TomKat
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That may seem like a stupid thread title but I had an accident with hot grease when I was 10 months old which burned off the hair on the top of my head and a lot of the skin that is there as well as scaring my face, shoulders, back, chest, and legs. Though they never told my parent this at the time, I was given less than a 50/50 chance to live through the first night due to the amount of burns. I have been wearing a toupee since I was 12 or so because of this. I never really minded wearing it, though it was a major pain in the butt, because the best part of wearing one was that it "added" to the skin on the top of my head and prevented the streams of blood that would occur every time I bumped my head (as a child I constantly had scabs on my head due to this). If you have always had hair then you are very lucky to not have to deal with this, it is quite a pain.
I got talked into doing a tv commercial for this "hair restoration" company which didn't "restore" anything they just sold me a hair piece with their own application technique and of course this did not help me fit in in school but this helped me to learn very early on about the best and the worst of human nature. If you have ever walked into a room and thought that someone was talking about you, picture EVERY time you walked into a room that most WERE talking, joking, and pointing at you, this was my life before and after getting the toupee and I am talking about adults as well as kids. I was on the wrestling team in 7th grade before I got my first "piece" and even had kids refuse to wrestle me due to my lack of hair but I guess that was their loss, literally, haha I win by default!!
Overall, this lack of hair was probably one of the best life lessons that one could have ever learned and I learned it very early on. Some of you may, but most of you have no idea how being an "outsider" can change your outlook on the world. Fortunately for me, I think it changed me for the better which is probably why I have had absolutely no quarrels with people making fun of me or trying to put me down when I am "preaching" about Dr. Ron's messages or any other "hot topic" issue that I want to bring up and when people try I am ready to counter them thanks to the years of ridicule that I already had to deal with due to this issue that has always kept me on my feet and ready for the challenge.
Some of you know that I post some Joe Rogan videos every once in a while and that is because I love his podcast, comedy, and some of his world views. This idea came directly from him. In past podcasts he kept talking about how you shouldn't "bullshit" yourself in the fact that if you are going bald or are bald, embrace it and just shave it, don't try to deny it by putting up a 'false front" because you are doing nothing but lying, and I personally abhor liars. (He has talked a lot about his own hair falling out and how he got hair plugs in the back of his head to try to prevent the process and how silly he looks when he thinks back at his thought processes back then, and also that the plugs form a smiley face on the back of his head).
Now that I am 35, I decided to embrace the fact that I am who I am and I decided to shave my head and embrace the fact that I have never had hair on the top of my head and that there will never be hair there.
I sat in the garage for about an hour last night with my shaver in my hand trying to find a good reason to not go through with it but once I started shaving and saw the hair falling to the floor I knew this had to be a good decision. I shaved the sides, the back, and in between, over and over again to make sure it was shaved enough for my razor. When I thought it was good enough, I hoped into the shower with my razor and went back at it until there was no more hair on my entire head (except for my super cool facial hair.......... yes, that was a joke).
I am not going to say that shaving my head was liberating or that it changed me as a human or any of that other garbage. So far the only life lesson that I have taken away is "WOW!! 60 degree wind is pretty cold when you don't have your 'under hat insulation'"
But seriously, I hope this gives some inspiration for others to stop lying to themselves and paying crazy prices to try to fit in no matter what it is that you are buying, hairpieces or fashion. You are who you are and once you embrace that fact you will start to see just how awesome that you are.
I got talked into doing a tv commercial for this "hair restoration" company which didn't "restore" anything they just sold me a hair piece with their own application technique and of course this did not help me fit in in school but this helped me to learn very early on about the best and the worst of human nature. If you have ever walked into a room and thought that someone was talking about you, picture EVERY time you walked into a room that most WERE talking, joking, and pointing at you, this was my life before and after getting the toupee and I am talking about adults as well as kids. I was on the wrestling team in 7th grade before I got my first "piece" and even had kids refuse to wrestle me due to my lack of hair but I guess that was their loss, literally, haha I win by default!!
Overall, this lack of hair was probably one of the best life lessons that one could have ever learned and I learned it very early on. Some of you may, but most of you have no idea how being an "outsider" can change your outlook on the world. Fortunately for me, I think it changed me for the better which is probably why I have had absolutely no quarrels with people making fun of me or trying to put me down when I am "preaching" about Dr. Ron's messages or any other "hot topic" issue that I want to bring up and when people try I am ready to counter them thanks to the years of ridicule that I already had to deal with due to this issue that has always kept me on my feet and ready for the challenge.
Some of you know that I post some Joe Rogan videos every once in a while and that is because I love his podcast, comedy, and some of his world views. This idea came directly from him. In past podcasts he kept talking about how you shouldn't "bullshit" yourself in the fact that if you are going bald or are bald, embrace it and just shave it, don't try to deny it by putting up a 'false front" because you are doing nothing but lying, and I personally abhor liars. (He has talked a lot about his own hair falling out and how he got hair plugs in the back of his head to try to prevent the process and how silly he looks when he thinks back at his thought processes back then, and also that the plugs form a smiley face on the back of his head).
Now that I am 35, I decided to embrace the fact that I am who I am and I decided to shave my head and embrace the fact that I have never had hair on the top of my head and that there will never be hair there.
I sat in the garage for about an hour last night with my shaver in my hand trying to find a good reason to not go through with it but once I started shaving and saw the hair falling to the floor I knew this had to be a good decision. I shaved the sides, the back, and in between, over and over again to make sure it was shaved enough for my razor. When I thought it was good enough, I hoped into the shower with my razor and went back at it until there was no more hair on my entire head (except for my super cool facial hair.......... yes, that was a joke).
I am not going to say that shaving my head was liberating or that it changed me as a human or any of that other garbage. So far the only life lesson that I have taken away is "WOW!! 60 degree wind is pretty cold when you don't have your 'under hat insulation'"
But seriously, I hope this gives some inspiration for others to stop lying to themselves and paying crazy prices to try to fit in no matter what it is that you are buying, hairpieces or fashion. You are who you are and once you embrace that fact you will start to see just how awesome that you are.
