I am 23, I shaved my head when I was 18, on January 31, 2012. :P :D

It was because my hair fall was just too much. I asked my dad although mom was mad, he allowed. I came back to my campus to Hyderabad, asked my friend to shave. He did.

I started wearing skullcaps, but a week or so after, I was drinking with two friends and trying hard not to flash the bald head. The woman in the group just took off my cap and praised how hot I looked. I was drunk. I bought it. I never wore a cap after that :P.

And I think, women look the prettiest when they shave.

I loved it. I even used it as a weapon to scare the eve teasers. In others view, too many people told me I looked hot, more than the hairy-time.

The weirdest thing was my mom did not let me come back home until I had enough hair. Apparently, the neighbours told my mum - 1) I had cancer, 2) I was kicked out of my college after shaving my head (LOLZ, Indian neighbours, especially Keralites).

Several more women shaved their head in my campus after me Lol. :D

Some pros of shaving:

Cons:

There were days that I felt naked and hoped that the hair will cover my shame by the time I woke. Although I had fantasized shaving, it really hit me one day when I realized that it will not take one day … Month or year, but at least 3 years to grow the hair I’d cut.

I am hoping to shave again in a few years right after my hair reaches the waist and I get a tattoo to mark its length :D. Shaving helps in growing supra strong hair!

This was me before the Shave

Although I didn’t have a pic of exactly the shaved head, this is a couple of weeks after …

Yet another from the Hostel room…

Thanks for the read :P :D

Source : Quora

This is the experience of Vaishnavi who shaved her head for overcoming the fear of no hair.

This is the first time I am sharing my experience with going bald. I shaved my head back in December 2015. I was 23 years old then. I am a PhD scholar and stay in campus for around 11 months out of 12.

I had a reason to go bald. I wanted to overcome the fear of having no hair on my head and experience everything related to it. I had short hair back in school days but my head was never bald, not even when I was a baby. So, I decided to chop it all off with the help of my friend who had nothing better to do for the day ;). And trust me dear it has been an enlightening journey. The blissful showers, no extra expenses on all those shampoos, conditions and oils. And most importantly not giving a fuck about what anybody thinks about your appearance.

I had decent long hair as you can see in my profile picture. So, before cutting all of it, I decided to go step by step. Reducing the length every 3–4 months. I had shoulder level length when I went bald. This is before.

and this is after

I got comments that I look like a monk!!
I did not tell my parents when I did this, but surprised them when I went home after 2 months with this

It was fun for me to see their faces :). I am quite lucky that I have really cool parents. They didn’t bother about my appearance and that I didn’t look ‘girly’ anymore.

Also, believe me dear I went to a wedding at my friend’s place a month after in January. I really enjoyed all the stares and all the ‘concerning’ looks. The aunties must be thinking, “ye pagal ladki kiski dost hai” (who is friends with this mad girl?). This is how I went to the wedding

It has been 1.5 years since and this is my current length after trimming 1 inch.

I enjoyed this journey a lot and I might do it again someday.

One suggestion, I did it in winter so I had to keep the scalp moisturized daily as I stay in Kanpur and it gets really cold here. If you are planning to do it in summers, shield it from direct sunlight while going out.

Source - Quora