Men: How do you feel about going bald?

Oh sure, come after me first thing in the day. Laughs, my younger brother and my cousin and I all have the same hairline. At my uncle’s funeral I put my arm around each of them and said guess which side of the family the hairline comes from. It’s just hair, it doesn’t do anything other than cover my head. Or used to.

I haven’t even started getting a receding hair line. I hope it doesn’t start soon, honestly.

I would be okay with being bald, it’s just that in between phase that would bother me

I still have most of my hair, but it’s thinning on top. There was a time when I would have freaked out at the prospect of being bald, but thank God I’ve reached the age when personal vanity has become the least of my age-related concerns.

I am in my late 60’s, and I still have most of my hair (not bragging, just the fact). As a matter of fact, I wear it long and in a ponytail hanging down between my shoulders.

The idea of being bald would not bother me in the least. Even with that in between phase mentioned above by @Silence04 could be mitigated with a razor or shaver.

This Q reminds me of a song I heard over 50 years ago…

(To the tune of “Old Smoky”...)

On top of Old Baldy, So barren and neat,
There’s no place for dandruff, for what would it eat!
It parts in the middle, It parts on the side,
And parting is sorrow when the part is too wide!

I’m 43 and still have all my (greying) hair, so that’s good.

My dad and grandfather both died with a full head of hair at 62 and 80 respectively. So that’s good.

I should be okay, but if not…whataya gonna do??

If I do start to bald, I will definitely be preemptively shaving it to wiffle-length. No awkward comb overs for me.

I think I am doomed, both Grandfathers were bald ever since I remember, my Dad now just in his 70’s is very ,very thin on top, my younger brother is thinning out on top, Now in my early fifties I am very grey but still have a full head of hair for now, but think it’s only a matter of time, and guess I will have to cross that bridge when I get to it.

My oldest brother wore a sock hat when his hair started thinning, probably for 5 years before he accepted it.
If you’re feeling bad, I read somewhere that men with higher testosterone lose their hair, so….. If you lose your hair you’re a manly man.

I started going bald at age 23 and was pretty much done at 35.

No difference. Hair is not how I define myself.

I was in my mid-twenties when I noticed the hair collecting on the shower drain screen, and I would have to remove it for the tub to finish draining. Classic male pattern baldness that starts with a circle towards the rear of the head. It took more than 20 years to gradually get bigger, along with a receding hairline. At 62, the hair on the top is very, very sparse. I keep it trimmed to about a quarter inch.

I didn’t like going bald, but my attitude is that it’s just another physical characteristic that I can’t do anything about, so why worry about it, it’s just who I am.

On the other hand, my son went bald fast in his mid-twenties, and has been shaving his head all over ever since. It’s nice for him that there are a lot of men, with and without natural hair, who like to shave their heads.

I’m in my mid sixties and my hair is receding a fair bit though if I brush it forward it isn’t too obvious. I am also going grey which I can’t hide unless I dye it which I amn’t going to do. I am not too bothered about it.

@flutherother Anyone who sounds like Sean Connery can be as bald as he wants.

I am thinning/(thinned) on top. I don’t notice it at all from the front but when I see myself in pictures sometimes it surprises me. In my mind I’m still 30.

If anyone ever figures out how to transplant pubic hair I will be first in line to give it a try.

I still have dreams where I have a full head of hair, but I am okay with myself (regarding this).

@janbb Maybe, but he still wore a wig when filming James Bond.

I used to wear my hair long until I started to notice a bald pate forming. This was in my early twenties. I always swore I would never sport a comb over or wear a wig so I just shaved it all the way off and went full bald. I never gave it a second thought and never looked back. Thank Charlie Brown I had the right shaped head for it.

I was be pretty religious with a razor and had the Caucasian Jordan for years. Now I’ll let it grow out until I start to look like a koala bear and then touch it up with the clippers on their shortest setting.

If I did start going bald then I’ll just start shaving my head. No biggie. Fortunately, I seem to have gotten my hair from Dad’s side of the family. Thick hair all around and no signs of baldness and not a whole lot of greying from any of the males. Hell, my grandfather’s hair didn’t start greying until he was in his 70’s, and when he died (at almost 88 years of age) he still had some of his natural black hair.

My Dad’s hair went all gray but he had lovely wavy hair until he died at 89. His two brothers went bald in their thirties.

I’m not going bald, but I started going grey when I was 24. It didn’t bother me then and now that my hair is white it doesn’t bother me now. If I were to go bald it still wouldn’t bother me, although I’d probably shave it just out of convenience.

I forgot to mention that, being nearly bald, I’ve learned to always take my hat off when I meet someone new. (male or female) If I don’t, then there’s always an awkward moment when they see me sans hat for the first time, as they re-process their first impression of me. It only lasts a second or two, and it’s kinda interesting to observe, but I prefer to avoid it.

Bald head: early warning rain detector. I’m always the first to know that it’s starting to rain.

Bald head: solar panel for a sex machine. It’s true! Living in the land of frequent grey skies, sunshine turns me on!

My husband since his twenties has complained about 3 white hairs on his head (probably born with them) and he adds in, “better to have grey hair than no hair I guess.” I’ve heard this for over 20 years. Now he has 6 grey hairs on his head, and a few more on his chest, and he still comments about not going bald, about appreciating still having his hair. I think he would really freak out if he lost a lot of hair. Maybe it’s something men always have in the back of their minds as a possibility? He has thinner hair than when I met him, but still has full wavy to curly hair.

@JLeslie – some men (like your husband) do obsess. Many others (me, my father, my son in law, and dozens of others of my acquaintances, are perfectly comfortable with their hirsutedness or lack thereof.

But let me turn the question around.

How many Flutherite women over 40 color/dye their hair to some color other than the natural grey that would be otherwise appearing?

@elbanditoroso Since this is in General, how about asking that as a separate question? It’s a good one and I’ll be happy to answer it.

@janbb will do

@elbanditoroso Every man I know in my husband’s family still has a good amount of hair. Maybe some family members did lose hair, I don’t know?

@janbb I wonder if how much a man is affected by hair loss, or the possibility thereof, has to do with how prevalent it is in their family?

My crown is solid, the front has receded somewhat.
I’m good for the duration, I think.

My hairline has receded slightly and it’s going very slowly. I don’t really care though it’s not like hair loss is cancer or diabetes.

I fought going bald for years, and then one day said ” heck with it!” and shaved my head. Been shaving my head for years now and LOVE IT! Its so liberating!