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Much like Howard Hughes, Arnold seems like a guy who should have gone bald eventually, especially when you compare his hair to his father's:
In this picture Gustav Schwarzenegger would be 23 years old at least, since he joined the Austrian Army at that age. His insignia seems to be that of a grunt too, and it was common back then to take pictures at such milestones.
I believe he was 35 or 36 in this one. Again, we don't know the exact date but Wikipedia states that after joining the German Wehrmacht in November 1939 he was promoted to Master Sergeant (Hauptfeldwebel) and his neck insignia looks like a sergeant's.
He ended up bald eventually:
Meanwhile look at 18 year old Arnold here. This picture was taken in 1965.
Not a bad hairline, but kinda crappy for an 18 year old. He already had quite a bit of temple recession, especially when you compare it to this picture from 1960, when he was 13:
I'd expect someone like that to be bald by his 30s or mid 30s at the most, especially considering that his dad ended up quite bald and had a similar hairline to him. But he did a crap ton of steroids back when we knew little of how they worked and their consequences, and there weren't any available treatments for hair loss, and reaches his late thirties in a pretty good state. Some people say that he was wearing a piece for Terminator 2 but I doubt they had the tech for such a good piece in 1984, back when Terminator 1 was made. I doubt Arnold's hair is natural today and think he has had work done in his 50s or 60s, but it's amazing to think that he kept his hair for so long while roiding so much and without any treatments. Shows you how hard it is to predict hair loss using pictures.
In this picture Gustav Schwarzenegger would be 23 years old at least, since he joined the Austrian Army at that age. His insignia seems to be that of a grunt too, and it was common back then to take pictures at such milestones.
I believe he was 35 or 36 in this one. Again, we don't know the exact date but Wikipedia states that after joining the German Wehrmacht in November 1939 he was promoted to Master Sergeant (Hauptfeldwebel) and his neck insignia looks like a sergeant's.
He ended up bald eventually:
Meanwhile look at 18 year old Arnold here. This picture was taken in 1965.
Not a bad hairline, but kinda crappy for an 18 year old. He already had quite a bit of temple recession, especially when you compare it to this picture from 1960, when he was 13:
I'd expect someone like that to be bald by his 30s or mid 30s at the most, especially considering that his dad ended up quite bald and had a similar hairline to him. But he did a crap ton of steroids back when we knew little of how they worked and their consequences, and there weren't any available treatments for hair loss, and reaches his late thirties in a pretty good state. Some people say that he was wearing a piece for Terminator 2 but I doubt they had the tech for such a good piece in 1984, back when Terminator 1 was made. I doubt Arnold's hair is natural today and think he has had work done in his 50s or 60s, but it's amazing to think that he kept his hair for so long while roiding so much and without any treatments. Shows you how hard it is to predict hair loss using pictures.
