Egg Head

Since the 1970's I've watched my hairline slowly inch back then become thinner on top and performed amazing tricks to hide it. I've been known to fluff it, perm it, swirl it, tease it and glue it down with a half can of hairspray but I knew eventually, none of these things would help.

I remember somewhere around the year of 2000, I was walking along near my office, when a gust of wind hit me in the face. The front of my hair had been swirled around and loaded up with hair spray to cover the male pattern baldness. As the blast hit me in the face, it lifted up in the manner that wind would lift the convertible top off a car if it had not been locked down. What was more embarrassing was I was meeting another guy face to face and his reaction was a mild grin when he saw the lift.

As time went on, and the hair became thinner, I began to shorten it and finally it came down to a buzz cut a few months ago.

Now, the final and last in the progression is the ultimate shaved head. Last week, I took the plunge, slapped a double handful of Barbasol on the top of my head and took out my trusty Trac III razor and did the deed. It's a truly liberating experience but it could possibly turn into a high maintenance ordeal because I will have to shave it every time I shave my face.