For some time now, I’ve had a growing bald spot on the top my head. It hasn’t really been a big deal for me until recently, when I began to notice that was once a spot of thinning hair had become completely devoid of hair.
I’ve always promised myself that if I were to even begin seriously losing my hair that it was all coming off. I wasn’t going to do the comb-over or hang on to what little hair was left until my last dying breath. Now that even people at work were noticing my thinning hair, I began to wonder if perhaps the time had come….
Saturday morning, I stood in front of the bathroom mirror, a pair of scissors in one hand, wondering if perhaps the time had come. Finally, after much trepidation, I began. Once I’d snipped the first clump of hair, I knew that I was committed. I had no idea whether or not the finished product would be an improvement, but I’d set the process in motion, and there was no turning back.
All I had to do was to wait for Susan to get home. Let’s just say that her reaction wasn’t one of unqualified approval. I think she’s still mad at me, and I can’t really say that I blame her. Had she been home at the time, I may not have made a spur of the moment decision like this. Of course, now the hair is gone, and I can’t very well glue it back in place. The question now becomes do I stick with the aerodynamic look, or do I grow the hair back?
Of course, there are some decided advantages to going hairless:
No bedhead
No hathead
The family shampoo bill will drop by 1/3
I never have to worry about finding a comb
And, yes, there are some pronounced disadvantages to the new look:
You know that whole thing about how you lose most of your body heat through your head? Apparently, there’s something to that. Who knew that hair provided so much insulation??
Susan refuses to touch my head
I now have to wear a hat when I go outside
Scraping a razor over one’s skull is not as easy or as risk-free as one might think.
I’m going to give it some time before I make up my mind about growing my hair back or not. Of course, I could just give in to the inevitable and go out and buy myself a Harley and a leather jacket. Adam and Eric will laugh at me, but they would anyway. I may be able to get used to being bald, and then again I may not. In the meantime, opinions are always welcome, although management retains the right to completely disregard said opinions and do whatever the hell strikes him at the moment.
