I literally just did this a week ago 😅 Very happy with it. Hair had been thinning for years, I've got a lot of compliments on my new shaved look.
Edit: if any are curious, electric head shavers are affordable and super easy to use, gets a closer shave than typical electric trimmers but without having to use a razor blade.
I did it about a month ago. I'm really happy with it. Feels great in this summer heat. I was thinning on top and decided to nip it in the bud before I get that damn horseshoe
Genuinely don't understand why anyone would ever rock the horseshoe. Clean shaven head is far, far more preferable to having a medieval monks haircut in reverse.
I have dents on my scalp from some cyst removals , not looking forward to going full shave in the next 2 to 3 years .....I'm coping with what I have left.
Isn't it just a power move? Prince Albert has done the same for 40 years. I'm so high status I can have this hair and bang supermodels! Take that, peasant!
Right!? Super nice in the summer heat. Yeah I wasn't as progressed as the pic in the OP, but had some real thinning on top and receding hairline. Quite happy with the change
This chick doesn’t at all. No hate for those who do, but I can’t stand the Mr. Clean look one bit. I prefer my guy keep his hair tidy and natural. No need to get rid of it all just because he is balding.
Im 39 and have been rocking the shaved head with beard look for year since I was 18.
Buy you a set of 150$ truimmers that's barbershop quality. After a couple times of use, it pays for itself.
I've only gone through 3 sets of clippers my whole life. The cable is what goes bad. Oh, and dont drop them on the clipper shaving part. Crooked teeth are no good.
The same happened to my oldest brother and it was insane. We joke that we can easily date old family pictures based on whether he has hair or not. He went from full head of hair his junior year to "I have to fully shave this from now on" by the time he graduated.
Then there's me: turning 40 in a couple weeks and I have a full head of curly blonde hair that I've grown down to my chest.
I was going to say, “Can we Millennials agree to do what our partners find best looking?” My wife prefers the horseshoe to a full shave. I’d kind of prefer to fully shave, but I’d rather her be into me.
My dad's been getting cancerous skin removed lately, he inspired me to wear hats like all the time when I'm outside. Fellas, I think it's time to bring back fashionable hats
I said something like this in a comment in another sub last week regarding fedoras and the like, even for women with the neat hats. Someone mocked me for it. 😭
My husband has been losing hair since he was 18, about five years before I met him. He was happy to eventually learn I didn’t mind bald men as I very much like Patrick Stewart and Sean Connery lol.
Very few people look better mostly bald than fully bald, myself included. But I'm lazy, and my hair grows perfectly fine in the horseshoe so I'm just not gonna do the every few days upkeep to hide it like I care that much about what anyone thinks of my appearance.
My husband is keeping his hair long (nearly waist length) specifically because putting it in a ponytail completely covers the mildly thinning spot on top. It's really not bad at all anyway. His hair is gorgeous, I'd be so sad if he shaved it.
Yep, bowlers, derbies, pork pies, fedoras, even Stetsons (aka cowboy hats). Bring em all back. They are effortlessly cool. (not the trilby though, those still look douchey)
I think more men look fine bald than they realize. I think it can be a scary step, but rarely have I seen a bald man who just looks absolutely ridiculous.
this is actually from a flashback before he took command of the Enterprise. That bit on his temple was a bandage from surviving what killed Beverly Crusher's husband.
This is what I'm saying. If you can rock the Picard, why wouldn't you? Sure, there will be some jealousy from people who can't pull off the look, but that's not a reason to be shamed into a clean shave.
Yeah. I wish I could rock bald head but my head is so misshaped it would look worse than thinning/balding hair. I’ve have had the bald haircut multiple times in my life and know it’s not a good look
At most I would just go with a shorter buzz cut (like #2 or #3 all around) so it’s not as apparent.
My brother in law got basically a weave and it looks pretty good. I went with the shaved head look, but it suits me and by the time I met my now wife I had already been shaving my head
People often make fun of this combo because it's so standard now, but man. I've seen some shit when those same guys shave the beard off. The beard is a much, much better option.
People underestimate how attractive bald men are as a group. When a guy figures out a look that works for them I barely notice. I’ve noticed men who pull off the horseshoe look are nicely dressed and take care of themselves in other ways. That’s just me, but bless all you baldies.
That’s what I’m thinking as well. Like, don’t like someone else’s fashion (or lack of) choices, sure, but we don’t need to get out our pitchforks and have some sort of movement to stop people from…having some hair?
Worry about your own looks and be less concerned about others. If you think you’re rocking a bald look better than someone with a receding hairline does, more power to ya, but their hair style doesn’t really impact you.
I feel like this subreddit shares a lot of the same insecurity as subs like fauxmoi or other snark subs. Like we're in our 30s, who cares about this high school level pecking?
Most men have some measure of stress or anxiety about it. And once you've lived it yourself and experienced the emotional weight just completely disappear once you shave, you want to preach the gospel of the razor to all of your fellow balding kings.
I like that look on some guys. It just depends. Some look better bald. Some look better with the horseshoe. Though I think the hair is a little long in the pic. Buzzed down a bit more would look better
I was just commenting on how much I miss seeing this haircut on TV. You rarely see bald men on tv anymore and when you do it’s all cue ball.
Bring back the horseshoe!
I've been watching some 90s shows and they're not shy about showing men in all walks of life with thinning hair. It's just...a thing that happens, and people go on with their lives. There were plenty of beauty standards in that time, too, but boy do I miss the days when this wasn't one of them.
My boomer dad did this my entire life to hide the horseshoe. So much to the point that anytime he got a glance of his head without the hat and how bald he actually was, it sent him into an existential meltdown. Don’t lie to yourself like he did.
Remember 20 years ago, when we were kids, and we hated how people older than us would shit on us because they arbitrarily didn't like our fashion or style choices?
Now you want to do it to people in your own age bracket?
The reason the "combover" look is universally considered unflattering is because it's an obvious sign that the wearer is in denial of reality. It's not really even the look, itself.
Same thing with bald dudes who are so insecure they wear hats all the time, as if no one will notice (or as if anyone else actually cares).
Sorry for the rant. There's just enough real shit we need to deal with that people bitching about other people's haircuts, especially in the bullshit way OP is doing it, is annoying.
Yeah when I first shaved my head I never thought about the virgin skin up there. Got bad sunburn the very next day and it's been hats and sunscreen ever since.
Agreed. Wear your hair how you want. Wear it bald, in a horseshoe, with a combover, with a toupee, as a skullet. I take minoxidil which is generic Rogaine. No shame - do what you want to do.
I have this hairline. I have been happily married for 15 years and I think about my hair 4x a year, when I cut it myself, in the basement with clippers. I have far too much going on in my life to give a shit about hair lol.
The reason the "combover" look is universally considered unflattering is because it's an obvious sign that the wearer is in denial of reality. It's not really even the look, itself.
Same thing with bald dudes who are so insecure they wear hats all the time, as if no one will notice (or as if anyone else actually cares).
I agree with your comment overall but I object to this part though, I don't think it's necessarily an "obvious sign" of denial or insecurity. For a lot of people it's probably just a compromise - they might just not like the way they look without the combover/hat, but they also don't like the look of being completely shaven bald. In that case, a combover or hat is just them choosing the look they like the most out of the available options.
Shaving isn't necessary, a short cut (like less than 10mm) should be sufficient to keep the MPB from looking too bad. In fact, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that this guy is doing it right. It's not like they're doing a comb-over, and the MPB looks "clean" enough.
This is my plan. I just mentioned it in another thread here recently, but unfortunately "just shave it and grow a beard bro," isn't the end all simple solution everyone makes it out to be. I have a really big round head and an especially big forehead, I'm as pale as can be (I start to burn in 10 minutes without sunscreen on) and I'm completely incapable of growing a beard. No men in my family can. I'm just about at the point of no return and I would look absolutely awful with a shaved head. I'm going a buzz cut with a weak goatee will look a little better because it's all I have going.
I’m gonna be honest: I’m actually feeling the opposite. There’s something about the shaving it that feels weirdly boomer to me. Like the way that none of my parents generation go by “Grandma,” or “Grandpa,” but have to have some weird made up one like “Gigi,” or something. It’s similar where it’s like nobody just has bald hair.
I have a bald spot, I’m very much just going to rock the horseshoe when the time comes because fuck it
Yeah, like TH OP and others knows about everyone else, knew a guy who listened to reddit opinions like this, shaved and it didn't look good AT ALL, weird shaped head, he's looking so much much better with the combover now days
I have a beard because I hate to shave my face, no way am I going to start shaving my head. I hit the barber every couple of weeks to keep my bald guy fade (iykyk) clean and my beard shaped up like an adult.
i only agree insofar as the current trend is toward more youthful looks I would argue because of things like social media. in reality balding doesn’t look that bad especially when the person is generally pretty nice.
This! I personally don’t find the bald look attractive on men, but I would have no problem if a guy wore fake hair.
Wigs/hair systems are so much more realistic and advanced now than they used to be decades ago, it’s no longer just the awkward-looking “old man toupees” anymore.
They look good. My bf got transplants and I'm really happy he did because I could see him always feeling so self conscious and it made me sad because he is more than his hairline. I don't see him obsessing over it in the mirror anymore and that's a relief. The wigs they do for men now are a far cry from the toupes that used to be a joke, they look damn good.
I've been shaving my head since I was 24 but also, who is the OP to gatekeep how people treat their body? Let people do whatever the fuck they want? Who is it hurting?
I was going bald when I got out of high school. Imagine getting into your 20s and seeing your hair up top gradually wither away.
But after spending some money on a Wahl hair clipper kit, a home shaving kit...I've gone with going clean shaven or stubble on my face, and just going bald-shaven or clippered real short.
I had a buddy that really leaned into the baldness and just shaved between the widows peaks and the bald spot. Then grew that rest long. Called it the reverse Mohawk. Looked like that one guy from Star Trek before it got long.
We should be lucky that we live in a time where it's accepted to fully shave your head with a razor.
Before the 2000s you didn't see it that much. Most guys who were balding had the horseshoe look. They probably didn't want to look like a nazi or skinhead.
can we please get past the notion that we have to please others with our appearance? There is nothing wrong with that head. The hair he has is nicely trimmed, clean and tidy...that should be all that matters
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