Comb over

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A comb over is a hairstyle worn by bald or balding men in which the hair on one side of the head is grown long and then combed over the bald area.

It is widely considered to be an unflattering look, and is not considered to be a legitimate hairstyle by most professional hairdressers. In popular culture, the comb over is often a cliché associated with nerds or a man experiencing a mid-life crisis. Donald Trump is perhaps the best-known example of a comb over today.

The combover has a U.S. Patent 4,022,227  by Donald J. Smith and his father, the late Frank J. Smith, of Orlando, Florida, who were awarded an Ig Nobel Prize in Engineering for their effort.

Such is the interest in this hairstyle a one-hour documentary movie has been made about it Comb over the movie