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Lately, however, I've been noticing my hair loss a little more. That bald spot seems to be getting bigger and bigger each time I look. I still don't think that I'm at a point where I would actually be willing to spend the money on laser hair replacement and I definitely would never ever consider a hair peace, but I am starting to notice my problem a little bit more.

So here comes the inspiration behind this post. I was at the barber yesterday for my $25 haircut (which is $15 more than I ever had to spend on a haircut before I moved to Santa Monica) when my barber asked me a question. He asked if I wanted him to use some spray on hair on me. I guess I have been living in a shell because I had no clue what he meant. He showed me the can and explained how it works. I came to the conclusion that it is spray paint for your head. I politely declined and proudly said that my bald spot doesn't bother me. Well him being the intelligent barber he is, said "yeh, right". I'm sure he's heard that response thousands of times before. He said, come one try it, you won't regret it. At this point I felt like Mikey and remembered back to my childhood how Mikey actually did like the cereal after he tried it. He explained that it would wash off with my next shower so I said, ok, go ahead. He sprayed it on and pointed the mirror at the top of my head. To my disbelief the bald spot was gone. I thought, wow, thats really cool. It's instant hair in a can.

I paid the barber and thanked him. As I walked out the door he said just make sure you don't touch your head too much because you will get the spray on your hands. I said don't worry and left. The true test was about to happen, would anybody notice the difference. I'll make a long story short by saying that the only person that did notice only did so after I told her what had happened, and that person happened to be my wife. Now I am a cynical person so if a friend of mine sprayed hair on his head I would give him an earful. I work with cynical people and I didn't receive one comment. This makes me assume that nobody even noticed that I had suddenly "grown" hair. Everyone is used to the bald spot so why should they look and see if anything is suddenly different. I mean if my own wife didn't notice then why would I do this again. Even worse, can you imagine spraying this stuff on your head, going out to a bar and picking up a girl, only to have your "hair" stain her pillow.

I guess what I'm getting at is hair in a can is not for me. I can live with my bald spot and the day I can no longer deal with it, I'll spend the money on laser hair replacement or some other treatment. And yes, my shower water turned black.