Question of the Day | 10/06/2009 2:00 am
Wig sales are down ... Do you think the stigma of male baldness has eroded? What do you think about bald (or balding) men?

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Oh yes bald is far sexier than most of the alternatives. Far sexier to have no hair than to have a bit here and there.
Ponytails on bald men or on hairy men is so creepy.
I do think there are some men who look absolutely fabulous bald………If they have a good shaped head it doesn’t matter if there’s hair or not.
If they just have little bits here and there that’s not very attractive.
Of course in men as in women there is nothing to compare with a wonderful head of healthy hair.
I think the main thing is for the man to feel good about how he wears his hair…………Mainly keep it CLEAN.
Wigs are hot and uncomfortable.
My husband was a Tennis player and swimmer. After he retired he started giving himself a buzz cut………He loved it. As they say, Wash and wear. So easy when you are doing sports a lot.
I like the way he looked with or without hair……….I just loved him.
I prefer to see a man bald than a ridiculous comb-over regardless of the shape of his head. Who is he fooling anyway?
Nothing is as youthful as a full head of hair, but if that can’t be, then let it be.
No wigs, no comb overs, no hair plugs, no spray jobs, please. A mature man is as handsome as a younger one.
Bald men are fine. My husband has a full head of beautiful gray hair. However, both of my sons are balding. They all are handsome.
My husband has a full head of beautiful gray hair.
I think grey can be so handsome too!
My mom is 59 and showing grey for the first time. She’s got a nice shock of it right at the front of on side of her part line. It is so pretty, and I’ve begged her not to give in to the urge to dye it. Luckily my mom loves her grey and promises not to.
My poor mother-in-law has been dying her’s for years. It has really taken a toll on the health of her hair. Due to the frequent dye jobs, her hair is thinning faster than it should. We’ve pleaded with her for years to enjoy the grey, but to no avail.
My favorite bald man? Patrick Stewart! What a marvelous face, what great confidence and presence. Bald is SO much sexier and confident than a comb-over or a bad toupee. (Are you listening, Donald Trump?)
Whenever this subject came up, whether on the telephone, a first meeting, I’d tell the guy my father was bald, and I never knew him otherwise, because he began losing his hair in his early tweties before I was born. For me, it is not a negative matter.
Baldness does not diminish a man’s attractiveness or worth.
In my early twenties, I dated an older man who revealed that that when he turned bald, he left the US for 2 years and worked in Great Britain, and then returned home, somewhat less embarrassed, but always touchy about the subject.
Very sad, but I thnk of it as similar to the issue of being smallbreasted in the era of curvaceous movie stars, because people were critical and outspoken about gals’ appearance. Unlike today, having small breasts and slim hips was not the fashion, and those of us who had, were miserable, too, especially in adolescence, when everything imperfect is a tragedy.
I wish, though, that men accepted their appearance, did not do the "Donald Trump" hairdo, or use any of the wigs or toupeees. I focus more on eyes and lips, anyway!
I also hope that so many men who wear their baldness au naturel or buzz their scalps remain terrific examples of attractiveness. Masculinity does not depend on having a full head of hair.
Again, I see a comparison with the issue of women’s hair and femininity. Those scraggly, long tresses of 30+ women who seem to think that sexiness prevails because of long hair are not as attractive as a well-shaped head with short, helmet style, or cut above the shoulders . Catherine Deneuve once said in an interview that Americn women (and I add, American men) "fight to look younger instead of staying in good shape. European women are more tricky in that they try to grow older better, but they don’t try to look younger."
I quote verbatim because this statement is permanently attached to my bulletin board—to remind me how adolescence is worshiped here.
Guys, you look great with or without hair!
Again, I see a comparison with the issue of women’s hair and femininity. Those scraggly, long tresses of 30+ women who seem to think that sexiness prevails because of long hair are not as attractive as a well-shaped head with short, helmet style, or cut above the shoulders..
I know what you mean, Sura. I used to wear mine long and curly from my teens through my late twenties. Somehow my hair changed over the years and quit looking nice that way. I didn’t want to become one of those scraggly-haired mid-thirty-somethings trying to hang on to my youth! Ha!
Now I keep a funky bob with the back cut short and the front swinging low and not a curl in sight. I get compliments on my hair daily and it is healthy and full. I think we women attach way too much meaning to having long hair. When I was younger, it seemed men went for the long hair. The older I grow, I see that it’s not the hair, but the attitude that reels people in!

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