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    I’m not sure how people here are claiming “genetics” when this is clearly hair implants. Implants are fairly cheap overseas and even cheaper in the States when you’re a multimillionaire (relative to differential in income vs an average person).

    People forget that looking good, investing in yourself, staying in shape and cosmetic procedures are a part of their jobs as actors and they’ll do it just like anybody else doing their jobs.

    People overestimate genetics in most cases, when the answer is really simple: maintenance.

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      You have thr balding gene, don’t you?

      Some people don’t go bald with age, not really. Is it so hard to believe? None of my grandparents or parents have had any bald spots, grandma from mom’s side having a thic-ass braid halfway down her back.

      He’s aged pretty well, but not amazingly. Also, people underestimate how much hair is needed to look like that with good products. Arguably he might have thinner hair than he did when he was in Trainspotting, but it certainly doesn’t look it the way he wears it

      But probably you guys are just overestimating how much hair an average person drops in 20 years

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        I actually have a pretty thick head of hair for my age.

        The only reason we’re commenting on his hair is because his hair seems to have grown in texture and thickness with time and it’s apparent that it’s grafted looking at just the texture alone.

        Genetics while playing a great role in anatomy does not reverse the effects of aging and taking care of yourself via cosmetic procedure because it’s part of your job along with a healthy lifestyle goes a long way to put off genetic health risks.

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          If I look at an image of me in the army with a buzzcut and myself in the mirror now, the hair definitely looks thicker now. I don’t know how one’s hair “grows in texture” though, you’ll have to brief me on that.

          Most of what I think you’re seeing is hairstyle and product, not transplants. But I wouldn’t put money on it.

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            By grown in texture I meant that the volume of hair seems fuller. While that can be product/hairstyle, another giveaway is that his hairline def looks like it recedes with age. Picture on the left is the classic, my hairline is receding and I’ve got longer hair to compensate for it. The picture on the right has a hard stop on the hairline and hair growing out exactly where the hairline “stopped” receding.

            Got a ton of balding men around me, and grafting is a popular topic of conversation. 🙂

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              I’ll have to trust your expertise, I guess. The hairline not being straight is suspect, but also, it might be perspective or something.

              I does look kinda too straight in the second picture now that you mention it, though.

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    He probably uses dye for the color. As for not balding that’s fully genetic. Some people are blessed with a full head of hair until they die. Others lose it at 20.

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        Yeah but we have pictures of the bald muskrat. Ewan I’ve only seen with a shaved head so i don’t think he had any surgeries.

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          While I can’t say Ewan can only look this way because of medical intervention, the vast majority of major entertainers have work done in some way to maintain their looks over time and if they keep up with it you would never notice.

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          Surgery isn’t the only solution, there are medications, like Finasteride, that actually prevent hair loss by blocking the hormone that causes it. But some people do just have thick gorgeous manes their whole life without help.

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      It’s called genes.

      Not everyone has male pattern baldness. My dad didn’t have a bald spot when he died, and none of my grandparents have either. Although half of them are dead as well.

      But yeah, if you do have shitty genes for hair, you can fix it with money.

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    Step 1: Be rich enough to afford all the exercise / healthy living.

    Step 2: have a job that has a positive loop to said attractive looks

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    It feels intangibly relevant somehow that Alec Guinness was wearing a toupee when he played original Obi-Wan.

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    Botox and filler when done well will keep a person looking younger for longer. So, basically they key is to have money and spend it on your looks. 👍

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    I recently had a friend tell me I “don’t age” or “age in reverse.” Something like that. My secret?

    I was way, way fat when I was younger. My head looked like a thumb with vaguely discernible facial features. I was pushing 300 pounds and miserable. Truly hated myself. I steadily lost weight and mostly learned to keep it off (keto was huge, but not totally essential), then slowly added muscle. I’m not jacked. But the net effect is I look less like a puddle of misery than I used to.

    Also Minoxidil! $30 for six-month-plus supply of the Walmart brand and it’s been working better than expected, even at only half the recommended amount.