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Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: LePaul on March 24, 2002, 12:24:58 PM: Yup I'm on of em

Haven't had bangs since Michael Jackson was in the Top 40 ;)

Been trying to fight it. Funny how this WITH hair said they could care less if they had it. I'd kinda like to keep mine. Did the Rogaine thing, sorta stopped the loss, but didn't gain. Did the Propecia thing, same results, just not as messy as Rogaine (spray on, rub in twice a day)

This'll be a pretty personal question for some: Anyone gone the transplan route? Not the Barbie doll results but I'm more intrigued at the Bosley (http://www.bosley.com). I've seen someone who did this first hand, the results are amazing, albeit pricey

Kinda pondering things over, on the fence, so to speak.

Anyone else been there, done that?
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: mietla on March 24, 2002, 12:51:55 PM: Who needs hair? It just costs you to cut them every month or so, and then you gett all these clippings under your collar. You are driving home to take the shower and change the shirt, and your neck is iching like hell. I hate that.

You want hair, you can have mine :)
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: paintmaw on March 24, 2002, 01:01:24 PM: My nephew is useing Vinegar , Hven't heard if it works though :)
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: midnight Target on March 24, 2002, 02:54:45 PM: Revel in your baldness....celebrate it....announce it to the world....Telly Savalas got plenty of chicks.:D
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: Sandman on March 24, 2002, 04:45:20 PM: Don't fight it... cut the rest off too.

(http://www.electronicsoutpost.com/images/wahl9226.jpg)
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: LePaul on March 24, 2002, 07:30:47 PM: LOL

You guys are bad bad people ;)
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: Sandman on March 24, 2002, 07:53:48 PM: I'm not bad... I'm bald... got the shears out for my bi-monthly (or is it bi-weekly) buzz...
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: Kieran on March 24, 2002, 10:25:50 PM: God gave us all heads; He uncovered the pretty ones. ;)

Going bald and don't give a damn. It's a far sight better than losing my health or eyes or... ;)
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: Sandman on March 24, 2002, 11:23:13 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Kieran
God gave us all heads; He uncovered the pretty ones. ;)

Going bald and don't give a damn. It's a far sight better than losing my health or eyes or... ;)

Some of us bald men also where glasses.

Oh! The humanity! :eek:

EDIT... On top of that, I can't even grow a beard. It's just not fair I tell ya...

Oh... one last thing... the absolute best part of going bald was seeing the worried/scared face of my younger brother.
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: skernsk on March 25, 2002, 07:55:44 AM: If I were going bald I would do the weekly buzz just like Sandman says. I have a couple of friends that are receding big time and that is what they do.

Whatever you do DO NOT go with the comb-over.
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: Kieran on March 25, 2002, 08:12:38 AM: I work for a man that does the worst comeover you have ever seen. I can't take my eyes off the bloody thing when I talk to him.

When men age, the hair slides down the back. Ever notice on the beach how many hairy-backed men are bald? ;)
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: fdiron on March 25, 2002, 08:19:02 AM: Do you smoke Le Paul?
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: Ripsnort on March 25, 2002, 08:24:00 AM: At about 35, I began thinning on the top, it was at that point that I had a decision to make:
A)keep the long hair and "comb-over" (No fuggin way!)
B)Stay with the "Monk" look. (Not my religion!)
C)Buy a good pair of clippers, and cut it short, then shave my head.

C go the vote. :D I like Toosie pops too! :D

I might add, I've never considered Rogaine, or implant, etc. I'm married, wife didn't marry me for my looks (obviously) so I'm comfortable with being bald, hell, I think I give myself more crap about being bald than anyone does! :D
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: Gunthr on March 25, 2002, 09:08:40 AM: 4 guys I know have spent major bucks on implants and/or the other arrangement that is a wig, but it looks pretty realistic. One of them did a comb over. (Saw him one day when his hair fell down like credit cards unfolding from your wallet - was funny)

Anyway, all 4 have given up on it. Three of them now keep thier hair very short. One guy shaves his head. I think they look much better, and the guys look like much more together individuals than they did with the contrivences.

Save your money.
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: hblair on March 25, 2002, 10:52:50 AM: Put me in the column of balding (actually thinning) guys who don't care. I started buzzing my nappy a year ago. In the hot Alabama summer it's really comfortable. I don't care how it looks, my wife is already trapped in marriage anyway.

Bwahahaha! :D ;) :D ;)
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: Curval on March 25, 2002, 12:42:32 PM: I am still deeply in denial regarding my alledged hair loss.
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: LePaul on March 25, 2002, 01:20:12 PM: Sigh

Well I guess the clippers is a good way to go.

Now all I need is a red Star Trek commanders uniform and develop Territs Syndrome so I can randomly yell things like "Engage, Maximum Warp" and such :-)

I just miss my bangs :p
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: Ripsnort on March 25, 2002, 01:25:02 PM: Hmm, more philosophy in the hair dept. "Pick the battles you can win..."

I can do nothing about genetics that won't cost me an obscene amount of money for a vain purpose...however, excercising is cheap, makes you feel great(hair or not) and you got to "work for it" so it feels like an accomplishment. :)

The only up thing about hair is...EVERYONE loses it sooner or later. :P
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: Furious on March 25, 2002, 01:48:58 PM: Once, while rididng the BART, I looked down and to my amazement so the oddest thing...

An older asian gentleman wearing a hairpiece. The odd thing was that the piece was old and the fake hair had fallen out, leaving a large canvas looking baldspot and the stainless steal studs exposed.

How do you look at this thing in the morning and decide it is better looking than your actual skull?

F.
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: LePaul on March 25, 2002, 01:53:54 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Ripsnort
Hmm, more philosophy in the hair dept. "Pick the battles you can win..."

I can do nothing about genetics that won't cost me an obscene amount of money for a vain purpose...however, excercising is cheap, makes you feel great(hair or not) and you got to "work for it" so it feels like an accomplishment. :)

The only up thing about hair is...EVERYONE loses it sooner or later. :P

Yup, good point

Ah well, even if I'm still loosing hair, I have lost over 50 pounds in a year :) I was a porky 233 pounder last June, and since the incredible workout at UPS, Slim Fast and all out watching what I eat, I'm down to 175 now

The gut aint a 6-pack yet, but the party ball is certainly gone!
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: Vector on March 25, 2002, 02:14:40 PM: vector checking in.

I use to use peaked cap (sp?) to cover my thinning hair at top of the head, but then I thought what the heck! Say no to hats! Say "Bald and the beautiful", Ridge is our enemy number one! Shave him!! :)

One of the wisdoms of these boards by Ripsnort:
"More I loose hair, more I get head"
Amen!
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: Raubvogel on March 25, 2002, 02:20:04 PM: I've been losing hair for about 5 years now. I've had a clipper cut for the last 12 years, so didn't even take notice until recently. Hard to get excited about hair in the Army. Only so many different ways you can wear an inch of hair ;) Only thing that pisses me off is sometimes the top of my head gets sunburnt :p
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: Sandman on March 25, 2002, 03:15:02 PM: Sunburns pretty much suck.

For me, the worst thing is kitchen sinks. I can't climb under a sink and fix a pipe without coming out bleeding like a stuck pig.
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: Ripsnort on March 25, 2002, 03:17:36 PM: Vector (Rip hugs him) Glad someone remembered one of my old quips! :) Now that I've been married almost 12 years, unfortunately its not playing out like I imagined...:eek: :cool:
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: NUTTZ on March 25, 2002, 06:19:22 PM: 43, and showing no signs of baldness, In fact i'm starting to grow more hair in places I never imagined you could.

If I ever go bald I'll shave the rest off and get flames tattooed on my head.

NUTTZ
Title: Balding people only....especially you, Rip!
Post by: FDisk on March 25, 2002, 06:45:31 PM: Ah, you see I have an "irish hairline" and when my friends say that I am blading I scream at them "SHUT UP!" and hit them with something.