What Should Prince William Do About His Hair?

By Rob Shuter Posted Mar 4th 2011 08:18AM

When it comes to their hair, Prince William and Prince Harry both have had a great sense of humor. A year ago, when the brothers had their official portraits unveiled, Harry joked, "I'm a little bit more ginger in there than I am in real life, and [William was] given more hair so, apart from that, it is what it is ... it could have been worse!"

Now, with William's wedding coming up, all anyone can talk about -- besides Kate Middleton's dress, of course -- is his disappearing hair line and what he'll eventually have to do about it. There are several camps, including the hair transplant crowd, the let-it-all-go set and fans of the shave-it-all-off route.

I asked celebrity hairstylist to the stars Gregg Giannillo, from the Giannillo salon in NYC, what he thought about a possible Bruce Willis look for Will.

"It all depends on the shape of the head," Gregg tells me. "Some men have a very proportionately shaped head, where shaving it may actually accentuate otherwise unnoticeable features such as eyes. Prince William looks great whatever he chooses to do."

Agreed, but in the short term, royal watchers are worried that on his wedding day, Will won't be able to benefit from an artists touch, like he did in the brotherly portrait.

"It's not practical to add hair to every official photo," a royal insider tells me. "If you look at the composition of both images that were released [of William and Harry] you can see how much effort was made to make William's hair look as full as possible. Yet the silly part about all this is Willy doesn't care. If he had his way he would just shave his head and be done with it."

Anything but the Prince Charles comb-over, is all I can say!

Tags: Prince William, royal wedding

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Friday 04 March

By Dottie

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That extremely young handsome man has no worries all you worry warts leave him be .. always tell Brides don't do anything extreme on wedding day be yourself .. he is a grand looking young man keep all suggestions to yoursleves ...
All Good wishes to the Bride and Groom

By BTDT

Why do handsome guys like me and William go bald?
It's just so unfair. lol

By kelleymcpain

C'mon now...handsome? Extremely?? On what planet? He used to be cute as a teenager but beauty fades and, as in his case, sometimes sooner than later. His father's side of the family has taken over in the 'looks' department, and that's not a good thing. Then again, beauty IS still in the eye of the beholder. Just hope he doesn't go the Trump route with his thinning hair.

By Nico Toscani

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Take it from a guy who also lost his hair young: Just shave it and get it over with. Women seem to like Jason Statham and Bruce Willis just fine.

Saturday 05 March

By Porthos5ny

Nicely said.

Friday 18 March

By Pamela onnors

Prince William should NOT pay attrntion to anyone about his hair it shows he is who he is if he changes it that means he will loose confidence in his self He is Perfect as he is.....just as his MUM

Monday 28 March

By Ker

Yes, Kelly. Handsome...extremely...Prince William.
Look at his picture to the right where he is looking forward not down. He is a very handsome man.
Let's see you and your significant other's pic if you think otherwise. Perhaps you are supermodels?
It's a shame he is losing his hair, because he has a lovely shade of blonde/light brown that remind's one of his beautiful late mother. But good for him that he has enough confidence in himself not to care too much.

By Joyce

He should do nothing. I think he looks great. Leave it alone William!!

By P Mc

Hair Transplants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is too good looking to leave it like that.

By donnaw

I AGREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Tiffany

yep I think that wouldn't be a bad thing. Plus he might boost that procedures popularity amongst younger guys. I mean if HE can get it done and not wait for all of his hair to be gone, why can't other guys?

By themeeker

It always seems that any attempt a man makes to cover up the fact that he's going bald only draws attention to the fact that he's going bald. He should live with the hand nature dealt him. There are worse things to be than bald. Look at Sheen.

By Bait

Well said!!

By terri

william should leave his hair alone. it looks just fine the way it is. if he don't care and kate don't care, which i'm sure that's the case leave the man alone about his hair.

By Gail

What a ridiculous story. Leave the kid alone

By Angiebaby

I think Prince William should pull Elton John aside at the reception and have a quiet little tete-a-tete about... you know.

By teri

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all that money and going bald. oh well

By Barbara

Of course there is nothing more important in the known Universe than the hair on one's head so by all means let's discuss this thoroughly.

By Bobby

What is it about the word TRANSPLANT you don't understand? It's his own hair - placed where he needs it most.

By Jay

Shame on you, AOL. I'm sure Prince William is self-conscious enough about his rapidly receding hair, leave that young man alone. He's got enough stress in his life to worry about HAIR. he seems to have adjusted to it just fine, and his beautiful Kate obviously isn't put off by it, so what does it matter to anyone else? He appears to be physically healthy and happy, and in these times, that is indeed a rarity. People have little control over their genetics; back off!

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