While you don't have to shave your whole head for a transplant, you do need to shave the donor site(usually the back of the head) to make the hair plugs manageable. At that you'll want to shave everything else you'll be left just parts of your head shaved.
Is it? The only important think you need to know is that Turkey is known for hair transplants. The comic works perfectly whether it's Vegeta or just some random made up character.
Fresh implants look bloody because they’re healing from the stabs.
The headband is to reduce inflammation while healing.
The comic is wrong by the way. Hair implants work by moving follicles from one part of the skin to the other. All of the guys on the plane are completely bald and have no hair to transplant from.
Head hair would have the best results, because the end results would look like head hair. Facial hair would look coarser, while body hair would look thinner. Regardless, hair tends to take on the characteristics of the skin it is implanted to, and it’s up to the surgeon’s skills to make it look natural.
Fresh implants look bloody because they’re healing from the stabs.
The headband is to reduce inflammation while healing.
The comic is wrong by the way. Hair implants work by moving follicles from one part of the skin to the other. All of the guys on the plane are completely bald and have no hair to transplant from. Unless they take them from body hair, which is a less common method.
Actually, this is totally correct. When you have this kind of surgery you’ll shave your head first so that the operation (follicle extraction and implantation), is easier. (Shaven head not meaning no follicles left)
everyone on the plane is bald, then everyone on the way back, including vegeta, has a hair transplant. thats pretty much the entire joke and its all included visibly in the comic
the only thing you might realistically not know (i didnt either) is that it being turkey was relevant to the joke
im somewhat concerned that this comment has 1500 likes as if understanding this joke requires esoteric knowledge
I understand the joke, but his hairline is not receding. He has a natural widows peak. Saiyans canonically do not suffer hair loss or significant growth.
Also he's widows peak representation for me and I won't stand this slander of my Prince.
I saw this comic in another sub and all the comments were saying "he has a widows peak which is a clear sign of balding!" And they had so many fucking upvotes it was infuriating.
It's infuriating as hell lmao. I've had a widows peak since I was born. Hairline hasn't moved a nanometer. Hell, my hair is too thick for my personal preference and I genuinely wish I was going bald.
People just don't know what they're talking about.
I have a natural widow’s peak and it’s always frustrating getting the barber to just cut my hair short instead of trying to hide it with bangs. I think it looks fine, just cut my damn hair.
Not only affordable but also one of the best there is performance wise as well. People tend to prefer turkey for that reason and the fact that you can also visit one of the most culturally rich cities as well.
More importantly in this comic it infers that's why he's collecting the dragon balls, to regain his hair. Hence why he has the dragon balls in his hand, he's stopping him from wasting his wish or the trouble of finding them all.
I still think it's hilarious that vegeta and his dad's genetics have it be so that they have had a receding hairline since they've been born, and also that very likely if trunks was also a full blooded saiyan he'd have the receding hairline as well but bulma being his mom saved him from that fate
Vegeta's hairline is... not good. The comic implies this to be the cause his negative personality traits.
They go to Turkey, to get hair implants. This done by a lot of men nowadays and a lot of flights have rows and rows of guys who do the 'hair implant trip to turkey' deal. The last panel has all guys featuring the 'I just got hair implants' look. (Look it, it looks pretty nasty. Especially after a few days)
What? This comic is the opposite of embracing baldness.
Turkey is known for providing affordable hair transplants/treatments and that is why everyone on to initial flight is bald, yet on the return flight they all have red scalps and headbands because they are healing.
That was GT which... took many creative liberties.
Granted it also started as a gag comic where a woman can change hair color and personality by sneezing and a pig saves the world by wishing for panties.
This happens in Dragonball Z, GT, Super and the Z OVA (with broly's father).
With Super and GT showing Vegeta himself with facial hair
Idk what your obsession with GT is.
The whole thing of never growing hair obviously is a faulty translation and just means they never have to go to a stylist since their hair just grows into a fixed style and will not grow longer than that. Which means he should at least be able to regrow his hair.
It's a cartoon based on a comic my guy, it's not that serious. Why do people insist on dissecting what should just be fun lighthearted media like their proof reading a grand unified theory of physics.
All this tells me is majority of people here can't take a joke
I like a joke. It just has to be good. This isn’t. If in order for the joke to be funny, I need to ignore information that makes the joke not work, then it’s a bad joke.
and tend to dissect anything into literacy as in its some kind of particle physics.
Literally makes zero sense. I’m not joking. Grammatically, this is gibberish.
It's just a silly comics ffs
It’s a bad silly comic.
why u all act like people broke laws and killed your pet.
All I did was call the comic out for its inaccuracies. You’re the one blowing what I said out of proportion lol.
This whole comment section is weird af
I know. You’re here.
Edit; that’s the kind of reaction I expect from a loser like you. Nice block guy.
wait where did the little bald guy and everybody else on the plane go with Vegeta by plane that Vegeta and everybody coming back with matching freshly shave heads?
I would've understood this is on the fourth pic they had bandages on their heads. At least I think I might've.
Otherwise I didn't, and you need to zoom in, I thought those were hats and the joke was they were now Muslim (although I had never seen those hats before).
The community has not determined if your post is a Wholesome Meme.
I thought he had a normal hairline with a widow's peak?
Hair stayed the same for literal decades, it ain’t going anywhere, just looks like that
It says in Super that "Sayan's hair stays the same from birth"
with the exceptions of beards, and moustaches
Vegeta with a porn stash haunts my dreams
A what
https://preview.redd.it/6dizghwkcd6g1.jpeg?width=318&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c0caa27b2fb49f73885bb61f8d87d31dd4e8913
The Freddy Mercury era.
Good thing they’re a hardy people, cause birthing infants with all those wild hairdos has gotta be a special kind of hell to endure
Nappa came out of the womb bald and with a moustache
Me too!
Why does he even need to shave his hair off anyway, couldn't the just implant the widows peak area?
While you don't have to shave your whole head for a transplant, you do need to shave the donor site(usually the back of the head) to make the hair plugs manageable. At that you'll want to shave everything else you'll be left just parts of your head shaved.
He does, it is merely a joke
I don’t get it
Vegeta has a hairline that is receding, a common indicator of male pattern baldness.
Turkey is known for providing affordable hair transplants.
The joke is that Vegeta is a villain because’s he’s actually just really upset that he’s balding.
There’s no way I could have ever understood enough niche contextual information for this to land with me so, thank you.
Yeah this photo is like a litmus test on how well someone internets
So...it's bad I got it, then?
Yeah, we’re in too deep, friend.
Well, in for a penny...
…in for 9000 more
And that makes it… OVER 9000!
In for a pounding
*internal screaming*
Sorry bro it's terminal...
Is it? The only important think you need to know is that Turkey is known for hair transplants. The comic works perfectly whether it's Vegeta or just some random made up character.
i knew that, i still didnt get it because i never in my life would have thought of vegeta as "balding"
His hairline has been the target of jokes for a whole, i think maybe TFS cracked a couple jokes his way
I know Turkey is known for questionable hair implants, but I had no idea that was what was going on with their heads in the last photo.
Vegeta doesn’t even look like he’s balding.
Fresh implants look bloody because they’re healing from the stabs.
The headband is to reduce inflammation while healing.
The comic is wrong by the way. Hair implants work by moving follicles from one part of the skin to the other. All of the guys on the plane are completely bald and have no hair to transplant from.
Does it need to be head-hair or can it be another hair source? Would a barber be able to tell, or would ethics require disclosure?
Head hair would have the best results, because the end results would look like head hair. Facial hair would look coarser, while body hair would look thinner. Regardless, hair tends to take on the characteristics of the skin it is implanted to, and it’s up to the surgeon’s skills to make it look natural.
I was thinking ass-hair, I have plenty of that and don't really need it at the current location.
Huh... TIL.
How much someone is concerned about hairlines or Vegeta.
It's confusing because everyone else in the 2nd frame is already completely bald. I also did not understand the significance of red head + sweatband.
Fresh implants look bloody because they’re healing from the stabs.
The headband is to reduce inflammation while healing.
The comic is wrong by the way. Hair implants work by moving follicles from one part of the skin to the other. All of the guys on the plane are completely bald and have no hair to transplant from. Unless they take them from body hair, which is a less common method.
Or they shaved their heads for some reason before the procedure
Actually, this is totally correct. When you have this kind of surgery you’ll shave your head first so that the operation (follicle extraction and implantation), is easier. (Shaven head not meaning no follicles left)
I though vegeta just had a giant widow’s peak.
Specific too. I'm familiar with people going to Turkey for cheap surgery and dental implants but I didn't extrapolate that from this.
I was almost there like on the general idea but even then I didn’t think I had enough to go on to know that for sure lol
As a proud bald man, I recognize big hair transplant propaganda when I see it.
As an an American there's no way I could have known that the Turkish flag for this to land. So thank you /J
everyone on the plane is bald, then everyone on the way back, including vegeta, has a hair transplant. thats pretty much the entire joke and its all included visibly in the comic
the only thing you might realistically not know (i didnt either) is that it being turkey was relevant to the joke
im somewhat concerned that this comment has 1500 likes as if understanding this joke requires esoteric knowledge
How many people do you expect have any daily run-ins with hair transplant technologies or actively tease a person who’s balding?
I understand the joke, but his hairline is not receding. He has a natural widows peak. Saiyans canonically do not suffer hair loss or significant growth.
Also he's widows peak representation for me and I won't stand this slander of my Prince.
If Frieza was smart he would have harvested Saiyan hair for use in armor and shielding. Battle after battle the hair survives unscathed
I wouldn't call this unscathed
He keeps it around his belt.
What you mean? That mustache survives everything you throw at it!
And like, his hair doesn't receede at all over the 30+ years the show takes place over.
I saw this comic in another sub and all the comments were saying "he has a widows peak which is a clear sign of balding!" And they had so many fucking upvotes it was infuriating.
It's infuriating as hell lmao. I've had a widows peak since I was born. Hairline hasn't moved a nanometer. Hell, my hair is too thick for my personal preference and I genuinely wish I was going bald.
People just don't know what they're talking about.
What happened to Nappa?
”Look Vegeta, more bald people.”
Alopecia apparently!
I have a natural widow’s peak and it’s always frustrating getting the barber to just cut my hair short instead of trying to hide it with bangs. I think it looks fine, just cut my damn hair.
Toriyama said they can suffer from alopecia.
https://thedaoofdragonball.com/blog/dragon-world/akira-toriyama-says-nappa-isnt-bald/
Oh neat. I hadn't seen that.
SS3 must be an outlier, then.
Not only affordable but also one of the best there is performance wise as well. People tend to prefer turkey for that reason and the fact that you can also visit one of the most culturally rich cities as well.
More importantly in this comic it infers that's why he's collecting the dragon balls, to regain his hair. Hence why he has the dragon balls in his hand, he's stopping him from wasting his wish or the trouble of finding them all.
Could probably just grind up some shmaloogles for that, man…
And to add. That looks like a full head transplant from black hair to blonde hair. Which indicates a higher strength in the dragon ball universe
Whats with the orange hats?
They are the inflamed tops of their heads from the procedure. They're closer to red than orange if you zoom in/the color palette is a little off
Oooh, see I thought they got scalped and still have their brains exposed after a lobotomy
You're the real one thank you
Wow I thought he converted to Islam and discovered that was more important than being immortal. I was way off lol
I thought he'd joined a cult or something...
I've never even knew Turkey was known for hair transplants till a few minutes earlier on a previous reddit post, and now this
We do have medications now that seem to work work without transplants, but time will tell
I thought he went to pet cats to attain peace in turkey
Vegeta has a very aggressive widow's peak
I have a pretty high hairline. But I’m not looking at it as the loss of hair. It’s the gaining of Face. And one day I will have a full head of Face
I still think it's hilarious that vegeta and his dad's genetics have it be so that they have had a receding hairline since they've been born, and also that very likely if trunks was also a full blooded saiyan he'd have the receding hairline as well but bulma being his mom saved him from that fate
He should've listened to ghost Nappa.
Sounds to me like vegeta would’ve really benefited from r/bald
Vegeta's hairline is... not good. The comic implies this to be the cause his negative personality traits.
They go to Turkey, to get hair implants. This done by a lot of men nowadays and a lot of flights have rows and rows of guys who do the 'hair implant trip to turkey' deal. The last panel has all guys featuring the 'I just got hair implants' look. (Look it, it looks pretty nasty. Especially after a few days)
Clearly the comic maker has absolutely no knowledge of basic saiyan lore.
i had to read some of the other comments but who in the hell looks at Vegeta and thinks "balding" ? that's just fucking stupid
Nooo without his hair he’s gonna fall below the 5 ft line 😭
We may get vegeta ssj3
In case you don't know, it actually happened in Dragon Ball Daima and it's cannon
That made me so damn happy I pumped my fist and went yes!
I don't consider daima cannon , also it was stated in xenoverse , i think , that it is another universe
What we need is ssj3 Raditz.
Dont worry his hair is coming back strong.
short guy embraced the baldness, the right choice
You gotta admire the self confidence
What? This comic is the opposite of embracing baldness.
Turkey is known for providing affordable hair transplants/treatments and that is why everyone on to initial flight is bald, yet on the return flight they all have red scalps and headbands because they are healing.
He is talking about the little man, he is bald and takes Vegeta there and back but didn't get the procedure done.
He did but it's not in a visible location.
Ball hair transplant
https://preview.redd.it/mw6f2qv2x56g1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a86fad856179f03df765200aafc696c6f4078ed8
I'm pretty sure Saiyan hair doesn't grow back though?
It does grow back, but it'll always grow back the same. It won't get longer, shorter, or be permanently lost. Napa just chooses to shave his head.
Nor does it change after birth. This meme is trying really hard to break the meta.
vegeta can grow a mustache so why not hair
That was GT which... took many creative liberties.
Granted it also started as a gag comic where a woman can change hair color and personality by sneezing and a pig saves the world by wishing for panties.
King Vegeta and Nappa also have facial hair. I'm sure they did not have that as children
Never thought I'd see the day people defend the awful writing of GT.
This happens in Dragonball Z, GT, Super and the Z OVA (with broly's father).
With Super and GT showing Vegeta himself with facial hair
Idk what your obsession with GT is.
The whole thing of never growing hair obviously is a faulty translation and just means they never have to go to a stylist since their hair just grows into a fixed style and will not grow longer than that. Which means he should at least be able to regrow his hair.
It's a cartoon based on a comic my guy, it's not that serious. Why do people insist on dissecting what should just be fun lighthearted media like their proof reading a grand unified theory of physics.
It's really weird isn't it.
Vegeta isn't balding he's just got a satellite dish for a forehead lol
He went to Turkey to get hair implants, but i do not know why
He seems happy with it. That's the goal of gender affirming care, make people feel more like themselves.
Punchline would land better if the bald protagonist also got the treatment
Turkish Hairlines healed him all the way
https://preview.redd.it/dxc7pw26x56g1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9aa0012539727d532dbb6abf096bce51099360d1
All this tells me is you’ve never actually watched the series.
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I like a joke. It just has to be good. This isn’t. If in order for the joke to be funny, I need to ignore information that makes the joke not work, then it’s a bad joke.
Literally makes zero sense. I’m not joking. Grammatically, this is gibberish.
It’s a bad silly comic.
All I did was call the comic out for its inaccuracies. You’re the one blowing what I said out of proportion lol.
I know. You’re here.
Edit; that’s the kind of reaction I expect from a loser like you. Nice block guy.
Ok I didn’t realize this was a hair transplant joke I thought this was Vegeta being healed by the light of Islam 🤣
Inshalla 🙏
I thought Sayain hair stayed the same their entire life so he always had a strong widow's peak.
I can't wait to see this on one of the explain the joke subreddits
tbh if I started balding I'd do the same thing. (idk what he does I never watched the show but I assume he's a bad guy)
VEGETA THEY STOLE YOUR DO!
You are short and your hairline is receding
I feel like choosing a character with a full head of hair kinda makes the comic not make much sense. He looks like he has less hair afterward
He’s like a three and a half or a four on the Norwood scale and… and it’s just getting worse.
Crazy that they all had the same tickets on both flights
I don't get it
I thought he converted to Islam
İstiklal Marşı intensifies
To Turkey you say?
wait where did the little bald guy and everybody else on the plane go with Vegeta by plane that Vegeta and everybody coming back with matching freshly shave heads?
To get cheap hair transplant from turkey. Google hair transplant pics if you want to see what the recovery looks like. Warning: lots of blood.
🇹🇷 🇹🇷 🇹🇷
That's the same hairline he's had since he was born
I'm so tired of people thinking that having a widows peak = going bald
TURKEY MENTION 🇹🇷
Turkish Hairlines
TURKEY MENTIONED 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷
Just shave it off man
CANIM ÜLKEM 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷
Did they all convert to islam?
Hair transplant
I’m gonna be honest, I thought he converted to Islam.
I would've understood this is on the fourth pic they had bandages on their heads. At least I think I might've.
Otherwise I didn't, and you need to zoom in, I thought those were hats and the joke was they were now Muslim (although I had never seen those hats before).
Very wholesome, OP.
When i was a kid i wished to be Vegeta, oh how i regret it now.
Insh'allah