This reminds of my time when I was unemployed in Japan for several months after the subprime crisis back in 2010, a few guys lost their job from my office or got moved so...I had lots a free time and got bored after a while so I shaved my head to a smooth shave..since I don' meet people in workplace that's the only time I could do it.
I mean just like being totally bald with no hair at all, a complete shave using a good manual razor and foam, it took me an hour to get it completely smooth as you have to go slow.
SO then I hit a few bars in Roppongi, the ones I usually go and most of you guys know, wanted to see what kind of reaction I would get from the ladies - regular Japanese women.
I tried to have some conversation, now I can speak very good Japanese and make jokes and all but in this look I quickly realized that no women wanted to speak to me at all...big difference with how It usually unfolds when I have normal , even short (3mm) hair.
With normal hair women will start asking me question, where I am from, what I do etc..we can have conversations no issues at all and even exchange numbers and so on.
You could see a look of disgust and avoidance, it was sickening. They really avoided even looking at me, no interest at all.
I had a regular girlfriend back then so I didn't really care that much and enjoyed the "experiment" but it was a revealing test to experience and feel what it would be to be really bald in Tokyo.
No fun
No country for bald men..
Wow! You really pulled out the big guns for this post. Seems a little odd you didn't mention your "bald experiment" before, but I'll play along.
I readily admit that some women just don't go for bald guys. Having lived as a bald guy for coming up on 20 years it is easy for me to tell between the the ones who don't and the ones who do.
If they aren't making eye contact during a conversation, but looking at the top of my head, then it is a pretty good indication that they aren't for me.
Do I get disgusted or mad at them? Nope, I just move on. I have no idea of what the percentage of women who don't automatically rule out bald guys is, but Tokyo is large enough that I never felt lonely or desperate for a date.
I ocassionaly have women Ive never met before touch my head in a flirty manner. It doesn't happen a lot, but it happens.
I have never had a woman, in Japan or anywhere else be rude or mean to me because of baldness. Never!
Men on the other hand, will occasionally try out bald jokes to probe for weakness and establish dominance in a work environment. It also happens in social settings once in a while, but I learned long ago how to be intimidating and shut that behavior down if I have to.
I'm not sure why you are going to such great lengths to discourage the OP, but I think it might be because you have invested a lot of money and effort in propecia to keep your hair from falling out.
Perhaps you need to justify the effort and expense to yourself? Maybe it is because you prefer much younger women than I do?
I'll concede that going to dance clubs where 20-something women hang is way more difficult for a bald guy to pick up women.
But it is beyond absurd to translate that environment to the entire country of Japan. Your "experiment" is no reason for a bald dude in Japan to crawl into a hole and die.