# In all seriousness, what is the deal with Trump's hair? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 24, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754 "2018-05-24T20:46:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754/1 "2018-05-24T20:46:40Z")
I’m quite certain I’ve never seen another human with that 'do. The sides sweep in a wing-like fashion toward the back of the bean, presumably held in place horizontally by a spray that must be available by prescription only. The top/front has been known to catch a gust of wind and flip to and fro like a sail while remaining as if it were a solid piece of matter. Let’s not forget the color, which, to me, seems quite unnatural, although I suspect that it is his actual shade. Has anyone read any information about any of the above? mmm ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754/2 "2018-05-24T20:53:07Z")
What’s the mystery? It’s an incredibly elaborate comb over. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754/3 "2018-05-24T20:58:53Z")
Reports say he has [suffered from alopecia since 1980](https://www.menshealth.com/health/a19546615/president-donald-trump-health-report-hair-loss-propecia/) and has had[a number of surgeries](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/style/scalp-reduction-barbaric-hair-loss-treatment-said-used-donald/) to maintain what little he has left. The meds he takes (propecia) causes erectile dysfunction. So that partly explains why he’s such an unapologetic asshole. Years of pent up frustration. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754/4 "2018-05-24T21:10:42Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Let’s not forget the color, which, to me, seems quite unnatural, although I suspect that it is his actual shade. [A Vanity Fair slideshow of his hair over time.](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/photos/2015/09/an-illustrated-history-of-donald-trumps-hair#11) _Mullet warning_ There’s a mention of it being colored close to what he has now along the way. The images show different colors over time. With him going close to what he has now for quite a while. His current elaborate combover seems to be pretty close in style to the way he’s worn his hair for most of his life. It’s gotten a little more extreme as he presumably lost more hair. It’s not like bad combovers are new. I’m surprised you haven’t seen anybody else do it before. ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754/5 "2018-05-24T21:29:08Z")
His hair is sculpted by plastic surgery, specifically scalp reduction surgeries to remove the parts of his scalp which no longer grow hair, with the remainder taking on the current appearance. His surgeon, Dr Hoefflin, is quite an interesting chap. The one time president of the LA Society of Plastic Surgeons, he also ran a brief independent campaign to become president of America back in 2008, and was found by the LAPD hiding in a tree with a pellet gun, claiming he was being hunted by John McCain’s assassins. He was put on a 72 hour psychiatric hold. He’s also alleged to have been the man who got Michael Jackson hooked on painkillers, after another botched scalp reduction (MJ having burned his scalp in an accident filming an advert), and to have been responsible for MJ’s nose. And, of course, the botched scalp reduction is alleged to have led to Trump raping his then-wife Ivana. Between him, the one Trump’s goons robbed and Admiral White Tooth, Trump has a knack for choosing doctors. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754/6 "2018-05-24T21:33:04Z")
I was watching his presser this morning. I couldn’t hear him speak as the color of his hair was so distracting. And the white halos around his eyes just creep me the eff out. I have decided it’s a hypnotic effect. And he’s doing it on purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754/7 "2018-05-24T22:09:43Z")
> [@DinoR](#): > > …It’s not like bad combovers are new. I’m surprised you haven’t seen anybody else do it before. Oh, I’ve seen plenty of comb overs. What I’ve never seen is one that goes horizontal, on the sides, front-to-back. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754/8 "2018-05-24T22:34:47Z")
It’s genetic. Check out the pictures of his mother and his sister the judge in this article: “Donald Trump Inherited His Mother Mary’s Hairstyle” > **[Donald Trump has mother Mary’s hairstyle: Photos](https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/pictured-donald-trump-inherited-his-mother-marys-hairstyle-plus-much-more/news-story/7e1eb0aad9d1496f6e1d82998f313a97)** > > SHE died in 2000 aged 88, but Donald Trump's mother Mary lives on in video interviews, which show she had much more in common with her son than their bouffant hair. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754/9 "2018-05-24T22:51:37Z")
Wow, that Mary is one ugly women. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754/10 "2018-05-24T22:54:24Z")
Neither [Disney’s animatronic figure](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-disney-robot-president-photos-hall-of-presidents-a8119466.html?amp)nor [Madame Tussaud’s wax figure](http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/314772-wax-museum-unveils-trump-statue?amp) have been able to replicate his hairstyle. They always make his hair swoop across his forehead from left to right, when in actuality it somehow goes from front to back (or back to front, I can’t tell which ). ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754/11 "2018-05-24T22:55:59Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I was watching his presser this morning. I couldn’t hear him speak as the color of his hair was so distracting. And the white halos around his eyes just creep me the eff out. I have decided it’s a hypnotic effect. And he’s doing it on purpose. I personally think the white around his eyes is clown makeup. Really. I saw a story on Facebook a while back that may be apocryphal, but I do find it believable. It was from a woman who, back in the 1980s, worked at a bookstore where he was doing a signing, and she was also enrolled in cosmetology school. She thought, “You’d think that someone as [allegedly] wealthy as he is could afford a proper color job.” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754/12 "2018-05-24T23:18:45Z")
^^I remember when my daughter was learning about make-up as a young teen, the girls in her group decided that using concealer under your eyes was a good look. They went around with multi-colored undereyes for a whole year. It was hilarious. Thankfully someone found out how stupid it looked and changed the routine. So Trump is a teen girl playing with make-up. Oh great, I feel better now. ETA, I have thought why doesn’t Melania or Ivanka clue him in on hair color. I assume they know the ins and outs. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754/13 "2018-05-24T23:19:58Z")
Sorry if this is too much of a hijack, but how about the skin color. Is that a spray tan? How often must that me redone? And he can’t touch up the eyes? Would any halfway competent cosmetician think that a desirable color? Why would he pick it? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754/14 "2018-05-24T23:23:54Z")
He only hires the best guys. The best. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754/15 "2018-05-24T23:31:29Z")
Yeah, neon orange skin is not healthy looking. At. All. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754/16 "2018-05-24T23:40:11Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Reports say he has [suffered from alopecia since 1980](https://www.menshealth.com/health/a19546615/president-donald-trump-health-report-hair-loss-propecia/) and has had[a number of surgeries](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/style/scalp-reduction-barbaric-hair-loss-treatment-said-used-donald/) to maintain what little he has left. The meds he takes (propecia) causes erectile dysfunction. So that partly explains why he’s such an unapologetic asshole. Years of pent up frustration. I hope you’re joking. Male pattern baldness is not alopecia. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754/17 "2018-05-25T01:59:20Z")
While travelling this week I listened to some of [Presto](https://www.amazon.com/Presto-Pounds-Disappear-Other-Magical/dp/1501139525) by Penn Jillette, so I offer you: “In 2012 I went on _The Celebrity Apprentice_ with Donald Trump, who has hair that looks like cotton candy made of piss.” ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754/18 "2018-05-25T02:00:35Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Reports say he has [suffered from alopecia since 1980](https://www.menshealth.com/health/a19546615/president-donald-trump-health-report-hair-loss-propecia/) and has had[a number of surgeries](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/style/scalp-reduction-barbaric-hair-loss-treatment-said-used-donald/) to maintain what little he has left. The meds he takes (propecia) causes erectile dysfunction. So that partly explains why he’s such an unapologetic asshole. Years of pent up frustration. Propecia causes ED in about TWO PERCENT of patients. Look it up. Study after study shows this. Maybe the President is part of the 2%, but to make a statement like “The meds he takes (propecia) causes erectile dysfunction.” is just plain wrong. Ninety-eight percent of users do not report this problem. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754/19 "2018-05-25T02:20:05Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > Propecia causes ED in about TWO PERCENT of patients. Look it up. Study after study shows this. Maybe the President is part of the 2%, but to make a statement like “The meds he takes (propecia) causes erectile dysfunction.” is just plain wrong. Ninety-eight percent of users **do not report this problem**. Gee, I wonder why? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754/20 "2018-05-25T02:20:42Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > Propecia causes ED in about TWO PERCENT of patients. Look it up. Study after study shows this. Maybe the President is part of the 2%, but to make a statement like “The meds he takes (propecia) causes erectile dysfunction.” is just plain wrong. Ninety-eight percent of users do not report this problem. Any ED he does have is probably from a combination of his age, and his overall poor health no matter what his “doctors” may say. :dubious: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-all-seriousness-what-is-the-deal-with-trumps-hair/814754.md?page=2)