out different hats and stuff,
out different hats and stuff,

how do you think I look?
how do you think I look?

- Uh, it's a hat.
- Uh, it's a hat.

- How do you think I look?
- How do you think I look?

(girl shrieks)
(girl shrieks)

(upbeat music)
(upbeat music)

- Today the Try Guys are going bald,
- Today the Try Guys are going bald,

which is something that happens to most men.
which is something that happens to most men.

- [Voiceover] Alright, you guys ready to go bald?
- [Voiceover] Alright, you guys ready to go bald?

- I was born bald, I'm ready to be bald again.
- I was born bald, I'm ready to be bald again.

- Going bald for me, it's not a question of "if,"
- Going bald for me, it's not a question of "if,"

it's probably a question of "when."
it's probably a question of "when."

Hair loss runs in my family,
Hair loss runs in my family,

it is something that is happening to me.
it is something that is happening to me.

It's very common among Jewish men.
It's very common among Jewish men.

I think that's why Jews started wearing yarmulkes,
I think that's why Jews started wearing yarmulkes,

to cover up their bald spot.
to cover up their bald spot.

There was a long time that I didn't care about my hair,
There was a long time that I didn't care about my hair,

and I didn't care about it
and I didn't care about it

until I realized I was losing it.
until I realized I was losing it.

I look back at photos, and like, it's going.
I look back at photos, and like, it's going.

So it's something I've been trying to combat,
So it's something I've been trying to combat,

but it's also something I've been trying
but it's also something I've been trying

to come to terms with.
to come to terms with.

It makes me feel bad.
It makes me feel bad.

- I have a little bit of thinning starting here.
- I have a little bit of thinning starting here.

I guess going bald crosses my mind every so often.
I guess going bald crosses my mind every so often.

I'm afraid that my head is an ugly lump of skin.
I'm afraid that my head is an ugly lump of skin.

I think my main concern is that I have this mole
I think my main concern is that I have this mole

on the back of my head that you've never seen likely
on the back of my head that you've never seen likely

because I always make sure my hair
because I always make sure my hair

is cut long enough to cover that mole.
is cut long enough to cover that mole.

I don't care that much about my actual hair,
I don't care that much about my actual hair,

but I do care about how I look.
but I do care about how I look.

And being bald with a big mole on my head
And being bald with a big mole on my head

would change how I look.
would change how I look.

I'll be ugly.
I'll be ugly.

- My grandfather has lost a lot of his hair,
- My grandfather has lost a lot of his hair,

so it's probably something that's in my future.
so it's probably something that's in my future.

To just jump straight to what I'm gonna
To just jump straight to what I'm gonna

look like 50 years from now, that's gonna be shocking.
look like 50 years from now, that's gonna be shocking.

My fear today is that my wife is gonna think I'm hideous,
My fear today is that my wife is gonna think I'm hideous,

because when you're in love with someone,
because when you're in love with someone,

like, "Oh, I'll love you no matter what you look like."
like, "Oh, I'll love you no matter what you look like."

But now we're gonna test that assumption.
But now we're gonna test that assumption.

Will she still find me attractive? I don't know.
Will she still find me attractive? I don't know.

- I think when people describe me physically,
- I think when people describe me physically,

the first thing they say is hair.
the first thing they say is hair.

Second probably Asian, but first I'd say hair.
Second probably Asian, but first I'd say hair.

When I was young, when I felt very unattractive,
When I was young, when I felt very unattractive,

the one thing people always said to me
the one thing people always said to me

was I had great hair.
was I had great hair.

So, I kinda have this attachment to it.
So, I kinda have this attachment to it.

My hair is kinda like another appendage.
My hair is kinda like another appendage.

Kinda like the boobs of my head, so eyes down here.
Kinda like the boobs of my head, so eyes down here.

I just have very specific features that look really stern.
I just have very specific features that look really stern.

My personality is softened by the way my hair is presented.
My personality is softened by the way my hair is presented.

I feel like without my hair, I'm not gonna be me.
I feel like without my hair, I'm not gonna be me.

(rock music)
(rock music)

- Today what I'm interested to see
- Today what I'm interested to see

is what would I actually look like when I'm bald.
is what would I actually look like when I'm bald.

Maybe it's not so bad.
Maybe it's not so bad.

- Let's do this: three, two, one.
- Let's do this: three, two, one.

(laughs)
(laughs)

What a nightmare.
What a nightmare.

Oh wow, that is one ugly fella.
Oh wow, that is one ugly fella.

It's not as bad as I thought it would be,
It's not as bad as I thought it would be,

it's a lot smoother than I thought.
it's a lot smoother than I thought.

Woah, that's a feeling.
Woah, that's a feeling.

That mole is big.
That mole is big.

(growls)
(growls)

Well, that's sort of how I fear my mole to appear.
Well, that's sort of how I fear my mole to appear.

My ears are so much more prominent.
My ears are so much more prominent.

If it's not one insecurity, it's another.
If it's not one insecurity, it's another.

- Alright, I'm ready.
- Alright, I'm ready.

Holy shit. (chuckles)
Holy shit. (chuckles)

Oh no, I don't like that at all.
Oh no, I don't like that at all.

It looks like a different person.
It looks like a different person.

I've never seen myself without hair.
I've never seen myself without hair.

This just isn't me; it doesn't feel like my personality.
This just isn't me; it doesn't feel like my personality.

I'm astounded.
I'm astounded.

I've never been this floored by a transformation.
I've never been this floored by a transformation.

I look like every martial arts character,
I look like every martial arts character,

like I'm gonna kill somebody.
like I'm gonna kill somebody.

Okay, I'm done.
Okay, I'm done.

- So my father has kind of more of like around the side.
- So my father has kind of more of like around the side.

I'm gonna try and get as close to that today as we can.
I'm gonna try and get as close to that today as we can.

The hope is a sexy Bruce Willis or Vin Diesel type.
The hope is a sexy Bruce Willis or Vin Diesel type.

I'd probably look more like a baby turtle.
I'd probably look more like a baby turtle.

Let's meet future Zach.
Let's meet future Zach.

Oh, no.
Oh, no.

Oh man, I look like Dr. Phil
Oh man, I look like Dr. Phil

and the kid from Jerry Maguire had a baby.
and the kid from Jerry Maguire had a baby.

There are no words for how much I dislike this.
There are no words for how much I dislike this.

This is a real hit to my confidence, guys.
This is a real hit to my confidence, guys.

How can I look like this and confidently talk to people?
How can I look like this and confidently talk to people?

I'm really pretty speechless.
I'm really pretty speechless.

I'm pretty stunned.
I'm pretty stunned.

Fuck.
Fuck.

- Confidence is sexy right?
- Confidence is sexy right?

So if I'm gonna rock the Friar Tuck haircut,
So if I'm gonna rock the Friar Tuck haircut,

then you can call me Friar Fuck.
then you can call me Friar Fuck.

One, two, three (yells).
One, two, three (yells).

Oh no.
Oh no.

(dramatic choral music)
(dramatic choral music)

Oh, I hate it.
Oh, I hate it.

Oh, isn't that sad?
Oh, isn't that sad?

Why do I just feel awful about myself
Why do I just feel awful about myself

just 'cause my hair changed?
just 'cause my hair changed?

Oh, I don't want to be friends with myself.
Oh, I don't want to be friends with myself.

Check out the back.
Check out the back.

Ooh, sexy.
Ooh, sexy.

She's not going to like this; she's gonna be horrified.
She's not going to like this; she's gonna be horrified.

What if actually lose my hair and then she divorces me
What if actually lose my hair and then she divorces me

'cause she thinks I'm ugly?
'cause she thinks I'm ugly?

I'm being silly, but also somewhat serious.
I'm being silly, but also somewhat serious.

I just want to crawl into bed and not wake up.
I just want to crawl into bed and not wake up.

- As much as guys like to act like they don't care
- As much as guys like to act like they don't care

about how their hair looks,
about how their hair looks,

I think every guy really, truly, deeply cares
I think every guy really, truly, deeply cares

about what their hair looks like.
about what their hair looks like.

It's way more deep than we allow ourselves
It's way more deep than we allow ourselves

to admit as a society, especially as men.
to admit as a society, especially as men.

We're stepping into a lot of different shoes here,
We're stepping into a lot of different shoes here,

not only into male insecurity,
not only into male insecurity,

but there's a lot of people out there
but there's a lot of people out there

when it comes to cancer, alopecia
when it comes to cancer, alopecia

who can't control the fact that they are losing hair.
who can't control the fact that they are losing hair.

I'm interested to see how people will react.
I'm interested to see how people will react.

- I'm not looking forward
- I'm not looking forward

to what everyone else is gonna think and say about this.
to what everyone else is gonna think and say about this.

- We're going to the office to see
- We're going to the office to see

how people like how I look.
how people like how I look.

- I think it's kinda getting used to it.
- I think it's kinda getting used to it.

- Alright, I'm going to go
- Alright, I'm going to go

show some friends what I look like.
show some friends what I look like.

- You've done some things in your day,
- You've done some things in your day,

this is not one of them you should be doing.
this is not one of them you should be doing.

- Do you think some people look okay as bald men?
- Do you think some people look okay as bald men?

- Is this like divorce for a week?
- Is this like divorce for a week?

No one can pull this off.
No one can pull this off.

(girl yells)
(girl yells)

- What do you think?
- What do you think?

- I think that was my honest opinion.
- I think that was my honest opinion.

- Woah, look at you without hair.
- Woah, look at you without hair.

- Dream come true right here.
- Dream come true right here.

- What's the dream?
- What's the dream?

- I secretly pray that your hair falls out, every day.
- I secretly pray that your hair falls out, every day.

This is just bad for everybody.
This is just bad for everybody.

- I was really looking forward to my coworkers helping me,
- I was really looking forward to my coworkers helping me,

telling me that it was okay to be balding,
telling me that it was okay to be balding,

that I'm still beautiful.
that I'm still beautiful.

And so far, that has not happened.
And so far, that has not happened.

The opposite has happened; I feel awful.
The opposite has happened; I feel awful.

- I look like a bald Thomas Jefferson.
- I look like a bald Thomas Jefferson.

- Fact is, I don't give a fuck what people think.
- Fact is, I don't give a fuck what people think.

If this is how I look, don't deserve me at my worst,
If this is how I look, don't deserve me at my worst,

can't handle me at my best.
can't handle me at my best.

- The more I see it, the less I'm as upset
- The more I see it, the less I'm as upset

by all of us honestly.
by all of us honestly.

- You look really good, you look so good.
- You look really good, you look so good.

- I think I look really mean.
- I think I look really mean.

- Yeah, of course.
- Yeah, of course.

- This is amazing. How do you feel?
- This is amazing. How do you feel?

- Actually, now that I'm walking around more,
- Actually, now that I'm walking around more,

I kind of enjoy it.
I kind of enjoy it.

- You look dope. Why does he look cool still?
- You look dope. Why does he look cool still?

I thought that hair was like 90% of it, but it's not.
I thought that hair was like 90% of it, but it's not.

- What do you think?
- What do you think?

- I think you have a really good shaped head.
- I think you have a really good shaped head.

- Yeah?
- Yeah?

- That was the thing I was worried about
- That was the thing I was worried about

when I was going bald.
when I was going bald.

- Yeah, it's like, what if my head's ugly?
- Yeah, it's like, what if my head's ugly?

- Absolutely.
- Absolutely.

- (Laughs) This is the best image.
- (Laughs) This is the best image.

- We all look adorable.
- We all look adorable.

- Honestly, yours looks regal and dignified.
- Honestly, yours looks regal and dignified.

- You're the first person to complement me.
- You're the first person to complement me.

- Oh really?
- Oh really?

- When did you go bald?
- When did you go bald?

- I started going bald when I was 21.
- I started going bald when I was 21.

- 21?
- 21?

- Yeah, it threw me off.
- Yeah, it threw me off.

- But you look great.
- But you look great.

- Well thank you.
- Well thank you.

- I have no problem; this looks fine.
- I have no problem; this looks fine.

I just don't know how I feel about the ponytail.
I just don't know how I feel about the ponytail.

- Now that I know that my head
- Now that I know that my head

doesn't have any lumps or anything.
doesn't have any lumps or anything.

I would get a lot of haircuts, like very tight.
I would get a lot of haircuts, like very tight.

- This works for you;
- This works for you;

if you have to shave your head, you're gonna be...
if you have to shave your head, you're gonna be...

- [Keith] I'm gonna be okay?
- [Keith] I'm gonna be okay?

- Even if people are shocked, I don't give a fuck.
- Even if people are shocked, I don't give a fuck.

- Yeah, just own it.
- Yeah, just own it.

- You've been so confident throughout this whole thing.
- You've been so confident throughout this whole thing.

- I don't know how everybody else is gonna feel about it.
- I don't know how everybody else is gonna feel about it.

- When did you see it?
- When did you see it?

- So early.
- So early.

So I'm back at home, and I'm going
So I'm back at home, and I'm going

to surprise Ariel with my new look.
to surprise Ariel with my new look.

- So I'm standing on a street corner as cars go by
- So I'm standing on a street corner as cars go by

to see if anybody gives me a second look.
to see if anybody gives me a second look.

- I guess without hair I don't really need
- I guess without hair I don't really need

to deal with this section.
to deal with this section.

I can go to what's most important, bam.
I can go to what's most important, bam.

- Giving myself a hair cut,
- Giving myself a hair cut,

kind of putting control back in my hands,
kind of putting control back in my hands,

we're gonna see if people react to me little better.
we're gonna see if people react to me little better.

I feel like I look like a respectable dad.
I feel like I look like a respectable dad.

- You look so happy.
- You look so happy.

- This is like a cool dad.
- This is like a cool dad.

- Kind of like the dad from "Honey, We Shrunk the Kids."
- Kind of like the dad from "Honey, We Shrunk the Kids."

(Coworkers agree)
(Coworkers agree)

- You look like a director of a big time movie.
- You look like a director of a big time movie.

- Oh, you cut the sides?
- Oh, you cut the sides?

- You've always had a really cute, boyish face,
- You've always had a really cute, boyish face,

that doesn't change.
that doesn't change.

- It looks a lot better.
- It looks a lot better.

- Yeah, it looks so much better.
- Yeah, it looks so much better.

- You heard it here first, totally fuckable,
- You heard it here first, totally fuckable,

I look great like this.
I look great like this.

- The checkout clerk actually recognized me
- The checkout clerk actually recognized me

even without my hair.
even without my hair.

Do you actually think this looks attractive?
Do you actually think this looks attractive?

- [Clerk] Very sexy.
- [Clerk] Very sexy.

- Oh, very sexy. Oh man.
- Oh, very sexy. Oh man.

- Nobody seems to be giving two shits
- Nobody seems to be giving two shits

about what I look like.
about what I look like.

It's not that big a deal,
It's not that big a deal,

or I'm so ugly they can't even look at me.
or I'm so ugly they can't even look at me.

- My neighbors might think I'm a person trying to break in.
- My neighbors might think I'm a person trying to break in.

- Oh my god.
- Oh my god.

It looks so real.
It looks so real.

- [Ned] So do you think you would still love me
- [Ned] So do you think you would still love me

if I started losing my hair like this?
if I started losing my hair like this?

- I would love you no matter what.
- I would love you no matter what.

Would you love me if I started losing my hair?
Would you love me if I started losing my hair?

- [Ned] I would, yes.
- [Ned] I would, yes.

(rap music)
(rap music)

- What do you think, Ariel?
- What do you think, Ariel?

- [Ariel] I think you look great.
- [Ariel] I think you look great.

- [Ariel] Yeah.
- [Ariel] Yeah.

(rap music)
(rap music)

- As I adopted a more confident attitude,
- As I adopted a more confident attitude,

it became easier to own my hairstyle.
it became easier to own my hairstyle.

And the people that know you best
And the people that know you best

are the people that are gonna care the least.
are the people that are gonna care the least.

- People fixate on their negatives
- People fixate on their negatives

and they get downtrodden by it,
and they get downtrodden by it,

but I think if you look at your negatives
but I think if you look at your negatives

and think of a way to find positivity.
and think of a way to find positivity.

You can't choose what happens to you,
You can't choose what happens to you,

but you can choose what you do.
but you can choose what you do.

- My biggest takeaway is that
- My biggest takeaway is that

my hair doesn't make up my identity.
my hair doesn't make up my identity.

Bald, full head of hair, whatever you are:
Bald, full head of hair, whatever you are:

just fucking like yourself
just fucking like yourself

and fuck anyone else who says otherwise.
and fuck anyone else who says otherwise.

- When we started this video by talking about how for men,
- When we started this video by talking about how for men,

and for me in particular,
and for me in particular,

this is probably my biggest concern.
this is probably my biggest concern.

I've seen what that might look like,
I've seen what that might look like,

and it's really not that scary.
and it's really not that scary.

- You're not mad at dad.
- You're not mad at dad.

(Everyone laughs)
(Everyone laughs)

- I see how it is, so you like bald but not balding.
- I see how it is, so you like bald but not balding.

- That's how it is?
- That's how it is?