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My Journey: From Mild Thinning to Norwood 7 in 6 Weeks ( from 1999)

I started with just a little recession at the front hairline and very mild thinning on the crown—nothing dramatic, barely noticeable unless you were looking for it. But I didn’t want to wait for nature to decide the pace. I wanted control. So I followed the swim-cap method exactly as outlined.

Week 1–2: The First Pulls

I cut the cap to expose only the hairline and a small crown circle. Epilated every 4–5 days. The first session stung, but the thinning areas were already soft; the pain was nothing like ripping dense hair. By the second week, regrowth came in fluffy—like baby hair, almost velvety. Pulling it out became painless.

Week 3–4: The Shift

Regrowth slowed. What used to fill in within days now took a full week, and it was weaker. I widened the cap cutout to include the entire top third of my scalp. Waxing with liquid wax cleaned up the strays and gave me a crisp edge between the bald top and the sides I kept buzzed to a #1 guard. The line looked intentional, not patchy.

Week 5–6: Norwood 7

By week six, the front had retreated to a clean Norwood 7 horseshoe. The crown was slick. The only stubborn spot was the dip at the very back—lower occipital ridge—where hair grows downward and the epilator angle was awkward. I hit it twice a week with wax until it surrendered. No regrowth there now.

Maintenance

• Sides: buzzed every Sunday with a #1 guard.

• Top: epilate or wax every 10–14 days for any rogue fluff.

• Edge: a single strip of wax along the hard line keeps it razor-sharp.

Recently he's been thinking of removing his hair but shaving won't do it. He wants permanence— control.

He shaved as the first step, he just came up with the definitive solution. He browsed in the internet and found the place that will help him get rid off his hairy problem.

He's waiting until the time of his appointment. He looks at his shaved head and loves it. It will soon be permanent. His.

Session begins. Despite his unusual request the clinic still accepted. The laser began running as he recorded his journey.

The pain is real but so is his crave of having his scalp free of hair. The laser burns every thick follicule he has on his scalp. The pain feels as a burning zap— a sting. He grunts at times but still smiles at the camera looking forward to the eventual results.

Half session. Half results. Half of his scalp already lasered but the clinic still has more spots to go.

Not usual but he wanted to touch it and feel the difference. The professional permitted his request as he felt the difference—the softness.

The professional makes sure that the spots he's attacked are correctly approached by the burning light of the laser as it keeps up with the other sides.

He still in pain but still looking good at the camera. He still has much to come. Days, weeks, months, maybe years...

After many painful results and patience he finally got his desired silky texture. This was beyond smoother than shaving with the best shaver, he's in control of his scalp, an actual bald by choice.

He had full head of hair and decided to make it bald for good. Not fear, not anxiety, just confidence and control of his scalp.

He owns it.

He is free and embracing the best thing a man has which is his bare shadowless scalp.