Elon Musk was balding rapidly when he burst onto the global scene in the late 90s. But he’s not anymore! He’s known for his successes with Paypal, X.Com, Tesla, and SpaceX. He’s a philanthropist and humanitarian at heart, who’s striving to lower global carbon emissions and make life multi-planetary, so we humans can reduce the risk of a mass extension. His next great challenge: exploring and colonizing mars. Pretty cool, right? If you’re not familiar with Elon, he’s sort like the new Steve Jobs, only he’s not a tremendous asshole who likes to park in handicapped spaces.
So Did Elon Musk Have a Hair Transplant?
It certainly appears that way to me! And a number of prominent experts agree with me, including Dr. William Yates of Hair Science (source). Below is a before-after shot showing a young, balding Elon and an older Elon with what appears to be a mature hairline. On a related note, here are 7 surprising facts about the mature hairline for you to check out, if you’re interested.
That’s a major follicular improvement, I must say.
Other Possibilities
You may laugh. But modern hair systems, formerly known as toupees, are often completely undetectable. So yeah, it’s possible he’s wearing a rug, but unlikely, in my opinion. He was clearly balding fast in the picture above, but he probably had enough coverage up top, just barely, to get excellent results with a hair transplant (or two, or three). He was also already worth hundreds of millions of dollars at that point, if I’m not mistaken. So he could afford the best surgeon on the planet, and you probably can’t, so he had that going for him.
There’s also a decent chance he’s currently on minoxidil, laser therapy, or some kind of other preventative hair loss treatment regimen.
Elon and Trump
Elon Musk used to be on President Trump’s business advisory board, but he resigned after Trump withdrew from the Paris Climate Accord. Trump is reportedly a long-time user of Propecia, the most potent and effective hair loss treatment on the market, which also comes with some undesirable potential side effects like ED and man boobs. The fact that Trump is on the drug is one of the 10 things I hate most about Propecia.
Related reading, The Top Six Shocking Facts About Donald Trump’s Hair!
I take an in-depth and unbiased look at Propecia, also known as finasteride, in one of my most popular posts, A Long, Hard, and Honest Look at Propecia — Is It Worth the Risk?
Proof You Can Have it All, Too
So say you’re reading this and you’re a balding, 20-something dude. Elon is an excellent example for you. If you follow your passion and contribute something worthwhile to mankind, you will be richly rewarded. And with a small portion of that reward, you can buy a full head of hair if you want to. Though at that point, it won’t even matter, honestly. Be great, and people will celebrate you, whether you’re bald, fat, ugly, or even if you also enjoy parking in handicapped spaces like Steve Jobs. And of course you can have a hot wife or two, like Elon has had, as well.
Did He Need the Hair Transplant?
Need is a strong and relative term. Unlike Steve Carell of The Office, Elon Musk did not need a hair transplant. Perhaps you disagree. He could have been a great role model for young balding men everywhere, simply by being his iconoclastic self sans the hair on the global stage. But Elon wanted hair, so he went out and purchased it and good for him. If you’re balding, you can probably do the same thing if you apply yourself. You could also take the Jeff Bezos approach to balding, let your hair fall out, and focus on making your first billion!
Jeff Bezos, right, is the founder of Amazon, worth about 60 billion dollars, and he’s a member of my personal bald hall of fame!
Elon Musk Hair Transplant – Wrapping it Up
So, do you think Elon Musk had a hair transplant, or did he have some other miraculous, new-age procedure performed? How does the balding Elon look compared to the Elon with Hair? Should he have let nature take its ugly course and let his follicles fall? I’ll leave it up to you.
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I guess if you have enough money and all the power that comes with it, you can look like Jabba the Hutt and still have ‘everything’. For a price, that is. I hasten to add, that being male pattern bald is not the equivalent of looking like Jabba the Hutt. I’m bald and I don’t look like him. At least I hope I don’t … do I? :- )
I would not say he had a regular fue transplant. His transplanted spot is too tick. So the donor area. That makes me think of the possibility for some alternative solution that is not available for the general public due its ethical means, like cloning hair. Toupee would lead him to faux pas as he is well exposed to the public.
Very possible he had some kind of “intervention” that isn’t available to the rest of us, I agree.