No more bad hair days for Abu Azmi

SP leader is beaming nowadays, thanks to a procedure which has restored him his long-lost mane of lustrous hair

It is no secret that politicians go for elaborate and costly makeovers prior to elections, to put their best 'face' forward in campaigns.

The latest inductee into this league of aspiring Dorian Grays is Abu Asim Azmi, the 56-year-old Samajwadi Party leader and MLA.

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Abu Azmi went to Dubai nearly six months ago and got some of his body hair implanted on his head

Tired of people calling him takla (bald), he decided to make a trip to Dubai. Miraculously, he has returned with a lustrous mane in place of what was earlier his shining pate.

No, it was no dip in the fabled fountain of youth that got him his hair back, but simply a procedure called hair weaving.

Sources close to Azmi claim that it is not just his hair that has been restored, but also his youthful looks. Azmi made no effort to conceal his hair makeover.

"I always wanted a crop of lustrous hair, but unfortunately kept on losing hair.
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I would feel extremely irked and humiliated when people referred to me as bald. I decided to get my hair woven and am very happy with the results," said Azmi.

Azmi has plans of getting his hair woven again, if necessary. Sources close to the leader say that he made a trip to Dubai nearly six months ago for the surgery.

"He went to Dubai nearly six months ago, and got some of his body hair implanted on his head. Within three to four months, small strands of hair started growing on his head.

These strands have grown now, and contributed to the return of his youthful looks," said a close aide of Azmi.

The image conscious Azmi said, "I am rather health conscious. I regularly go to the gymnasium and play badminton to stay healthy," he said.

Hair weaving is a relatively rare phenomenon in the political fraternity, though rampant in the glamour world. Beneficiaries include Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt, and cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle.

Losing face
After losing the US Presidential campaign in 2008, the Republican National Committee was put in the awkward position of having to explain the $150,000 (Rs 67 lakh) expenditure incurred for the purchase of campaign accessories for Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, including expensive clothes, hairstyling and beauty makeovers.