However, the procedure also had a higher risk of scarring, which is why Linkov reckons Trump continued to comb his hair downwards over his forehead throughout the 1990s, further reducing its size. Linkov calls attention to the strange shape of Trump's hairline in the 1990s, which he believes is the result of a rotational flap procedure. Evander Holyfield fight on April 19, 1991, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Marla Maples (left), Kevin Costner (center) and Donald Trump (right) attend the George Foreman vs. Linkov calls attention to the strange shape of. Containing 6,000 to 10,000 follicular units, this technique allowed for fuller coverage in a short amount of time. The surgery involves taking a large section of scalp from the back of the head, where the hair is denser, and relocating it to the front. He suggests that Trump could have wanted to cover the plugs and had a rotational flap, which was a new technique at the time. He highlights the unusual shape of the hair at Trump's left temple, as well as what may be scarring.

Linkov believes that in 1991, at the age of 45, Trump had his second procedure. Linkov also believes that Trump may have begun taking finasteride, a drug to prevent hair loss. He said this procedure is also why Trump's forehead seems much smaller compared to his teenage self, and why the hairline is much straighter. The result was less natural looking, with Linkov comparing the result to a 'doll's hair type of appearance.' Unlike modern hair-transplant procedures, which usually take smaller patches of 0.8mm to 1mm, plug grafts took larger patches of scalp. Linkov used this 1978 photo of Trump to highlight the business mogul's changing hairline. British photographer Norman Parkinson (left), Ivana Trump (center) and Donald Trump (right) as they attend a private party in the New York City apartment of Henry Kravis in 1978. Linkov suspects that Trump has had a procedure using 'plug grafts.' An older style of hair transplant surgery, plug grafts first became popular in the 1950s and involved taking 4mm patches of skin from the back of the head and suturing them to the front of the hairline.īritish photographer Norman Parkinson (left), Ivana Trump (center) and Donald Trump (right) as they attend a private party in the New York City apartment of Henry Kravis in 1978. 'If you look closely, you'll see what appears to be small islands of hair.

'The hairline is now much straighter, it's lower and it appears to be less natural,' Linkov continues. 'Donald Trump is able to conceal the frontal temporal corners,' he explained, but two years later, Trump's hairline has 'changed significantly.' The Apprentice star has switched his parting to the opposite side and begun to comb his hair over his forehead. Linkov then moves on to an image of Trump at age 30, photographed in 1976.

'He has a widow's peak right in the center of the hairline, and he has early slight frontal temporal recession,' he said, with an arrow pointing towards Trump's left temple. In his early 30s, Trump began combing his hair over his forehead. In this photograph, Trump's hair is still parted to the left, but much further across his head, with his hair combed over to the right.ĭonald Trump in 1976, at the age of 30. Linkov then moves ahead to 1964, sharing a photo of Trump at age 18. 'While you can artificially create a part anywhere along your hairline, there is a place where that direction split naturally occurs.' 'What a natural part means is that, that is where the hair changes direction,' Linkov explains. Linkov begins with an image of Trump at four years old, taken in 1950, to show viewers where the real-estate magnate's hair naturally sits on the left side of his head. 'Did he get a hair transplant? It's actually much more complicated than that and a great example of how hair restoration surgery has evolved over time,' he told his his 670,000 subscribers. Bettmann/Archive Photos/WireImage/Bettmann/Davidoff Studios Photography/Kevin Kane Linkov suspects that the former president has had five hair-transplant procedures over his lifetime.

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