The Horrors of Teen Shaving
Posted on March 2nd, 2010The other day, my 14-year old son asked me if he should shave the tiny, blond mustache that is barely visible on his upper lip. I said no. Actually, I yelled it. Now, I know that seems like an extreme reaction. But you have to understand that we have had bad shaving experiences in my house.
Take the time my son shaved his head. Yeah. His head. He was 8. And apparently it wasn
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March 3rd, 2010 at 3:21 am
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March 3rd, 2010 at 8:58 am
I really appreciate what you write on here. We try and visit your blog every day so keep up the good articles!
March 3rd, 2010 at 10:23 pm
This made me laugh out loud! I swear every kid has to go through one of these experiences. My daughter at eleven decided to cut her own bangs the morning before picture day. Of course they turned out fabulous! didn’t buy those pics.
My baby brother had the longest curly lashes and girls would comment on how cute he was, so when he was twelve he decided to cut them. My mom had one of those screaming fits too when she found him in the bathroom trimming them with scissors.
Kids–they’ll give you a heart attack:)
March 4th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
Hi Barbara! Oh the long lashes! Why is it that boys have them? I’m stuck with little stubby things I smother in pounds of mascara and my son has gorgeous long things he hates.
Thanks for reading
March 5th, 2010 at 10:24 am
That is hilarious – the best part was the smooth legs. I snorted coffee everywhere!
March 5th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Hi Allison,
Yeah, the revenge was when the hair grew back in
March 11th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
that sounds so familiar. hilarious stuff!
March 25th, 2010 at 5:31 am
Nice post!You should have way more subs than this =(
April 16th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
Well unfortunately my 8 year old son has just about shaved his head bald a little while ago. He is in desperate need to find out how long it will take his hair to grow back so that the kids won’t make fun of him at school.
The sad part is that we just had went to the hairdresser and had his hair cut. So I’m afraid that there may be no fixing to what he has done, we shall see when his dad gets home. He’s the expert in that in area. However as you said, his is also bald as a baby’s butt!
He even cut himself in a few spots that will now have to heal and is experiencing terrible razor burn. I put some Neosporin on the cuts and even the bald spots that would have razor burn to try and ease his pain.
He is terribly upset at what he has done and is now terrified that he may have cut some of the hair follicles out and have to deal with baldness for the rest of his life.
So any info or suggestions on how I can help him cope through such a tragic experience for him then please let me know ha ha.
Oh I almost forgot to mention, we came online in search of hair follicle pictures to educate on what he MIGHT have done. Then done a search to see if any others had been in the same predicament. So glad to have came across your story!
April 19th, 2010 at 3:16 am
LOL! Why can’t boys be like girls and just cut their bangs off? I can’t believe the number of boys who shave their heads. And to think they’ll be the ones taking care of us when we are old
Good luck. It does grow back!
May 12th, 2010 at 2:02 am
Great discussion. And I REALLY like that you practice what you preach. That
October 27th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Thank you so much for posting this! I just discovered your blog today and already I am preparing for when my son is a teenager. It won’t be for another 11 years, but apparently I need to get started now and he already eats everything!
) and I don’t want him to shave it off and it grow back straight!!!!
And now I know to hide the razors. Anthony has gorgeous blond, curly hair that has yet to be cut (he’s still just a toddler and I don’t see the need
But of course my husband and all of his buddies would love for this to happen. They think he needs to have a shaved head because he is a boy….whatever!
Again, thanks for posting! You are a tremendous help!
October 27th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Funny stuff. My wife decided to cut our sons hair because he wouldn’t sit still in the chair.. Long story short, she cut the top of his ear off. Yup, it’s flat as a table. He never moves now when they, not her, cut his hair. He will not let his mother near him with shears.
October 29th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
LOL. Hey if my ear were cut off, I’d run from the shears too!
What is it with the shaved head look for guys nowadays? And that whole faux hawk thing is rampant in Junior’s school. Seriously. It’s weird. They look like hairy sharks.
January 6th, 2011 at 1:39 am
what a wonderful way to start blogging