5 Ways Balding Gracefully Can Save You Time, Money and More
I’d like to make a confession. I’ve been balding for the last 10 years, but it hasn’t caught up to me yet. However, I’ve realized quite a few benefits of going bald GRACEFULLY.
Going bald gracefully means the following:
- Accepting that your wisp of hair DOES NOT hide your scalp
- NOT growing your hair long on the sides so that you can comb it over your scalp
- NOT paying thousands of dollars for hair plugs (seriously, I know someone doing this)
So, what kind of savings can you expect once you’ve admitted and accepted that you’ll never have a luscious bouffant again?
Update: I want to clarify that these steps require you to buzz down whatever hair you have left. I suggest a #1 clipper guard. Also, I’m NOT talking about actually shaving your head since that’s EXTRA time rather than saving time:
- You can cut your own hair or have a spouse/friend (preferred) do it and save $180-$360 per year, minus about $20 once for the clipper kit. That’s based on $15-30 monthly haircut. I know guys spending $40 or more monthly on haircuts!
- Wash your hair with soap or a small drop of shampoo. With so little hair, why use more than you need? I actually just use the shampoo my wife doesn’t want anymore.
- Get rid of all your combs, brushes, hair picks, and hair dryers since you won’t need them with short hair. I’ll just throw out a random number and assume you’ll save $100 per year on electricity costs for that power hog hair dryer and heating that extra shower water. I know our lights dim when my wife turns on her little hair dryer.
- Save 10-20 minutes daily, or 3 to 5 WHOLE DAYS each year by skipping your morning primping routine. You can walk out of the shower, dry your hair in 5 seconds and move on.
- You can save yourself public ridicule. You’re not fooling anyone with that combover.
Do you have friends or family in denial about going bald? Got any savings tips of your own?
Photo thanks to [Combover: The Movie]
Just as a woman’s view – Bald is Sexy.
But not with the comb over!!!!
My hubby is without a full head of hair, but he looks great!
Can you provide some more details? My hair’s thinning… do you suggest only a drop of shampoo because using more will do damage and expedite balding or to save money?
Do you suggest getting rid of brushes and combs for the same reason, ie. do they help your hair disappear faster?
Thanks for the question Flexo. I’ve added some clarification. I forgot to mention the intent is to buzz down your hair (but not shaving your scalp) rather than trying to grow it long.
Now that the hair on the top of my head doesn’t keep pace with the hair on the sides and back of my head, I end up getting “clown hair” if I don’t get a haircut within 1.5 months. A number of friends and coworkers have this problem too.
So, just buzz it short. Low maintenance, aerodynamic styling, and keeps you cool in the summer.
I love it! Hilarious.
Thankfully I am not balding at the ripe young age of 22, but we do the at home haircut thing and save a ton of money: http://www.kmull.com/2006/12/28/haircut-cash/
Bald is beautiful. Sing it! I’d rather see a proud bald man than a combover any day.
Yes, just buzz the hair short rather than shaving your head– otherwise you’ll have to start spending money on BaldGuyz Head Wipes, etc. No surprise that someone came up with a whole line of products to make bald men keep spending money on grooming!
Cut it all off! Shave it all off! Then grow a bit of a goatee or small bit of facial hair. Maybe one can look as cool as the “Live” band lead singer or Chris Daughtry (ex American Idol alumnus) or even my co-worker. He looks hot!
I have 7 older brothers who have given no hope with this whole balding thing. So I’ve honestly given up on it.
What I did do, however, is (while I still could) gave it a couple test runs. Just shaved it a few times to see what kind of reaction I get.
Of course the first day people laugh a lot, but after that they kind of get used to it.
So I guess I can do this whole bald thing after all.
My husband was already going bald when I met him (we were both 19). Twenty years later he still looks fantastic. I just keep his hair nice and short all over. Wispy comb-over strings would make him look like he was trying to hide the hair loss and would actually draw attention to it rather than camouflage the situation. I think he looks terrific and I’m very proud of him!
I’ve done both the totally shaved look and buzzing with a #1 guard, and I definitely prefer the latter. Shaving your head takes too much maintenance.
And the main part of pulling the whole thing off is doing it with confidence. If you like it, then don’t worry what other people think.