At BaB, it goes without saying that we recognize & support the dedication of growing facial hair. But as El Beardo stated to me in a candid conversation about Roger Ebert - fake is fine as long as it's the only way.
We're referring to Roger Ebert's new winter white beard (and reconstructed jaw, for that matter). As he reported in The Chicago Sun-Times, "After surgery, I studiously avoided looking at myself in a mirror. In my mind my face was still whole. This was not the case, and one day in the hospital Dr. David J. Reisberg came to visit. He was a professor of craniofacial medicine at the University of Illinois in Chicago, and a specialist in facial reconstruction. I suggested a false beard which I would wear suspended from hooks over my ears, like a kid playing Abe Lincoln in the school play."
Needless to say, Ebert looks great with his new silicone prosthesis and certainly deserves our support as a courageous cancer survivor who bravely told his story after his jaw removal.
Photoshops by Marie Haws
Photo credit: Getty Images, Roger Ebert