Jon Searles

Hair- What is the big deal?



Posted: Sunday, June 03, 2007

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As one can discern from the many entries found at www.searchwarp.com there is a large contingent of individuals really very interested in hair. There have always been written offerings helping with different hairstyles for men, women, and teenagers that make up the days, months, and all time most popular. I myself have read several of the articles and I can understand how they would be helpful to those looking for such information. If one is looking for layered, most popular, and sexiest hairstyles they can find it in the offerings from the knowledgeable authors that write this helpful information. I have yet to have enough curiosity to read the article Pubic Shaving for Men- 3 Pubic Hair Removal Methods Men Should Avoid, but I am confident it is filled with good advice for those looking for such counsel.

Personally I gave up on hair when I was very young. When I had it, I could never figure out how I wanted to style it. Long, short, curly, straight, parted left, parted right, or parted straight down the middle, which was the style for my generation in the late 70’s, never gave me any satisfaction. Losing my hair was not an overnight occurrence, but when it began I quickly changed to a very short haircut to avoid the verbal barbs and comments that come to men losing their hair. Although many helped with suggestions from plugs, the swirl top, or a comb over that looked like a trap door opening on top of your head if the wind blew in the right direction, I embraced my folliclely impaired existence. I joked that because I am 6’1" and my wife is 5’ 2" she did not even notice me going bald in the first 10 years of our marriage as long as I kept my held tilted backwards and stayed out of the bright sunshine which could cause a glare from the top of my head.

I have had many friends with beautiful hair. One friend in particular had a head of hair that could only be described as perfect. We used to joke that if his hair moved in the wind you had to run for shelter because a tornado was surely very close. I believed that with his flawless hair came a little too much vanity. He became quite irritated if anyone actually had the nerve to touch his hair. Upon a business trip to Mexico where we had to share an apartment, I found out why he was so protective of his “do". He would get up two hours before me. From the noise in the bathroom brushing his teeth and showering took 22 minutes and the remaining one hour and 38 minutes involved a hair dryer, and what sounded like a full can of some time of aerosol hair spray. Anything that took that much time to create needed to be protected from the hazards of the day.

I have been blessed with every joke known to bald men from the “solar panel for a love machine" to the one with the punch line “you think you are a good lover." I have had friends bring me gifts that include three different versions of a hair brushes without bristles for bald men. I have been given one each from the Rocky Mountains , Florida , and Texas. I even have a hand mirror with fake hair glued to the top of the glass so a bald man can look at his reflection and imagine the tuft of fake black polyethylene is in fact his manly mane. I am not sure which is funnier, the sentiment from my friends or the fact that they each spent money to share their joke with me.

Just to set the record straight against the suggestions of my fellow authors on the subject of hair, I have by far the easiest hairstyle known to man. It involves a clean shaven scalp that is washed, and buffed every evening. No shampoo, no conditioner, no hair dryer, and never a concern with bed head or hat hair. As I have gotten older I have started to add a dab of sunscreen to protect the scalp, but that is the extent of my hair care. So, never pity the bald man. For those of you who refuse to embrace your smooth topped destiny, let go and welcome the freedom that living without a head of hair will give you.

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» left by Avis Ward
4 years 238 days ago.
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Jon, I'm unable to answer your question. Donald Trump needs the answer more than you! I agree with you about baldness. I like that look. That comb-over style gives me the creeps and it's not on my head. Great article!
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» left by 4 years 237 days ago.
Avis, Thank you for reading.
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