What is Sexy?
California Girl and I were talking recently about the friend of a friend who wears very expensive hairpieces; in part, because he thinks they make him look more attractive to women. I haven’t had much hair since my college days and never considered it a problem, even when I was twenty-something. I can’t quite understand why a guy would spend so much money to have a full head of hair. Lack of hair never seemed to have any impact on my ability to get dates, or the number of women who have propositioned me over the years. It’s possible I would have had more attention from the opposite sex but I’ve had enough interest so that I’ve never wondered where all the women are.
I keep my hair short on the back and the sides so I don’t look like Crusty the Clown; but I’ve considered doing away with what’s left entirely. The only reason I haven’t is that California Girl likes it the way that it is. But I am curious what women (and guys) think. If you are a woman, do you consider a potential date being bald a show-stopper? Where does the amount of hair rate on your scale of attractive physical attributes? If you are a guy would you get a rug if you lost your hair? What do you think women think of shaved/bald heads?
BTW: you can’t tell in most of the pictures but I do actually have some hair on my head. I cut my hair weekly using the shortest attachment so it’s like 3/32nds of an inch long.
My hubby shaves his head bald. He isnt going bald by any means, but I find a nice shiney bald head totally sexy! A hair piece is too much work, or I think so any how.
I have been here reading off and on, but THIS caught my attention, because I love me a bald head! lol Had to reply.
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I’ve been shaving my head bald for five years now. Other than a small bald spot on the back of my head and a receding hairline here and there, I would NOT consider getting a hairpiece. It reminds me too much of the 70′s and the comb over. UGH.
I think guys do it for the same reason women get breast implants, low self esteem. Of course, the media portrays that look to the max. Give me a normal looking woman or guy any day over the silicone/saline enhanced or hair club for men.
hair… or lack of it… does not factor into attractiveness for me at all. i find many “bald” men very attractive. i would prefer that to a hairpiece of any sort.
Ever notice that the “hairpiece” seems to match the personality that it’s attached to…??!! In my “wild and crazy” dating days, I met a guy with the most “in your face” blatantly FAAAAAKE rug I’ve ever seen… Unfortunately the personality of its owner matched to a “T” and what should have been a casual, informal meeting turned into an “I’m better than just about anyone else I know” snoooozefest!!! Here’s to YOU, whoever you are and whatever you look like… It IS the inside that counts!!
Hi, just found your blog. I generally find any variant of hair (or lack of) attractive. It all depends on the person in question. However, I can’t say I have ever found someone attractive who was wearing a rug.
Bald rocks. I’d rather see a bald head than someone attempting to create the appearance of hair any day. Can we say Captain Picard….mmmmm!
Heather: California Girl likes the way my head looks too; but we both still wondered what other people think. I think ‘even “normal” guy hair is a lot of work. It’s great being able to towel of my head like any other part of my body. After all these years I can’t imagine having to blow dry my hair and put product in it like some men do.
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MrManicDepressive: I think it’s probably a self-esteem thing to; but I do find it so interesting that it’s a non-issue to so many women. I’m a big fan of natural looking women too.
AK Girl: Thanks for de-lurking. It’s always appreciated to get a woman’s point of view on topics such as this. I wonder what guys who have fake hair explain it to their girlfriends as their relationship evolves.
Valerie: I hadn’t though about it that way until you mentioned it. But, not that I think about people I know with hairpieces, you are exactly right. Many are more self-absorbed than is good for them. It’s a good thing there aren’t any good penile implants yet.
Amy-Elle: Glad that you found us. I hope you like what you read here. You are the second person to say anything BUT a rug. I guess it’s must be what a hairpiece says about a guy’s personality.
Michelle: That’s my attitude too. I’ve heard that the new hairpieces are pretty good these days but I don’t think I could never be that vain. If I’m heavy, I go on a diet and get more exercise; but hair (or lack thereof) is never something I’ve worried about.
I agree with Michelle; trying to create the illusion of hair is ridiculous. No matter how expensive hairpieces are, they never look natural. Between the hairlines that don’t line up and the greying “salt and pepper” look that never quite matches–ick. My only experience with a Hair Club guy was a friend from high school. If I had never met him before, I would’ve thought he had a great head of hair, but since I knew what he looked like balding, he looked completely unnatural.
I guess everyone has their immediate turnoffs–mine is bad teeth. Bald/balding men can be very attractive, more so because they’re real.
Mountain Girl – yeah, I hear ya on the bad teeth. I’m in the dental profession and that’s a huge pet peeve of mine!!!
Mountain Girl: The Hair Club guy is in his twenties so he doesn’t have the color-matching issues like an older man would. Being bald that early is unusual but not unheard of. I had less real hair than he does when I was his age and didn’t give it a second thought. I think people often fixate on the quick fix rather than digging deeper. It’s easier to say that women don’t like me because I’m balding prematurely than it is to dig deeper and think about what they don’t like about your personality.
And bad teeth do say something about someone’s personality because there are dentists everywhere and they are so easily fixed.
Michelle: You probably don’t see the worst of it. At least they are coming in. I work with a guy who never went to the dentist until he had a MAJOR tooth/jaw ache and was in desperate need of a root canal. Not following that ounce of prevention/pound of cure adage was a very expensive and painful lesson for him.