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Permalink Reply by Bill on May 31, 2011 at 7:23pm

I agree. Hats only hide the obvious. Be proud and be bald. I love showing off my bald head. And a gentleman always removes his hat inside a building.

Permalink Reply by Buddy on June 2, 2011 at 4:27pm

Whether bald, Alopecean or shaved, baring your skinned head in the sun is NOT a great idea. A clean, bald head can be very attractive, but one scarred and spotted from sun damage is never handsome. Wear your hats and sun block to prevent damage to the dome! Take them off when and where you're comfortable doing so, but protect your noggins!

Permalink Reply by Tom on June 9, 2011 at 11:02pm

sunscreen, spf 45 works wonders for me. i usually reapply every 5 or 6 hours so i get a little color.

Permalink Reply by Tom on June 9, 2011 at 11:01pm

i am the same way. i used to wear hats 99% of the time because i lived in a cold climate. i moved to a really hot part of texas so no hat for me :)
unless its my fedora for a party, ball caps for to support my favorite teams, or its cold out.

bald power.

Permalink Reply by keith on March 6, 2012 at 3:03pm

i have only braved it the past 2-3 summers, and only after i have some color on my dome. i am still to scared to go out too much without the hats, becuz in the non-summer months i loose alot of color and my scalp is very patchy so my hair folicles are VERY noticable. i wish to one day be hat free, but not anytime soon i don't think.

Permalink Reply by Tony on August 29, 2012 at 9:08am

Like some of the other guys, a hat outside in the cold or sun, no headcover indoors except for a doo rag in the gym or a headcover in my own home during the winter (the house is typically below 60F). Basically, I use headcovers for physical comfort rather than to conceal my bald head.

Permalink Reply by Weston D on January 19, 2013 at 3:14pm

I wear hats relatively often. Clothing is complemented by something on top, if there is no hair than a hat helps fill the void. Like you said Buddy, we alopecians risk burns without hats. At clubs I often go in with a hat and take it off because I get hot.

Permalink Reply by Nammer on January 24, 2014 at 7:28pm

AU since I was 7
I wear hats on a non work day haha but at the gym, work or professional setting it would be no hat.

Permalink Reply by David S on July 11, 2014 at 7:50pm

The only time I wear a hat is in the dead of winter.  I mean the cold where everyone else has hats and scarfs wrapped around their heads and hoods up.  then it's time to break out the hat.

Summertime?  Keep it smart and use sunscreen if going out for any length of time, but usually let myself get a little sun and color.  Not much though.

I wore hats a lot as a kid, and wigs as a teen.  Mostly I guess because that is what I thought I was supposed to do.  Graduated to bandannas for a while, and then nothing but what I was given.