This photo was taken by a professional photographer for my first book, "Walking in the Footsteps of God." It was in black and white but you can clearly see the thickness and curl pattern. You can also see the receding had already started where my line is too high.

This is the rear picture of the same photo shoot. I had no viewable thinning in the crown but the hair was thinner and less full. Even at this stage, there was a slight tingle in the scalp and tenderness at times. I locked my hair after this which made hair loss worse.

I grew my hair long at the top and sides. It was tapered in the front so you don't really see it braided to the back. My hairline was way higher than it was when I was a teenager and the hair was thin around the edges.

A few months later, you can clearly see the hair hanging out back. My son Prince was a couple of months older and life was ok. I would lock my hair a few months after this and that would be the beginning of the end.

My younger brother (RIP) next to me when he visited Atlanta with friends. As you can see, MPB has caught up with me & I lost a lot of hair in front & on the crown area in the back since 2009. At this point, I wasn't ready to "shave it off bro..." Pic grainy because its analog.

From 2009 to 2012 or so, I lost most of my hair going from a Norwood 3 or so (Visually but had been balding for years) to Norwood 7 and every year it became worse. I weighed about 122 pds. No matter how much I ate, I couldn't gain weight plus a host of other issues.

This is one of the first dates we went on and that was the first kiss. As you see, I was rocking the hat and would do so most of our dates in the tens years to follow. We would marry about a year later.

This is one of those special times where we really dressed up and decided to have a romantic evening. I am hatless and this is the look I'd have to rock our entire relationship until now.

Here you can see a side view of the second picture where we are unwrapping our gifts. It gives me a feeling of nostalgia to this day. You can see as clear as day where I was over 10 years ago. No grays at this time....

At this point in my life, I had been N7 for about 2-3 years. Far cry from my pics just a few years earlier. Wife never saw me with hair. Hats became the norm. Was on the GOM a day diet to gain weight.

This is me holding the baby that was still baking in my wife's stomach at the baby shower. Notice the hairline and the pimples. Gluten was the unknown culprit.

Here's my Brady bunch.  Im bald and brutifal and we are making the best of it. I didn't think a hat was appropriate for this picture. Good times.

in 2014, long gone were the days I'd have a slight shadow on my head or temples with some sort of hairline. The top was without vellus hairs, or terminal hairs and had the MPB shine. I would simply shave the sides down very low and rock the 5 o-clock shadow most of the time.  Skin was healing from acne.

N7 and shiny settled into life. I believe the acne went away but I was still having nutrition issues and digestive issues from Gluten, I wouldn't really find out about a year later when it became noticeable right after I ate. I started developing near celiac disease symptoms at this time.

It is what it is gents. But being bald didn't stop me from finding the love of my life. I started working with herbs around this time and contemplating reversing my hair loss even then and I tried but didn't stick with it. I grew a bit of hair back this time even with the 4-5 ingredients I used but my temples never restored and I quit. I would continue to research and test to the present day.

This would be the last pic we took together. Love you man.... As far as hair, some people call the bald look the easiest style but it's not. It is the simplest style but it requires the most maintenance. Besides that, I missed the variety of styles. I missed the fresh haircuts and the lineups. I missed going to the barber and coming out refreshed. Like many of you, I just missed the old me.

We were on the top deck relaxing and feeling the breeze. At this point, the back hair line lowered into the temporalis. Ironically, the hair seemed to have migrated to my ears. I lost all of the hair I regrew in 2017 fast.

Gray specs of hair starting sprinkling through my beard. I started really dying it a dark brown almost black. My original color has blond/reddish mixed with black hair so its hard to find a dye that matches.

All smiles at home. Looks like I used a razor to shave my head. Had been growing my beard (and a garden) during the pandemic for over a year. At this point, I had been working with herbs, botanicals, and plants for years at home  I kept our immune systems strong, our teeth white, and even our organs cleansed. My next big fix? Hairloss. It was finally time for me to tame the beast, internal and external.

This brings everything full circle. From the time we met, to 10 years later, I lived with hair loss like many of you. Yet, a few months before this picture was taken, I had devised a solid plan on how I'd approach restoring my hair loss after years of creating natural products for our personal use. It was now or never.  This was July 2022 & in the week that followed, I started the regimen you now know as Back to the Barber.