I don't know if this has been covered before, probably so, but I don't think I've seen a thread dedicated to it. I always notice people on here saying how balding automatically makes you ugly. Why do we see this holy aura around balding celebrities? Granted, going bald is a drastic change in your appearance, but what about your other features? The reason I worry about going bald is because I don't have any strong facial features. I wish my face was a bit squarer, or maybe a smaller nose. If I had either of those, I could give a f*** about being bald. Nice eyes, lips, face, etc all over throw a nice head of hair. I dunno, something I just wanted to bring up, because it seems that people here assume, once you're bald, you're ugly and it annoys me. Not a great post, but I know you guys should have some input about this.
A Random Question: The Coupling of Balding and Ugliness
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I think it has to do with a number of factors. For me it comes down to this:
- fear of the unknown. How will people react to me as I go bald?
- hair covers imperfections. My scalp is bumpy and I wonder how bad I will look when there is nothing to cover it.
- loss of control. Most things in life we can control or wait long enough and it changes. Hair loss isn't like this.
- shape of face. Hair does a lot to shape the face. I've always had a long face and people have had no shame in telling me this as if it's a bad thing. As my hairline recedes my face looks longer since my head slopes upward.
That's pretty much it for me... I imagine most people have many of the same types of fears. I realize that even if I had the perfect head, balding would probably give me the same pain, but the truth is from a maintenance perspective I've always wanted to shave my head. If I had a nice shape of head I would have done it even when I had a good head of hair. Then I could go bald gracefully.
- fear of the unknown. How will people react to me as I go bald?
- hair covers imperfections. My scalp is bumpy and I wonder how bad I will look when there is nothing to cover it.
- loss of control. Most things in life we can control or wait long enough and it changes. Hair loss isn't like this.
- shape of face. Hair does a lot to shape the face. I've always had a long face and people have had no shame in telling me this as if it's a bad thing. As my hairline recedes my face looks longer since my head slopes upward.
That's pretty much it for me... I imagine most people have many of the same types of fears. I realize that even if I had the perfect head, balding would probably give me the same pain, but the truth is from a maintenance perspective I've always wanted to shave my head. If I had a nice shape of head I would have done it even when I had a good head of hair. Then I could go bald gracefully.
Ive noticed since my hair started thinning a few years back that I get a lot less looks from attractive women, and less returned smiles. About the only time I get checked out is in the gym, because for my age I am in really good shape.
Disappointing for sure, but I imagine women get the same thing as they get older and lose their youthfull appearance. Some tend to make themselves up sluttier and more provacativly to compensate but eventually they just look skank.
Disappointing for sure, but I imagine women get the same thing as they get older and lose their youthfull appearance. Some tend to make themselves up sluttier and more provacativly to compensate but eventually they just look skank.
Mingebreth
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I feel for you my man. Your right, women don't generally find bald wanker's attractive. Its just not socially acceptable to be looking like a bald loser. Dont wanna piss you off son but im a good looking bastad with great hair. Im bang on the Propecia to try and make sure it stays that way - although that sh*t does have a great way of making you feel like your losing your hair with the old shedding!
WithTheLidOff
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Hey everyone..its Me...Tom Cruise, me and my friend Brad Pitt would appreciate it if you stopped using us as examples of guys with full heads of hair...oh..and is anyone selling a used laser comb cheap?
Odelay
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Baldness can be ugly like a lot of physical attributes, it all depends on what you make of it and if you let if affect the way you live your life. Baldness is something that most women will over look if you don't let it bother you and show some self confidence. To me I would much rather be bald than short like some celebs mentioned in this post because a cure for male pattern baldness is, or at least it damn well better be, more likely to come around long before a treatment to make you taller. :wink:
MidnightFlyer
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There is a very thin line between shaving your head and looking good, and shaving your head and looking like a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy. And what is that thin line? It's called having color. If not a tan, than at least not pure white. It's the pure-white noggins that look bad. I think that's why black dudes look so good with shaved heads.
So if you shave it, tan it.
So if you shave it, tan it.
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Greg1 said:Gees guys, I'm dating myself here but what about Telly Savalas, Yul Brynner? They were bald but not bad looking IMO
Kojak was an ugly f****r.