Bald

[tim840]

Does the term "bald" refer to any person lacking hair on their head? For instance, if someone shaved their head, but still had the ability to grow their hair back, would they be called "bald?" Or does it only apply to someone who has lost their hair (from natural causes) and cannot grow it back? :shrug:

[cosmictraveler]

Bald just means that they are without any hair.

[John99]

what is really weir is that you (men) lose hair on their heads and THEN it starts growing in weird plces- back, ears etc.

[tim840]

like people who are bald on the top of their heads but have beards or mutaches and stuff

[Fraggle Rocker]

like people who are bald on the top of their heads but have beards or mutaches and stuffNot exactly. We've had the ability to grow moustaches and beards since puberty and whether we actually let them grow was just a matter of fashion. What we're talking about here is that as we grow older our ear hair, nose hair and eyebrows become so long and dense that they require trimming. That doesn't happen to women. I also have to shave areas on my cheeks much higher up and closer to my eyes than I ever did when I was young.