It’s been about three weeks since I broke up with my hair. I’ve had a few surprises along the way and learned some new things, too. Here they are:

  1. Withdrawals have been surprisingly nonexistent. I actually like this.
  2. Not having hair is high-maintenance. I have to bust out the clippers every other day to keep it the length I want.
  3. Bic-ing should be done with a Mach 3, not a safety razor. Amazing difference. Faster, safer (ironically), smoother. Also, less blood. Thank you Brad.
  4. My kids love it. Especially my daughter. Whenever I pick her up she smiles and rubs my head. I love it.
  5. A surprising number of guys have come up to me and said they admire me for making the leap and wish they could do the same. Didn’t expect that.
  6. My head gets cold. I’d heard it would but it gets cold differently than expected. I was thinking it would be “cold wind blowing on my skin cold”. Instead, it’s “dull ache cold”.
  7. I’m actually less self-conscious about my hair now that I don’t have any. I know that seems backwards, but if you’re a dude and your hair is on its way out, you get what I mean.
  8. I always thought less hair = less friction. Not so. My head is velcro. Fuzz gets stuck to it and it’s harder to pull off shirts because they stick. Even just two days after Bic-ing it’s hard to rub my hand over it. As a result, I had to learn a new way to pull off beanies (back to front, people. Back to front.).
  9. People want to touch it. Sometimes they ask first, sometimes they don’t. I had one coworker tell me they wanted to touch it but then didn’t. Hmmm.

There you have it.