Comments on: I Wish I Could Shave My Head

By: MALA CHATTERJEE

MALA CHATTERJEE — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:07:59 +0000

I am 28 yrs married female. I had a habit of pulling my hair. My husband watched me for a few days, said not to, watched me for a few weeks more, and then one fine morning, came up to me with a pair of scissors and his own shaving razor, Gilette with shaving foam, and smilingly asked me if I wished to go really really headshaven. As if in a trance, I said yes, and sat with my back to him. He wanted me to bend my head, and started to shave my nape first. Then my top of head, then beside my ears, and look, within flat 10 minutes I had the thing I was in need of – my freedom. Freedom from hair, combing, shampooing, maintaining- all gone in 10 minutes flat. I am happy happy happy to be headshaven, and have rather decided between two of us that I shall remain headshaven by shaving it off every 2nd or 3rd day, and I have learnt to shave my head myself. Yes, myself.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:22:26 +0000

I had trich when I was 12 years old and parents took me to a doc for it… it never went away but I forgot about the problem as I aged. I always left my scalp and eyebrows alone, oddly enough would just bite the hairs on my arms now and then or tug them without pulling. One day when I was dying my hair around my 22nd birthday, days later my hair started falling out a bit which freaked me out and the texture of my hair changed to being more rough and curly. I started obsessing about checking whether my hair was still falling out by pulling gently and letting the dye damaged hairs come out. Eventually months later I realized the dye damage was done and the continued hair loss was from me gradually getting more aggressive with the pulling to “test the hairs” and that was the beginning of 3 painful years of pulling. I ended up shaving my head because it was thin all over (except the very back) and the entire top (the worst of it) was 1/4 the normal volume of hair and extremely bare looking.

I will say that if you have trich, shave your head… it’s very nice not worrying about how your hair looks, nonstop staring in the mirror, covering up spots with various hair coverage products. I’ve been shaving for a year now and I completely lost the urge to pull… the thought of doing it just makes me sick now. My biggest regret in life is just putting off the problem… kept getting shorter haircuts and thinking it’s all good now I’m safe to pull just a bit… pulling from thicker areas that had been untouched seemed like a solution… I wish I shaved it all right then and there to make it impossible for me to do more damage.

Unfortunately I may be one of the unlucky individuals who has permanent damage after only 3 years of pulling. I see some regrowth which is transparent white peach fuzz that hopefully will improve in color eventually but overall, considering it’s been over a year pull free, there is not much regrowth at all. When I let it grow in a bit to see how it looks before shaving again, it looks nearly the same in terms of the bald areas as when I started shaving a year ago. Trying to do everything I can, scalp massages with castor oil, moisturizers, ketaconazole organic shampoos, rogaine to try to reactivate follicles… but still no luck yet. I always hear about people having good regrowth in spots after 6-9 months on average but I just seem to be making no progress so for now I just plan to sport the bald look for life.

By: caitlin

caitlin — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:14:12 +0000

i know what you mean. i do tho want to shave my head. i have short hair as it is and half of its missing!! I just want to get rid of it all so id at least have a break to not pull. Its like, i know im doing it, i just cant stop!!!! I told my parents that i wanted to shave it all, and they were like absolutely not! you think you get made fun of now? just wait

By: tatiana

tatiana — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 21:09:58 +0000

I buzzed my head today. hair is about 1/8 inch all over, and i love it! i had really think wavy hair, down to my hips, and i’m donating it to locks for love =D

i’ve always wanted to cut my hair like this… and planning to do it motivated me not to pull for ~2 months. unfortunately i broke down once, so i have one bald patch. if you look really closely you can also see scars on my scalp, but barely perceptible. doesn’t look too bad. and it serves as a reminder of a place i do not want to be again.

All of you thinking about shaving, reflect deeply on it. if you conclude you want to do it, go for it! don’t worry about what others will say. it is your head, your life. be strong, and know that you are and will be beautiful regardless of your hair.

By: charlie

charlie — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:00:38 +0000

If your in Boston and looking for a reason to shave your head, write me !

By: Natalie

Natalie — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:29:10 +0000

I’m the bald woman with big ears.I’m bald by choice and I love it! I shave my head everyday with a razor and shave cream.I’m a cancer survivor and lost all my hair during cheom treatments and I enjoyed not having hair. When my hair grew back,I had it all shaved off at a salon and I have no intention of growing it back because I’m much more comfortable being bald.I have huge,big ears that stick out from my head and it feels great to have them exposed.I feel beautiful without hair.I don’t need hair to define me.Being bald is who I am.My hair is gone forever and I couldn’t be any happier.

By: Monica

Monica — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:06:01 +0000

Hi, My name is Monica and I have had trich for abouit 30 years on and off.At the moment my hair is not so good.I have had periods in my life where my hair has been good but Ive suffered for the last 10 years on a daily basis with this.I am considering shaving my head but am nervous of what people think,will ask me if I have cancer etc.I think I really need to just let go of this .I know this doesnt make who I am but it eats away at me that I cant stop I will keep you posted if I do shave my head.

By: katy gurl

katy gurl — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:36:43 +0000

nobody’s posted for a while … however, been thinking about just shaving it all off so I can let it all grow in at the same length, however, I can’t afford a wig – how would I explain it to people?

By: doglover

doglover — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:53:28 +0000

Same for me , i m new here by the way , love the blog:)

i ve been shaving since 7 years ago in vain …:( i m 32 , and i pulled since 12

By: Molly

Molly — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 03:28:37 +0000

Uhg ive been pulling for 3 years and it feels like im dieing inside!!i read all the posts and it seems im prety lucky it seems alot of you r goung through a harder time then i am!!im so sorry you guys!!anyway, for almost 2 years(not 3) i havent AT ALL been going to the hair dresser bc im embarrased about my bald spot, i cut my own hair, which always ends up looking like a professional did it bt i NEED to go the the hair dressers!but its so embarrasing with the open areas where they do your hair, where ppl can actuall SEE you, i dont know what to do, plz help me i probly have soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many spit ends!!!