what to do about the velcro?

I knew that some day it would happen, a long family line of polished tops lead me to the conclusion that I would not have hair forever. Well, last week after my regular haircut, it seemed like the thin spot on top didn't hide as well as I would have liked. I never thought I'd have any sort of vanity about it, but I guess I must. So months still before 30, and I've joined the club.

I've shaved my head before, mohawks and spikes were pretty normal for me a while back, but I didn't often keep it close. now I've found that the lack of hair has a couple really annoying draw-backs. One is that I didn't really realize how much cushioning the hair provides. I don't use a pillow, and now the back of my head doesn't seem to like the mattress as much. the other is velcroing to everything. My hats, the inside of my climbing helmet, my hammock last week while out camping. I have solved some of it by wearing a buff, but is that the only solution?

I'm sure over time I'll get used to it, but in the mean time, does anyone have anything they do to survive the stubble?

ive been shaving my noggin with clippers and no attachments for 20 years , with some safety razor shaves also .. I noticed about one day after a clipper shave and 2-3 after a razor shave the Velcro feel is gone ..lol

Every once and a while I will slick up the top and all that I know to avoid the velcro is keep it slick. I shave before I go to bed & use a de on the head, straight on the face. Your head will toughen some, but it will never completely go away.

I'll be sure to pack a beanie for my next camping trip. not much chance of loosing it overnight!

Started shaving my head in 99. Haven't had more than three days growth since then. Only sure way to fix velcroing is keep it shaved.

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Originally Posted by RollinCoal69

Started shaving my head in 99. Haven't had more than three days growth since then. Only sure way to fix velcroing is keep it shaved.

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This . . . the Velcro will last longer than your hair did. On the plus side, you'll never lose a hat in the wind. But yeah, regular shaves is the only control.

I've been head shaving since about 2001 or so - best way to avoid the velcro, as others have said, is to keep it smooth. I haven't gotten up the gumption to SE shave, but I find that a DE or Mach3 (gasp!) every other day keeps things nice up there. I'd love to do every day to avoid the bozo looking five o'clock shadow, but my skin won't tolerate it.

so far I've been shower shaving with a gillette 7oclock plastic, and that's been doing a good job. Its not the closest shave, but I can reliably attack the back of my head without too much worry. My Tech is a bit too aggressive for that silliness, and I don't want to risk dropping it. I've tried straighting it, but for some reason I'm having trouble with my edges. not sure if its me or them sitting in storage or what. But there will be a few times where it will end up with a few days growth, in which case I think the straight should work pretty well, for most of it at least.

Well, last time out, I did it with my Straight. Admittedly I needed touch ups on the back with my DE, but it isn't impossible.

I think you get used to the velcro after a while. Sometimes it does make it a bit hard to position beanies. (Without hair, I'm always cold, so I wear a hat all day, indoors or out.)

Shaved my head with a straight yesterday for the first time and found it much easier than with a DE, albeith because I had a week's worth of hair and the DE would've clogged up with every pass. The back of my head was a bit awkward to do and the top was downright strange, given the angle, but all in all a good experience and easier than the beard I'd say. Going near the ears is a bit scary though.

Yeah, I agree with the regular shaving advice - really it's the only way to keep the velcro to a minimum. Generally I shave my head every day - I do it with a straight but only in a north to south direction, I don't go against the grain.

After a while you get pretty good at getting a pretty close shave that way. But nothing feels quite the same as a good wtg and atg pass with a DE - head skin is soft and when it is completely clean shaven it's hard not to headturbate.

James.

All this talk about head shaving. mother nature and farther time gave me the close shave on the head. The real problem is the shine. in the sun light the glare will blind you.

So far its been going well. It turns out I've got a bit of a tall mole on the back of my head that gets nicked once and a while. I'm still not able to really do much ATG so the back stays a bit fuzzy, but its manageable. Oddly, I only now realized how round my head is. I don't know what shape I thought it was, but its weird... I'm still trying to get my brain to accept that this is how I look.. anywho.