Male celebs who have hair plugs or toupees

Joel McHale

Ben Affleck

Jeremy Piven

Ed Harries hates McBongo. I'm not sure what happened, but he loathes the guy and mocks him.

Joe Biden%0D %0D Tim McGraw%0D %0D

Ben Affleck

Wow. Six responses before Travolta? The man owns this thread.

Springsteen?%0D %0D Charlie Sheen?%0D %0D

Oh, R7, I was thinking more of hair plugs rather than toupees. That's why I said Joe Biden and Tim McGraw who have hair plugs.%0D %0D for toupees:%0D %0D Rob Lowe%0D %0D Jon Hamm%0D %0D Ricky Martin%0D %0D %0D %0D

Here!

Christopher Meloni wears a toupee

Enrique Iglesias%0D %0D Robert Redford

Rick Springfield

Rob Lowe%0D %0D Jon Hamm%0D %0D Ricky Martin%0D %0D %0D Are you kidding me? I had not heard that!

Gary Sinise

I don't think Jon Hamm wears a toupee, how would they put all the Brylcream in it for Mad Men?

I also thought Charlie Sheen wears a toupee. Too much hair upfront and no hairline.

Steve Carrell has plugs%0D %0D Christian Slater too

Nicholas "Nose Job" Cage has plugs.

R16, it is not a matter of 'hearing' it.%0D %0D It is a matter of looking at the person, and seeing that they wear a hair piece.%0D %0D I'm always shocked at how many men cannot discern a hair piece on other men.%0D %0D (especially on Datalounge)

Shatner!

What exactly is the key to discerning a hair piece?

Patrick Stewart!

Liverpool played tonight and here's a tasty fan pic of Nando.

Don't know what's better, the torso or what's happening down in the shorts.

Having said all that, I think Nando's lovely new big muscles are hurting his pace. He really should shed 2-3 kilos at least. I thought he looked a little bit bigger during the WC. Granted he was unfit and it wouldn't have helped anyway, but a slightly lighter Nando will speed his return to form.

Oops, wrong fucking thread! Nevermind.

Kevin Costner gets his hair from a now-retired wig/toupe maker in New Orleans. Has done so for many years.

Some of these replies are dubious.

Martin doesn't wear a toupee.

While I would say that Meloni needs one, he doesn't wear one either. Hell, he's nearly bald. If you doubt it, turn on BBC right now (ET).

Martin who, R29?%0D %0D Kevin Costner does not wear a hair piece! He does appear to have maybe gotten hair plugs though. %0D %0D He is an extremely handsome man - especially for his age.(not that he is old because he is not) He looks sexy and fantastic.

What do we think about Enrique Iglesias' weave? I think the pretty face distracts from it.

If Ricky has plugs he got some really good work done.

Ricky Martin wears a hair piece. It has been very obvious for quite a number of years. He may also have some hair plugs%0D %0D Enrique Iglesias' wears a wig. I don't really like the wig or weave he has right now. He had a more natural looking one previously. Bue I enjoy Enrique's performances and his music.

R32 Not apparent to me. Or to R31, evidently.

r32 I don't believe Ricky wears a piece. Enrique's hair is different but it looks really good. He actually had the hair styled instead of just dropping it on his head out the box.

I've seen Ricky up close numerous times at his live concerts from the front rows, and in lots of photos and live appearances.%0D %0D His hair pieces could not be more apparent.%0D %0D You just haven't been looking.

That's exactly what I mean. Quite a few men on Datalounge are completely unable to discern hair pieces and do not observe closely enough to even notice.

Ricky wore a very obvious large hair piece during his concert tour where he had the stage full of a large number of dancers with him thruout the whole concert - was that 2006 or 2007?%0D %0D He wears many variations of hair pieces over the years.%0D %0D I think he has also been getting hair plugs.%0D %0D He has a bald spot in back and on top, and receding front hair line.%0D

%0D Some pretty ropey info here on the toupee front. I thought gay men were supposed to be into aesthetics and cosmetics!%0D %0D Piven - yes, open secret%0D %0D McConaughey - yes, occasionally spotted without it. The magnificent mane on film is fake.%0D %0D Travolta - yes, photographed without it and also with his toupee base showing%0D %0D Brendan Fraser - yes, caught by a papp without it on a few years back. For off-screen he has (rather scrappy) plugs at the front and wears a hairpiece behind them. On-screen what you see on top is all hairpiece. One of the nicest hairpieces in the business. %0D %0D Kevin James - yes, open secret. Not great quality pieces.%0D %0D Enrique Iglesias - yes, a front partial toupee. The back is his own. Nicely done.%0D %0D Chris Meloni - only on screen and connected public appearances. It is a very conservative piece, which makes him look nearly bald instead of absolutely bald. Subtle.%0D %0D Charlie Sheen - only when working. Cap and thinning forelock the rest of the time. %0D %0D Ben Affleck - He did wear a piece for many years until fairly recently, but was outed in the press. In an attempt to rescue his leading man role he has now had extensive bodyhair transplanting done and has ditched the piece in favour of a military buzz.%0D %0D Gary Sinise - yes%0D %0D Dan Abrams - open secret, although he never talks about it. Now wears very nice quality pieces. %0D %0D Jonny Lee Miller - has fairly recently started wearing%0D %0D Thomas Calabro - admitted he wears a crown toupee%0D %0D Jimmy Smits - recently had a wardrobe malfunction when it came loose during filming. Very traumatic.%0D %0D Brad Pitt - no%0D %0D Ricky Martin - no%0D %0D Rob Lowe - no%0D %0D Kevin Costner - no, although he has had plugs%0D %0D %0D %0D %0D %0D

r36, hunny, I have seen enough weaves, lacefronts, quick weaves, pieces, toupees, and spray ons to know who is faking the funk. 9 out of 10 times it comes down to the hairline, especially with men. If the hairline is consistent then the rest of the hair is probably his. If its hidden, like Enrique, Charlie Sheen and the rest, it's fake.

Ricky has had a consistent hairline up to this point, and he has a tall forehead. The only time I ever thought he might wear piece was when he was on Oprah a few years back, maybe he started getting plugs done then.

His roots:

Rob Lowe definitely wears a hair piece/wig.%0D %0D Brad Pitt definitely has either a hair piece or hair plugs.%0D %0D Ricky Martin definitely has various hair pieces over the years and maybe hair plugs.%0D %0D Kevin Costner has hair plugs.

Ricky's hairpieces often have had nothing to do with his front hairline, R39.%0D %0D Just like Brendan Fraser does, Ricky Martin sometimes wears his hair piece BEHIND his front hair.

R39, Ricky does not wear a hair piece when he has a to-the-scalp buzz cut like in the photo you posted.%0D %0D But in previous years, he often wore his hair longer and that's when he has had hair pieces - not with the buzz cuts.

Some of these guys are good. I'm curious to see what McBongo and Affleck look like naturally.

[quote]Ricky's hairpieces often have had nothing to do with his front hairline, [R39].

If you cant see it, then it might be fake.

R43, there have been lots of photos of McBongo without his hair piece - where his balding shows.%0D %0D And Ben Affleck now sports a very short buzz cut - so his hair plugs have been great for him.%0D %0D Enrique Iglesias wore a hat non-stop for several years. Used to drive me nuts - he would not appear in public or on stage without the hat.

More pictures please! I'd like to learn how to spot these things. (it seems like there must be a website out there devoted to this subject? anyone know of a good one?)

What's-his-face from House, Hugh Laurie, wears a hairpiece to cover his bald spot in the back. For the first couple of seasons he didn't wear anything and the camera operators and editors put in a lot of effort to disguise his bald spot. If you watch season 1 episodes with that in mind it's quite amusing.

So now that all movies and TV are being shot in HD, how are these actors getting away with wigs and weaves? Is it glaringly obvious to those of you who are good at spotting them to begin with?

Ricky Martin also has a lot of gray hair.%0D %0D At times, he lets it show.%0D %0D But other times, he covers it up with brown hair dye, or has a buzz cut where it doesn't show very much.%0D %0D I adore Ricky as an great entertainer in concert, and I love his music in spanish.

The stuff about Martin makes no sense at all.

Of you're able to wear your hair in a buzz cut--which allows no possibility of covering thin areas--then you obviously don't need to wear a wig.

Now, he may choose to wear one on stage, but obviously not balding.

Question for anyone wearing a piece. How often do you have it on? Do you keep it on around the house all day, or just slap that puppy up there when going out in public?

Trust me, R48, Ricky has been balding for a good number of years.%0D %0D And I have seen the bald spot on the back of his head.%0D %0D You can continue to disbelieve and insist you do not understand.

Ted Danson wore a piece to cover his bald spot all during the CHEERS years.

Now that he's let himself go silver gray, he only wears it when he's in front of a camera acting; off-screen or in person he doesn't wear it anymore.

Shoutout to R28, my hometown Balmer. Go 'JZ.

R28 is wrong. Kevin Coster has hair plugs, but he does not wear a hair piece.

Well R50 there are tons of candid, unretouched photos of him with a buzz cut. If you can produce one that shows a bald spot, that would prove your point.

Otherwise, I'll "choose to disbelieve."

there was a period where Brad Pitt always wore a hat=plugs

photo of Brad Pitt wearing hair piece

photo of Ricky when he was going thru one of his stages where he popped a little hair piece on the top of his head

R29, I've seen Chris Meloni many times and he's completely bald. He weares a toupee when he's filming.

%0D @R49%0D %0D The modern trend for younger guys is to keep it in place 24/7 for about a week. I take mine off on Thursday night, sleep bald to give my skin a rest, get up early on Friday to reattach, and I am good to go for the weekend. Once it's on I pretty much forget I have it. Mine has a fine lightweight mesh base and a lace front. No one knows I wear except my brother and my hairdresser. %0D %0D Some older guys who take their pieces off every night, but you have to use quite weak tape for that to be practical, and then you risk the embarrassment of it coming off when it's not meant to! %0D %0D

R57, I fixed your typo for you.

[quote]where he [bold]pooped[/bold] a little hair piece on the top of his head

Even with Ricky's recent buzz-cuts, r35?

Posted before reading all re: Ricky M.%0D %0D But I say, good for these men! It's not like all the surgery had by so many actresses.

Patrick Wilson has hair plugs. %0D %0D I think Chris Noth wore a toupee.%0D %0D Anderson Cooper's hair is really thinning. Wonder what he's going to do.

Actually, I wouldn't mind getting some myself. My high hairline ages me at least ten years.

Uh, don't even start that fight, R62. Or better yet, let's start a thread for men who've had work done.

It does seem like there should be a good website on this.

r59, I would LOVE to see a pic of your hair.

Joshua Bell's hair looks suspiciously uniform and it doesn't seem to have a part.

Jeff Lewis wears an expensive piece.

Expensive enough to pull on?

R62, of course, there is absolutely nothing wrong with wearing a hair piece or getting hair plugs!!%0D %0D Do some think the thrust of this thread is to say hair pieces should not be worn?%0D %0D There is absolutely nothing wrong with wearing a hair piece or getting hair pieces....%0D %0D I certainly hope people are not interpreting this thread as saying the opposite.%0D %0D

R61, of course, Ricky does not wear a hair piece when he has a buzz cut!!%0D %0D (why it even needs to be pointed out that Ricky does not wear a hair piece when he has a buzz cut is absurd, R61)%0D %0D Ricky went thru a whole bunch of different stages where he wore his hair at various lengths.

Some wear complete wigs. In the photo at R56, it appears that Brad Pitt is wearing almost a complete wig rather than just a hair piece.%0D %0D Robert Redford wears a wig. He recently got a new one which looks better.%0D %0D Rob Lowe appears to wear a full wig.%0D %0D I still think Enrique Iglesas' previous hairpiece/wig looked better than his new one.

Doug Davidson who plays Paul on "Young and Restless" wears a hairpiece.%0D %0D He has worn a bunch of different hairpieces combed various ways.

[quote]While I would say that Meloni needs one, he doesn't wear one either. Hell, he's nearly bald. If you doubt it, turn on BBC right now (ET).

He absolutely does wear a toupee on SVU. In real life he's completely bald. On the show he wears an almost see through toupee. He has no hair (and I mean NONE) on the top of his head.

@R67

Give me your email and I'll send you a pic. I don't want to post it here in case someone I know recognizes me. I try to keep my little cosmetic secret under wraps as much as possible.

What about Springsteen?

Springsteen - does not wear a hair piece

[quote]I still think Enrique Iglesas' previous hairpiece/wig looked better than his new one.

I love the rooster do he has now, maybe its in bad taste. Rihanna could switch wigs with him and nobody could tell. His feminine features really him pull off this wig nicely.

Adam Baldwin (not a Baldwin brother) wears a rug on "Chuck". A really cheap one. To the point where it is distracting.

What makes people think Rob Lowe wears a hairpiece?

Bill from True Blood. Plugs.

Anyone else here turned on by the idea of handsome guys like Brendan Fraser or Enrique Iglesias wearing a toupee to preserve their looks? Good looking guys with vanity secrets are a fetish of mine.

I have it on good authority that Ben Browder and Josh Duhamel are now getting a bit of artificial help up there. Josh Lucas also wears a partial hairpiece behind a genuine hairline which is partly his own, partly plugs.

Enrique's piece is not a great job up close. He never, but never, exposes his hairline - it's always combed down and held there with product. If he is anywhere where the wind could expose his hairline he wears a cap or a bandana. The reason is that his temple points are badly receded, and they are difficult to cover up with a toupee. If his hair were lifted back you would be able to see the lack of side hair, and the artificial nature of his luxuriant fringe would be exposed.

In general, bandanas are frequently a sign of a guy who wears a piece but doesn't want it exposed to the elements or is worried that some sweaty or dirty activity will expose the piece.

Yes, r83 big time fetish here. Uncovering the things they go through for vanity (bald heads in this case) is kind of weird but it makes me tingly! Nose jobs are another one. They would never tell anyone how much they REALLY want to be pretty deep down inside.

What about Jon Bon Jovi? Lacefront?

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Pat Sajak -- Wheel of Fortune.

Ronn Moss's toupee is the absolute worst. Unfortunately, I can't find a current photo. My partner never believes me whenever I tell him so-and-so is wearing a piece, but even he would know Ronn's wearing someone...a raccoon, looks like.

Ashton Kutcher's hairline was receding...now it isn't...do the math

Ashton wears his hair all combed forward over the forehead. %0D %0D By combing your hair forward and covering the forehead, it covers up any hairline.

anyone have plugs? was it worth it? I once watched a show on TV that demonstrated how it was done. It freaked me out!!!!

Enrique's been pushing his hair forward since he broke big. I always thought it was obvious he's been trying to hide a receding hairline. Showing his real hairline at this point can't look any stranger than that style he's sporting now.

Donny Osmond sure looks like he is wearing something - his hairline just doesn't look natural.

More on Jon Hamm, please.%0D %0D

Michael Jackson was bald under those stupid ugly wigs he wore

Andre Agassi

What's going on with Ian Somerholder? Wig or plugs? His hair was receeding back in RULES OF ATTRACTION and now he's sporting long locks on that vampier show.

R98, When Ian was on Tell Me You Love Me, the hair people were Toppiking the shit out of Ian's hair. The hair guy said, "Poor thing, he'll be bald on top in a few years.".

It's probably a little piece now.

Thanks R99, I've always known that there was something going on up there. Funny story.

OK, not a big celebrity, but I have always admired the docility of the raccoon who sits atop composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz's head.

He usually alternates, R101. There's one that's kind of Fonzie like and the other resembles a monk.

Different breed of raccoons, eh, R102?

Well, he can afford the whole raccoon and badger cage!

Jamie Foxx

How bout Danson, Pacino and Hoffman?

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Harrison Ford. He's had plugs for a long time.

Scott Bakula has SOMETHING, whether it's plugs, or pieces, or a little of both. His hair is rather obvious, IMO.

Did Captain Kangaroo sport a rug?

John Bon Jovi

You know, I've always worn two simple braids and many have said that is why I haven't gotten a single role in anything. Of course, some say it due to me being ugly and without talent, but no one had said I wear a wig. I have had plugs, but all them were in the ass and there's only naturally moderate hair growth there.

Ted Danson often goes without his toupee when not playing a role.

I never considered that Charlie Sheen might be wearing a wig. But you're right, no hairline.

You guys never agree on anything. I think Brad Pitt has hair and the same with Ricky Martin.

Harrison Ford got hair plugs about the same time he put in that stupid earring.

I find it absolutely retarded how people still call them hair plugs... That's not what they are. That technology hasn't been used since the 80's. Now a days it's a straight follicle transplant... Get it right folks!

Both Donny and Marie must be wearing hairpieces. They have more hair now than they did when they were in their 20s.

"A nice lookig toupe" is really a moot point. If it was a nice toupe (or any other hair replacement system) it would be going undetected and there'd be no mention of it here or anywhere. Having said that, Travolta's piece looks the hair on the GI Joe doll I had in '74.

And then there are the ones who do not try to fight it and look extra hot because they are authentic. Shemar Moore is losing his hair but he is cutting it real close now and he looks great. More recent pics on the URL.

It seems like you can always tell when someone is trying to do the fake thing with plugs and even transplants (at least massive ones)

"Having said that, Travolta's piece looks the hair on the GI Joe doll I had in '74."

It's funny 'cause it's true

John Travolta is looking just freaky these days!

Does anyone here use a toupee? Or have you had plugs? Are you happy with the results?

No one's piece is as bad as Sean Penn's. I don't exactly know what it is, but I can't look away..

BRENDAN FRASER ... MATT McCONAUGHEY ... BEN AFFLECK (really bad plugs !)

Jim Parsons was on Late Night with Craig Ferguson recently and I was so distracted by his hair piece that I barely heard what he was saying. It was sitting on his head like flattened road kill. Moe from the Three Stooges came to mind. I love JIm, and think he's really cute, but he should just give up and stick with the look he had on the first season of TBBT. That cut gave him an other worldly look that fit the character of Sheldon to a T. And it was flattering.

Jimmy Fallon always jokes about it -- but what's the truth?

I know he has a YT vid getting his hair cut by Sally Hershberger, but she's only cutting the sides?

I have terrible toupee-dar. I got picked up one night years ago and the guy, who was older, was giving me blow job and when I grabbed his had it felt like a Brillo pad. Talk about killing the moment.

Here ya go.

Toupee or not toupee

The Jeremy Pivens photo of his hair surgery scar is seriously upsetting.

It's amazing he has gotten away with his wigs for so long. But here's photographic proof of how bald he is.

I didn't know there was a site dedicated solely to celebrity balding. The things one learns on the datalounge!

Doug Davidson (Y&R) wears a toupee.

Foolish question probably but why don't they all just get plugs? I assume most of them could afford it so why bother with the toupee.

Clooney, Affleck

Burt Reynolds, but anyone can tell.

Wait Ben Affleck has plugs? For real?

To me Afflek is one of the more obvious wiggers.

You tell me.

If you recall, Jeremy Piven played "George" on "Jerry," the NBC show within-the-show pilot on "Seinfeld."

R137 It’s like he’s a human wig stand. Hahahahahaha