# Comb over

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[[File:Carl Levin (cropped).jpg|thumb|[Carl Levin](/source/Carl_Levin), former US Senator for Michigan, sporting a combover]]
A '''comb over''' or '''combover''' is a hairstyle for [bald](/source/bald) or balding men in which the hair is grown long and combed over the short hair area to minimize the appearance of the scalp. Sometimes the parting is lowered so that more hair can be used to cover the head.

== Patent ==
thumb|Patent by Donald and Frank Smith, 1977
On 10 May 1977, Donald J. Smith and his father, Frank J. Smith, of [Orlando, Florida](/source/Orlando%2C_Florida), were awarded a patent ({{US patent|4022227}}) for their variation of the comb over that conceals baldness by combing long hair in three separate directions.

== See also ==
* [List of hairstyles](/source/List_of_hairstyles)
* {{section link|Pattern hair loss|Society and culture}}

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
{{Commons category|Combover}}
* {{cite journal|doi=10.1210/en.2010-0217|title=Is the "Comb Over" Dying? A Mouse Model for Male Pattern Baldness (Androgenic Alopecia)|year=2010|last1=Walker|first1=W. H.|journal=Endocrinology|volume=151|issue=5|pages=1981–1983|pmid=20410210|doi-access=free}}

== External links ==
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{{Human hair}}

Category:Hairstyles
Category:Human physical appearance

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