Do you shave your head or have someone do it for you?

Just wondering.....does anyone out there shave their own head or do you pay someone to shave it? If you do shave, do you use a razor or a barber set of clippers?

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Comment by Cindie on July 27, 2011 at 1:03pm
I shave my own head...first with the clippers, then with a triple blade razor. But I am going to look into purchasing the HeadBlade (we don't have a Walgren's locally, but other stores may carry it).

I once asked a barber to shave my head (and not for free, either), but he refused on the grounds that "hair was saced to black men and they hated bald women." So I asked a few other barbers -- all African-American, and they said they "didn't feel right" doing it.

So I learned how to do it myself!
Comment by Ktownnana on July 27, 2011 at 2:51pm
That's sad that you couldn't get a barber to shave your head. Will we ever get over the stigma of alopecia if just about everyone feels like this? Probably not in my lifetime.
Comment by Cindie on July 27, 2011 at 3:34pm
I do believe that eventually the stigma will fade....look at Miss Delaware! What a brave, brave, beautiful young lady! If a beauty queen can have alopecia, so can anyone!

The problem, as I see it (and I am an expert by no means), is that there will always be people who are open to education and learning about the causes of alopecia, and there will always be a group of people who have been taught misinformation and nonsense, and they will always cling to outdated information.

When I run into people who don't want to accept current information on any number of subjects and insist in wallowing in ignorance "because that is the way I was raised", I say, "goodbye, Godspeed", and I "keep it moving."

That approach keeps my blood pressure below "stroke" levels.
Comment by Ktownnana on July 27, 2011 at 4:04pm
Cindie, you've definitely got the right idea.
Comment by Lisa Santer on July 28, 2011 at 6:29am
Cindie, you can order a headblade online: www.headblade.com They also list stores and which headblade products they stock.
Comment by Cindie on July 28, 2011 at 10:50pm
Thannks, Lisa, and thanks Ktownnana. It's taken me many, many years to come to the conclusion that is the best approach for me.
Comment by Ktownnana on July 29, 2011 at 9:57am
Cindie, good for you. I think we all have to make the decisions for ourselves and hope it is the right one.

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