# How long has Howie Mandel been bald? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2006, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-howie-mandel-been-bald/346418 "2006-02-28T05:00:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-howie-mandel-been-bald/346418/1 "2006-02-28T05:00:59Z")
I remember Howie Mandel having bushy, curly hair. When did he go bald? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-howie-mandel-been-bald/346418/2 "2006-02-28T05:21:40Z")
> [@DaveRaver](#): > > I remember Howie Mandel having bushy, curly hair. When did he go bald? A long time ago, maybe. For years, though, he’s had a bushy curly hairpiece. The “natural” look is something I’ve seen him doing full-time only in the past few years. ---
**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-howie-mandel-been-bald/346418/3 "2006-02-28T12:49:08Z")
Must be easier to get the glove over his head without the hair, eh?? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![deevee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@deevee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deevee)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-howie-mandel-been-bald/346418/4 "2006-02-28T18:46:37Z")
He needs to lose that retarded po’ boy hat though. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-howie-mandel-been-bald/346418/5 "2006-02-28T18:48:11Z")
> [@RumMunkey](#): > > Must be easier to get the glove over his head without the hair, eh?? 😛 Didn’t he stop doing that because he actually blew out his sinuses? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-has-howie-mandel-been-bald/346418/6 "2006-02-28T21:26:07Z")
> [@Earl Snake-Hips Tucker](#): > > A long time ago, maybe. For years, though, he’s had a bushy curly hairpiece. The “natural” look is something I’ve seen him doing full-time only in the past few years. According to a recent interview, Mandel has a germ/dirt phobia. He washes his hands thoroughly and often. At one point, he decided that being bald was somehow cleaner. So, he shaved his head. His wife loved it. “You look so sexy!” “Umm, so what have I been for the past twenty years?” Re Sinuses **Tremorviolet** Is correct. At a performance, an audience member shouted “Do the gluuve thing!” After humorously mimicking their accent, Mandel explained why he no longer does the glove thing. One day, he had a severe headache and went to the doctor. The doctor discovered that Mandel had ruptured a sinus. He asked if Mandel knew how this might have happened. “Well, I sometimes slip a surgical glove over the top of my head and inflate with my nostrils until the glove pops.” “Why do you do that?” “It’s part of my job.”