minoxyl?

Do you know what the difference is if any between Korean Minoxyl and Rogaine?

Thanks.

 

[Manus]

Started losing my hair at around 16, yes 16. So I decided to start shaving it my senior year in high school and have loved it ever since. Girls seem to like it better to.

 

[Cereal KiIIer]

This. :lol

WOW :lol

 

[JBaird]

Guys... Please if you are very young like me (18) and losing your hair... don't shave it with no guard. Don't listen to the people here! :lol Sometimes it's better to just leave it at a #3 or something... See here. I'm currently using a #3 guard after that... experience... Being shaved no guard with such a young looking face makes you looks like some kind of alien or like pod-human from the Matrix or something. Plus all my friends laughed as soon as they saw it :lol Gunna try adding on 15 lbs or so before I attempt that again.

lol I really hope my hair lasts long enough till my face ages a bit. I'm almost 22 but I look like I'm 16.

 

[Draft]

For those who shave, how short do you go?

I've got a wicked Dracula style hairline and I've been flirting with a true buzz for years. I can never convince myself to do it when I'm actually in the barber chair. 3.5 is as close as I've ever gotten, which I think in fact looks pretty shitty.

It looks like a pussy haircut. Like the kind of haircut you get it you wanted a buzz but chickened out at the last minute.

 

[PatzCU]

Hair cloning is right around the corner. I bet within 5-10 years, your hair will be entirely clone-able and implantable. Right now for hair transplants, Doctors use the hair on the back and sides of your head and move it to the top (as the back and side hair isn't affected by what makes you go bald). Soon, your residual head hair will be entirely cloned so you can have as much of it as you want transplanted to the top of your head.

Hang in there BaldGAF, hang in there.

 

[Manus]

For those who shave, how short do you go?

I've got a wicked Dracula style hairline and I've been flirting with a true buzz for years. I can never convince myself to do it when I'm actually in the barber chair. 3.5 is as close as I've ever gotten, which I think in fact looks pretty shitty.

It looks like a pussy haircut. Like the kind of haircut you get it you wanted a buzz but chickened out at the last minute.

I shave it all the way with a razor blade every morning I'm in the shower. I think my head looks best that way.

 

[Ettie]

I'm going super-close cut on my next haircut. I got out of the habit of keeping it short and clean, going to fix that.

 

[DimmuBurgerKing]

For those who shave, how short do you go?

Smooth as a baby's butt.

 

[Alfarif]

Started losing mine at 17. Now at the age of 19 I have barely anything on top except some fuzz.

Gonna shave it all off this summer.

You probably look like a god damn old man.

Spoiler

I started losing mine at 18 and started shaving at 20.