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Re:Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration by cassianoleal on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @01:42PM (#26253819)
I still remember the day I saw a quote on Twitter from an account that I think was called something like @PicardQuotes. Their tweets were usually little gems that could have been said by Capt. Picard. This particular quote was simply:

"Bald is better than balding."

When I realised there was no turning back, and not having hair would be a lot better than fighting against the inevitable, I started wearing my bare scalp with pride.

It's a great look.

It's also a lot easier to maintain.

Don't get me wrong, if I weren't balding I wouldn't have done this and that would have been fine. That doesn't change the fact that this is also fine.

Re:Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration by thesuitonym on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @02:38PM (#26254563)
I love the way I look bald, but I don't have the wherewithall to keep my skin smooth. It's so much more work than just keeping a decent haircut.
Re:Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration by jobigoud on Thursday February 25, 2021 @02:52AM (#26260693)
How is it easier to maintain? If you want to be fully bald and look good you have to shave every day or every few days. For the balding "look" you don't have anything to do at all.
Re:Researchers find stem cells for hair regeneration by cassianoleal on Thursday February 25, 2021 @04:54PM (#26268824)
Sorry, I meant it's easier to maintain than hair.

Bald takes me 10-15 minutes at home a few days a week. It becomes part of the routine and doesn't add much to it.

Having hair means daily washing/conditioning (depending on hair type and daily activities of course), combing/brushing, perhaps some styling in the morning and possibly during the day depending on how you like to look, there's not being able to shower just before sleep unless you like to sleep on a puddle and a rotten pillow, etc.

On top of that, there's the periodic going to salon, getting hair cut, coming back home, and relearning how to style new hair since it's going to be slightly different than it was early that day.

Balding also takes a lot of the above, if not all. Unless you like the mullet look with nothing at the top, which I personally don't.

Bald is a lot easier for me. As always, YMMV.