A man’s video demonstrating his hair system routine has gone viral on TikTok. Many were shocked to discover he was wearing a wig.
Jake Munro is a tattooist based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. A trans man, he’s been taking testosterone for the last decade. A Facebook posting from 2018 suggests he’s now around 28.
A video he posted to TikTok a couple of weeks ago shows how he removes his hairpiece and takes care of his scalp. The video then shows how he attaches his hair.
Jake’s original video has had over 50k likes and over 1,000 comments. Many of those commenting said it was welcoming to see hair pieces on men normalized.
Others had questions about how often he changed his hairpiece in this fashion.
“Depending on how sweaty you are, every 5-10 days with a taped-on system,” Jake replied. “Glue systems are like 2-4 weeks.”
Other trans people also had questions.
“Do you attribute that hair loss from transitioning or another cause like a disorder?” asked someone on Instagram.
“Transitioning,” Jake replied. “I have the balding gene and when testosterone is introduced in mass amounts it activates that gene.”
The video has gone particularly viral this week after it was shared on popular British sites Unilad and Ladbible, where it has racked up tens of thousands of likes.
Jake told Queerty he’d expected his video, “to gain a little bit of traction, but I did not expect this much attention from it. Especially from UNILAD.”
He said he’d begun to wear hairpieces in May.
“I have my first one and two others. I’m loving the platinum look so I’ve been switching between complete platinum and the dark root platinum.”
Jake said he was aware that there still exists some stigma around men wearing hairpieces.
“It’s a little sad that there are still men that are afraid of using one, or who are critical about it. It’s almost 2024 for God’s sake. No one cares if you’re wearing one or not, just be a nice person at the end of the day.”
He said most of the negative feedback he’d received had come from men saying, “‘Just be bald’. And I was for five years. I didn’t mind it, but didn’t like it either. So I got this.”
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I’ll settle for being bald when the time comes. Too much effort. It does look great for him and appreciate him for sharing as some might want the hassle.
Max
he looks good with and without hair, he’s lucky he has a good head shape. the success of his hairpiece being undetectable is probably that it is blond and closer to skin color than a big contrast.
hair systems are so fascinating!
bachy
I think men’s wigs work best when you’re a pop star or someone whose persona is highly manipulated – with tatts, makeup, fashion, photography, surgery, etc. The artifice is less detectable through the lens of performance and media.
But I suspect it’s less effective for regular people who just want to find love, connection and acceptance. Probably best to present a more natural self without a lot of artificial visual manipulations.
GayEGO
Oh my! A blonde wig! Or is that silvery blonde to indicate he is not quite so young!
toddlicious
Is this an article or an ad
Dymension
Too much work. I just chopped it all off. Reminds me of that porn star, forget his name, but he has a jet black one. Looks too fake.
Lesabre75
The stigma is probably because so many hairpieces in the past have looked so bad. This guy’s look like his own hair.
Godabed
He’s sexy either way. ?
jp47
I’ve been balding for years and keep what hair I have left buzzed close to my scalp. It’s a personal choice whether to rock your lack of hair or wear a wig. I was looking at some vintage Hollywood photos recently and was surprised at candid shots of famous stars w/o their toupees. Fred Astaire, Jimmy Stewart, Gene Kelly, Humphrey Bogart and many others were bald or nearly so.
nm4047
I’m going to guess that was the first time any of those named were search on the internet since their respective deaths.
johncp56
too much work i think he is stunning bald
nm4047
really embracing that ‘benefit’ of become a (trans) man.
DarkZephyr
He’s gorgeous. As others have said, bald or otherwise, he is hot as hell.
barryaksarben
My husband had an expensive wig when I met him. This guy seems fine with wearing one. my husband felt awful when he started balding early in life so their were so many negative thoughts he went through and after we got together I was able to convince him looked great bald, which he did. after a few years of not wearing his he got rid of it. Many guys have hang ups about losing their hair. this guy does not and looks great both ways. im finding I am really attracted to trans men. I always was attracted to truly happy gay men who embrace their feminine side so I guess that may be it but damne he is hot