Poll: Shave my hair down? (44 votes)

noodleThu 16/08/07 20:18

This is a single option poll: "Seeing that my hair seems to be thinning and receding far too much for a man in his 20s (the scalp is all too visible), I feel it is time to take action. I'm looking to shave it down but have never had this sort of style before. So I call to you OUTers - do you think it would suit me and if so, down to which grade on top? (I can't put photos on this poll so you'll need to check my profile :) The last bunch of photos roughly show what my hair is like now.)"

• Yes - Grade 2: 26 votes
• Yes - Grade 3: 2 votes
• Yes - Grade 4: 2 votes
• Yes - Grade 5+: 2 votes
• Noooo, leave it! What are you thinking?: 9 votes
• Grow it out some more: 1 vote
• Other (Please state below): 2 votes

halifax_69Thu 16/08/07 20:20

Grade 1.

The best thing I did...last week!

bbbracknellThu 16/08/07 20:20

1 - there is no alternative!

booshankThu 16/08/07 20:21

I think you should have a number 2 on top blended in with a number 1 at the back and sides....

oh, and a brazillian down below, just for good measure!

noodleThu 16/08/07 20:21

quoting > "Grade 1. "

Not sure if I'd go so low - would have to see what the other grades would look like first. Plus I've tanned abit so don't want to bear a nigh-on white scalp just yet :P

duncanThu 16/08/07 20:22

No! Leave it as it is! Your hair looks very sexy as it is :D. Seeing as it was the first thing I saw of you as you came up from the Undergroud all those months back! I just remember thinking "Wow! He's *so* sexy" :P (I still do btw!)

fastbikeThu 16/08/07 20:27

Give it a go - it will grow soon enough anyway so it's no great shakes if you don't like it.
I often have mine down to No2 but occasionally I get a bit bored with it and let it grow for a change.

An interesting side-effect of having it cropped short is that the girls at work often seem to want to stroke it... Hussies !

bbbracknellThu 16/08/07 20:27

quoting > "I just remember thinking "Wow! He's *so* sexy" :P (I still do btw!)"

He's got a nice posh sexy voice too, hasn't he Duncan.

noodleThu 16/08/07 20:28

quoting > "I think you should have a number 2 on top blended in with a number 1 at the back and sides....

oh, and a brazillian down below, just for good measure!"

God, I'd better charge the trimmer for a week in that case!

Thanks for the advice so far people :)

And Duncan, stop hijacking my posts with flirts, you! You know how quickly I blush!!

noodleThu 16/08/07 20:28

quoting > "He's got a nice posh sexy voice too, hasn't he Duncan"

Posh?! I'm from 'eston innit?

duncanThu 16/08/07 20:33

quoting > "And Duncan, stop hijacking my posts with flirts, you! You know how quickly I blush!!"

It wasn't a flirt.... I meant what I said!

But you do have a lovely voice. And a lovely laugh!

#197100Thu 16/08/07 20:54

Go and start taking tablets - proscar is a worker! Or if you feel it would work try a transplant. Why do you have to take what nature flings at you.

noodleThu 16/08/07 20:57

quoting > "Go and start taking tablets - proscar is a worker! Or if you feel it would work try a transplant. Why do you have to take what nature flings at you."

I'm happy to accept how my body's programmed. And to be fair I haven't been that great to it so what goes around... :)

think.upThu 16/08/07 22:04

I lost most of my hair by 19, because I'm so damned manly. All that dihydrotestosterone obstructing the blood-flow to my follicles. As you rightly say, it's programming, no point playing King Canute.

I'd suggest go straight to a number one and see how you like it. You can always have it a bit longer if you don't like it, from number 1 to number 2 takes about 2 days to grow.
I shave my head now and really like the feel. It's more striking than just clippered, at least I think so, especially if you have hair on the sides but not on top.

Check out quickfind:miserablespice for the handsome shaved look ;-)

I think you should have a number 2 on top blended in with a number 1 at the back and sides....

oh, and a brazillian down below, just for good measure! is a decent alternative.

#90232Thu 16/08/07 22:27

I think your hair looks nice as it is. Don't fall for being vain, just endeavour to feel happy the way you are and to maximize your individuality. Everyone should maximize his/her individuality. There are too many gay clones: be different!

And don't worry about going bald in your twenties. More men than you realize do go bald at that age.