Flick through the pages of any glossy magazine and you’ll be confronted with images of star studded beauties and Hollywood good looks. These red carpet pictures are full of lads and ladies with a St Tropez tan, ultra white teeth, perfectly toned abs and flowing locks. However, all is not what it seems; look a little closer, past the airbrushing and you will realise that each and every one of these celebrities is human after all. From hair transplants to weaves we bust the beauty secrets of the fabulously famous.
A classic example is Beyonce Knowles. She is the face of L’Oreal and is tied into multimillion dollar deals that mean that she can’t look anything but perfect if she happens to be snapped by the pap. Her luscious locks however are enhanced by the addition of a weave.
This type of weave uses a woven nylon base which has synthetic hair attached to it. The original hair is pulled through the woven mesh and integrated with the synthetic hair. A weave is used to enhance or extend a style or cover up signs of hair loss. Why L’Oreal is advertising their product on what is evidently fake hair is beyond us and Beyonce probably.
Natural beauty Cheryl Cole is said to be another celeb to sport a weave. Although she already has hair that most women would give their right arm for, she pads it out with extensions to give a fuller sleeker look. We like to view it as a kind of hair augmentation, but there’s nothing bad about making what is already beautiful a little big bigger.
While women go for the weaves, the men are taking on the hair transplant. A hair transplant uses donor follicles from the back of the head to fill in thinning patches. Usually groups of between one and four follicles are transplanted at a time to give a totally natural look. While it is rumoured that the iconic Johnny depp has had a receding hair line sorted out, there is no hard and fast evidence for this, but Jamie Foxx, a fellow Hollywood actor had had his done with pride.
Not only was he seen swanking the celebrity circuit with a fully shaved head, he also went as far as to get the donor area tattooed. Just a few weeks later he was back on the red carpet with a fully restored hair line. It’s good to know that celebrities are just the same as us, and that we can get that same celebrity look.
