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Title: Hipster wannabes forking over thousands for ‘facial hair transplants’
Post by: garbon on February 25, 2014, 01:49:02 PM
http://nypost.com/2014/02/25/hipster-wannabes-forking-over-thousands-for-facial-hair-transplants/

QuoteBrooklyn's hipster beard craze has grown so popular, that men in New York are rushing to plastic surgeons for "facial hair transplants" — surgery that helps make beards look thicker and less patchy, sources said.

Stubble-challenged guys are forking over up to $7,000 for the beard-boosting procedure, which has spiked in popularity in recent months, the neighborhood Web site DNAinfo.com reports

"Whether you are talking about the Brooklyn hipster or the advertising executive, the look is definitely to have a bit of facial hair," said Dr. Jeffrey Epstein, a facial plastic surgeon, told the site.

Epstein, who works in Midtown, performs roughly three beard implants per week — up from just a handful each year, he said.

Some "hip" and "fashionable" young professionals are tapping into a specific lumberjack-meets-roadie "look" made popular in neighborhoods such as Williamsburg, Bushwick and Park Slope, doctors said.

Many patients young professionals in 20s and 30s, said Dr. Yael Halaas, another plastic surgeon who specializes in facial hair transplants.
"I get a lot of detail-oriented people — artists, architects," Halaas said.

During the surgery, doctors implant hair follicles from other parts of the body, including the head and
chest. New beards grow back just like real hair — and can be shaved.

The hair-raising trend isn't just popular with hipsters. Other patients include men who have struggled since adolescence to grow a beard, female-to-mail transgender people and Hasidic Jews, doctors said.

One 46-year-old patient said the change in appearance was gradual.

"It wasn't like 'Wow. What happened to you?' like one day...you dyed your hair," he said.

"Sometimes I am clean-shaven or it's more scruff and sometimes I let it grow out," Peter said. "At least I have choices, right?"
Title: Re: Hipster wannabes forking over thousands for ‘facial hair transplants’
Post by: lustindarkness on February 25, 2014, 01:51:57 PM
Is this an Onion piece?
Title: Re: Hipster wannabes forking over thousands for ‘facial hair transplants’
Post by: Eddie Teach on February 25, 2014, 02:48:40 PM
Quote from: garbon on February 25, 2014, 01:49:02 PM
female-to-mail transgender people

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Title: Re: Hipster wannabes forking over thousands for ‘facial hair transplants’
Post by: celedhring on February 25, 2014, 02:50:46 PM
I want to become a donor.
Title: Re: Hipster wannabes forking over thousands for ‘facial hair transplants’
Post by: Razgovory on February 25, 2014, 08:33:17 PM
I grow a lot of hair on my butt.  I wonder if I can sell it.

"Straight from my ass to your face!", is a catchy slogan.
Title: Re: Hipster wannabes forking over thousands for ‘facial hair transplants’
Post by: garbon on February 25, 2014, 08:54:29 PM
Darlings, the blurb of an article notes that they generally take follicles from the patient's chest and head.
Title: Re: Hipster wannabes forking over thousands for ‘facial hair transplants’
Post by: sbr on February 25, 2014, 10:26:02 PM
Quote from: garbon on February 25, 2014, 08:54:29 PM
Darlings, the blurb of an article notes that they generally take follicles from the patient's chest and head.

You never let us have any fun.
Title: Re: Hipster wannabes forking over thousands for ‘facial hair transplants’
Post by: garbon on February 25, 2014, 10:28:15 PM
There are easier ways to put your pubes on a man's face. :perv:
Title: Re: Hipster wannabes forking over thousands for ‘facial hair transplants’
Post by: sbr on February 25, 2014, 10:28:31 PM
 :yuk:
Title: Re: Hipster wannabes forking over thousands for ‘facial hair transplants’
Post by: garbon on February 25, 2014, 10:30:11 PM
Don't knock it till you've tried. I kissed a girl and as much as I can recall, I liked it.
Title: Re: Hipster wannabes forking over thousands for ‘facial hair transplants’
Post by: Grey Fox on February 25, 2014, 10:39:06 PM
Quote from: garbon on February 25, 2014, 10:30:11 PM
Don't knock it till you've tried. I kissed a girl and as much as I can recall, I liked it.

Of course you did, girls are awesome. Especially when they look like Katy Perry.
Title: Re: Hipster wannabes forking over thousands for ‘facial hair transplants’
Post by: Grey Fox on February 25, 2014, 10:40:46 PM
Also,

THIS IS MY BEARD, THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT BUT THIS ONE IS MINE. MY BEARD IS MY BEST FRIEND. IT IS MY LIFE. I MUST MASTER IT AS I MASTER MY LIFE. WITHOUT ME IT IS USELESS, WITHOUT MY BEARD I AM USELESS.
Title: Re: Hipster wannabes forking over thousands for ‘facial hair transplants’
Post by: garbon on February 25, 2014, 10:45:30 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 25, 2014, 10:39:06 PM
Quote from: garbon on February 25, 2014, 10:30:11 PM
Don't knock it till you've tried. I kissed a girl and as much as I can recall, I liked it.

Of course you did, girls are awesome. Especially when they look like Katy Perry.

I don't think that any of the girls I kissed looked/look like Katy Perry.
Title: Re: Hipster wannabes forking over thousands for ‘facial hair transplants’
Post by: Eddie Teach on February 25, 2014, 10:47:45 PM
Her voice is kinda grating though.
Title: Re: Hipster wannabes forking over thousands for ‘facial hair transplants’
Post by: crazy canuck on February 25, 2014, 11:19:06 PM
Quote from: garbon on February 25, 2014, 10:45:30 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 25, 2014, 10:39:06 PM
Quote from: garbon on February 25, 2014, 10:30:11 PM
Don't knock it till you've tried. I kissed a girl and as much as I can recall, I liked it.

Of course you did, girls are awesome. Especially when they look like Katy Perry.

I don't think that any of the girls I kissed looked/look like Katy Perry.

That might explain a lot  :hmm:
Title: Re: Hipster wannabes forking over thousands for ‘facial hair transplants’
Post by: garbon on February 25, 2014, 11:33:40 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on February 25, 2014, 11:19:06 PM
Quote from: garbon on February 25, 2014, 10:45:30 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 25, 2014, 10:39:06 PM
Quote from: garbon on February 25, 2014, 10:30:11 PM
Don't knock it till you've tried. I kissed a girl and as much as I can recall, I liked it.

Of course you did, girls are awesome. Especially when they look like Katy Perry.

I don't think that any of the girls I kissed looked/look like Katy Perry.

That might explain a lot  :hmm:

Care to share?
Title: Re: Hipster wannabes forking over thousands for ‘facial hair transplants’
Post by: crazy canuck on February 26, 2014, 12:06:53 AM
Quote from: garbon on February 25, 2014, 11:33:40 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on February 25, 2014, 11:19:06 PM
Quote from: garbon on February 25, 2014, 10:45:30 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 25, 2014, 10:39:06 PM
Quote from: garbon on February 25, 2014, 10:30:11 PM
Don't knock it till you've tried. I kissed a girl and as much as I can recall, I liked it.

Of course you did, girls are awesome. Especially when they look like Katy Perry.

I don't think that any of the girls I kissed looked/look like Katy Perry.

That might explain a lot  :hmm:

Care to share?

You kissed a girl and you liked it.  Imagine if you had kissed a girl that looked like katy Perry  :wub:
Title: Re: Hipster wannabes forking over thousands for ‘facial hair transplants’
Post by: garbon on February 26, 2014, 12:16:48 AM
I'd have had a better story?
Title: Re: Hipster wannabes forking over thousands for ‘facial hair transplants’
Post by: Josquius on February 26, 2014, 02:03:19 AM
I wonder how these things look. Head hair transplants are less than great.
If I wanted a beard I think I would need one of these. Damn acne.
Title: Re: Hipster wannabes forking over thousands for ‘facial hair transplants’
Post by: Caliga on February 26, 2014, 07:45:56 AM
Quote from: Tyr on February 26, 2014, 02:03:19 AM
If I wanted a beard I think I would need one of these. Damn acne.
:hmm:
Title: Re: Hipster wannabes forking over thousands for ‘facial hair transplants’
Post by: Brazen on February 26, 2014, 08:18:07 AM
Simple solution - donor beard hair from women. Win-win.

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Title: Re: Hipster wannabes forking over thousands for ‘facial hair transplants’
Post by: Ed Anger on February 26, 2014, 08:33:33 AM
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