Late 30s myself. Hair was pretty much individial scatrered follicles at the top by the time I was 22. Rocking a number 1. Very short length is surprisingly high maintainence as even a bit of regrowth shows quickly so it needs to be trimmed back down every 2 weeks max. I alternate between “I’m not paying someone to do this, I’ll trim it myself”; and “I can’t be bothered with this effort, I’m going to get a barber to do this”.
This is part of my identity now. Being called “bald” doesn’t sound like an insult and just sounds descriptive to me now (my pre-school had started calling me bald everyday and patting my head). I refuse to even consider any hair regrowth treatment. If it magically grew back one day, I would provably grow it to short-medium length and complain the whole time about how much effort this shit is.
Late 30s myself. Hair was pretty much individial scatrered follicles at the top by the time I was 22. Rocking a number 1. Very short length is surprisingly high maintainence as even a bit of regrowth shows quickly so it needs to be trimmed back down every 2 weeks max. I alternate between “I’m not paying someone to do this, I’ll trim it myself”; and “I can’t be bothered with this effort, I’m going to get a barber to do this”.
This is part of my identity now. Being called “bald” doesn’t sound like an insult and just sounds descriptive to me now (my pre-school had started calling me bald everyday and patting my head). I refuse to even consider any hair regrowth treatment. If it magically grew back one day, I would provably grow it to short-medium length and complain the whole time about how much effort this shit is.