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Pavel Durov is Elon Musk’s True Soulmate

It has been a long time since I wrote a post on celebrity hair loss or regrowth.

For the past 24 hours, Russian Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has dominated the news cycle due to his sudden arrest in France yesterday. Telegram apparently has 900 million global users, driven by its hard-core approach to free speech.

There are numerous conspiracy theories floating around as to the reason(s) behind his arrest. Twitter (now “X”) CEO Elon Musk has come out in full support of Mr. Durov, even initiating the trending hashtag #FreePavel.

Many people think that Mr. Musk is concerned about his own potential future arrest, or at least the clamping down of free speech on the X platform.

It has long been thought that 53-year old Elon Musk has likely had several hair transplants in his life. He started significantly balding in his 20s. However, Mr. Musk jokingly credits “working on his Crown Chakra” for the hair regrowth success.

Elon Musk Hair Regrowth Miracle
Elon Musk Hair Regrowth Success.

Pavel Durov and his Hair System

While reading about 39-year old Pavel Durov today, I was amazed to see his before and after hair growth transformation. A topic that has dominated a large part of the online discussion in the aftermath of his arrest.

Pavel Durov Hair Regrowth
Pavel Durov’s hair regrowth is likely due to a quality hair system, and not due to a hair transplant.

Almost everyone in the hair loss world agrees that he wears a hair system (sometimes mistakenly called a hairpiece or wig). Some of the news articles and Reddit discussions also suggest a hair transplant, but I highly doubt that this kind of result is possible with hair restoration procedures. Dr. Gary Linkov agrees and thinks that it is a hair system or a quality modern wig (not common in the past):

Pavel Durov and Elon Musk’s Love of Children

Pavel Durov and Elon Musk:

  1. Are both multi-billionaires.
  2. Both run world leading social media platforms.
  3. Both wanted their scalp hair back, and managed to do so in different ways. And both likely started balding early in their 20s.
  4. Both prefer not living with a wife. Mr. Durov never seems to have been married.
  5. Both claim to be extreme supporters of free speech.
  6. Mr. Durov does not own a home. Mr. Musk is known for his aversion to owning homes, and often couch surfs.
  7. And now we find out that like Mr. Musk, Mr. Durov also loves siring children and likely has over 100 kids by now via sperm donation. Easily beating Mr. Musk and his 12 children. My bet is that Mr. Musk will have at least 30 children before he dies. Especially considering that his father Errol Musk had his last child at the age of 76. And considering that Mr. Musk is obsessed with declining global fertility levels, especially in Europe and Asia.

Just a few weeks ago, Mr. Musk joked that Mr. Durov has rookie numbers compared to Mongol empire ruler Genghis Khan (who fathered 100s of children).

I think these two guys are “soulmates” in the truest sense of the word.

Elon Musk’s Hair Transplant Update in 2021

Update: December 2021

A New Haircut for Elon Musk

Elon Musk (the world’s richest man, with a current net worth of $300 billion) and his hair surprise us yet again. This week, he made a much talked about appearance with a new haircut. It looks like Mr. Musk’s hair transplant has held up pretty well for all these years. Or perhaps he had more than one hair restoration procedure as is common?

Elon Musk Haircut
Elon Musk’s New Haircut in December 2021.

The rear view in the above photo does not seem to indicate any major strip scar from a FUT hair transplant. Perhaps he got an FUE? Edit: A reader “Alex” pointed out two photos of Elon Musk showing what looks like a strip scar. In fact, one of the photos is from the new ones above, but closer up magnification.

It is also a possibility that Elon has a high-quality hairpiece. However, most doctors and surgeons seem to think that he definitely got a hair transplant procedure.

2017 Update: Almost two years after I wrote this post, Elon seemed to credit the “crown chakra” as helping him regrow his hair. Recent photos of him in 2018 suggest that Mr. Musk’s fuller hairline is still going strong. If you have enough money, you can reverse androgenetic alopecia (at least for a decade or two).

Dec 22, 2015

Elon Musk Hair Transplant Before and After
Elon Musk’s Hair Transplant Before and After.

Elon Musk had a phenomenal 2015 and has been in the news virtually every week this year. His motor vehicle (Tesla) and solar power (SolarCity) companies continue to grow despite some turbulence. This week marked a new zenith to Mr. Musk’s fame after the successful SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching and booster landing.

Several weeks ago, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel (a fellow Paypal co-founders) and a number of other IT sector luminaries created a non-profit artificial intelligence (AI) research organization called OpenAI. It aims to develop AI while protecting mankind from rogue unfriendly AI led annihilation. While reading about that story, I came across a past photo from 2000 of Elon Musk’s hair (link to WSJ article with photo here).

Past Thinning Hair and Balding

Elon Musk Hair Loss
Elon Musk’s Hair Loss.

Recently, I was quite shocked to see Elon Musk’s past thinning and receding hairline. I always see Mr. Musk with a full head of hair in all his recent photos.

In 2000 he was just 29 years old, which means that he probably started balding in his mid-20s or perhaps even earlier. You can see close-up balding images of Mr. Musk in this video from 1999.

Elon Musk’s Hair Transplant

The below is what Elon Musk looks like nowadays per a Gawker magazine/CBS before and after hair transplant photo.

Elon Musk Hair Restoration Before and After
Elon Musk Hair Restoration Success.

I bet that he has had a hair transplant surgery procedure. Perhaps one day someone who interviews him will ask him which surgeon he went to for his hair transplant surgery?

Most likely, he went to a California based surgeon since he lives in the state for most of the year. The results are excellent and prove that as of 2015, hair restoration remains the best option we have to treat male pattern hair loss.

Joe Rogan

In 2018 and 2020, Elon Musk was interviewed twice by Joe Rogan. Those two interviews became the most watched videos ever on Mr. Rogan’s YouTube channel. Unfortunately, there was no discussion on how Elon regained his previously thinning hairline. I hope he divulges more information on this like other celebrities such as Ashton Kutcher.