• chickenf622@sh.itjust.works
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    17 hours ago

    Man I’m glad I started shaving my head when I did. For anyone out there also dealing with going bald, fully committing usually looks better than pretending it’s not happening.

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      51 minutes ago

      I’m planning on getting an incredibly unrealistic wig and refusing to admit that I’ve gone bold.

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      10 hours ago

      I’ve made it to my mid 40s with full coverage. Not sure if I would shave it completely or go with a #1 or #2 all over when my time comes.

      I guess it depends on where/how it happens?

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      16 hours ago

      My dad and uncle look like twins, but my dad always shaved his head and my uncle tried the 3-hair combover to cover it up. So I grew up seeing how much better my dad always looked, and the second I noticed my receding hairline, I committed. Looking back at old pics, it was still probably a year or two later than I should have. The blinders are real.

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      14 hours ago

      I’ve tried it before, but I’ve been told that when I shave my head I look as if I’m on cancer treatment. So I guess I still look better with the hair that I’ve got.

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        8 hours ago

        I’ve been told that when I shave my head I look as if I’m on cancer treatment.

        When people tell you this, respond with a thousand-yard stare, wait 15 seconds, and then quietly say, “I don’t want to talk about it right now.”

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        12 hours ago

        Depending on what they meant by that it could be they needed a period to adjust to the new look. I know it took a while before people forgot what I even looked like with hair.

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          12 hours ago

          > How come you look so good?
          < After a while people forgot how I used to look

          (No shade though, i’m genuinely happy you’re happy with how you look.)

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        12 hours ago

        Can you grow a beard? I had a couple of years after shaving where I looked like a thumb, but a beard changed everything.