Starting finance career with shaved head?

Hey everyone, wanted to get some advice from fellow monkeys. Looking to shave my head soon (balding is becoming fairly noticeable around the temples and the top). Tired of having to do weird combing and pretend it looks alright in pictures.

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always wanted to give finasteride a try but worried about the side effects. What if I kept the beard close to skin? Basically anything to avoid the double bald look (no hair no facial hair). Not trying to pull a bezos..

 

I would recommend finasteride.

I've been taking it for a year and I've noticed the effects. I'm thankful. I haven't seen hair growth but I have stopped losing hair.

The worst side effects are depression and low libido. I was afraid of the depression but I haven't gone through anything that was from the medicine. Libido is a-ok as well.

If you have any questions on taking the medicine or about shaving your head feel free to ask.

If you're thinking of taking finasteride, I would said think quickly, it takes 3-6 months to take effect, in my case it took about 6-7 months.

 

Try to make it look as neat as possible and you'll be fine

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shave it all off and rock the vin diesel + red tie = hitman = juicy end of the year bonus = ferrari = fashion week models = rooftop parties = drugs = fired = hobo = grow beard

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This is what I worry about. Every male on my dads side went bald by 28~30. Everyone on my moms side has tons and tons jet black thick hair. Its like the russian roulette of balding.

 

I have a full head of hair so I've not looked too deeply into this, but doesn't the hair transplant work pretty well (as in, it works and looks good)? Rather than laser all of my body hair off, I've kept a decent amount as an insurance policy against future head hair loss.

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Buy a pair of clippers from walmart and give yourself a 0,1, or 2 guard length haircut. Shaving your head is a pain in the ass and your skin where your hair was is going to be a lot whiter than the rest of your face unless you're black. Most people will also assume that you're 30+ and there is no worse place to get ingrown hairs than on your head. I cut my hair with a 1 or 2 guard every 2 weeks or less.

 

Story update: "global head has not been seen since, presumably missing more tonight at 11." - MSNBC

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If you're not balding and you work in IB you're not working hard enough. Just look at people like Lloyd Blankfein or some of the Managing Directors at various firms...the top one's are bald or balding /sarcasm.

In all seriousness it shouldn't matter so long as you do enough power poses and don't give a shit. I doubt firms care...you could smell like a turd but if you do great work or bring in business...no one gives two shits.

 

I would not endorse hair loss prevention products due to their general nature to block DHT which is essential to your alpha maleness (serious).

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