tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post3810863033327661806..comments2024-03-27T05:06:05.811+01:00Comments on Shatner's Toupee: A Denny for your thoughts...ShatToupBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17135455289206032317noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-9094893651068101752010-10-11T15:21:39.028+02:002010-10-11T15:21:39.028+02:00PHENOMENON: singular
PHENOMENA: plural.
Get it ri...PHENOMENON: singular<br />PHENOMENA: plural.<br /><br />Get it right!Hairy Krishnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-2403590687120074782010-10-03T15:51:52.726+02:002010-10-03T15:51:52.726+02:00i beg to differ my friend...Shatner sounded awesom...i beg to differ my friend...Shatner sounded awesome in the MJ interview...i mean talk about thinking on your feet - who else couldve come up with 'Most Jerk' BANG just like that? i dont think i could but Shatner could. and his chilling prediction at the end about MJs future career prospects - 'people will understand that...in time..'<br /><br />it sounded almost like something Kirk would say at the end of an episode...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-5245913440557776912010-10-02T05:50:27.942+02:002010-10-02T05:50:27.942+02:00Shatner never PWNED the guy in the MJ interview. I...Shatner never PWNED the guy in the MJ interview. If anything, he made a fool of himself by lying and then overreacting. He did much better this time around, though.brain candynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-28755957652712133272010-10-02T04:17:24.437+02:002010-10-02T04:17:24.437+02:00new Shatner interview - Toupee question asked!
htt...new Shatner interview - Toupee question asked!<br />http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2010/09/william-shatner-and-betty-white-are-making-a-sex-tape-for-aarp.html<br /><br />"O.K., one more question. You wear a toupee. We all know it, it’s obvious, but you won’t admit it. How long are you going to hold on to this ruse? Is it a mystery you’ll be taking to your grave?"<br /><br /><br />"Probably. But if it’s any consolation, that’s not very long from now."<br /><br /><br />i have to say that interviewer is one rude SOB. he kept going with the weight jokes when even the first one was abit out of order. and ended with the toup joke at the end (coward)....i commend Shatner for acting like a total pro in this thing - hell he even compliments the guy on his interviewing after getting insulted several times! that last question reminded me somewhat of the MJ (Most Jerk) radio thing from a while back where shatner POWNED the guy. this Vanity Fair interviewer is lucky shatner has mellowed in his later years...<br /><br />what a rude asshole though...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-59399265171768952172010-10-02T00:13:43.089+02:002010-10-02T00:13:43.089+02:00Plugs.
As the Toup Sleuth notes, Shat's hair i...Plugs.<br />As the Toup Sleuth notes, Shat's hair is thicker at the front. A patient at Bernstein has a similar post-op phenomenon. I have posted his case notes below. Note how the hair tends to be patchier towards the back. The surgeon's technique would explain the patterns seen in Shat's denim shirt and sunglasses pics.<br /><br />"I forward weighted the hair transplant so that in the frontal forelock (an area of about 50cm) I placed 1,250 grafts giving a density of 25 follicular units/cm2. The other 1,086 grafts were placed in the remaining 100cm2. Another trick that I use to give the appearance of more fullness is to place the larger follicular units (those containing 3- and 4- hairs) in the central-forelock area."<br /><br />Patient link:<br />http://www.bernsteinmedical.com/hair-transplant-photos/portraits/patient-uar/Ratty Lost Years Piecenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-29433672781311886382010-10-01T03:34:50.858+02:002010-10-01T03:34:50.858+02:00Except for the scalp showing, to my eye, Shat'...Except for the scalp showing, to my eye, Shat's hair evolution is quite similar to Burt Reynolds, at least up until a few years ago... Google some pics to see what I mean. Burt even sported a "TJ Curly" at one time, followed by a "Denny Crane." In the "Denny Crane" years, note the straight line from sideburn to temple along the side of the face for both men (which is unnatural).<br /><br />We also never actually see Shat's frontal hairline... it's always combed forward, and there's a thicker ring. You'd think micrografts would allow him to show a little follicle-meets-scalp... or maybe they were inserted at an angle to avoid this. <br /><br />Who knows...Toup Sleuth Since 1984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-38624963700124222742010-10-01T03:28:23.212+02:002010-10-01T03:28:23.212+02:00Anonymous FTWAnonymous FTWbrain candynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-68236168530604409992010-09-30T22:27:20.024+02:002010-09-30T22:27:20.024+02:00Occam's razor: It's a transplant, and by t...Occam's razor: It's a transplant, and by the candid outdoor photo, very thin on top. His hair, as is common for his age, has gone grey. Therefore, when on TV or in certain public settings, the transplant is augmented by colored sprays and thickeners. (Conventional hair coloring would be too harsh on his scalp.)<br /><br />As for the long patch in the back: it's either to cover up a donor area strip, or to cover up his previously documented problems with alopcia.<br /><br />But it's definitely a transplant and not a toup! You easily see skin on the top of his head in that outdoor photo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-86086829469443659912010-09-30T17:50:36.153+02:002010-09-30T17:50:36.153+02:00You mean patchy in the front and shaggy in the bac...You mean patchy in the front and shaggy in the back?Ratty Lost Years Piecenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-18592200802588220012010-09-30T13:25:54.573+02:002010-09-30T13:25:54.573+02:00i have a hair transplant like shatner's. Tis a...i have a hair transplant like shatner's. Tis a wonderful thing.brain candynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-32993773414946749082010-09-30T00:27:44.179+02:002010-09-30T00:27:44.179+02:00The mighty Shat is messing with our minds. My bra...The mighty Shat is messing with our minds. My brain has gone into overload trying to decypher and make sense of the Denny Crane enigma. <br /><br />In one of those pictures his hair looks quite gray, yet in others it appears browner. Can you dye hair plugs successfully or is it just different shades of toup! How come the colour blends well all the way to the back of the head, which may be his real hair? Aargh! To quote Scotty, The brain canny take it Captain!Toupee or not toupee!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-2042119819182105782010-09-29T22:44:17.252+02:002010-09-29T22:44:17.252+02:00Is it a toup that looks like a transplant or a tra...Is it a toup that looks like a transplant or a transplant that looks like a toup? <br />Follicular unit transplanting (strip method) in 2010 is still the preferred technique for largescale mega-sessions where many hairs are being transferred from one section of the head to another in one sitting. it's amazing the large number of follicles that can be harvested from just one strip incision procedure.Clientcostnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-62515695837647006072010-09-29T21:20:54.953+02:002010-09-29T21:20:54.953+02:00A conventional explanation is that the hair at the...A conventional explanation is that the hair at the back is grown long to hide a strip scar - the strip cut from the scalp from which the hair plugs are harvested. Old tech - normally today a surgeon would use follicle plugs, but if he had a transplant 10 or so years ago, the likely technique.Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-74569456224338992062010-09-29T21:12:03.220+02:002010-09-29T21:12:03.220+02:00This is mindblowing... or toupeeblowingThis is mindblowing... or toupeeblowingBaldkirk365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249569588037368037.post-13913327320479794362010-09-29T18:20:13.296+02:002010-09-29T18:20:13.296+02:00Hey ST - good to have you back.
Great discussion ...Hey ST - good to have you back.<br /><br />Great discussion - if I may add to it (for a change) ...<br /><br />If you or someone can find it, a recent pull out from a newspaper Parade (?) had some picture of Mr. Shatner where his hair looked ... well .. his frontal hair looked longer, but you could clearly see his scalp.<br /><br />It lead me to wonder if he had plugs at one point, which he supplements with a cheap but light toupee for things like photoshoots?MVPisOnlinenoreply@blogger.com