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The Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
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On this episode, we dive into the often uncomfortable topic of hair loss, but with a humorous twist. With changing perceptions, baldness is now being embraced as a style statement rather than a source of shame. Join us for an engaging conversation filled with laughs as we share personal anecdotes and stories about realizing we were losing hair.
We explore various myths surrounding hair loss, including the classics about hats and weather, while comparing notes on treatments like Rogaine and the growing trend of hair transplants. As we weave through our past experiences and navigate today’s landscape of masculinity and self-acceptance, we encourage our listeners to embrace baldness with open arms. This episode is not just about hair—it's a celebration of finding confidence in who we are, regardless of societal standards.
If you’ve ever worried about thinning hair or have dealt with the emotional rollercoaster that often accompanies it, this episode is for you. Laugh along with us, share your thoughts, and maybe even turn your worries into witty stories. Don’t forget to subscribe, share, and leave a review! Let’s normalize this conversation!
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Introduction and Welcome
Speaker 2Hey everybody, welcome to Saki Tumi. Saki Tumi, hey everybody, and welcome back to Saki Tumi, where we connect people to people, even if it hurts. It's like hair loss that hurts, that hurts.
Speaker 1I'm back here with Keebler. Hey everybody, how's it going?
Speaker 2And we are, in fact here the cops are coming for me Again.
Speaker 1Again still.
Speaker 2We are here to talk about hair loss.
Speaker 1Yeah, and how cool it's become. It's a big thing with mostly men. Yeah, I mean it happens with women, but I mean it's more common with men and men. Really, you know, it's like a status. It's become one. It's become one for sure.
Speaker 2Now, the bigger you grow your beard and have a bald head, the cooler you are. You throw some sunglasses in there, forget it. You're a golden god. I hear that the first stage, though, is denial. Yeah pretty much.
Speaker 1A lot of people don't want to admit it. I was one of them.
Speaker 2Were you.
Speaker 1Yeah, I was starting to lose my hair. I mean, I had half a head of hair. Yeah, you get haircuts. I do get haircuts, but I used to. I don't know if you remember I used to shave my head for a while it was probably like a four or five year span and then I actually started growing it back when COVID hit because we couldn't get haircuts.
Speaker 2Yeah, I remember that, remember that I got haircuts though you did.
Speaker 1Yeah, oh you, son of a bitch Haircuts, I mean.
Speaker 2COVID was a joke.
Speaker 1Yeah, but anyway, I started growing my hair because it was like when we have a shutdown for a couple months and Mrs Keebler said, wow, you can grow hair, I go yeah, I got hair, I don't have a lot of it, but I can grow it she goes I kind of like it like that, like what are you talking about? So she showed me some pictures. I actually looked older with my head shaved. That does happen. Yeah, that does happen. Yeah, it has to happen. And it seemed to be. You know, she says I was a cutie pie. I'm not gonna argue with her.
Speaker 2So I said, all right, I'll grow my hair out. Do you ever blame it on anything when you're talking to people?
Speaker 1my hair. Yeah, losing my hair, well, you always blame it on your wife or your mother, or work, or work. Yeah, stress is a big thing. Yeah, but I mean joking around. I used to, you know, tell, say to my daughter, I mean gray hair or no hair is this is because of you, honey, I worry all the time. It's a true story.
Speaker 2Yeah, mine thins, yep, it's thinned out a lot. I haven't really lost much, knock on wood, yeah, but one of the things I have been honestly, my hairline as it is, and in the video you can see it's receding no, it's been like that my whole life oh, has it been.
Speaker 1Oh, you've had it. You've got it. This is my hair. Instead of a forehead, you got a five head.
Speaker 2Yeah, basically with a bunch of wrinkles. You count the wrinkles, I probably have a 17 head. That's just from the sun.
Speaker 1Yeah, okay yeah, well, you do work outside. Um, people do say you know, does rain cause hair loss? I mean it, not specifically rain, but I mean the stuff that's in the rain. You know, I don't think it helps can doesn't help at all.
Speaker 2You know, like dirt chemicals like runoff from asphalt roofs that gets into the water exactly everywhere back in the atmosphere.
Speaker 1Right stuff like that stuff like that doesn't help, right? I mean, what are you gonna do? What are you gonna do? Yeah, like, what can you do? There's not much you can do. I mean, one of the things that first came out when I was, you know, going through my probably like 20s and 30s, was rogaine. I mean that was one of the things that used to be on the market, you know, as a foam you used to put in your hair and supposedly your hair is going to grow back, but, but I don't know. I think a lot of those things were gimmicks. That's my opinion anyway, with that kind of stuff.
Speaker 2Rogaine and Propecia, I don't think were gimmicks, I think they were real, they really worked.
Speaker 1I don't know if it grows back, but it kind of slows you.
Speaker 2It slows it down and then over time it will begin to grow back, but you have to continuously use it. You have to be consistent with it.
Speaker 1And that stuff gets expensive. That's the thing I mean most treatments do you know.
Speaker 2That's why it's almost like to get a transplant. It's probably your best way to go, because then it's there.
Speaker 1Well, yeah, and it's, you're right, it's there and it's your own hair, right? They usually usually for a transplant. They take it off the back of the head, bringing it to the front or wherever you have your problem areas. And I know, for guys, I mean, I know, I know women the ones I talked to are like 50, 50 I guess, liking men, bald, and it depends. Like we were talking earlier, it's like you ever noticed the bald guys have really nice heads. Oh yeah, that was my theory. Ditto has a theory.
Speaker 1And if you have hair, it means your scalp sucks.
Speaker 2It means you have an ugly head.
Speaker 1You've got an ugly head. You've got divots, ridges, yeah, all kinds of shit going on in there Probably a mole or something on there.
The Trend of Baldness in Men
Speaker 2Yeah it could be, or a birthmark or something like that. Right, right, guys that are bald and guys that shave their heads have good looking scalps and heads.
Speaker 1I know, like my son, he's got a good chunk of hair still. He's in his 30s now, but you're right, I mean he used to shave it down when he was younger. You know, give your kid the buzz cut for the summer. He's got this weird ass mole or birthmark sitting in his head, like you said. I was like damn, what the hell is that he goes, why you don't have that. I go. No, and you know, when my head was shaved we were looking around like nope, good to go Apparently, it's you.
Speaker 2Yeah, people you see Bruce Willis, the Rock, people like that, even people you might know in your everyday life. Oh yeah, the people that are bald have solid looking heads. Yeah, bish Zacco. Yeah, there are guys like me. I guarantee you I got scars or something. Oh, there's got to be something going on there, nat.
Speaker 1Hey, when we go to video, maybe we can get some clippers and we'll check it out, don't you dare.
Speaker 2I'm saving the time I have left. But then there's now. There's hacks. Like you must have gone to a hat.
Speaker 1Oh my God, I wear hats all the time time because even though I do have hair and I can grow it back or it grows, it's very thin now Because I mean, you know, I just hit 60 last year and I notice it blows around like crazy. It doesn't take much for it to come out of place and it looks off. I'll fuck it up when we get to video. I'll show you a little. I'll take my hat off and give you a little scrub down and show you. It sounds so sexual. Yeah, this is a PG show, but maybe mature audiences only. Yeah, it's more. I'll mess my hair up. Should I say it that way?
Speaker 2Yeah, I kind of try to keep it to PG-13, but I fail a lot.
Speaker 1But yeah, it doesn't stay in form like it used to. It's not thick and full, right, but it has thinned out.
Speaker 2Mine is so thin that I have enough of it to help, right, but it's so thin that any kind of static electricity, oh my God is frizzed up everywhere In the wintertime.
Speaker 1I got shoes on in the house and I touch a wall. The thing goes you hear a pop and then my hair just goes poof, just like in the movies. You know, stick your finger in a light socket or something.
Speaker 2This winter especially, I found myself having to spit in my own hand.
Speaker 1And wipe it out.
Speaker 2Anytime I go by a faucet, it's like a little dab to slick it back, like what the hell is that? I was the only one with that problem? No, that's the thing I bet you. You're not. I bet you haven't for a lot of people. Yeah, and that's one of the lighter topics that nobody really talks about. Yeah, true, who's going to tell you they spit in their hand and rub it in their hair? Just this guy. I'm sure there's a lot of people that do that.
Speaker 1I'm glad we're sharing this right now. Exactly, it is a sensitive topic for most men. I would think it shouldn't have to be. It shouldn't have to be, no, because it's genetics. There's nothing you can do about it. Well, they say 80% of this problem, or 80% of your hair genes, is from your mother's side. Right, and I look back at my grandfather now and I'm like damn, I got the same hair that he has my uncle, you know, one of my uncles on my mom's side. I'm like what the hell I go, my I should. If I would have known that earlier. You know, maybe there's something else I could have done. But I mean, I'm the type of guy I do wear a hat, but it doesn't bother me. I mean, whatever my hair does, it does right.
Speaker 2You know it was a big step for men to start shaving their heads and making it a popular thing. Yeah, because now it's easier to talk about hair loss. More guys are doing it when I was in school.
Speaker 1I don't know about you, but we barely had any bald guys Nobody, I mean, they went to the hat early on, you know. Yeah, nobody really shaved their heads back then, unless it was a Mohawk for the football players or something For a big game. They would sometimes shave their head like that.
Speaker 2I don't remember anybody really shaving their heads. Oh wait, yes, I do. That's a complete lie.
Speaker 1Yeah, we used to have some guys that would just go to the Mohawk.
Speaker 2Yeah, they would go to, Not the spiky one.
Speaker 1No, not the spiky one, just a strip. Not the spiky one. No, not the spiky one, just a strip, just a strip Down the center. Yeah, yep, that was one of the first things for me growing up.
Speaker 2A lot of guys on the wrestling team would do that.
Speaker 1Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, you're right.
Speaker 2That way you didn't get in the way. Right, that's washing, and you put the headgear on. Well, you save money on shampoo. It's funny. I can almost see and feel the amount of shampoo. My hair's longer now and I use a certain amount because I'm stingy.
Speaker 1Yeah, wow.
Speaker 2But then I noticed in the summer, when I cut it shorter, I use so much less. I'm like it's crazy, why don't I just keep it short, just keep it short.
Speaker 1yeah Well, you probably keep your head warm in the winter.
Speaker 2It does Plus. I like my hair a little longer. You got Keep your head warm in the winter. It does Plus.
Speaker 1I like my hair a little longer. Hey, you got a good head hair hair guy. Well, thank you, thank you. I wish I could say the same you got a nice Bazinga Bazinga.
Speaker 2There's a lot of myths out there that hats cause baldness.
Speaker 1My mother used to say that all the time Take your hat off, you're going to go bald.
Speaker 2There's got to be some science to it, though I don't know how many times my mother said that to me growing up. Yeah, without the sunlight you'd think it would have to hamper something a little bit, you would think it would you know. But it doesn't necessarily cause baldness, because it's genetics again.
Speaker 1It is mostly genetics. Yeah, it's going to happen, whether you want it to or not.
Speaker 2Well and the All right, this is what I got. I'm going to work with it. Let's work with it, and as soon as you do, people look at it differently, like if you're the type of guy that's so insecure about it and you're combing it over people are going to notice that.
Speaker 1Oh yeah, the big comb.
Speaker 2I mean Just be like all right, I'm losing my hair, let's make this look good.
Speaker 1I have changed my style. I mean whatever. I can't remember what that hairstyle used to be.
Speaker 2Move the rug.
Speaker 1No, no, no, when you're younger, kind of like yours, you kind of comb it back, oh, part it in the middle and, yeah, yeah, the bowl cut. Yeah, put a bowl on your head, take a handful of gel and just kind of put your hand through your head and you're fine. But now I kind of comb it to the side because I don't have as much and it's thin, but you'll see in video, because you're aspiring to be a banker, put on a clip-on tie.
Speaker 2There you go, pocket protector, it's a clip-on. You sure? There is one shampoo that they keep advertising and I cannot remember the name of it? Oh, nutrafol, no. Poo that they keep advertising and I cannot remember the name of it, oh, neutrophil, no, no, no, it's. It's like that kind of like that. Yeah, I feel like it's got like a I've been seeing so many on tv lately.
Speaker 2I mean, like we said, it's like a big money, money thing it's a huge money thing and I guarantee you they could figure out how to stop it right completely. If they know what causes it, you should be able to stop it somehow yeah, I mean, yeah, I mean your follicles are shrinking.
Speaker 1The DHT clogs it up. Yeah.
Speaker 2Clogs it up. What gets rid of DHT? I don't know. I didn't do enough research on it, but there's got to be something I'm sure there is. For every action there's an equal reaction.
Speaker 1Exactly. But I'm sure these companies making all this money on hair products, or Companies making all this money on hair products you know, or products that bring your hair back, don't want you to find out. No, they don't. No, because it's probably, you know, millions of dollars.
Speaker 2Oh yeah, and I wonder how many people spend how much on products just for that.
Speaker 1Yeah, the average person. Have I done it? Yeah, I mean, back in the day I bought my can of Rogaine, tried it. I was like, like this stuff sucks and it didn't even smell good. Get in your hair and it's like what the fuck?
Speaker 2it's like george costanza when he gets that stuff from china. What does that smell?
Speaker 1it's your freaking head dude. Oh, but yeah, I I can say it right here, right now. I've tried it I?
Speaker 2I would imagine that if you have that issue, yeah, like going bald, you were going to try it because you almost eventually yeah you get you like you said.
Speaker 1You have pride. Yeah, you don't want to be that guy that's like going bald. I mean mine isn't that bad. I mean it's mostly receding hairline. I do have it all in the back on top, which is nice and I'm not. And the one good thing for my mother's jeans, I got very little gray man.
Speaker 2That's the thing. I'm going, gray, are you really? Yeah, I'm going gray and I'm going gray, my beard's got it and I'm just like, oh, your beard definitely has it. I'm just like you know what. It's gonna happen one way or another. Oh, one way or the other. Why am I gonna hide it?
Speaker 1Just own it.
Speaker 2I have a beard and I have gray in my beard and my hair is starting to go a little gray.
Speaker 1Basically, kind of like. We're trying to say that you guys out there, if you think you have a problem and you're embarrassed by it, don't you know, let your just go with it. I mean, there's not much you can do.
Speaker 2You know there's almost nothing you can do about it, really, because you're stuck. You're stuck Like you can go and use all these topical lotions and even the organic stuff the clam works Right Onion oil or whatever it is.
Speaker 1Snake juice Laser therapy. I think they've had to try to open up the follicles. If you're really that concerned, about it?
Speaker 2just go get a toupee, yeah, but then own the toupee right, right.
Speaker 1Oh yeah, I got it. Do you know anybody that has a hairpiece or no?
Speaker 2I've known him. Yes, I don't know currently anybody off the top of my head.
Speaker 1Plus, I wouldn't throw it out there anyway, because I had an uncle that used to, but then he owned it after a while. Yeah, and I'll tell you what after he one of my mother's brothers, he ended up getting all kinds of chicks. He dated like. Even when he was older I was like, damn yeah because it gave him more confidence. It gave him a lot of confidence.
Speaker 2Yeah, and then he started, even if somebody found out he'd be like oh yeah, you tried being bald or whatever. You know what I mean? Yeah, it sends a fake message to people, but it's not fake if you actually own it. Yeah, I feel better wearing it. I want to wear it, Yep, so I do. Yep, people just be like ah cool man.
Speaker 1So yeah, if you go to my house, I do have a good collection of hats. I have a good collection of hats.
Speaker 2Hats and sneakers and jackets.
Personal Struggles with Hair Loss
Speaker 1Oh yeah, I'm waiting for my. I officially ordered my Sakatumi gear. Oh yeah, yeah, I'm waiting for my.
Speaker 2I officially ordered my Sakatumi gear. Oh yeah, yeah, I can't wait. I know that's the one thing I don't like about it. I'm going to say out there, it takes a little bit to get to the merchandise Right, but it does come, and the shirts and hats are great. Everything that I put out there hopefully people enjoy and like, because I mean I keep going to store every campaign Right. I add more to it when I figure out how to.
Speaker 1Maybe after this episode we'll add hats. I would love to. I actually bought one. I'd buy one.
Speaker 2I have one. Oh, you do. Yeah, I tried a sample from Vistaprint. Okay, now I use Bonfire for the clothes, right, so shout out to Bonfire, yeah.
Speaker 1Bonfire Kick Kick-ass stuff.
Speaker 2Yeah, the shirts came out really nice. Yep, they feel good. They're great. I can't wait. They're high quality, I was impressed.
Speaker 1My next episode or our next episode. We should have some Sakatumi merchandise on. Yeah, well, I do, it would be cool. Oh, you do yeah.
Speaker 2I try and wear it every episode. Yep, just to show, go to the store and while you're there, hell like and subscribe. Yeah, absolutely Become a bigger fan.
Speaker 1Going back to the hair, I'll tell you one guy who has a nice head of hair Ham.
Speaker 2Oh God, he's not going to want you to blow his head up.
Speaker 1I love that guy. Shout out to my boy Ham.
Speaker 2I want to give a shout out right now, real quick, before I forget, because the last few episodes I forgot to do this. The listeners that have joined I got to start doing that all the time.
Speaker 1We getting a bigger crowd, or what? Yeah, awesome.
Speaker 2We are, and they are all over. They're in Europe. I'm trying to find them Europe.
Speaker 1Yeah Well, shout out to our boy in Germany, still Got it.
Speaker 2Here it is. We got listeners in Japan, ukraine, australia, france, germany, the UK, canada and well, I think UK is Ireland, because I know that one's on there and Australia. I already said Australia, but I want to give them shout outs thanks for listening.
Speaker 1That's fantastic.
Speaker 2I'm psyched about that and they've been listening to at least the last few episodes frequent, like all of them really. Yeah, that's awesome. So they're consistent listeners and we really appreciate you guys. Yeah, and the episodes are piling up and I'm thankful for it and I want to give them a shout out and say thanks, guys, keep listening absolutely, absolutely.
Speaker 1Someday, hopefully, we can connect. You know, either emails or call in, take a trip and go do it live, let's do it. I mean, I'm always in for a road trip. Make sure I bring my hat with me. Well, you know, another trick for me is you take the sunglasses and just flip them on top of your head in the summertime. That way it keeps your hair down.
Speaker 2Actually, if you're bald and have sunglasses, that's like instant cool.
Speaker 1Oh yeah.
Speaker 2And then you throw a beard on yourself. Forget it, forget it. You just sit there by the pool with your Bahama Johns shorts on, or whatever.
Speaker 1Yeah, there you go, you'll be flocked. When was the first time you noticed you were starting to lose hair? I didn't.
Speaker 2Oh, you didn't. I still haven't. My hair was always thin to begin with, so as a kid, when I was bald already.
Speaker 1Really yeah, Because it's like a higher hairline. The first time I noticed is when it took longer and longer to wash my face. I hate you. I hate you. I'm serious man.
Speaker 2Oh, that was a good way to sneak that in there.
Speaker 1Hey, once you're gold bald, you never grow back. My role, that's it.
Speaker 2I got to go, drop the mic, mic drop You're such an idiot.
Speaker 1I suck. I fucking hate you.
Speaker 2Oh my God, You're such a dick. Once you go bald, it never grows back. You never grow back. You never grow back. Such a dick.
Speaker 1Once you go bald, it never grows back. You never grow back, you never grow back. Always a good time here at Sakatumi. Let me tell you.
Speaker 2Dude, I can't stand you. I can't stand myself. You're my least favorite host. This is going to take a lot of editing now, that's alright, that's all right, I freaking love it.
Speaker 1I'm his favorite dwarf All right.
Speaker 2Come on, ditto, be professional, pull it together, let's pull it together, guy.
Speaker 1We still got to go to video after this. Don't act like a child. Make it like you've been here before. Oh God, I should save this for video. I screwed this up. This guy is hysterical right now.
Speaker 2It's the worst time for a laughing fit.
Speaker 1Always a good time here at Socket Toomey let me tell you Freaking love this guy oh my God, all right, pull it together. Yeah, let's do a final, Great Final take on baldness here. All right, let's recap real quick. Yeah, recap.
Speaker 2This whole thing starts with denial.
Speaker 1Yes.
Speaker 2It ends with a bang, with a joke.
Speaker 1Nothing against bald guys. I love all you guys out there. Yeah, basically I'm just having a little fun with my my host here if you're going bald, do it all like go bigger, go home I agree I agree, accept it. Shave your head, yep, own your baldness whatever, if you have a, I'll tell you what. The first time I shaved my head it was like oh god, I was looking, no, no no, it's not, I'm just pulling it together.
Speaker 1I swear to God, I had to look in the mirror for I don't know how long and it was kind of just what the hell did I do? You don't even have to tell a joke, no, I'm just talking. You can just tell a story. I just told a story. We are screwed, my the hell. Oh, screw you. Kepler, you owe me cookies. I will bring cookies. Oh, speaking of that, well, we'll show you on video, but down to 203 a couple pounds more.
Speaker 2Look at you yeah, trying. We should start tracking this on the podcast. Oh, we probably should. And maybe the thinner you get, the more hair will grow. You know it's possible. Well, it's obviously. It's got less space to grow in your body. Yeah, it's going to have to go somewhere.
Speaker 1Yeah, it's going somewhere, all right.
Speaker 2The other way to regrow hair I don't know if you know this is you just hold your nose and sneeze what's that Like a chia pet or one of those monkeys there.
Speaker 1Oh my God, we have derailed completely. This has gone off the fucking wall.
Speaker 2I want to throw out, thanks to the Rock, bruce Willis, jason Statham, the guys that literally made that popular.
Speaker 1Oh, absolutely Made it better Zacco G-Mac and Bish Yep. Here's a shout out to all you guys again.
Speaker 2And, honestly, just through on sunglasses, you are instantly, oh god, I don't even know where we're going. We were in a recap yeah when you're listening to this, recommend it to a friend who's got to get rid of that snapback yeah, snapback indoors alright somehow we've stumbled our way to the end of this, oh are you shitting me?
Speaker 1it's the end already. Yep, it's the end we're here.
Speaker 2Oh, I had a good time doing this one. Yeah, this was good, and I'm glad that we did it, because it opens up avenues for further shows about stuff that guys don't talk about, especially oh, guys, keep all their feelings and emotions and whatever they got going on let's make it cool to do that All inside themselves and just open up and let it out, let it all pour out. It feels better? Yeah, it sure does. It doesn't manifest itself into hair loss.
Speaker 1Yeah, it gives you less stress. Yeah, that's part of the reason you got it. That's what we're here for, yeah. Connecting people to people, people to people. You know, stress, stress.
Speaker 2I can't even speak. It's stupid dad jokes. Stress free zone. Oh my god. All right, guys, I'm sorry for the derailment. I apologize sincerely. It's typical.
Speaker 2I hope you enjoyed the show. Catch us, catch up with us next week. Don't forget to hit sake to me and like and subscribe. And again, hope you had a good time with this one. Hope it's not ear piercing when we're done. But as always, guys, be good. Hey, everybody, it's Ditto.
Speaker 2I want to give a shout out to my buddy, larry over at Legendary Graphics. He designed our logo for us. It came out fantastic. He does wraps, he does all kinds of customized stuff for you. If you get a chance, go to Legendarycom. That's Legendarycom. Check it out for anything you need. Alright, guys, thanks, be good. Saki to me. Hey everybody, it's Ditto. Thanks for checking out our show today. Hope you enjoyed it. If you did subscribe to us, we can hook up, interact. You can tell us what you like about the show, talk about what you don't like about the show, give us information and insight. We'd appreciate it. We only want to make the show better for you guys. Also, if you get a chance, head over to someassemblynet. That's our sponsor. Then you can really do some business. All right, as always, everybody be good. Socky Doobie, thank you.
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