If you had no hair, what would you do?

gmku · 06.27.2006, 10:24 AM

Not all of us over 40 can keep our hair like Thurston. And though you young-uns have plenty now, time has a way of changing these things. From my teens through my late 20s, I had hair like Jim Morrison. In recent years, the front part of my doo has thinned considerably. In fact, though I can see hair in the mirror, when I look at pics of myself, it's like there's no hair there at all!

So for a while now I've been going with a buzz haircut. But every once in a while, I feel compelled to go as shaggy as I can go, and inevitably I start looking like an old fart trying to grow a comb-over.

What do you young uns think is cooler--shaggy and uncut but considerably bald up front, or buzzed all over?

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 06.27.2006, 10:28 AM

go with the buzzcut.
Some day Ill do the same, but my hair doesnt look to good short. And of course no one can resist long locks.

Glice · 06.27.2006, 10:29 AM

Depends on the person. And the age. 30-something with thinning hair, leather jacket and inadvisable wife is a big no no. 60 something with a mane of grey hair, proper full-on beard and general smart/casual dress is ace.

I'm quite looking forward to replacing hair with beard, proportional to my inevitable hair loss... although, luckily, my family have freakish anti-receding genes.

fishmonkey · 06.27.2006, 10:31 AM

just wear it whatever way makes you comfortable, i'm 28 and i dont really have this problem, i did have long hair for years and years, just shoulder length all the way round but just got so sick of the maintenance i said to myself one day..."fuck this" got a blade 3 all over and havent looked back since. I suppose i just reaced the point where the hair cut i had didnt really matter anymore, i just wanted the most plain boring haircut ever with the least amopunt of maintenance. Dont fret though man - my friend is in the same boat as you and he looks good... in fact there are loadsa men out there that look good bald.

Glice · 06.27.2006, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Saturnine

But I'm a girl. I'm not going bald. Ever.

One could read that in more than one way...

gmku · 06.27.2006, 10:33 AM

Yeah, I'm plagued with the old receding gene, unfortunately. I don't think I'll ever be able to sport the "mane of grey hair" look. Anyway, I've seen too many old men with that bald down to the ears but shoulder length below that. It's just weird. I wanna walk up with a scissors and sheer it all off.

The buzz is a comfortable style. Low maintenance, cool in the summer. And not unhip. Not hip either, but not unhip, if you know what I mean. Sort of a "non-haircut."

Onani Nic · 06.27.2006, 10:34 AM

if I was going bald I would get some sweet wigs like Keiji Haino. See going bald doesn't have to be boring

Tokolosh · 06.27.2006, 10:34 AM

I would get a cow to lick my head three times a day for a whole year till my hair grows back again.

Danny Himself · 06.27.2006, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Saturnine

Seeing as how I like to dye my hair pretty colors, I would freak out.

But I'm a girl. I'm not going bald. Ever.

What about Gail Porter? She went bald and then everyone realised she had a really fat head.

Ahh!

fishmonkey · 06.27.2006, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Tokolosh

I would get a cow to lick my head three times a day for a whole year till my hair grows back again.

ha ha! priceless!

gmku · 06.27.2006, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Tokolosh

I would get a cow to lick my head three times a day for a whole year till my hair grows back again.

yeah, been there, done that. Didn't work.

Got a year's free supply of milk, though.

porkmarras · 06.27.2006, 10:49 AM

I'd put my bald head to very good use,that's all i'm saying.......

Glice · 06.27.2006, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Onani Nic

if I was going bald I would get some sweet wigs like Keiji Haino. See going bald doesn't have to be boring

I'm pretty sure that's his real hair y'know.

And Saturnine, are you coming on to me? Because I'd have to report you to my Abbot if you are.

shentov · 06.27.2006, 10:53 AM

if my hair ever goes off i would definately buzz it short skinhead type. i am lucky enough to have nice skull shape. btw i look like that now.

m^a(t)h · 06.27.2006, 11:15 AM

ill be dead before 30, so im good...

luxinterior · 06.27.2006, 11:28 AM

Shaggy hair usually looks really stupid. Every single guy in my high school had hair like that. It made me think that none of them had the balls to either cut it really short (or bald altogether) or grow it out really long and risk getting called a fag.

If my hair started to thin, then I don't know. Contrary to popular belief on this board, I am in fact a girl. I wouldn't mind being bald, but I don't think it would suit me. My hair is really thick, and a few months ago it was about two feet longer than it is right now. I am comfortable with how it is now, medium-length or something. I've never dyed it, so I'm not sure if I would even bother with that if it started turning grey.

DemonBox · 06.27.2006, 11:52 AM

Wear a wig

nah, just kidding, do as you please man,as long as you feel good.

acousticrock87 · 06.27.2006, 12:08 PM

If you're married, do what your wife wants. You will be better off for it.

Everyneurotic · 06.27.2006, 12:19 PM

i'd go skinhead and paint a black stripe in the middle of my skull.

wait, are we talking "head" hair or "body" hair?

gmku · 06.27.2006, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by acousticrock87

If you're married, do what your wife wants. You will be better off for it.

Yeah, she wants me buzzed. So that works.

06.27.2006, 10:24 AM	#1
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Not all of us over 40 can keep our hair like Thurston. And though you young-uns have plenty now, time has a way of changing these things. From my teens through my late 20s, I had hair like Jim Morrison. In recent years, the front part of my doo has thinned considerably. In fact, though I can see hair in the mirror, when I look at pics of myself, it's like there's no hair there at all! So for a while now I've been going with a buzz haircut. But every once in a while, I feel compelled to go as shaggy as I can go, and inevitably I start looking like an old fart trying to grow a comb-over. What do you young uns think is cooler--shaggy and uncut but considerably bald up front, or buzzed all over?
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06.27.2006, 10:28 AM	#2
Sheriff Rhys Chatham invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England. Posts: 4,027	go with the buzzcut. Some day Ill do the same, but my hair doesnt look to good short. And of course no one can resist long locks. __________________ My Music(grunge rock) A part of this blue shit since June 24th, 2004
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06.27.2006, 10:31 AM	#4
fishmonkey invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 2,670	just wear it whatever way makes you comfortable, i'm 28 and i dont really have this problem, i did have long hair for years and years, just shoulder length all the way round but just got so sick of the maintenance i said to myself one day..."fuck this" got a blade 3 all over and havent looked back since. I suppose i just reaced the point where the hair cut i had didnt really matter anymore, i just wanted the most plain boring haircut ever with the least amopunt of maintenance. Dont fret though man - my friend is in the same boat as you and he looks good... in fact there are loadsa men out there that look good bald. __________________ "Pescescimmia ha grandi bulbi oculari blu, ognuno attaccato su un lato della sua testa, in modo tale da risucire a guardare indietro senza girare la sua testa pesciosa"
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06.27.2006, 10:33 AM	#6
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Yeah, I'm plagued with the old receding gene, unfortunately. I don't think I'll ever be able to sport the "mane of grey hair" look. Anyway, I've seen too many old men with that bald down to the ears but shoulder length below that. It's just weird. I wanna walk up with a scissors and sheer it all off. The buzz is a comfortable style. Low maintenance, cool in the summer. And not unhip. Not hip either, but not unhip, if you know what I mean. Sort of a "non-haircut."
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06.27.2006, 10:34 AM	#7
Onani Nic the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 930	if I was going bald I would get some sweet wigs like Keiji Haino. See going bald doesn't have to be boring __________________ I don't give a fuck thats the problem. I see a motherfuckin cop i don't dodge them.
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06.27.2006, 10:34 AM	#8
Tokolosh invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Plaza de Toros Posts: 6,731	I would get a cow to lick my head three times a day for a whole year till my hair grows back again. __________________ Anything you can /imagine is real
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06.27.2006, 10:49 AM	#12
porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	I'd put my bald head to very good use,that's all i'm saying....... __________________
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06.27.2006, 10:53 AM	#14
shentov expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 1,223	if my hair ever goes off i would definately buzz it short skinhead type. i am lucky enough to have nice skull shape. btw i look like that now. __________________
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06.27.2006, 11:15 AM	#15
m^a(t)h expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,204	ill be dead before 30, so im good...
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06.27.2006, 11:28 AM	#16
luxinterior invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Missouri, land of the free and home of the brave Posts: 2,351	Shaggy hair usually looks really stupid. Every single guy in my high school had hair like that. It made me think that none of them had the balls to either cut it really short (or bald altogether) or grow it out really long and risk getting called a fag. If my hair started to thin, then I don't know. Contrary to popular belief on this board, I am in fact a girl. I wouldn't mind being bald, but I don't think it would suit me. My hair is really thick, and a few months ago it was about two feet longer than it is right now. I am comfortable with how it is now, medium-length or something. I've never dyed it, so I'm not sure if I would even bother with that if it started turning grey. __________________ "I sweat like a fucking nun on Sunday...I don't even know what that means." - Sebastian Bach
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06.27.2006, 11:52 AM	#17
DemonBox the end of the ugly Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 840	Wear a wig nah, just kidding, do as you please man,as long as you feel good.
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06.27.2006, 12:08 PM	#18
acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	If you're married, do what your wife wants. You will be better off for it.
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06.27.2006, 12:19 PM	#19
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	i'd go skinhead and paint a black stripe in the middle of my skull. wait, are we talking "head" hair or "body" hair? __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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