Last Updated on August 17, 2017 by Robert Price

So I recently watched the 2015 movie Steve Jobs, written by Aaron Sorkin and starring Michael Fassbender. That led me to examine a few articles and photos featuring the late, great Apple founder. This could be a controversial article. I’m sure some people will disagree with me, but I’m going to say it anyway: Steve Jobs was male-model handsome when he had a full head of hair. When he started losing it, his entire look fell apart. He went from GQ-cover worthy to average in just a few years.

Here’s a young Steve Jobs with the Macintosh Classic, I think. I had one of those, thought it was a piece of shit. But I played some Where in the World is Carmen San Diego on that dinosaur back in the day and that was pretty fun. Anyway, yeah, incredibly handsome SOB, right?

So Steve started balding in his mid 30s if I’m not mistaken. Not all that unusual. By the age of 40, approximately 40% of men experience male pattern baldness. By 50, half of men are balding.

His Hair Really Tied His Look Together

Steve Jobs’ flowing black hair was to his appearance was what the dude’s rug was to his living room. Fuckin’ a? Fuckin’ a is right. His hair was gorgeous as a young man, and I say that as a totally straight guy. And it detracted attention away from his face, which was somewhat square-like and puffy and unusual looking, though not necessarily in a bad way.

Here’s Jobs at the iMac launch. My grandparents had that computer in the late 90s. I thought it was a piece of shit! Ridiculously slow! And it did look kind of look like Judy Jetson’s microwave oven. But anyway, here he’s aged fairly dramatically. He’s only in his early 40s I believe. The hair is thinning, of course, and he hadn’t yet been diagnosed with cancer — that came in 2003. Stark difference between this picture and the Mac Classic picture.

He was already a Married Billionaire When He Started Losing His Hair

So I’m sure he didn’t give a shit! I just felt like writing this article to show that hair can dramatically effect on the overall appearance of some guys. I’d look horrible bald. That’s one of the reasons I started this blog in the first place. Maybe you would, too — but probably not. Most guys can pull off the shaved/buzzed look without too much difficulty, so that’s always an option.

Jobs’ rapid decline in the looks department was also partially due to aging, I would imagine; he certainly did not age especially well.

Anyway, I hope I wasn’t too overly snarky or offensive here. That wasn’t my intent. I have my issues, too, believe me. I salute Steve Jobs, even if he did park in handicapped spaces. We all have issues. And okay, he probably wasn’t a five sans the hair and he never actually went bald, I’ll concede those points. He was a solid six as a balding man, by my estimation, and he actually started looking better once he went gray and grew out his goatee.

Do you agree with my assessment of Jobs’ hair loss and the affect it had on his appearance? Should he have considered a hair transplant or other hair loss treatment? Cast your vote in the comment section.

Robert Price

Robert Price is a writer, consumer advocate, and hair loss researcher with thousands of hours of experience in the field. His goal is to keep you out of the hair loss rabbit hole, underworld, or whatever you want to call it. He founded Hair Loss Daily, the unbiased hair loss blog, in 2016. You can learn more about Robert in the my story section of this website.