No more hair on top...

I went to the hair cutting place this week and got a haircut with no guard on the clipper. It is SHORT. I have a bald spot on the top rear and not much on the rest of the top. I buzzed all the area that is almost bald with my Braun electric. I am going to shave the rest of it, well all of it, with a Schick blade razor and some soap or shaving oil. I've never done this before and if anyone has any tips I am all ears (at least for now... I hope to keep my ears). I need tips on shaving my head and on lotion or whatever so I don't have dry skin. Maybe I should give it a buff shine when I get all the hair off.
I wonder if an epilator would be better than a shave??? or wax??
 
I already like it better, I think it makes me look better, but that is relative, heh.
 
So... any advice... thanks!!
 
Julien

Mach five razors and good thick shaving cream with Aloe. Try doing it in the shower so it opens up the pores better. Then slap some non stinky after shave on it (or just rubbing alcohol) and moisturize with pure aloe gel and liquid vitamin E (both available at health food store and some pharmacies). Avoid any moisturizers that have mineral oil in the ingredients. That shiz is nasty.

I'm not bald (well I am sloooowly losing some hair) but I used to carve all sort of dumb stuff into my fur. 

jbow

 
So... any advice... thanks!!

Get a combover Julien
 
 
The ladies love 'em...
 
 
 
 

 

I betcha like the new look Julien. And women, no foolin, find it sexy. Go figure.

 
Yeah... that surprised me. I even think I look better. I asked a friend who went queball a while back He told me to get a Fusion 4 blade razor and the Fusion gel. I tried running my Braun electric over the top where not much was growing anyway but it left enough to feel like some kind of dry skin or something. I want it smooth and polished. I'll probably have to shave it every day so I wont be rubbing it all the time. My wife REALLY likes it! I should have done this several years ago.
What spurred me to do it was going out and seeing other guys in my age range with a little too much hair in the back and thinking, "do I look like that"? 
 
Thanks for the help Pal and everyone else.
 
J

A cap with straps?

 
Thinking of a bomber cap... my neck is already cold.
 
Beepster... I have some aloe gel, we keep it around for burns or sunburns. I hadn't thought about that. I have some "Gloves in a Bottle" lotion that leaves no greasy or any sort of residue. I always kept it around to use in the pest control work in case I was using a chemical I didn't want on me. It will keep stuff out but let stuff out, if that makes sense. IT is like a moisturizing barrier, really good stuff. You cannot tell it is there unless you get your hands wet, then you feel sort of slimy because it is keeping the water out. It is this stuff: http://www.glovesinabottle.com/
 
I forgot to say... if you have dry scalp... this stuff is GREAT. You can rub it into your scalp and hair until it dries and it has no affect on your hair at all but the dry scalp is gone. Amazing stuff.
 
J

Really two or three times a week should be all you need to shave unless you want to maintain the "smooth as a billiard ball" feel 24/7.   In any case, welcome to the "smooth operator" style Julien, ol pal:-)

Yep Craig... I have a little more than that but it is thinning it the same pattern. I went and got a Fusion 5 blade razor, some Fusion shaving gel, and after shave lotion. Maybe I will get to it tomorrow. I hit the thin areas again with my electirc razor and it gets it pretty close but not completely smooth.

Olpal... I will probably have to do it most everyday. I have a tendency to fiddle with anything like stubble. I wont grow a mustache because as soon as it gets long enough I will chew on it. I am really trying to not get in the habit of rubbing my hand across my head. If I get started I will do it ALL the time.

Thanks all..

J