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Certified Plane Pusher |
Losing the war with the hair on top of my head. Sides and back are fine but yeah. Tried a year of minoxidil with no luck. Not willing to pay for transplants and certainly not gluing on a wig like my coworker. Next best option is to shave it, so what do we use? What do we like. Research has pointed me towards the Remington Balder Pro. Situation awareness is defined as a continuous extraction of environmental information, integration of this information with previous knowledge to form a coherent mental picture in directing further perception and anticipating future events. Simply put, situational awareness mean knowing what is going on around you. | ||
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Welcome to the club. I joined about 25 years ago after I started going bald in 7th grade. I "bic'd" it for 20 of those and switched to the Remington Balder Pro 5 years ago. I'm on my second one and willing to keep buying them. Work great! -St _____________________________ "There can be no real peace while one American is dying some place in the world for the rest of us. We're at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to the stars, and it's been said if we lose that war, and in so doing lose this way of freedom of ours, history will record with the greatest astonishment that those who had the most to lose did the least to prevent its happening. Well I think it's time we ask ourselves if we still know the freedoms that were intended for us by the Founding Fathers." -Ronald Reagan, 1964 | |||
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My 10-year old Norelco 3600 with click-on stubble guard works fine. | |||
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Spread the Disease |
Any decent electric trimmer with no guard. I use a Wahl. Shaving with a razor is just too much of a PITA to be worth it. I can use the trimmer while bending over my sink in 5 minutes. ________________________________________ -- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. -- | |||
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Depends on how close you want it. I used a trimmer for a while but I like it close. Didn't work out. The Remington isn't bic close, but good enough. I can do my head in 2-3 minutes twice a week. Anywhere, no sink or clean-up required. The Remington is great. I also tried various foil razors. Cheap to expensive. Horrible. Just get the Remington and be done. It's cheap. No need for the titanium blade. You'll need a trimmer for the first shave if you've never done this before. -St _____________________________ "There can be no real peace while one American is dying some place in the world for the rest of us. We're at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to the stars, and it's been said if we lose that war, and in so doing lose this way of freedom of ours, history will record with the greatest astonishment that those who had the most to lose did the least to prevent its happening. Well I think it's time we ask ourselves if we still know the freedoms that were intended for us by the Founding Fathers." -Ronald Reagan, 1964 | |||
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At Jacob's Well |
One year into the Remington Balder Pro, I have no complaints at all. We'll see how long it lasts, but so far so good. J Rak Chazak Amats | |||
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Oriental Redneck |
Been using Schick Xtreme 3 forever. Great stuff. Happy with it. Once in a while, I go to their Xtreme 4. The crazy thing about the 4 is that you feel like it’s not doing anything when running it on the scalp, but then when you touch your scalp, damn, there’s nothing but smooth skin. Not even a stub remains. Q | |||
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| If you see me running try to keep up  |
I had some cheap chinesium shaver I bought during Black Friday in 2024 off spamazon but it is close to dying. It actually worked very well but I use mine in the shower and it stays wet so the finish started deteriorating. I think I only paid $30 for it so I got my use out of it. I have the Braun foil head shaver that Costco puts on sale every year and it works but does not get close enough and misses areas where the hair is longer. I just ordered the Skull Shaver Pitbull Platinumn Pro from Costco to see how it works. I will let you know next week when I get it. I’m saving the $40-50 a month I spent on haircuts but now I end up buying a new shaver every year. I am still coming out ahead of getting haircuts. | |||
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Headblade works for me. Takes about 2 minutes while I’m in the shower. Quick and easy, no muss, no fuss. “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” | |||
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CAPT Obvious |
I bought an Oster Classic 76 over 17 years ago and it’s still going strong. One of the best purchases I’ve made. | |||
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Charmingly unsophisticated |
Is that the thing you slip on a finger like a ring? Uses regular disposable razor blades? If so, I concur. I tried the Kojak look for maybe a year, and that's what I used. Quick, easy, inexpensive. _______________________________ The artist formerly known as AllenInWV | |||
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I use what I use on my face, a DE safety razor. Before that I was using a schick 2 blade disposable but they discontinued them and went to the 3 blade and I didn't feel like going out and buying a new handle for their even more expensive set-up. In either case, if I go x amount of days, I use a salon style trimmer to remove as much as I can. Then I shower. Then I shave in front of the mirror as a DE is not real fast but I find it satisfying. | |||
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Shall Not Be Infringed |
I had problems with Headblade and went back to a regular multi-blade razor. Too frequently, my scalp was getting nicked, and I do not have an abnormally shaped head. Further, I couldn't chalk it up to carelessness, going too fast, or any type of contour anomaly on my head where I wasn't using proper technique. It also occurred with both brand new and blades with a few shaves on them, so they were 'broken in' so to speak. I even questioned the quality of the blades, looking at them under magnification to see if there was an issue with the edge, but that wasn't it either. I also always kept my Headblade razor in the case, so it wasn't due to being rough handled and/or damaged in any way. In the end I concluded that the issue was due to the design of the razor, which is cool (it even has wheels!), but flawed in my opinion/experience. By pushing the blade across the scalp, which is on the front of the razor, it would 'dig in' occasionally, resulting in a nick or worse. Dragging the blade behind the handle of the typical razor eliminated that issue entirely. I started out using a typical multi-blade razor, had switched to the Headblade as it seemed like a very cool, purpose designed tool for the job, and then ultimately, I switched back. I've been shaving my head for 15 years. When I decided to shave it, I asked my wife, "What would you think if I shaved my head and grew a Goatee, not necessarily in that order?", and she was supportive, indicating, "you have a good looking head, go for it." So I grew the Goatee, and two weeks later I shaved my head. After I did it, I immediately thought (and even said out loud!), 'Man, I should've done this years ago'! ____________________________________________________________ If Some is Good, and More is Better.....then Too Much, is Just Enough !! Trump 47....Making America Great Again! "May Almighty God bless the United States of America" - parabellum 7/26/20 Live Free or Die! | |||
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| Cogito Ergo Sum |
Wahl trimmer works for me. Don’t need to get it cue ball smooth. | |||
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For what it's worth I started finasteride at 31 in 2016 when my hair began to thin and within two months it completely halted my hairloss. I am not a responder to topical minoxidil so I've been on a low dose of oral minoxidil for sometime and it definitely improved the thickness of existing hair and I had moderate regrowth in the areas where I thinned prior to finasteride. | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
I had to start doing this around 20 years ago, I realized I was going to end up looking like this guy and said NOPE I use a quality disposable 5 blade razor and chuck it after one use. No need to be slicing or scraping up my head to save a buck. I use a handheld mirror to get the back, standing at the bathroom mirror. Use hot water to soak your head first to soften your skin up then take your time and do it twice more gently rather than once more forcefully if needed. Then you can be a badass!  | |||
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Fighting the good fight |
I've been shaving my head for 20 years. No fancy head shaving contraptions needed. I use a basic Schick Hydro 5 face razor. Any handheld razor will do. But if your hair is longer than stubble length, you'll want to buzz it with electric trimmers before finishing with a blade. And since you've never shaved your head before, I'd recommend buzzing it with a low guard and just going with that for the first several weeks, to get some sun exposure on the skin, before attempting to go fully bald. This will avoid the goofy "cue ball" stark white phase. Go slow at first with the blade, to learn the curves of your head and the various changes in hair direction. The back of the head is mainly done by feel. Once you get the hang of it, you'll be able to knock out your entire face and head in a few minutes. Invest in a mirror that you can hang in your shower, though you will eventually do most of it by feel. Shave in the shower after letting the hot water and steam thoroughly soak in, and washing your entire head with face soap. Use a quality shaving cream or hair conditioner (yes really) as lubrication. Use a fresh blade every week or so. Investing in a styptic pencil is a good idea, to deal with nicks while you're learning. Be very careful with any moles or skin tags you may have on your head or neck. | |||
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That’s it, although I don’t think you can use regular disposable blades. I get mine from Amazon. The blades last me a while so it’s not terribly expensive. “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” | |||
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| Was that you or the dog?  |
I use this every other day. Quick and easy. I have a replacement blade set shipped every three months. Head Shaver ___________________________ "Opinions vary" -Dalton | |||
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I have been using a Skull Shaver Pitbull silver for almost a year now. You can use it wet or dry and does a decent job. | |||
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