My hairline is actually alright (its the back and crown that is thinning). As in even after shaving it down to a zero, within a week you can see how sparse and thin the crown is. I've got dark brown (''black hair for a white person''as a Chinese person described it once
) so you can see the thinning almost straight away after a few day's growth. I used to grow my hair out at the back and fold it over a bit - but what good does that do in the pissing wind and rain of north Europe. And hitting 40, i stopped giving a fudge and decided to shave it off.
Its not amazing, I would prefer to have hair, I have a huge big face, I've got huge lugs, a big Celtic (with a K) tattie heid and a monobrow but amazing how liberating this is. I used to subconsciously think if under a bright light or a bus/train that the people behind me would be staring at my thinning crown/bald spot.
My pal's girlfriend runs a hair extension shop and she gave me a wig for a few days
I tried it on (in the safety of home) and it looked OK ish but the thought of going through that, and each to their own for the wig wearers (sorry hair systems) but even if it looked good under certain lighting, surely they go noticed and the paranoia of ''do people know'' would eat you apart ; and what happens if your side hair is a different colour to the top. I don't have 'black hair' but its not brown either, a dark dark brown colour that many in this country have - how can you match that? If I got a black wig, it would be too black yet dark brown is almost too light. Same lassie told me of 'concealers' basically spray on hair, again might look good for a picture but that's surely not an option for anyone living life, running/hiking or even just lying down on a pillow and what if someone touches your hair and have black pepper like stuff in their hand! I don't judge anyone and if it makes them feel better, but having seen a few people with that spray on hair stuff - it looks very obvious in my opinion, and well the game is up if that is the case, whole point in wearing wigs etc surely is that it looks real!
But getting older and seeing how people start falling apart basically - or going grey, fatter and fatter - it was time to go for it and tbh, I wish I did this years ago.
I'd love to hear some inspirational head shaving stories or folk who were losing it or going bald. I know many say man up, just go for it ; but don't know a wee part of me thought shaving my head means no going back haha time for me to pose with a pic of The Two Mikes ticket for £25 and get a hooped earing in (in house Two Mikes joke).
Then again, way too old to GAF now or be vain. Shaving it down once every 5 days will be me now for the rest of my days I think. I've got a pal who says he's going to do it too - his hair is worse than mine ; basically like a monk head - yet he's clinging on it. Yet under bright lights of toilets etc it looks so sparse you can see his actually head! Not up to me to tell him, but hopefully he finds sense rather than live under hats 90% of the time.
Fellow baldies, tell me your stories please.
