The cut was getting fucked up so I said fuck it and he shaved it off. I forgot how and why it was getting fucked up. Not really a big deal, but this was 90s LA, where the only Mexican guys with shaved heads were bangers. I was a dorky teenager and that cut invited a lot of trouble, mostly a few "WHERE YA FROM, HOLMES?!" here and there, or adults in my life taking me aside and lecturing me on why the banger life was a bad one :(