okay, that title sounds pervy. anyhow, let me explain. i have trichotillomania, which is a fancy way of saying i pull my hair out to excess. i have acknowledged this to some extent for the time that i have done it (a few years i guess) but never thought anything of it. apparently it has got worse lately (it's kind of like nail biting or playing with a rubber band, most of the time i don't even realize i'm doing it) because someone pointed out to me at work that i have a bald spot. a BALD SPOT. i looked. yep, it's there. god damn it. it's on the back of my head kind of at the end of my part. it's not HUGE but it's definitely visible. i thought of just saying oh faff it and wearing headbands for a while, until i realized that when it starts to grow out it's going to look really fucking goofy (the rest of my hair is just past my shoulders.) i have shaved my hair before so i know what it looks like as it grows. that being said, should i have my head? i really don't want to, i mean, i love having long hair, but apparently not enough to not pull it out. if i shaved my head my hair would re-grow the same length and all would be well, but i'd be shaving off 14 or so inches of awesome that i enjoy (and mangle). my hair hasn't been cut since like... january of last year, so i know how long it takes to grow. however, if i don't shave it, i'm going to have a big chunk that is forever 12 inches shorter than the others. your thoughts?
do you have photos? is it underneath so your hair covers it? If you don't wanna cut it then don't. A while back I was shaving my sidecut and I fucked off a small chunk of loose hair at the back so that sticks out shorter than the rest of my hair. It's grand though, hair grows so either way. omfjga HAIRgrows? I've forgotten my point. Or maybe I never had one.
no... it's definitely visible, it's right smack on the top of my head at the end of my part. i could hide it but once it starts growing it's going to be unhideable, it will dominate my head!
once i had a bald spot. i don't even know how it happened.. but i just did a 'comb over' style and as it grew it would pop up and some people would notice it but you just gotta be loose about it, and not care too much. in time it will be as if it never happened. but, try to comb over.. don't apply the bad connotations of 'comb over' to this, because there are heaps of people with 'stylish comb overs' haha, don't worry about the people who try to cover their half bald head with a few strains of hair, while thinking they' got everyone fooled.
yes you should have your head (u musta did a miss type ) no in seriousness though.. i wouldnt shave my head ever.... i duno i just love long hair.... cant you just cover the bald spot somehow until it grows back??
you looked super hot when you shaved your head, so my vote is shave your head if you dont want to though, then just dont worry about it! who cares if you have a bald spot? or dread up in a manner that covers it
I think the comb over idea would work...As in, just part your hair differently so that it goes over the bald spot. I think you will be okay Good luck!
heh. yeah the only issue i have with shaving my head is i freakin' love my hair! this is the longest it's been in 11 years! i think i am too self-conscious about myself and that as all you dready people know i will just have to let my hair do what it wants, even if that means that one part of my head is a rebel.
I have an acquaintance that also has this disorder. She always wears her hair about four inches long and will often wear headbands, etc to hide any sign of it.
