To the moon, lady, to the moon!

[dalesys]

I'm still wondering when I'll get my first stereotype comment due to my full beard.

Your own personal soup storage unit, I see.

[Seshat]

One might argue that Chuck pulling the C card is foul play, but you know what? Next time asshole decides to bully someone, maybe he'll think twice. Next time it might have BEEN someone going though something awful. So screw that guy.

I've never had cancer, but Chuck gets my forgiveness, for what it's worth.

[Mikkel]

I've never had cancer, but Chuck gets my forgiveness, for what it's worth.

I have and me too .

[fireheart]

One of the ladies I used to work with either had alopecia or was having chemo (I didn't ask). She used to wear a headscarf.

[MystyGlyttyr]

My mom once was tempted to do something rather similar. I had dyed a green patch into my hair that had faded to a sort of green-hued blonde and we were in the store and some old biddies were tut-tut'ing about it. My mom told me later she was thinking really hard about yelling at them that I had some sort of weird disease and couldn't help what my hair looked like and they needed to go to hell for being so judgmental

[PepperElf]

One of our managers started bad mouthing her about the wig she got, let's just say I told my cousin what exactly to do, and that manager was no longer working at that store anymore (I think she might have been fired for that act).

I can imagine. That kind of situation can turn into an HR nightmare if mishandled. Nothing like having a company get in trouble for allowing managers to harass people for medical conditions.

I asked him why he shaved his head (he was something like twenty two or three... a baby) and he confessed because he was balding pretty badly and figured he'd look better bald than sporting the whole male pattern thing.

This. I've met some men who just looked good without hair. And yes the reason they shaved was the hairline.

Although I've also met some who shaved in support of friends who had cancer. And a couple who never had hair to begin with.

[Pagan]

Yeah, when I worked for public television the youngest member of the crew was balder than a peeled onion.

Balder than a peeled onion! I have got to remember that!

[cashierbex]

One of my roomates has a receding hairline himself and shaves his head. His wife wants him to grow it out, even though it really doesn't look good longer. She even wants him to spike it.

Now me, I used to have long hair that I never took care of. I decided to just cut it cause I wanted to spike my hair. Haven't had people complain about it, just mostly older people calling me sir, which I sometimes ignore them. I do some crazy stuff with it, thinking of doing a mohawk soon, just gotta stop cutting my hair semi-military style lol. People seem to compliment me all the time, esp my regulars. They come in on their monthly visit and go "Oh, you changed your hair again. Looks good". Great ego booster. I'm waiting for the day that someone comes up to me and starts yelling at me and telling me to go to hell cause I am a lesbian and look like a man and blah blah blah.

[dragon_wings]

Now me, I used to have long hair that I never took care of. I decided to just cut it cause I wanted to spike my hair. Haven't had people complain about it, just mostly older people calling me sir, which I sometimes ignore them. I do some crazy stuff with it, thinking of doing a mohawk soon, just gotta stop cutting my hair semi-military style lol. People seem to compliment me all the time, esp my regulars. They come in on their monthly visit and go "Oh, you changed your hair again. Looks good". Great ego booster. I'm waiting for the day that someone comes up to me and starts yelling at me and telling me to go to hell cause I am a lesbian and look like a man and blah blah blah.

my story about being trashed for being an androgynous female

[DeltaSierra]

My brother is another guy who shaves his head due to a receding hairline. Personally I think he looks best with his hair about an inch long, but whenever he lets it get that long, he shaves it off

[Food Lady]

I shaved my head recently. Not because of the Big C or chemo or because of any inherent evilness (though that IS there... ), but because my hairline's receding so much and thinning so much on top and going grayer and grayer that I finally decided "fuck it" and shaved it off. It's a lot easier to maintain, and it looks good on me, so what the hell.

This post is useless without a pic.

[Jay 2K Winger]

This post is useless without a pic.

Bahhh, I knew someone was going to say this. Anyone who follows me on Twitter can see my big bald head (it's my Twitter avatar), but... fine.