Will has an Instagram account at https://www.instagram.com/baldfeeling/ where he posts photos of his life with a shaved head and has a video of him shaving his head for sale.
Ash - When did you first start getting the urge to shave your head?
Will - I was 14 or 15 and I had long Justin Bieber bangs that I really loved. I don't know why but inside of me I deeply wanted to shave it all off and rock this amazing, bad ass bald look. One Sunday morning I was in the bathroom and it was like the clippers were calling me! I turned them on and started buzzing my hair with the 9mm guard! I didn't go bald the first time I was too scared about the result and about my parent's reaction. It was a big mess, there was hair all over the floor. I didn't really know how to buzz hair properly, so I forgot a lot of hair around my ears. But I was very happy about it. When my parents saw, they were not happy, and I immediately started to cry. My dad finished the job and I was so satisfied with the result.
Ash - It sounds like you didn't regret it at all.
Will - I didn't. It's just hair, it grows back. I let it grow back until I was 18.
Ash - Was that the first time you went completely bald?
Will – No, the first time I went completely bald was almost 3 years ago, when I was 20. The hair salon where I was working asked if I wanted to be model for a training. They dyed my hair blue, it was horrible. So, two weeks later I decided to buzz it all. I went shorter and shorter each time and in February 2018 I felt it was the right time to go bald. I was determined, I wanted it in the deepest part of me! I decided I would shave it all during my week off. The week before I went to the grocery store, I bought razor, blades, shaving cream, after shave. Every night I watched head shave videos on Youtube to learn how to do it perfectly. Then the day came: March 5th. I woke up at 5 am, I couldn't sleep anymore. I waited for my boyfriend to leave the house. I wanted to be alone for this first bald experience. When he left, I ran into the bathroom and took all my newest toys out of the cupboard. I was so excited. Before shaving, I buzzed it from about 1cm almost to the skin. I will always remember the feeling of the shaving cream on my head, it was cold but felt good. Then the feel of the razor on my head - I can't describe it, it was so amazing. It was like the 4th of July on my whole body. I was finally doing it for the first time. It was better than I could’ve imagined! When I finished, I was so shocked at the feeling of my shaved head under my fingers, it was super smooth. My head looked so pure and so shiny! I was in love with the result. One of the first things I did was go outside, I wanted to show it to the world. It was a rainy day and the feeling of the rain on my head and the fresh wind was great. It was like being reborn, I felt liberated of something! It's definitely one of the best decisions I’ve made.
Ash - Your description of it is amazing! It sounds like you'd rather do it yourself than get your boyfriend to do it.
Will - Yes, I preferred doing it alone, the way I wanted to do it. He didn't notice it immediately. Then he said the touch was weird bit it was "okay," he didn't really care.
Ash - Is it a turn on for you?
Will – It’s pretty hot! I think most people have a special feeling about hair cutting/shaving/buzzing. Well, I guess it’s stronger for some than for others. But for me it’s definitely more about the look itself.
Ash - I always have this conflict, I feel more myself with the Justin Bieber hair than with a shaved head. Did you have any of that conflict?
Will - I understand why that might be hard. But there are so many feminine guys with Shaved heads. It gives a good contrast in my opinion.
Ash - That's one of the reasons I really wanted to talk to you because you seem to have a feminine side, but you also seem really comfortable with a shaved head.
Will – You’re totally right. I feel like a man, but I have this other cute part, and a bit of a feminine side. The bald look helps me to not be too over cute, too glittery. It's the perfect contrast
Ash - I liked the thing that you said on your Instagram feed about some people saying you looked better with hair, and you not caring, just enjoying how you want to look.
Will – I think the most important thing is to love yourself first, and not care too much about the rest.
Ash - What were your early experience with haircuts?
Will
- I wanted long hair but my parents always buzzed it. As long as I remember I have always been into hair. I
always tried to cut my own hair as a kid. That’s probably
the reason why I'm hairdresser now.
Ash - I see from your Instagram that you've done a few things with your hair - grown it out a bit, dyed it pink, had a mohawk.
Will - I like to have fun with it. But bald will always and forever be my favourite look. I have always thought bald guys are sexy and bad-ass. I think it’s especially hot when guys do it by choice.
Ash - There's this thing I've noticed in quite a few guys that are into head shaving, that we have this shape-shifting image-changing quality.
Will - Yes exactly it's always fun to
go from one style to another and repeatedly change our image.
I think hair or not that’s important. But I think my shaved head is kind of a
permanent accessory now.
