I went with a buzz cut (a/k/a crew cut) one summer long ago and have no intentions of ever going that route again (actually, the buzz cut was foisted on me by my take-no-prisoners mother and a willing barber). Sure, I didn't have to worry about combing my hair in the morning, which sort of went hand-in-hand with my youthful aversion to taking showers/baths. Sure, I looked like a rough-and-ready military man, just like my dad (in those days, a boy would ape his father's every move in the spirit of hero worship). But the look just wasn't me. You see, even at that early age I was of the "full head of hair" persuasion. Not that my hair has ever been messy or out-of-control; I've always combed it and parted it just so. It's just that I've long felt more secure with a bunch of hair up there (there is something to be said for top-heaviness). Given this mindset, I probably would not react well to the onset of baldness, eh?

John