Is this a hair transplant? (photo)

This appears to be a hair transplant. This is so because the hairline is straight (reflecting a poor surgeon without artistic judgment), and there is no transition zone in front of this straight hairline. In addition, the hairline is more than 3/4 inch above his highest crease, and the hairline is solid. A receded hairline that goes up that high is always thinner. In other words, the surgeon didn’t put the hairline in the right position, just a bit too high.

I remember when I was on a jury, and when the judge first came in, I saw a straight, solid hairline that was probably 2 inches higher than the highest crease of the furrowed brow. This told me it was a hair transplant, just poorly positioned (too high). I couldn’t tell if the surgeon put a transition zone in front because I was too far from the judge but the judge just didn’t look normal.  He was over 60 years old and his hair was probably died black.