Seth: Swimming – the ultimate hair restoration cliché

I’m guessing we’ve all seen (or at least remember) the old Hair Club For Men ads – the ones that always featured a shot of a guy getting out of a swimming pool, completely unconcerned about his great-looking hair.  At some point they upgraded this shot to be a guy waterskiing or on a jet-ski  or something…it was a while ago, and it’s a little fuzzy in my mind.  But the point is that showing some guy get out of the water is one of the hoariest clichés of advertising for hair replacement products. 

Which is why I had to laugh (ironically and self-referentially) when I went swimming last weekend.  It was hot, so my family went over to the pool at our in-laws’ condo development.  After cooling off in the water, I went to use the rest room – and couldn’t help but notice how good my hair looked in the mirror.  I’m not sure I was thinking about, or prepared to become, “that guy” from the old Hair Club spots, but it was kinda funny.  And I’ll be damned if my hair didn’t look really good when I got out of that pool! 

-Seth

Comments

[Jeni]

I remember those commercials and infomercials. I used to watch them with my ex about 10 years ago, and be so thankful I was a female so I wouldn't have to suffer from hair loss like men. How wrong I was... And swimming is my favorite sport:(