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    'Man Weaves' Offer Cover For Balding Men, Cash For Black Hair Care Industry

    Man weaves, more formally known as cranial prosthesis, are a non-surgical procedure by barbers to help balding men. They're growing in popularity as more men opt to spend up to $800 to "regain" hair.
    by Maquita Peters May 27, 2017 6 minutes
    Robert Jenkins before and after barber Wade Menendez installed his hair unit a.k.a man weave.

    Robert Jenkins was only 21 when he started balding. It was a condition he'd expected given that his dad had been bald for as long as he could remember. What Jenkins did not expect, however, is that he'd have to deal with hair loss at such a young age.

    He wasn't prepared for it.

    "I had a lot of low self-esteem, I started to get depressed," Jenkins, now 28, says. "I wouldn't go to events. I would stay in the house because I was just embarrassed."

    About two years ago, Jenkins's wife, Jayniece came across the Instagram page Wade the Barber and saw the work Wade Menendez was doing to help balding men sport a full and gorgeous head of hair.

    "She told me to reach out to him. So, I reached out to him," Jenkins says.

    Luckily for Jenkins, Menendez's barber salon The W Hair was located less than 20 minutes' drive from his Odenton, Md., home. He booked an appointment and Jenkins got himself a "man weave."

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