A Tale of Two Toupees.

Back when I was in the 7th and 8th grade, I had two teachers who both wore hairpieces. The difference was one that one was completely obvious, yet denied it, and the other was impossible to tell yet he was completely open in talking about it.

My history teacher started going bald when he was in his twenties, and decided he was just going to head it off and get a hairpiece before it got too bad. He spent a lot of money, got a custom toupee fitted to his head and the current bald spot, and matched to his natural hair for color and texture. Every few years, or as needed he would spend more money and get a new piece to continue to match his natural hair. You could NOT tell he was wearing a toupee, and yet he had no problem with telling you about it. (we knew, because when we saw him jogging he never wore the toupee so he did not sweat on it)
He just didnt like the way he looked bald, so he got a hairpiece to make him look as he would have, had his natural hair stayed.

By contrast, our vice principle also had a hairpiece, but he was in denial the whole way. It was the cheapest looking, most artificial rug we had ever seen. It looked like it was made from nylon threads and he dyed his natural hair to match. It was ill fitted and we used to catch him in his office moving it around. He looked ridiculous.

I guess the moral of the story is if you dont want to look bald, there are plenty of things you can do about it. Denying that you are losing your hair and trying to take cheap shortcuts arent one of those things however.