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drewanThe top of my head is all fuzzy now. I have a 5 day shadow on my noggin.
A week ago today I went to my barber and had my hair buzzed off and my head shaved with a straight edge razor. The whole shaving process was kind of nice, though my head instantly felt colder. I never realized how much insulation my hair gives.
Click here to see my LJ scrapbook album pictures of my new look.
The album shows the three phases of my hair... full, mohawk, and bald. You can also see me and my fellow Atons as the Mr. Cleans.
I kind of liked the mohawk look. It's the best of both worlds. I had the skin AND the hair, at the same time. Sadly, working in the corporate world, the mohawk probably would endear me to management. At least with the bald look they can't really complain. Actually, I've gotten lots of nice comments from people here at work.
The initial reason that I shaved my head was because I, along with three fellow Atons, decided our cocktail party at the KC Pioneers run would have Mr. Clean theme. The Run's theme was "Down and Dirty," so we thought our theme would be a nice twist on the theme.
I've always been curious what I would look like bald, and just never had a good reason or excuse to go all the way. I've had my hair cut pretty short several times in the past couple of years. Before that I played a lot with having long hair... like down to the middle of my back kind of long hair. I like that also, but the amount of work required to take care of long hair just didn't make it worth it. Besides, I just ended up always tying it back, which wasn't any fun. Shaving it all off seemed like a natural continuation of my hair experimentation. Now the only thing I haven't done is color my hair different colors. I like the color of my hair, so I'll probably skip that.
On Saturday morning I re-shaved my head. The single blade shave I got from my barber wasn't as tight to the skin as I would have expected. When I shaved with a new triple blade razor on Saturday I barely felt any stubble. A nearly perfectly smooth head was a very nice feeling. Shaving my own head was easier than I expected. I simply lathered my scalp, the started to shave from the center outwards. It took a while to get everything as smooth as I wanted, but I managed not to cut myself, which was by biggest worry.
I received a lot of compliments from guys at the run about my head (pun intended). Before shaving my head I was afraid that I might have a pointy head, or maybe strange scars or an odd shaped head. Thankfully my noggin, sans hair, looks just fine.
Now I get to see how my hair grows back. If it's like my beard at all it should be back to something resembling normal within a month.
A week ago today I went to my barber and had my hair buzzed off and my head shaved with a straight edge razor. The whole shaving process was kind of nice, though my head instantly felt colder. I never realized how much insulation my hair gives.
Click here to see my LJ scrapbook album pictures of my new look.
The album shows the three phases of my hair... full, mohawk, and bald. You can also see me and my fellow Atons as the Mr. Cleans.
I kind of liked the mohawk look. It's the best of both worlds. I had the skin AND the hair, at the same time. Sadly, working in the corporate world, the mohawk probably would endear me to management. At least with the bald look they can't really complain. Actually, I've gotten lots of nice comments from people here at work.
The initial reason that I shaved my head was because I, along with three fellow Atons, decided our cocktail party at the KC Pioneers run would have Mr. Clean theme. The Run's theme was "Down and Dirty," so we thought our theme would be a nice twist on the theme.
I've always been curious what I would look like bald, and just never had a good reason or excuse to go all the way. I've had my hair cut pretty short several times in the past couple of years. Before that I played a lot with having long hair... like down to the middle of my back kind of long hair. I like that also, but the amount of work required to take care of long hair just didn't make it worth it. Besides, I just ended up always tying it back, which wasn't any fun. Shaving it all off seemed like a natural continuation of my hair experimentation. Now the only thing I haven't done is color my hair different colors. I like the color of my hair, so I'll probably skip that.
On Saturday morning I re-shaved my head. The single blade shave I got from my barber wasn't as tight to the skin as I would have expected. When I shaved with a new triple blade razor on Saturday I barely felt any stubble. A nearly perfectly smooth head was a very nice feeling. Shaving my own head was easier than I expected. I simply lathered my scalp, the started to shave from the center outwards. It took a while to get everything as smooth as I wanted, but I managed not to cut myself, which was by biggest worry.
I received a lot of compliments from guys at the run about my head (pun intended). Before shaving my head I was afraid that I might have a pointy head, or maybe strange scars or an odd shaped head. Thankfully my noggin, sans hair, looks just fine.
Now I get to see how my hair grows back. If it's like my beard at all it should be back to something resembling normal within a month.
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Date: 2005-04-29 01:43 am (UTC)Rawr.