How many think ....screw it and bic off all the rest?

How many people on this site just end up bicing the remains and go smooth bald?

Permalink Reply by Zoe Dusting on April 22, 2008 at 5:46pm: At what point in your hair loss should you shave it off? I still have quite a bit of hair and i've never lost all of my hair, but i'm not sure if i'm ready to shave it all off yet. If it's all going to fall out, then i want to shave it off today, but if its going to stop falling out and grow back, then i just want to keep it. Erg..i wish there were answers. Everyone says its so liberating, but i don't want to regret it if i end up shaving it all off. If i still have a fairly full head of hair, should i shave it do avoid the disappointment or watching it fall out everyday?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Matt on April 22, 2008 at 6:12pm: Yeah, it's hard to know what course it will take. Is it going to continue to fall out or start to grow back? You really can't predict the fate of a given hair by looking at it.

When I shaved my head, I still had roughly 60% of my hair and afterwards not a single strand grew back. What this means for me in retrospect was that it was a good idea to shave it off 'cause if I hadn't, it would have simply all fallen out at its own agonizing pace. Your experience may differ, though. :/

Incidentally, did anyone else find their roots to be a little on the weak side before the inevitable fall out? I know for me, before I shaved it, it was unusually easy pull a strand or two out. It was like the roots had already given up.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by kastababy on April 22, 2008 at 8:53pm: Actually Matt, that is pretty common in the areas where spots are developing. If you may or may not have noticed, that area is/was usually pretty tender too. My dermatologist always told me that AA was a very inflammatory condition and gave me ibuprofen to minimize it.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Zoe Dusting on April 22, 2008 at 11:42pm: Hey Yokasta!
What's this about the inflammatroy condition? Why didn't i know this! That could explain a lot. My head is always so itchy and it sometimes hurts. And then it gets so dry. Which is really nasty, but i just don't know what to do about it!! Do you think that the ibuprofen helps?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by kastababy on April 23, 2008 at 10:30pm: Yeah, the inflammation is why your head hurts and itches simultaneously -- it makes sense, considering that your hair follicles are actually under attack. I even notice the inflammation on my eyelids when my eyelashes fall out -- my eyes are real tender until all my eyelashes have fallen out again, then it goes away. To me the ibuprofen helps a lot -- the ibuprofen reduces the inflammation and makes it so I can actually touch my head -- it's too sore and tender most of the time otherwise. The interesting thing is that when I'm bald, my scalp is just as oily as my face, but when my hair is growing I have noticed that I start to develop dry, itchy scalp and dandruff. for that, I use Head & Shoulders for dry hair and oil my scalp with mink oil and it helps a lot. Try that and see if it works.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Char on April 24, 2008 at 9:57am: I did. On my own too, whic was a bit painfull because I had some thick areas. If I ever have to do it again, I'm going to a barber! :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by gerald on April 26, 2008 at 6:29am: Ladies, wheh you shave your heads, don't use a little bic razor. Use a good triple edge blade razor.
Nice smooth shave that way, and less chance of cutting yourself.
That ladyfriend I mentioned who is a friend of myself and my wife, uses a triple edge blade razor on her pretty bald head.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by kastababy on April 27, 2008 at 10:14pm: Honey, why use a triple blade when you can get a 5-blade Gillette Fusion razor that makes your head smooth as a baby's bottom??? LOL

Char, maybe I should have mentioned that if you have more than 1/4" of growth then you might want to have a barber shave it real close before finishing it off with a razor. Me personally, whenever I shave my head I let a barber take it off with a straight razor to begin with, then keep it up myself. How's the smooth look working for you so far??; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by gary on April 27, 2008 at 6:25pm: lost a fiancee over my decision
probably better looking with hair
kind of sucks when you miss a spot in the back

but... it was the best thing i ever did. maybe i gave up the fight, but oh well. it was time to actually start living and not worrying about my hair 24/7. i think i grew such as resentment towards my hair and what it did to me that i just hate hair. i have let it grown out a couple of times for 4-6 months over the past 5 years and once i shaved it just because and the other time i washed my hair one day and noticed extra hairs in my hands and towel and figured i started shedding again. so the hell with it, i really like the look and feel, and as a guy it isn't much of a stretch to pull off as it was when i was a kid over 15 years ago.

and god bless, all the women out there who choose to pick up the razor. that must be one heck of a decision and extra props to those who go out in public sporting the smooth look. until checking out the profiles i honestly didn't realize not only how many beautiful women there are in this forum, and how physically attractive a women can be without hair.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Rebecca on April 27, 2008 at 8:17pm: My AA started about 3 months ago now and i shaved my head about 1 month ago, i said ccrew it!! :) i was sick of counting my hairs in the shower,...i am serious that is what i started doing. Plus, my boyfriend is a plumber so as soon as he said "its ok baby well just get you a hair trap for your tub- i thought that it would really help me emotionally to get rid of it all. Honestly, i have bad days but they are seldom in comkparison to the mornings that i had hair falling out in the shower,...i feel like i let that part of me which i had no control over go. My head gets really itchy at times where i have hair though, im not sure why though.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by gary on April 27, 2008 at 11:48pm: good for you... not good that you have AA of course, but it only took you three months to let go, unlike me with around 10 years. stay strong and i do recommend using Nizoral 2% shampoo twice a week for your scalp. it should take away that itching and flaking if you have that to.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by catfancy on May 11, 2008 at 12:48pm: Yeah, my hair had been falling out for about 9 years before the first time I shaved it off, so congrats to you! I stopped shaving for about 5 years and started again recently. I'm much happier. I wish I could get my head smoother, though. It's annoying when I'm changing clothes and my shirt gets stuck on my head stubble! :D; ▶ Reply to This