# Paul McCartneys' hair piece **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 4, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000 "2004-12-04T01:22:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/1 "2004-12-04T01:22:18Z")
I’ve heard that Paul McCartney wears a rug, which wouldn’t surprise me seeing he’s [62](http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/pages/main). But can anyone confirm this, or better yet, supply any pics of him without his piece? It would be a hoot because, with it he looks better at 62 than some of my friends do at 45!😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/2 "2004-12-04T01:24:03Z")
I’ve wondered that myself. Either that or he’s really into the Grecian Formula. C’mon, age gracefully, you crazy Beatle! ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/3 "2004-12-04T01:26:45Z")
Paul McCartney does not wear a rug. I have an obsessive number of pictures and movies and documentaries. It would be very obvious if his hair ever started thinning. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/4 "2004-12-04T01:52:55Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > Paul McCartney does not wear a rug. Cite? Before you get pist, understand that I am a **HUGE** fan of JPM, especially his PBW, but I read in a [respectable(:p)](http://www.dailynewsol.com/) newspaper that he wore a headrag. It _would_ explain a few things, i.e., NOBODY usually looks that good at that age!! ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/5 "2004-12-04T01:54:01Z")
He is just one of those folks whose real hair looks unreal. Sometimes Kurt Russell’s mane strikes me as the fakest looking real hair imaginable. There are others as well. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/6 "2004-12-04T02:06:56Z")
Heh, I’m not going to get pissed. Hmmm, maybe I’ve been coming across a little more crazy recently then I really am… I know his hair doesn’t always look _real_, but well, people swore he was wearing a wig in 1964 too. The more things change and all that… ---
**Author:** ![phaishazamkhan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@phaishazamkhan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phaishazamkhan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/7 "2004-12-04T02:16:13Z")
I heard that he sacrificed John and George to maintain his youth and Ringo is next. That or he’s drinking Dick Clark’s blood. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/8 "2004-12-04T02:17:18Z")
Actually, ten years ago his hair looked VERY grey, and I recall him telling an interviewer that he HAD been touching it up for a few years, but finally decided “What’s the point, none of us are getting any younger,” and stopped. Lately his hair looks a lot darker. So, while I don’t think he’s wearing a hairpiece, I DO think he’s gone back to dying his hair, for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/9 "2004-12-04T02:24:00Z")
^^^Lately he married a woman half his age as well 😃 Hell, I would touch up my gray for that reason. In fact, I let a recent 28-year-old GF (I’m 40) darken my very salt and pepper beard. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![phaishazamkhan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@phaishazamkhan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phaishazamkhan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/10 "2004-12-04T02:27:31Z")
> [@Sir Rhosis](#): > > ^^^Lately he married a woman half his age as well 😃 Hell, I would touch up my gray for that reason. In fact, I let a recent 28-year-old GF (I’m 40) darken my very salt and pepper beard. I have mixed feelings about that. She didn’t make beard removal an issue but wanted it darkened? That’s another topic. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/11 "2004-12-04T02:31:07Z")
^^^It was no biggie–we did it as a lark, but I certainly can understand if Sir Paul feels a bit “old” around his wife, and vainly, understandably, wants to look younger and dyes his hair. We’re all human, even those who have 244449886574744 trillion dollars. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/12 "2004-12-04T03:03:11Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > I’ve heard that Paul McCartney wears a rug, which wouldn’t surprise me seeing he’s [62](http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/pages/main). He’s due to start losing his hair when he’s sixty four. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/13 "2004-12-04T03:05:35Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > He’s due to start losing his hair when he’s sixty four. Yes, but that’s many years from now. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/14 "2004-12-04T03:05:57Z")
Will Heather still love or need him, though? Sir Rhosis I think Heather is his wife’s name… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/15 "2004-12-04T03:08:21Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Yes, but that’s many years from now. Well, one and a half… ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/16 "2004-12-04T03:42:50Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > It _would_ explain a few things, i.e., NOBODY usually looks that good at that age!! If you take a gander at a [recent candid photo](http://www.channelm.salford.ac.uk/pics/interference/Scoop%20of%20the%20Year%20-%20Paul%20McCartney%20talks%20to%20Interference%20(2001).jpg) of Sir Paul, you’ll realize that he **doesn’t** actually look all that amazing. Not that he looks **bad** , mind you; he just looks like a man of 62: wrinkles around the eyes and mouth, jowls becoming more pronounced, skin that has lost the tightness and luster of youth. I will say he does seem pretty fit; perhaps eating veggie helps him keep his weight down. But I think the dye job acts as a sort of tonsorial Jedi mind trick, leading the unwary to believe Paul McCartney looks younger than he actually does. (BTW and AFAIK, McCartney does not wear a rug. He does, however, have a false front tooth.) ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/17 "2004-12-04T04:34:32Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > If you take a gander at a [recent candid photo](http://www.channelm.salford.ac.uk/pics/interference/Scoop%20of%20the%20Year%20-%20Paul%20McCartney%20talks%20to%20Interference%20(2001).jpg) of Sir Paul, you’ll realize that he **doesn’t** actually look all that amazing. Very enlightening. It definitely looks like he’s coloring his hair. FWIW, my dad, who is 64, still has a pretty good hair line, and doesn’t really have too much grey. (And as his son, I find these facts very encouraging 🙂 ) So it’s not at all unreasonable for McCartney’s hair to be real. But that color sure as heck is coming out of a bottle. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/18 "2004-12-04T04:47:06Z")
> [@Sir Rhosis](#): > > Will Heather still love or need him, though?. That’s \* need him & feed him.\* ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/19 "2004-12-04T04:55:53Z")
Yours sincerely, Wasting Away ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000/20 "2004-12-04T13:50:47Z")
> [@Sir Rhosis](#): > > Will Heather still love or need him, though? > > Sir Rhosis > > I think Heather is his wife’s name… Wife & daughter. Angela was the name of his late stepmother and ex-SIL, and double Pauls, Marys and Janes show up in his family line. I’ve always found that very weird. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartneys-hair-piece/278000.md?page=2)