Let me start out saying that I am 47 yrs old and have been balding for around 20 yrs. I was in a restaurant the other day and see this guy with a ridiculous comb over.

Doesn't he realize he is not fooling anyone but himself??? I know people are vain but come on, your bald and no amount of comb over will hide that!!!!

Toupee's aren't much better, you can spot them a mile away!!!!

I just had to get this out, how do you feel about this subject????

Personally I have no problem with my baldness, glad that I made it this far in life and if I am going to do anything about it,I will just crew cut it or shave it, no hiding it for me. It is was it is!!!

thanks for letting me rant (let the flaming begin LOL)

Comb overs are bad news, I think a toupee's can looks really good or really bad. My wife picks them out all the time, I can't really notice them until she points them out.

Hair plugs are kinda scary too.

I say just keep it short and clean looking, 'bout all you can do.

I think combovers don't look too bad and toupees when properly done look great.;) Of course that's because I don't really need one.;)

I keep my hair really short anyway. But if I were going bald I would either keep it really short or shave my head .

bad combovers go well with plaid pants and white loafers :D ;)

I comb my hair the same as I always have. Yes the front is heading to join the shiney spot in the back but I wear a hat most of the time.
It is starting to really thin in front now so I have concidered shaving it all off but not sure my head is "pretty" enough to get away with it.
My wife gets mad every time I say I'm going to do it. Maybe next cut I'll just get it buzzed really short.:D
No way would I resort to a comb over or a rug!:noway:

Nothing wrong with being bald..No need to hide it...It use to bother me, I would ware a hat most of the time, and would not like it very much if someone messed with it..But after I figured out no one really cares anyway... I pitched it....Got a tan on the old bald head ...Keep whats left short .. and the worries of hair are gone.. Hey and a lot of ladies dig bald heads....So be proud let it shine....

Summit throws in a free hat with some orders. :D

you know, most guys who are bald, actually look good that way. i think a shaved or very short hair looks better than any comb over, and i've yet to not spot a hair piece no matter how good (cough, ben affleck, cough) (burp,burt reynolds, burp)...

i'm pretty lucky right now, getting close to 50 and still have most of my hair, and unfortunately i don't have the head to carry the shaved look, which by the way i'm jealous of. i'd love to throw the razor on #2 and just shave once a week, i also look like crap in hats, so i'm hoping in the future to have all the hair growing out of my ears and back transplanted to my head, i have enough to cover me till at least 2020.....

I'm Thirty and at the first sign of my hair thinning in the least bit I shaved it ALL off! I had long hair for years and I think it put too much stress on my hair. Now When I do let it grow for a buzz cut it grows thicker, but my wife like no hair on my head. Chest, chin & Back Ok but not on the head. Go figure

Neither. Its ridiculous to try and hide what cannot effectively be hidden. Its akin to trying to hide a boner when you're wearing sweats. Futile. everyone knows its there and trying to hide it just makes it worse cause now ya just look stupid for trying to hide it.


Think i'd go for one of those hair replacement deals if anything. Comb overs....lordy. Nothing is funnier on a windy day than a guy with a comb over doing a wheelie on his head. looks like a lamborghini driving down the street with one door open. Even better when the wind settles and the comb over is now flopped over to the wrong side and youve gone from lambo with one door open to a plane with one wing.

My twin sons are 26. They were meticulous about their hair throughout HS and a few years after. The minute they started detecting widows peaks startting (inherited from moms side of family) off came the hair!:D

I don't wear hats to hide the thing/receding hair. It just got to be a habbit from military days! Until I went in in 1970 I had LONG hair and would never have dreamed of hiding it under a hat!;)

I'm all for comb overs and toupe's. I enjoy laughing at people...

Both look ridiculous to me! I get a good laugh when I see a man with a comb over or toupee. The Donald looks funny as all heck with his comb over (or is it a hybrid of comb over and toupee?). Either way he should fire his hair stylist. lol.

I started going bald in my early 20s. Shaved my head at 28 and never looked back :)

I'm 53 and started losing my hair in high school, male pattern baldness, been shaving it all off for eight years and don't miss my hair. The only time I wear a hat is when I go to car shows or am doing my yard.
Kim

Something to note - You rarely if ever see a bald homeless person or lifelone welfare case. Going bald is a sign from god that you will be OK financially, will hold a job and be able to live a fairly nice life.

Seems that NOT losing ones hair, either a little or entirely presents the risk that you may end up living in a tent or a trailer and have folks greeting you at WalMart like people did with Norm at cheers.

I noticed this a while back. Bald(ing) folks are more stable, have better luck in the job market and better success at life and leading a stable life.

If your not somewhat losing your hair by age 30 I highly recommend shaving it off to ward off the possibility that you'll be the guy with a mullet on a tenspeed bike with the handlebars flipped around.

I started losing my hair when I was 26. I shaved it off and immediately started getting compliments from my wife, women co-workers and friends. Haven't gone much more than a weekend without shaving since. They say you have to have the head for it. Well I guess I do. :)
Play the hand you are dealt. Life is to short to worry about the little things.

Something to note - You rarely if ever see a bald homeless person or lifelone welfare case. Going bald is a sign from god that you will be OK financially, will hold a job and be able to live a fairly nice life.

Seems that NOT losing ones hair, either a little or entirely presents the risk that you may end up living in a tent or a trailer and have folks greeting you at WalMart like people did with Norm at cheers.

I noticed this a while back. Bald(ing) folks are more stable, have better luck in the job market and better success at life and leading a stable life.

If your not somewhat losing your hair by age 30 I highly recommend shaving it off to ward off the possibility that you'll be the guy with a mullet on a tenspeed bike with the handlebars flipped around.

i'm SCREWED!!!!

How about getting a toupe that looks like a comb over? At lunch time you can rotate it 180* and see how many people notice it going the other way.

I,m losing my hair on the back. I wear hats constantly, not because of the thinning, actually I personally feel it caused the thinning. I have always worn hats and I feel naked without them.

I couldn't care less about my hair thinning out. I figure if that is my biggest issue I have with my body right now is balding, I am doing pretty darn good. Every where you look their are people with much more serious health issues, I am merely balding, I am cool with that.

Jeff

bad combovers go well with plaid pants and white loafers :D ;)

Way to paint the picture, still LMAO :D

The thing I find hard to believe is that there aren't any combover or tupe guys here to defend the other side of it.. Come on now, if you do the "swoop" stand up and be heard :D

chromeeeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

why not a wig, you know a mullet wig..

Here's a good pic to help decribe the mid-30s balding:

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u165/Bowtie-Bry/chev%20thunder/ajc.jpg

We could also play guess the TC member (not me)!

Here's a good pic to help decribe the mid-30s balding:

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u165/Bowtie-Bry/chev%20thunder/ajc.jpg

We could also play guess the TC member (not me)!

Oh boy, I know that head. As I recall that is a 41 year old head :D

Jeff

A friend's dad had the worst comb over you've ever seen. This thing was like 12" long. He'd take us fishing once in a while, and he'd drink like a case of beer. Once he was good and sauced he quit worrying about his hair and it ended up in a big rooster tail flapping behind his head- funny as heck to see.

Oh boy, I know that head. As I recall that is a 41 year old head :D

Jeff

...and it's not yours either. :beers:

...and it's not yours either. :beers:

Nope but I have been to the house that head resides in and have ridden in the car that head drives :D

I,m losing my hair on the back. I wear hats constantly, not because of the thinning, actually I personally feel it caused the thinning. I have always worn hats and I feel naked without them.

I couldn't care less about my hair thinning out. I figure if that is my biggest issue I have with my body right now is balding, I am doing pretty darn good. Every where you look their are people with much more serious health issues, I am merely balding, I am cool with that.

Jeff

You pull off a pretty good comb over, I'll give you that much :)

I say to each their own, whatever makes you comfortable. I voted "Doesn't bother me either way"

Something to note - You rarely if ever see a bald homeless person or lifelone welfare case. Going bald is a sign from god that you will be OK financially, will hold a job and be able to live a fairly nice life.

Seems that NOT losing ones hair, either a little or entirely presents the risk that you may end up living in a tent or a trailer and have folks greeting you at WalMart like people did with Norm at cheers.

I noticed this a while back. Bald(ing) folks are more stable, have better luck in the job market and better success at life and leading a stable life.

If your not somewhat losing your hair by age 30 I highly recommend shaving it off to ward off the possibility that you'll be the guy with a mullet on a tenspeed bike with the handlebars flipped around.

Guess ill be heading out to CA to tent it up in your yard then.:D Mid 30s and still have all my hair, chest hair included.

I never understood how toupe's really worked or how they manage to stay on your head. Are they nothing different then a wig?

Here's a good pic to help decribe the mid-30s balding:

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u165/Bowtie-Bry/chev%20thunder/ajc.jpg

We could also play guess the TC member (not me)!

Hmm, sure is a good looking fellow. I wonder who that is.

You pull off a pretty good comb over, I'll give you that much :)

You noticed that huh? I didn't want people to see the bald spot on the back so I grew my bangs really long and comb it over so I have an awesome mullet comb over. Seems to be working for me, business in the front, party in the rear :D

Jeff

Hmm, sure is a good looking fellow. I wonder who that is.

Kinda funny looking with a big nose :D

Jeff

Oh boy, I know that head. As I recall that is a 41 year old head :D

Jeff

Hmmmm, I didn't realize Andy was older then me......OOPS, did I give it away?? :D

A friend's dad had the worst comb over you've ever seen. This thing was like 12" long. He'd take us fishing once in a while, and he'd drink like a case of beer. Once he was good and sauced he quit worrying about his hair and it ended up in a big rooster tail flapping behind his head- funny as heck to see.


Ever since I saw KingPin and Bill Murray's comb-over...not me!!!!

a boner when you're wearing sweats.

Thank you Carl in Rosemead.. JR

Hmmmm, I didn't realize Andy was older then me......OOPS, did I give it away?? :D

Do I have to break out another pic?????:cool:

See Scalp-Med ad at bottom of page:p

Ever since I saw KingPin and Bill Murray's comb-over...not me!!!!

:D That movie is a riot

The Marine Corps cut my golden locks, and they never returned. My wife has only known me with short hair or no hair. At 30 I started using a clippers set at #1, as of the last 2 years I just shave it 2-3 times a week. Why hide it? It's obvious to everyone. Gillette Fusion gets my head as smooth as a baby's Butt. Many women have "fondled" my bald head :D
If you are Fat everyone sees it, If you are bald everyone knows it, why try to hide it.
I'm the good looking bald guy in the black shirt....
http://www.chevelles.net/oregon/Album/2007YesterdaysCarShow/slides/Laren's%20Car%20pics%20014.jpg

http://content7.flixster.com/photo/37/14/40/3714401_gal.jpg

I tried to hide it for a while & now I just get the 1/2" guard on the trimmer & go to town, Love it and I don't need to worry about the wind messing it up. :D

LK

A friend's dad had the worst comb over you've ever seen. This thing was like 12" long. He'd take us fishing once in a while, and he'd drink like a case of beer. Once he was good and sauced he quit worrying about his hair and it ended up in a big rooster tail flapping behind his head- funny as heck to see.

For some reason, the first thing that came to my mind was what this guy would look like doing 100 mph on a motorcycle, without a helmet.

You guys must have seen pictures of Jim Wangers, the old Pontiac executive, he's got THE worst toupee ever! Talk about a beaver sitting on top of his cue ball...yeeshhh!!! :D

Check out the ole muskrat! (http://www.geetotiger.com/JW%20Headshot%20GTO.jpg)

You guys must have seen pictures of Jim Wangers, the old Pontiac executive, he's got THE worst toupee ever! Talk about a beaver sitting on top of his cue ball...yeeshhh!!! :D

Check out the ole muskrat! (http://www.geetotiger.com/JW%20Headshot%20GTO.jpg)

I have been chuckling over that for years.
That is definitely bad.

I shave my head, my brother-in law shaves his head, my father-in law is bald.
So used to seeing bald guys I guess I never think about it.

There was a guy that I used to work with that had some hair transplants that never really were enough to really cover his head so he supplemented with some sort of brown (spray paint) for your head to cover the thin areas. Can't imagine spray painting my head every day. There are a couple of guys that I see at my local swap meets that wear a bad rug. I always want to tell them that it looks good and nobody will ever know ;)

:D:D ....."it couldn't look phonier if it had a chin strap"YouTube - Bud Light - Mr Really Bad Toupee Wearer

People are used to you the way you are. Any radical change is bound to bring on some chuckles. My hair is white. Can you imagine the smiles if I showed up with it dark brown again. Don't think so. My bald headed friends look just fine the way they are. Don't get sucked in by the infomercials.

Jim,

Thanks for the Bud commercial!!! ROTFLMAO

27 and its pretty thin i wear a hat not cause it hides just cause i hat being without a hat

was like that when i had hair

Comb overs are bad news, I think a toupee's can looks really good or really bad. My wife picks them out all the time, I can't really notice them until she points them out.

Hair plugs are kinda scary too.

I say just keep it short and clean looking, 'bout all you can do.

I am not looking that close at guys. But do notice when wife says something.
I am 51 and thinning bad I have to pay more attention to wearing hats at car show to help prevent sunburns.
My Mother was a nurse working for a doctor doing hair plugs during the 80s.
Make a hole, make a hole to creat the plug, put in first hole. My mother said it was messy. yukkkkkkkk not for me I am not that vane. If your don't like me cause I am partly bald or bald then to H....... with you I don't need ya

Been loosing it for years, the kids like to "hide things in my bald spot" like french fries, m&ms etc- they get a kick out of it. I dont care for hats so I have to put sun screen on my head or suffer the pain of a sun burnt scalp! I dont have a comb over, its more like DOC from back to the future. been thinking about shaving it but my heads to BIG, might be mistaken for the moon or a large asteroid hurtling towards earth.

Jim,

Thanks for the Bud commercial!!! ROTFLMAO

X 2, I never heard that one before..

You have to laugh at the "Ads by Google" at the bottom of the page of this thread.
They all have to do with hair-loss.
I had never noticed that the ads below the thread end up being related to the subject of the thread.
Very funny IMO.

So right after I post this the ads were Chevelle related.
I had to come back and edit my post.
But randomly before I posted this the ads were hair loss related.
maybe they are just targeting me since I am a bald guy ;)

You noticed that huh? I didn't want people to see the bald spot on the back so I grew my bangs really long and comb it over so I have an awesome mullet comb over. Seems to be working for me, business in the front, party in the rear :D

Jeff

Jeff: It's "party in the back"

Just sayin....... ;)

Bald(ing) folks are more stable, have better luck in the job market and better success at life and leading a stable life.

If your not somewhat losing your hair by age 30 I highly recommend shaving it off

Ahh... So that explains it Beaux. ;) First time I met you, you had that really long hair...


The only real bad part about "thinning" hair for me, was that my brother (5 years older, and still a thick head of hair) was the first one to point it out to me... I started thinning in my mid 20's, and my brother is now 46 with no signs...
Of course, he isn't too financially stable...


I like to think that my superior intelligence causes too much heat from brainpower, and therefore hair has a hard time growing... :D


God's cruelty, So much hair growing everywhere (ears, nose, back), except on the very top...

I am not vain enough to spend any money (Rogaine, transplant, toupe)... Rather spend the money on the Chevelles... Maybe if someone had some free suggestions, I might try them, but otherwise I am fine...

Maybe if someone had some free suggestions, I might try them, but otherwise I am fine...

Shave your back and shoulders and glue it to the top of your head?

Jeff

I'm curious, how many of you guys that have thinning hair have always worn caps?

I think wearing caps is the cause. :yes:

Just a theory because I've hardly ever worn caps and I still am not losing hair at 70.

Not a hat wearer and losing it.

Male baldness is a genetic occurance passed down from your mother's father.

I'm curious, how many of you guys that have thinning hair have always worn caps?

I think wearing caps is the cause. :yes:

Just a theory because I've hardly ever worn caps and I still am not losing hair at 70.

:hurray::hurray::hurray:

I am thinning quite readily and have always worn a hat. As my father in law says "grass don't grow where the sun don't shine!!!" Although my asscrack will disprove his theory :D (sorry that was just gross :sad: ;))

Jeff

Male baldness is a genetic occurance passed down from your mother's father.I hope you're right...

On my dad's side of the family are all the men are hairy as apes, but their heads look like bowling-balls. On Mom's side of the family, none of my uncles could grow a beard, but they all have a full head of hair.

I don't know if the same traits will follow through to my generation, but I can grow a beard in a week better than my brothers could do in a year... so I guess I'll be the hairy ape with shiny head in my family. :o

I'm curious, how many of you guys that have thinning hair have always worn caps?

I think wearing caps is the cause. :yes:

Just a theory because I've hardly ever worn caps and I still am not losing hair at 70.

I have a green rock in my front yard to keep away the elephants. I haven't seen any elephants, it must be working.

:hurray::hurray::hurray:

I am thinning quite readily and have always worn a hat. As my father in law says "grass don't grow where the sun don't shine!!!" Although my asscrack will disprove his theory :D (sorry that was just gross :sad: ;))

Jeff

I can't see you in person, ever again :sad:

Male baldness is a genetic occurance passed down from your mother's father.

Damn, I thought it was from doing U-turns under the sheets:D

I hope you're right...

On my dad's side of the family are all the men are hairy as apes, but their heads look like bowling-balls. On Mom's side of the family, none of my uncles could grow a beard, but they all have a full head of hair.

I don't know if the same traits will follow through to my generation, but I can grow a beard in a week better than my brothers could do in a year... so I guess I'll be the hairy ape with shiny head in my family. :o

Your son will either be a gorilla, or have a perfectly hairless body.

No wait, the boy will be hairless. the girls will be hairier than gorillas from eastern Europe :D

bad combovers go well with plaid pants and white loafers :D ;)


Leisure suits too!

I can't see you in person, ever again :sad:

Hmmmmmmm..........just a guess, but anybody that reads anything into that is really going to go the wrong way with this comment!!!:eek::eek::eek:

Jeff

I have a green rock in my front yard to keep away the elephants. I haven't seen any elephants, it must be working.
Purple rocks have always kept aligators out of my yard. :D

I hope you're right...

On my dad's side of the family are all the men are hairy as apes, but their heads look like bowling-balls. On Mom's side of the family, none of my uncles could grow a beard, but they all have a full head of hair.

I don't know if the same traits will follow through to my generation, but I can grow a beard in a week better than my brothers could do in a year... so I guess I'll be the hairy ape with shiny head in my family. :o

Send us a nice close up headshot of you and we can all decide as a group if you're thinning. :yes:

I'm curious, how many of you guys that have thinning hair have always worn caps?

I think wearing caps is the cause. :yes:

Just a theory because I've hardly ever worn caps and I still am not losing hair at 70.

I have never enjoyed wearing caps or hats... Now I get stuck with this dilemna; 1) where a cap/hat, 2) apply sunscreen (I hate it), or 3) risk sunburn (and skin cancer as my wife likes to point out)...

I'm thinning up top, never wear a cap. I do wear a knit hat in the winter when I work outside, which used to be quite often

I don't have to worry about thinning hair. The only thing I have to worry about is it being grey by the time I'm 40. My dads hair is for the most part still colored but my mom dyes hers to cover up the grey.

So I guess it's a crap shoot.

How about the Beard Comb-over.

YouTube - Sierra Mist - Comb-over


:)

meh...go bald! i've seen some sexy older men that were bald/balding..most ended up just shaving the rest off. However, I've NEVER seen an attractive man sporting a comb over or toupee

:thumbsup:

New term I heard yesterday:

Skullet. Bald up front, party in the back!

I've been shaving my head for years and love it. Wouldn't have it any other way. Never a bad hair day, keeps the head cool, easy to apply sunscreen, takes about 1 - 2 minutes to shave my face and head, and the wife loves it. What more could I ask for?