Did Nicolas Cage Plan Poorly When Treating His Hair Loss?

Hello Dr. Rassman,

How did the holidays treat you and your staff?

I had a question about keeping up with hair loss. Have you ever had a young or middle aged patient run out of donor hair? I saw this picture of Nicholas Cage and shuddered. I don’t mean to pile on the Cage/Hair issue but I think it helps illustrate what poor planning can lead to. He had some work done and now, despite his fame and fortune, he is a prisoner in his own body.

Will the equipment that NHI uses to calculate future hair loss (miniaturization mapping, hair bulk analyzer) pick up on advanced patterns like this one?

Thanks and enjoy your day!

There’s been rumors circulating for years in the gossip rags that Nicolas Cage had a hair transplant, but until he comes out and says one way or the other, it’s just speculation. I honestly don’t know when his loss started, how it progressed, or what his goals are/were. Actors will commonly have high end hairpieces/wigs used in their movies (depending on what the role calls for), so creating a timeline to note his hair loss progression is sketchy.

It may seem to you or others that his hair restoration process was due to poor planning, but to others and (himself) it may be what he wanted. Without good pictures, it is impossible to tell just where is hair loss is and what he had done. You also don’t realize maybe he may continue on with another hair transplant to seek more fullness. I do not know! It is all speculation.

Looking at the photo at right (full size here), his hairline is high… too high for a normal look. It should be located in the mature position, and if it were so located, it would not look transplanted.

As for the miniaturization mapping or bulk analyzer tool, neither will predict the future, but both do help us keep track of hair loss and the treatment progress. They’re just tools we use to come up with our Master Plan for each individual.

And to answer your first question… the holiday season was nice. Thanks for writing!