Has anyone said you look good sexy bald?

[Chefcurrywts]

Early this year, I started shaving my head down to the skin with a razor. I'm a Norwood 6 with a hairline intact. I was and still am self concious going out in public bald. When my aunt saw me for the first time with a shaved she said I looked sexier bald?!?! Also girls I met commented I look sexy manlier tougher with a bald head and still seemed attracted to me?

My question is how do I handle this? I am constantly self conscious that I have to bic my head but girls say I look sexier bald?!?? Propecia is out of the questions.

 

[bilboswaggins]

If your hairline is intact it is very likely girls think you are shaving your head by choice and some guys do look good with a shaved head. once the crown goes and the hairline starts fading, the secret is out and even if cosmetically there seems to be little change, the idea that baldness has you by the balls and is FORCING you to shave your head loses attraction for girls

 

[Chefcurrywts]

So what solution do I have. I've been told by a hair surgeon that I'm not a good candidate. Do you guys have pics of your transplanted hair? Did u get an fue or strip?

 

[Chefcurrywts]

Fredthebelgium, joe rogan on one of his podcast said he had gotten 4 hair transplants. He said he regretted it and now shaves his head slick bald and his advice to young guys who are losing their hair to just shave it b**ch. That's coming from a guy with 4 transplants! What do you say to that?!

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[Notcoolanymore]

When my aunt saw me for the first time with a shaved she said I looked sexier bald?!?!

My question is how do I handle this?

What does your aunt look like? If she isn't bad looking and she is single I say you should go in for the kill.

 

[Baldguy11]

I get compliments all the time especially off woman. I'm 24 and I'm clearly balding on the crown and front and my hair i have left is usually around the #1-2 guard length so it is clearly visable to everyone. To be honest I don't give a crap what anyone else thinks, I have a smoking hot girlfriend and even before then have pulled many girls younger my age. Some people look good bald and fortunately I'm one of them.

 

[Wolf Pack]

So why are you on a hair loss forum?

 

[Baldguy11]

So why are you on a hair loss forum?

Because I am experiencing hair loss perhaps? Sorry, I didn't realise i had to have a negative mindset to post on this forum. It's actually hilarious reading posts on this place at times.

 

[Notcoolanymore]

So why are you on a hair loss forum?

Exactly. No need to really be here if life is grand. Women love him with hair loss, he has a hot GF, he looks great bald, he doesn't give a crap about what people think. No reason to be here. Why would you even bother with hair loss if it hasn't created one issue in your life? Makes absolutely no sense. If I looked good without hair, I wouldn't be here.

 

[diffuse2007]

Check the link in my signature. 3 surgeons told me I was not a candidate too, I did it anyway, and it worked very well.

Don't listen to surgeons, you must be the master of your fate. If you don't want to be a bald guy, this is the only option anyway.

To a lot of surgeons today, no one is a candidate unless he's a textbook 40 year old NW3 on finasteride.

These "perfect" candidates hardly ever happen. Few surgeons are up to the challenge of restoring a 25 year old NW5 for example.

There is a reason for that men who bald young tend to go fully bald real fast and if there not using finasteride and decide to get a transplant then that's just crazy!!

 

[diffuse2007]

No male pattern baldness go "fully bald". The crown stays.

Crazy? Not really, I've got it under control as you can see in the thread in my signature.

I managed to go back to a NW2.5 and I have planned the next hair transplant for my crown.


If any touch-ups are needed later, I will use some beard hair and SMP.

Better than staying bald and miserable for the rest of my youth and life.

I'm saying in general most of those said men will go to nw6-7 and i can tell you for a fact there is no crown on a nw7. You may have had success in your case and i am happy for you but don't expect for it to work for the majority of men. The only option for someone destined for nw6-7 is prevention or just go bald and not to mention some of those men tend to thin out in their donor area as they age.

 

[diffuse2007]

NW7's are extremely rare. My father is a NW5 at the age of 53 and has been bald since he was 25.

His donor started thinning at 50 because of blood pressure medication.

I just hope I can avoid the heart problems and keep my donor intact.


Everyone's hair is going to thin a bit when they get older. So what?

Are you going to give up on looking good in your youth because your donor might start thinning in your late 40's?

I live for the now and I'm trying to maximize my assets in every (safe) way I can.

If there was only FUT available for example, I would never have had it done. FUE (and maybe temporary SMP later) allow me to have a way out at any stage.

You say what I did might not work for everyone, yet Dr. ******** said I was one of the worst cases of extensive baldness at a young age he had seen.

Your probably right you obviously know more than me about transplants and i am being negative due to the fact that i am destined to be one of those rare nw7 with thin donor. One thing i am sure about a transplant no matter how good will not work for someone who is meant to be as bald as i am meant to be unless you want to FUE body hair.

 

[Wolf Pack]

Exactly. No need to really be here if life is grand. Women love him with hair loss, he has a hot GF, he looks great bald, he doesn't give a crap about what people think. No reason to be here. Why would you even bother with hair loss if it hasn't created one issue in your life? Makes absolutely no sense. If I looked good without hair, I wouldn't be here.

That's exactly how the post came across. It seemed like everything was "rosy" so why be here? Clearly something compelled him to join and try and save some hair.

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Because I am experiencing hair loss perhaps? Sorry, I didn't realise i had to have a negative mindset to post on this forum. It's actually hilarious reading posts on this place at times.

Actually it's not a negative mindset, more of a realistic one. It seemed that you were happy in your life, so I was confused why you would join up. For example, I only have mainly a receding hairline in my late 20s, yet I joined up because I don't want to be bald and know I would like crap and the implications. I gain comfort from talking to other sufferers and from sharing treatment results. Your first post seemed strange, that's all.

 

[Baldguy11]

That's exactly how the post came across. It seemed like everything was "rosy" so why be here? Clearly something compelled him to join and try and save some hair.

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Actually it's not a negative mindset, more of a realistic one. It seemed that you were happy in your life, so I was confused why you would join up. For example, I only have mainly a receding hairline in my late 20s, yet I joined up because I don't want to be bald and know I would like crap and the implications. I gain comfort from talking to other sufferers and from sharing treatment results. Your first post seemed strange, that's all.

Why do these threads even exist if it's impossible to answer them positively? I havent even looked at the treatment side of this forum and I have no intention of ever doing so, although I have no problems with people who do venture down that road. I've noticed a lot of people on here who have problems with guys like me, who are comfortable In there own skin. I actually think myself as a lucky person rather than an unlucky one as I can pull the bald look off.

This is a forum for bald/ balding men. I'm entitled to come on here and say I look good and enjoy being bald, who are you to say otherwise.

 

[Baldguy11]

Good for you if you can pull it off. I could pull it off too but I still wanted some hair to frame my face, so I got a hair transplant, but I'm still buzzing my hair very short.

I already had my life together when I was bald, but now I have real piece of mind thanks to my hair transplant. The obnoxious comments have stopped the day 50% of my transplanted hairs had grown.

I couldn't accept being the bald guy and being discriminated over my baldness. So instead I chose to become the guy who "confidently" shaves his head while he appears to have hair.

But tell us the truth Baldguy, you're not truly bald, are you? You said it was obvious you lost hair at the front and back. That's not bald. And that's why people still treat you decently.

At the moment I'm not slick bald no, but I've been in the past and can't say I've been treat any differently. I still get called "the bald guy" by people even with visible hair around the side and a little on top and that doesn't bother me at all. If anything Im treat with more respect.

I just think some people's attitude on this forum is very wrong. Some people are cut out to be bald, some are not, it's a simple as that.

 

[Baldguy11]

Being called "bald" doesn't affect me, not when it's said to my face or behind my back. Now I do realise, not everyone is like this and I do not expect everyone to have this attitude. So why do you posters on here expect every bald guy to hate the way he looks? It's as if MY feelings, MY choices are wrong?

Many on here need to aquire some basic common sense about how hairloss DOES NOT affect a high number of people also.

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What people say to each other in social situations, especially about touchy subjects like personal appearance, is usually conditioned by expectations, tactical considerations and sheer habit. It rarely corresponds in any meaningful way to how they actually feel about the person they are talking to, except in extreme situations.

Observe what people do. Meaning in this case: If these girls who comment on your bald sexiness also happen to be hopping in the sack with you in great numbers, you have my salutations and are free to continue believing.

What a load of bull****.

 

[Baldguy11]

You're not bald.

Ok. So when I loose that tiny little bit what's left at the front wich is barely even noticeable now, the whole world will treat me completely differant, my girlfriend will leave me, my friends will disown me and I would have no choice but to take part in the hair loss treatment section of this forum. Ok.

 

[Wolf Pack]

Why do these threads even exist if it's impossible to answer them positively? I havent even looked at the treatment side of this forum and I have no intention of ever doing so, although I have no problems with people who do venture down that road. I've noticed a lot of people on here who have problems with guys like me, who are comfortable In there own skin. I actually think myself as a lucky person rather than an unlucky one as I can pull the bald look off.

This is a forum for bald/ balding men. I'm entitled to come on here and say I look good and enjoy being bald, who are you to say otherwise.

Firstly, let me say we got off on the wrong foot. So apologies there. You're right, this thread was for others to reply positively, problem was it your first post! Most people on here are bald/balding AND have/had an issue with it at some point or another. It's a close knitted community, sense of brotherhood even though we may sometimes disagree. We come on here to gain some comfort, whether it's treatment plans, discuss our own hair loss and so on.

You're first post came across as "I don't have no issues whatsoever and love it," that doesn't really fit in here. That is delusional talk too I feel that you see on slybaldguys forum where they are almost proud of no hair on their head, in a delusional way. I understand people being positive which is great but if you think you don't lose big a$$ points being bald, well I am surprised to hear that to say the least. Unless your afro-caribbean and even then my friends are treating it.

At the moment I'm not slick bald no, but I've been in the past and can't say I've been treat any differently. I still get called "the bald guy" by people even with visible hair around the side and a little on top and that doesn't bother me at all. If anything Im treat with more respect.

I just think some people's attitude on this forum is very wrong. Some people are cut out to be bald, some are not, it's a simple as that.

Location UK like me. Yes here and anywhere around the world in my opinion, not having a hairstyle is seen as being bald and this has an impact with men and women. Skinhead thugs here in the past had a clean shave or buzz look. You may get more respect as perhaps you look more intimidating with it, I don't know how you look I am guessing. Either way it's an over expression of masculinity at best, creepy looking at worst, most guys/girls with "social worth" tend to view it in a not great manner. Subconsciously people are making unfair assumptions about your attractiveness or even friend material, not always, but it will happen.

Just yesterday I was watching a program and the son goes to the father are you shaving your head to look scary like Bruce Wilis. The father who has thick full hair and buzzes it to 3/4 as he is a gangster is not even shaving it.

 

[Baldguy11]

I don't think this guy is slybaldguys delusional yet but he does seem to be mistaking common politeness for genuine sentiment in this situation.

Since he is posting here, chances are he is actually quite insecure about this part of his appearance despite his efforts to convince us otherwise. These comments are probably meant to reassure him (and make the other party seem nice or non-judgmental) because others are sensing this insecurity as well.

We know from polls that the actual percentage of women who find bald guys sexy is very low. Baldness or thinning hair is heavily associated with negative stereotypes through visual media, with a disproportionate amount of creepy, villainous, despicable and pathetic characters being bald. Since visual media shapes and through repetition reinforces our base-level, System I responses to people we meet, there is effectively zero chance that hair loss is not impacting the way people consider you.

Again, pay attention to what people do, not what they say.

So tell me, what things that people do should I be paying attention too? Obviously you seem to know.

 

[Wolf Pack]

I think I get what you mean when you say not having a hair style is seen as bald in the UK.

I've watched Christopher Nolan's "The Following" and there was a scene with a thick NW2.5 who just had his hair cut real short, not even buzzed.

Yet the "hero" of the movie, with a full head of hair, kept referencing him as bald to his wife. "You with the bald guy?" I was like WTF?!

This is the husband in the movie:

That's exactly it. Unless you sport a hairstyle you are lumbered into the same category I find. There is a difference between razor shaved head and number 1 buzz, but it's very little. Most guys who look like "rivals" in central london when I walk around will have hairstyles even if some loss at the front. They will be the ones with good friends and girls. It's just the way it goes here but some people don't pick up this basic thing. I don't even think it's anything like Norwood 1 obsession, it's just a hairstyle balances your features, personal identity, makes you look more human. The skinhead/buzz look is seen thuggish and unfashionable.

I think "the bald guy" was his nickname in the movie.

If you can improve density in your buzz a great deal, lower the hairline and perhaps grow it out, it would help a bit more. I know this might be tough but if you max it all out and use smp to touch up, it will help.