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THE COMB-BACK KID

Much-mocked hairstyle is making a sweeping comeback — with bald blokes burying their bare bonces under a combover

The desperate measures were revealed in a poll of 2,000 baldies by hair growth experts Dense

A MUCH-mocked hairstyle is making a sweeping comeback — with bald blokes burying their bare bonces under a combover.

Thousands are reviving the look made famous by late footie great Sir Bobby Charlton to mask their hair loss.

Sir Bobb yCharlton sports the original combover
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Sir Bobb yCharlton sports the original combover
Comic actor Gregor Fisher in the Hamlet cigars ad in the 1980s
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Comic actor Gregor Fisher in the Hamlet cigars ad in the 1980s
How Man City's Erling Haaland might look with the hairdo
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How Man City's Erling Haaland might look with the hairdo
How a bald David Beckham might look with a cheeky hair flick
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How a bald David Beckham might look with a cheeky hair flick

The desperate measures were revealed in a poll of 2,000 baldies by hair growth experts Dense.

Five per cent confessed to sweeping what hair they had left across their forehead — just like comic actor Gregor Fisher in the Hamlet cigars ad in the 1980s.

Almost half admitted to trying to detract attention from their receding hairlines by using thickening sprays, getting hair tattoos or wearing unusual or loud outfits.

Some even try to fashion what is left of their locks into a mullet.

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Driving instructor Richard Gorman, 41, of Maidstone, Kent, said: “I started losing my hair when I was 20, and now barely have any.

“But when I saw the comic Bill Bailey on Strictly, I decided to grow my hair like him.

"It’s not really a mullet, it’s more the look of a faded heavy metal singer.”

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