Mick Fanning says, “It’s a Christmas miracle!”
The crown of bawdy DJ Fisher, whose career in the limelight began as a pro surfer and who we last saw in these pages as he prepared to demolish a old beach shack to build a beachfront skyscraper, has long been as barren as a mountain top.
In lieu of the hair which had once adorned it, there was a fringe of dark locks on the sides which gave the bald part the appearance of an equatorial island.
Not that you’d know.
The thirty-eight-year-old, nominated for Best Dance Recording category at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards for the nipple-twisting hit “Losing It” and whose techno anthems include the wildly anti-work and sexually explosive Just Feels Tight, has long hidden his underneath the again-fashionable bucket hat.
Now, after 8369 hair grafts completed by Brisbane-based hair transplant expert Dr Rukshan Senanayake (Dr Ruk), DJ Fisher has achieved a classic Caesar look with short, horizontally straight cut bangs.
DJ Fisher unveiled the new look in a Christmas post.
HAIRY CHRISTMAS!!!!! BEEN KEEPING THIS ONE UNDER HATS
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A who’s who of world surfing celebrity were quick to pounce.
“It’s a Christmas miracle,” wrote Mick Fanning.
“Can’t wait til that one wears thin too,” teased Taj Burrow.
Dingo Morrison, “Wow them bucket hats gonna sell out. Sprouting like a pot plant under there.”
UFC hall-of-famer Luke Rockhold wrote, “Hahahaha it’s about fucking time.”
Not mentioned is the bravery of DJ Fisher to go under the knife in this gory ballet of scalp manipulation where the surgeon slices into the donor area, usually at the back of the head, extracting strips of hair-covered flesh with a scalpel.
The harvested strip is then diced into tiny grafts, each one a clump of follicles with bits of tissue clinging on. These grafts are meticulously poked into bald patches with needle-like tools, causing more bleeding and swelling.
The scalp is dotted with blood, scabs forming where each graft has been implanted. The patient leaves with a head bandaged, hiding the macabre scene underneath.