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osing your hair might be one of the most concerning days in a mans life.

It’s the realisation that you will no longer feel young, look young or live forever. It’s the first moment in a young man’s life where he realises that mortality is real.

If you’re like me you probably thought why me it’s not fair. You probabaly then went and researched every male pattern article you could find.

Truth is there probably is a cure out there, it may be food, lifestyle or something else. I’m sure one day we will find it.

Right now however we’re stuck with a few options. Hair transplant, daily stress, buzz cut or shave it all off.

Hair transplants are weird, if they work great but it’s not very liberating, plus they cost quite a bit.

Daily stress is what everyone does for a couple of years combined with applying everything and anything to their hair as they hope it will grow back.

I personally lost a lot of mine within a 2 week spell during stress from telogen effluvium and stressed for years trying to find a cure. Sometimes it’s all you think about for days and it’s not healthy.

The razorblade was too soon for me but a buzz cut that gradually got shorter until I became comfortable with it seemed like a perfect option.

If you’re going bald, either crown balding, widows peak, still using the comb over, receding hairline or all over thinning, the buzz cut is your best friend, a trial period if you would before you shave it all off.

I cannot tell you how good it feels to have that shaver run over my head once it gets a little longer than it should. My hair goes from denial to 8 mile where I feel as though I hold all of the power, and it actually looks good, like really good. I started off at the lowest possible sissor cut and move to grade 6 once confidence grew. Recently I have been sporting grade 3 with 0.5 on the sides and have not looked back. Being able to not worry about my hair is the best feeling of my life.

But I like my longer hair

I get it. If you’ve had long or medium length hair all your life then this may not be what you want. Personally I always wanted a shaved head so it wasn’t much of an issue. But there will be some of you out there that are nervous to take that first step, you don’t want to lose your boyish looks as it’s a huge part of who you are.

In this post we were going to give you some haircut ideas for balding. But if we’re honest there isn’t a lot of choice.

If you asked women what they thought of a man who was losing his hair yet tried to cover it up, they would say he’s in denial and that’s not sexy.

If you asked other men what they thought of the bald/shaved head guy compared to the man with long hair and a giant crown bald patch I am sure they would say that the guy in denial is weak, even if they were 6ft 5 with giant muscles. They would even treat that guy with less respect, we’ve all seen this or experienced it.

The reality is…there are no hairstyles for balding men other than razor shaved and buzz cut. The only options are which length you choose to opt for.