The Haircut Cost How Much?

The Haircut Cost How Much?
The media is blowing a gasket over Presidential candidate John Edwards’ $400 haircut at Torrenueva Hair Designs of Beverly Hills.

Hold on, make that two $400 haircuts.

According to the Professional Beauty Association, a trade organization based in Scottsdale, Arizona, the average price for a haircut in the United States is about $45.

The most expensive, apparently, is an $800 cut by Orlando Pita, owner of Orlo, in New York City. His clients include Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow—but no Presidential contenders.

Datamonitor's Haircare: Global Industry Guide says the global haircare market generated total revenues of $30.5 billion in 2005, this representing a compound annual growth rate of 3.3% for the five-year period spanning 2001-2005. 

It reports that shampoo sales proved the most lucrative for the global haircare market in 2005, generating total revenues of $10.6 billion, equivalent to 34.8% of the market’s overall value.

Expectations are for market to accelerate, with an anticipated compound annual growth rate of 4% for the five-year period 2005-2010, driving the market to a value of $37.1 billion by the end of 2010.

With Edwards dropping four bills each time he gets a trim, those numbers could push their way even higher.

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I called the shop—(773) 493-6028—and spoke with proprietor Abdul Karim Shakir, who told me that a standard men’s cut goes for $19.

That’s ten-and-a-half Torrenueva haircuts.

And here's how it looks:



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Let’s just hope they don’t go to the other extreme. The “Nick Nolte” likely wouldn’t help Romney, either:



What do the experts say about the current crop of candidate hairstyles?

Dr. Jon Gaffney, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, hair-loss specialist to the stars and medical scion of the Hair Club for Men, provides some insight.

“Giuliani's thick, coarse hair on the sides and back make him an ideal candidate for a transplant,” he said. “And if he gets one now, his hair will have had plenty of time to grow in before the Iowa caucuses.”

Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, could use “a transplant where we could design a hairline commensurate with his age,” he said. “We could put hair back on top of his head without making it look like he was trying to look like a 30-year-old.”
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And now, the most amazing piece of information I uncovered during my follicular journey:

U.S. Patent # 4,022,227: Method of concealing partial baldness

Inventors: Smith; Frank J. (Orlando, FL), Smith; Donald J. (Orlando, FL)

Appl. No.: 05/643,681 Filed: December 23, 1975

Abstract: A method of styling hair to cover partial baldness using only the hair on a person's head. The hair styling requires dividing a person's hair into three sections and carefully folding one section over another.



Friends, Frank and Donald Smith patented the combover.

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With hair like this, how did Andrew Jackson ever pull off his 1829 victory?



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