Press Release – Jason Alexander’s Hairpiece
Snippet from the press release:
Farrell Hair Replacement, a world leader in ultra custom, non-surgical hair replacement, announced today the release of a new video interview with film and television star Jason Alexander.
Most of us are familiar with the character of George Louis Costanza in the American television sitcom ‘Seinfeld’, and know that George was constantly trying to find a miracle cure for his baldness. The character of George was played by Jason Alexander who embodied the 1980s bald look. The amazing thing is that now, despite the fact he is in his 50s, Jason looks more youthful than he looked in his 30s while playing George.
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I’ve written about actor Jason Alexander’s new look before. He clearly wanted to change his image. I am certain that it’s the man in the mirror that drove him to use a hairpiece. Take a look at successful men in Hollywood (Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin) and political candidates (Romney, Santorum). It takes hair to create an image. Granted, Jason Alexander had success as a bald sidekick to Jerry Seinfeld… but he was likely limited in the roles he was offered. For the aspiring actors or job seekers, the men with a good head of hair will have a better shot at success than their bald counterparts. That is a fact, even if you don’t like the message.
Jason Alexander has the money to go the toupee route, which can get pretty costly with maintenance required to keep it looking good. I’ve written about this before here.
What could you achieve for Alexander with a transplant?
that is not a full head of hair…even with the hairpiece square shaped foreheads are not acceptable
dc, but the whole interview is about the guy’s “hair system” and that Howard Stern look-alike who is promoting his wig business. Why would you assume Alexander is lying and saying he’s wearing a rug if it really were a transplant?
Jason has said before that he wanted the wig to emulate the days he started to lose hair, to look as realistic as possible considering his age.
I’m not sure why anyone would lie about a wig compared to a hair transplant? Surely a transplant is a more natural look presuming you have the donor hair. And I’m not sure what the comment about square foreheads is about – so a full head of hair starts at the eyebrows or something! I’d consider a full head of hair to be one that covers from a mature hairline without clear balding. Even some mild balding might be considered a ‘full of head of hair’ by a lot of people.
Big red flag when you hear comments like this from hair transplant mills – danger Will Robinson !
Completely inappropriate and inaccurate response doc! think of jason stathom or ben kingsley or capitain picard. Or ben bernanke or the CEO OF GOLDMAN SACHS. How dare you suggest you cant acheive what you want to in life with out a full head of hair. The only road block you could have is if you get cheap transplants and no one can look past them… people will think you look like a 1800 lawyer, respectfully speaking.
I think the case with actors is that they will generally do better by having the ability to adopt a lot of looks. It’s easier to shave their hair off for a role, than don a wig for a few roles.
That said, there will always be exceptions for character actors or those who are already type-cast with a certain look.
We generally say that taller people are more successful too – but you couldn’t suggest that someone like Tom Cruise is a failure.