The Chicago Bulls and the Boston Celtics clashed on Sunday in a battle of Eastern Conference giants but most viewers were left scratching their, um, heads when Carlos Boozer and his scalp appeared on national television looking rather “rejuvenated”. In case you were wondering if your television’s color and contrast settings had been mysteriously altered, the good folks over at SportsGrid.com had the photographic evidence lifted from the broadcast placed up on their site…
Boozer has been around the league for many, many years so it’s not like basketball fans wouldn’t remember what he normally looks like but here’s a “before” picture of the power forward just last week on Monday, February 6 against the New Jersey Nets.
He turned the big 3-0 back on November 20th so maybe he’s a little extra sensitive about his thinning situation so it’s clear he did something to his hair, but what could it be? Thankfully, I’ve been blessed with a full head of hair (so far) so I’m not an expert on hair restoration products. So when in doubt, a quick investigative search on YouTube yielded some interesting solutions for men wishing to appear more youthful and vigorous.
This little gem is the infamous hair in a can product that surfaced in the 90s and appears to still be on the market today. Who doesn’t remember these infomercials that were so ubiquitous back in the day?
While certainly an intriguing product, this doesn’t appear to be quite what Boozer used. Primarily because whatever it is that’s coming out of that spray doesn’t seem to mesh well with the kind of extremely cropped hair that Boozer still has left, though it looks like it does wonders for grandma’s bald spot. Still, I know more than a few fellow sportswriters that could probably use this product. Perhaps it could make a great stocking stuffer for the holidays.
This next product is called the Caboki and appears to be quite magical as it instantly thickens your hair. It looks so good that if it wasn’t for the guy on the right filming it with his iPhone I would be tempted to call this one out as a fake. See for yourself…
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xMmDJCwAxKc
Is all that dry-looking hair coming from that deodorant bottle? How does it work and what’s in it? Moroccan Gossypium Herbaceum fiber, that’s what! Apparently it clings to what few remaining hair strands that are holding on for dear life to your hapless scalp like millions of tiny magnets. It washes off after a good shampoo to your system and while it doesn’t look like Boozer used it, someone like Manu Ginobili could definitely invest a few bucks from his sizable bank account and order this up.
Now this next procedure might be just what the hair doctor ordered….
It’s called “Good Look Ink” and is billed as a “Cosmetic Transdermal Hair Replication” – The look of a full head of hair non-surgically and permanently. Even better, it looks pretty believable. Boozer’s hair, however, does not. Did he just use black shoe polish or did he just go overboard on this technique? Still, players like LeBron James and Kobe Bryant might want to try this one out anyway.
