Word when someone had cut his hair completely? baldness?

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I wonder what we say to the baldness when someone intentionally cuts-off his whole hair and looks like a bald.

I believe "baldness" just refers to the natural loss of hair like "he is going bald"; "He has bald patches"; "He has gone bald".

But when someone had her hair cut completely so that no single hair is on his head. Do we still say "he is bald"?

RayH · Accepted Answer

You say that he has shaved his head.

User_gary · Answer

Thank you RayH.

Can also I say "He is shaved now"? to mean his head is bald now because he is shaved?

I wrote this expression considering the sentence "He is bald now" when someone is naturally bald.

RayH · Answer

No.

User_gary · Answer

Thank you.
Then, could you please explain to me how to say that?

When someone does not have any hair naturally, we say "He is bald".
I wonder what we say when someone is bald because he had his hair clean shaved.

BarbaraPA · Answer

You'd say "He has a shaved head."

If you say simply that he is shaved, your listener would think you mean his face.

Meni cutie · Answer

So who will decide here.. He is Bald? or He is Shaved? <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/6.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/6.gif' alt='Emotion: sad'/>

BarbaraPA · Answer

Sometimes you can't tell if he's bald or if he has chosen to shave his head. Sometimes you can.

User_gary · Answer

I think if someone is bald, his head will shine/glitter like a mirror and pleasant to look at it. Whereas shaved head would be not as shiny as bald and you would see roots of hair if you peerly look at the head and most of the time it looks horrible.

BTW: Thanks Grammar Greek rand RayH.

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