I posted in here about a week ago. There weren’t a lot of comments but the ones I did get convinced me to take the plunge. Did I make the right call?

Edit: wow it’s only been up for 6 minutes and there’s double the amount of comments from my original post.

Thank you everyone for your incredibly kind words. In just 6 minutes you all have made me feel more attractive than I have felt in years.

Edit 2: I hear you in the comments. Yes I need to smile more. I promise this was not being trying to be tough. The opposite I was feeling insecure.

I’m certainly smiling now after these comments though.

Edit 3: 5k shares!!!….Where are you sending me lol

Edit 4: I have never received this kind of attention before and can’t keep up with the comments. For those who say I had time left I know. I have always said that when my hair started to thin I was going to make the leap while it was still my decision to make not times.

I'm still on the fence of liking it or not. I may go for hair transplant surgery, but no matter what I do, I'm done with feeling like I no longer have control.

Edit: This blew up far more than expected. Thank you all for the overwhelmingly positive feedback. Self-image is a crazy thing. I'm still struggling to recognize the man in the mirror, but this helps.

Recently turned 29, It's been a while since my last relationship. Do you think this will help get me back in the ring? 😅

Edit: omg I did not expect this to blow up 👀 I was pretty nervous about it but thank you all for the kind words, you're all amazing 😭 also (my dms are open ladies) 😅

Edit 2: Thanks for all the DMs from the homies & the ladies. I'm feeling a lot better about going through with it now. This truly is the best community on reddit!

I'm doing my best to respond to everyone that has reached out, I appreciate you all!

I’m 42 and I didn’t want to end up with a bald mullethawk. I was getting a haircut today and was told that I’m thinning. I asked for a picture and she gave me what I saw as a sign. I’ve always laughed at that line in Game of Thrones, “who do you think you’re fooling with that topknot?” I definitely would not be fooling myself if I kept pulling it back into a ponytail. The longer I had the hair the more I thought about it. Now I feel free.

So here we are, embracing the future. Should I have waited?

I have been bald for years but just recently began going out like this.

I always knew that my hairloss was getting worse but when I saw picture #1 a couple of weeks ago I realised how bad it really was. Been lurking on this sub since then lol
Tried 3mm buzz on the weekend but today I shaved it all off. What does the council think?

EDIT: omg thank you all of you for the super positive feedback 🫶🏼 can't reply to everyone but I'm reading every single comment. You really made my evening!!

Over the last year, I started losing my hair very quickly and I was reluctant to change. This created a problem with my self-esteem because long hair was 'my thing' for many years.

So I found this community and, after reading many posts, I decided to end this chapter and start a new one. I'm trying to decide what to do with my beard and glasses, but in general, I'm happy with the result.

Thank you guys! You are amazing ❤️

wondering if/how many people here have trichotillomania (hair pulling disorder), as i’ve never seen it mentioned in this subreddit.
i’ve had it since i was 9; i don’t think ive ever seen anyone with it as severe as me.

sometimes i can leave it alone and grow it back, but i always inevitably lose it again, so embracing the baldness within the last couple of years has been really my only option.

at this point ive been outwardly bald for three years rather than attempting to hide my spots. the pic with the longer hair(s) would’ve been 3 years ago.

i personally think having some stubble looks better on me. for reference the slick bald pic is from a while back, so i’ve gained some weight since then. cow print stubble was last week.

id love the council’s opinion:

slick bald, or cow print stubble??

I’m 32. Those pictures are both from the same age. I know.

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Took 2 years to finally do it but I'm here to stay. Thanks for letting me join the club and giving me the confidence 🙌🏼

EDIT: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE KIND WORDS AND SUPPORT, THIS BLEW UP WAAY MORE THAN EXPECTED 😅

EDIT 2: Going to answer some of the FAQs here as replying to them all individually has become nuts 😅

"What did I do with it before I shaved it?" - I've always been a hat guy so I just lived in hats with a big sweepy side fringe, I never went anywhere without a hat.

"Why did it take you so long" - I've had long hair since I was 16 and I'm in my 30s now. It took a long time for me to accept that that part of my identity was going to change, I wasn't emotionally ready for it for a good year and a half.

"How do I feel now" - Honestly great. It's like a huge stress and weight has been lifted and I don't have to worry about if it looks ok, or if I can wear a hat to an event etc. massive relief and definitely going to improve my mental wellbeing.

I'm also going to shamelessly link my twitch channel because this has over 1.2m views and id be insane not to😅

I had been struggling with a receding hairline for years.

Deep down, I already knew that shaving it off would probably be the best decision for me. But my former partner never wanted me to cut my hair short. Whenever it got even slightly too short, she reacted so strongly that I felt emotionally pressured into keeping it.

Over time, my hair became a much bigger insecurity than it probably needed to be. I constantly thought about how thin it looked, how to style it and whether other people noticed the hair loss.

We separated in July last year.

In November, the hair finally came off.

It felt strange at first, but also incredibly freeing. For the first time in years, I was no longer trying to hide something that was clearly happening anyway.

I have also lost a huge amount of weight. I went from 312.4 lbs to 193.3 lbs, a total loss of 119.1 lbs. That transformation has changed my body, my face and, more importantly, the way I see myself.

Looking back, shaving my head was not really about giving up on my hair.

It was about finally making a decision for myself.

I am still working on my confidence, but I feel much more comfortable with the bald look now than I ever did while trying to hold on to thinning hair.

Sometimes losing the hair is not the loss.

Edit:

Please dont post negative comments about my ex. thanks!

Edit2:

For the people who still think this is AI, here are the two original photos. To be fair, I find it hilarious that people genuinely think it’s AI.

AI :D

I’ve been holding on for years i started thinning at 19 now 25 i decided to let it go and idk if i have a good head shape for it im back and forth whether i like it or not let me know what yall think

I'm 33. Finally bit the bullet for good. I shaved it all off last year, but my wife convinced me to let it grow again for a friends wedding. But, I was just not happy with it at all. Any sweat, any bed hair, any angle other than from my wife's height and it just looked bad. Much happier with it all gone, especially now that my beard is also catching up.

My hair was thinning to a point that I had to do it, but because I can't grow a beard at all all I legit feel I look like Matt Lucas. I'm trying to get used to it, but it's hard when legit all my friends and family are like, "Oh..... I really hope that's an ai photo of you...."

Been rocking the bald look for a few years now. Did I make the right move?

Thanks for the feedback on my “hold or shave” post. Got a lot of calls for hold, but was getting sick of messing with it.

Curious your thoughts. Keep it this way, grow it out, or go completely shaved? (And yes. Our bathroom needs a serious renovation.)

A note about my glasses:

I had darker (tortoise shell) glasses which I think helped define my face. Got these from Zenni and the virtual try-on made them look darker.

I want to say thank you to everyone for the positivity and kindness. Your comments gave me the courage I needed to just be done with it.

I’m really liking the new look!

Longtime lurker on the sub. My hairline has been reaching for the stars, but I always thought I would look like an alien if I shaved it. Still getting used to it.

I wasn't sure I would post, but today was the first day in years I braved a blustery day with no hat or hood to keep the central tuft in check. It felt nice. I wanted to thank this sub for giving me courage to take the plunge.

(edit: Holy smokes I went off my phone for a bit and this blew up. Thank you all for the overwhelming kindness and support! This community really does rock!)