Can I hide my male pattern baldness by clipping my hair really short with clippers?

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If so what kind do I get, etc? What store should I go to -- Walmart?

― DAEREST V1CE MAGAZINE!!!!! (ex machina), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:16 (twenty years ago)

Just shave yer head, dude.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:16 (twenty years ago)

Says YOU! ;P

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:17 (twenty years ago)

Yay!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:17 (twenty years ago)

Shaved heads are better than the dreaded horse-shoe

― Orbit (Orbit), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:18 (twenty years ago)

SHAVE IT SHAVE IT SHAVE IT

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:19 (twenty years ago)

"hide"

i'm trying to learn to embrace my widow's peak. i am over thirty now after all.

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:20 (twenty years ago)

DONT LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU JON

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:26 (twenty years ago)

ALso, OSTER CLIPPERS ALL THEE WAY

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:26 (twenty years ago)

I've got Con-Air clippers now and I hate them. I wish my Oster clippers hadn't broken because they reminded me of my grandfather's clippers (he was a barber).

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:27 (twenty years ago)

You arent thinning are you Jim? I hadnt noticed as much.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:28 (twenty years ago)

receding not thinning

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:29 (twenty years ago)

My old Wahl clippers were great for 15 years; my new Wahl clippers are crap.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:30 (twenty years ago)

I cannot shave my head because of this:

http://events.clowningaround.com/images/Lookalike%20Photos/gorbachev.jpg

My dermotologist is going to remedy it, but I also believe that my caesarian section left me with a funny shaped skull. Seriously....

My receding hair generally looks ok when it is trimmed but as soon as the front gets long -- BALD WHITE SKULL SHOWS!

― DAEREST V1CE MAGAZINE!!!!! (ex machina), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:31 (twenty years ago)

You have a Gorbachev portwine birthmark?

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:31 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001YYNKS.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:32 (twenty years ago)

My husband has "corners" because of some overuse of forceps when he was born. He shaves his head. Looks fine.

― You fondle my trigger then you blame my gun / Kate (papa november), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:32 (twenty years ago)

Its actually just a totally different unsightly birthmark -- way smaller.

Kate! thanks for the info.

― DAEREST V1CE MAGAZINE!!!!! (ex machina), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:34 (twenty years ago)

the answer to the thread question is "no", btw.

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 17 June 2005 02:34 (twenty years ago)

if mine goes back any further it's all going

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 17 June 2005 02:34 (twenty years ago)

Jess - But isn't it better than having shitty thinning hair?

Dan Perry, what is your hair like?

http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/~marshall/flowbee.jpg

― DAEREST V1CE MAGAZINE!!!!! (ex machina), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:37 (twenty years ago)

here is a picture of me sumo wrestling with the one person whiter than I am:

http://photos11.flickr.com/13354315_6eb5d93374.jpg?v=0

― DAEREST V1CE MAGAZINE!!!!! (ex machina), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:39 (twenty years ago)

Is that...cozen?

― the PSB signal (nordicskilla), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:40 (twenty years ago)

Aw, so homoerotic =)

..what?

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:43 (twenty years ago)

GAY HATS

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:43 (twenty years ago)

haha well jon as is typical of bald man's curse, my hair is quite thick everywhere but the front :-(

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 17 June 2005 02:44 (twenty years ago)

Go the Shane Warne route and get one hair implants.

(PS no dont, they look shitty)

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:45 (twenty years ago)

yeah. using rogaine/propecia/etc = good if it works for you and you can afford it. plugs/transplants = insulting the intelligence of the rest of the world

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:46 (twenty years ago)

HOMOEROTIC

http://photos9.flickr.com/13353402_b3aee2c419.jpg?v=0

― DAEREST V1CE MAGAZINE!!!!! (ex machina), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:47 (twenty years ago)

AAARGHHHH

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:47 (twenty years ago)

Jim did you see Warney on the tv the other night pimping the new hair? OMG he looked terrible.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:48 (twenty years ago)

Er. More terrible, than usual that is.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:48 (twenty years ago)

no but i've no doubt it's horrible.

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:48 (twenty years ago)

haha well jon as is typical of bald man's curse, my hair is quite thick everywhere but the front :-(

I have thin hair everywhere and thinning hair in the front. Also, a widow's peak.

― DAEREST V1CE MAGAZINE!!!!! (ex machina), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:48 (twenty years ago)

actually the top is starting to thin now as well. ("starting to thin" = "i have a bald spot".) maybe i am just deluding myself.

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 17 June 2005 02:49 (twenty years ago)

no one will notice your lack of hair if you act gay enough. women and men alike all love gay men.

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:50 (twenty years ago)

http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1998/aug/08-10-98/photos/pimovie.gif

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:51 (twenty years ago)

hence why i grew the beard!

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 17 June 2005 02:51 (twenty years ago)

OK, so ... Oster clippers = ok.

So: 1) I buy clippers
2) I put them on the longest setting
3) Clip hair
4) If hair looks good, great!
5) Else reduce length goto 3

????

― DAEREST V1CE MAGAZINE!!!!! (ex machina), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:52 (twenty years ago)

yes

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:53 (twenty years ago)

grow a beard!

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 17 June 2005 02:54 (twenty years ago)

The only facial hair I can grow convincingly is a hitler 'stache! Also, if I don't shave I get acne.

― DAEREST V1CE MAGAZINE!!!!! (ex machina), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:57 (twenty years ago)

i need to trim my beard actually. i'm getting a little grizzly adams here.

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 17 June 2005 02:58 (twenty years ago)

When reading threads like this, I feel as though I haven't done enough with my hair while I still have it.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 17 June 2005 02:59 (twenty years ago)

http://www.funnypics.dk/data/media/1/chopperhair.jpg

― DAEREST V1CE MAGAZINE!!!!! (ex machina), Friday, 17 June 2005 03:04 (twenty years ago)

jon, i'm dealing with the same conundrum as you right now. too poor to afford a hair cut, ready to shave it every day (already have clippers).

i'll do it if you do it!

― [that bastard] jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 17 June 2005 04:06 (twenty years ago)

flowbee!!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 17 June 2005 05:42 (twenty years ago)

Step 'n' flow?

― giboyeux (skowly), Friday, 17 June 2005 05:48 (twenty years ago)

i'll do it if you do it!

http://cyhigh.jacksonsun.com/reviews/images/pants.jpg

― DAEREST V1CE MAGAZINE!!!!! (ex machina), Friday, 17 June 2005 05:57 (twenty years ago)

fuck Froogle sez Clippers are pricy!

― DAEREST V1CE MAGAZINE!!!!! (ex machina), Friday, 17 June 2005 05:59 (twenty years ago)

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you did it?!

pix

do i have to do it now?

― Hugh Jarmes (jaxon), Friday, 17 June 2005 23:33 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

This is working out well but I feel like I need to "trim". Is it advisable to just chop away (smoothly!!) at my own head?

― no tech! (ex machina), Thursday, 7 July 2005 23:34 (twenty years ago)

post pics.

― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 7 July 2005 23:37 (twenty years ago)

I just have short hair. That's all. Its not even that short anymore.

― no tech! (ex machina), Thursday, 7 July 2005 23:41 (twenty years ago)

just pretend you're mowing the lawn

― Tigerstyle Shamanic Vision Quester (sexyDancer), Friday, 8 July 2005 14:14 (twenty years ago)

For some reason I'm really attracted to the girl with the helicopter on her head. It's like "if she's cool enough to let someone make her hair into a helicopter, she must be a lot of fun."

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 8 July 2005 14:18 (twenty years ago)

What do you mean by trim, Jon? With scissors? Or do you just want to get rid of the new growth? I cut my hair (1.5mm long or so) every 10-14 days, though ideally I'd like to do it weekly. It's a bit too much hassle, though, so I don't.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 8 July 2005 14:39 (twenty years ago)

Yea, I just wanna buzz down the new growth

― no tech! (ex machina), Friday, 8 July 2005 14:45 (twenty years ago)

Your clippers will still be sharp - keep oiling them every cut and you should be fine. It's still a hassle though (and if you burn your scalp to literally a crisp - I've been peeling off rizla-size strips of skin since yesterday - then you have to give it a while to recover).

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 8 July 2005 14:53 (twenty years ago)

Yikes!

― no tech! (ex machina), Friday, 8 July 2005 15:21 (twenty years ago)

I shaved my head two weeks ago. Grew out the moustache too! I look like a white supremacist slash DEFCON attendee.

I am never, ever doing this again though.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 8 July 2005 15:25 (twenty years ago)

I'd hit it.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 8 July 2005 15:26 (twenty years ago)

I shaved my head two weeks ago. Grew out the moustache too! I look like a white supremacist slash DEFCON attendee.

OUTSTANDING

I am never, ever doing this again though.

Probably for the best. Take many pictures now and make t-shirts, though! You'll make MILLIONS.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 8 July 2005 17:21 (twenty years ago)

http://home.gwu.edu/~tombot/outstanding.jpg

― TOMBOT, Friday, 8 July 2005 17:36 (twenty years ago)

HAHA. YOU WEREN'T LYING

― The Amazing Jaxon! (jaxon), Friday, 8 July 2005 17:50 (twenty years ago)

you look like a gaunt orlando bloom

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 8 July 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

Hahaha! Is looking like a gaunt Orlando Bloom anything like looking like a pouty Keira Knightley?

― The Ghost of Tautologies-R-Us (Dan Perry), Friday, 8 July 2005 17:56 (twenty years ago)

http://www.defamer.com/topic/kevin-federline.jpg

― Leon C. (Ex Leon), Friday, 8 July 2005 17:58 (twenty years ago)

You look like a one-eyed 11th grader from my hometown trying look like a man with his brand-new no-stache. By which I mean "totally kick-ass!"

ps - Fukkin' dood, ja get those new fukkin chewers? Me and Beezoo 'r goin down to the Bottoms with some beers if you wanna come.

― giboyeux (skowly), Friday, 8 July 2005 17:58 (twenty years ago)

Giboyeux OTM.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 8 July 2005 18:09 (twenty years ago)

I think my moustache is more manly!

― no tech! (ex machina), Friday, 8 July 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

PROVE IT

― giboyeux (skowly), Friday, 8 July 2005 18:15 (twenty years ago)

STOP PRESS...CORRECTION...I WOULD NOT HIT IT...REPEAT...I WOULD NOT HIT IT

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 8 July 2005 18:19 (twenty years ago)

I wish I had taken a picture of my hitler stache

― no tech! (ex machina), Friday, 8 July 2005 18:19 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

I noticed today that my baldness looks a lot better since my scalp tanned and began to match the color of my hair. I'm due for another buzz soon and am feeling much happier with my hair. Thanks for the support.

― Tumililingan (ex machina), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 04:15 (twenty years ago)

eight years pass...

the answer to this is yes, right?

― Legitimate space tale (LocalGarda), Monday, 21 October 2013 10:14 (twelve years ago)

― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Monday, 21 October 2013 10:15 (twelve years ago)

bought a clippers yesterday. i kinda have hair still, but i think better to go early than late, with this.

― Legitimate space tale (LocalGarda), Monday, 21 October 2013 10:27 (twelve years ago)

It can help. Are you tall? I found that it helped to position myself where people could not look down at he top of my head.

― how's life, Monday, 21 October 2013 10:30 (twelve years ago)

avg height unfortunately.

bright lights are a problem too.

― Legitimate space tale (LocalGarda), Monday, 21 October 2013 10:31 (twelve years ago)

like if i had someone cutting my hair every 10 days or so I reckon i'd get away with it. me shaving it to a 4 blade or whatever regularly is the economical solution to that.

― Legitimate space tale (LocalGarda), Monday, 21 October 2013 10:32 (twelve years ago)

For the record, people started noticing that I was balding in my senior year of high school. I tried the clippers thing for many years, but people would still notice and I'm sure many other people were just too polite or embarrassed to mention it. I should have just started bicing it earlier.

― how's life, Monday, 21 October 2013 10:35 (twelve years ago)

It's not really that big a deal going bald, it's not like you're the only bald person and everyone will be staring.

If it really bothers you, save up 30k and end up with a rooney or buy a hat.

― not_goodwin, Monday, 21 October 2013 10:40 (twelve years ago)

Bit steep for a hat that

― gotta lol geir (NickB), Monday, 21 October 2013 10:42 (twelve years ago)

It's a really good hat, send me the money and I'll send you one, honest.

― not_goodwin, Monday, 21 October 2013 10:44 (twelve years ago)

yeah i'm not partic worried about it - been on the cards for a while, tbh i've kept my hair for longer than i thought i would, it stalled for a bit in my mid 20s!

― Legitimate space tale (LocalGarda), Monday, 21 October 2013 10:45 (twelve years ago)

Hiding it is not really possible, and it's a bit pointless as you're going to be found out eventually. All you can do is make the best of it. It isn't that important anyway but, being a vain bastard, I do miss being able to vary my hairstyle.

― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Monday, 21 October 2013 10:53 (twelve years ago)

you could buy a selection of wigs.

― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Monday, 21 October 2013 11:00 (twelve years ago)

mine went really early – thin on top by early 20s - & it's always been nbd – I think it hits slightly older sales/business/publicly-visible types harder, their identity gets tied up with their hair.

Least bother is a cordless clipper, go over once a week before a shower. It won't hide it, but it keeps you in line with the accepted solution.

I've never tried wet-shaving it – I think it would be an interesting solution (might be a bit much on my huge round pale head) but I'm clumsy and ill-disciplined and probably wouldn't keep it up properly.

― woof, Monday, 21 October 2013 11:06 (twelve years ago)

you could buy a selection of wigs.

of course!

― Legitimate space tale (LocalGarda), Monday, 21 October 2013 11:10 (twelve years ago)

I've never tried wet-shaving it

I've only been doing that for the past few years, I wish I'd done it earlier. Tbh It was almost an erotic experience the first time I did it but, sadly, the thrill has gone!

― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Monday, 21 October 2013 11:15 (twelve years ago)

Once a week, I do the trimmer with no attachment (I presume it's a zero) on my head (like woof said). I know this time of year is the wrong time, but getting some sun on your head and a bit of colour looks a lot better than just white and pale.

― not_goodwin, Monday, 21 October 2013 11:17 (twelve years ago)

(might be a bit much on my huge round pale head)

Yeah, I'm fortunate to have a head well-suited to shaving. The paleness goes away after a week or so. It does require upkeep every few data or so. If I go a week without shaving, I have to spend like half an hour hacking it all back down again.

― how's life, Monday, 21 October 2013 11:20 (twelve years ago)

Once a month dry clippers

Brother does wet shave, suits him. Tried it once had a huge big childabusing head on me.

nb not in any way invested in my appearance, have been receding since school and thinning on top before mid 20s. The clippers is just the most functional cheap haircut method for me ymmv

― champagne supernovella (darraghmac), Monday, 21 October 2013 11:27 (twelve years ago)

fancy that!

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/hairraising-researchers-herald-major-scalp-for-science-that-promises-radical-new-therapies-to-tackle-baldness-8894760.html

― not_goodwin, Monday, 21 October 2013 22:06 (twelve years ago)

if it's any consolation, I think bald men are super hot.

― homosexual II, Monday, 21 October 2013 22:29 (twelve years ago)

I bought a wig the other day, haven't worn it outside the house.

― low tolerance for average white (bends), Monday, 21 October 2013 22:36 (twelve years ago)

It looks OK with a headband, it looks pretty crap otherwise.

― low tolerance for average white (bends), Monday, 21 October 2013 22:36 (twelve years ago)

if it's any consolation, I think bald men are super hot.

― homosexual II, Monday, October 21, 2013 6:29 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ya ronan u could def rock this IMO

― flopson, Monday, 21 October 2013 22:41 (twelve years ago)

my wife thinks bald men are hot too. has a bit of a Yul Brynner thing.

― how's life, Monday, 21 October 2013 22:58 (twelve years ago)

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