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Yeah, he had a hair transplant. Numerous (most?) male actors have them as well. It's a routine operation and it works pretty well. I know a few guys who had tra
by cgh 6y ago
Yeah, he had a hair transplant. Numerous (most?) male actors have them as well. It's a routine operation and it works pretty well. I know a few guys who had transplants and you can't tell they aren't natural as the surgeons are good at creating age-appropriate hairlines. The hair comes from the back of the head, out of range of the androgen-sensitive follicles in the classic male pattern baldness zone.
- rhcom2 6y agoMy understanding is that you're still on finasteride for the rest of your life with a hair transplant.
- cgh 6y agoIt depends. For the obvious case where you are 100% bald, eg a classic receding hairline, then there is no need. But if you get a transplant into a thinning area where there is still active loss happening with the remaining follicles, then finasteride is an option. Or you can wait for more hair to fall out and get more hair transplanted in, which sounds dumb but is apparently relatively common.
- voisin 6y agoI understood that hair transplants don’t look natural because the implants are not at the random angles of natural hair follicles and so the hair tends to look “stiff” and unnatural. This does seem to be the case with Elon.
- cgh 6y agoIt's down to the skill of the surgeons. You get what you pay for, I suppose. Many people fly to Turkey because hair transplants there are cheap for some reason but from what I've heard, results can be poor for the reason you state.