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Wade Menendez is a barber from Baltimore,
who makes hair appear for his clients
whose hair has, well, vanished into thin air.
Hair unit is a custom-made wig
or hairpiece for people that have lost their hair
due to alopecia, cancer, any illnesses,
or just people that just want to have longer hair.
It changes their life, their self esteem goes up,
Alright, thank you man.
Alright I appreciate it.
I feel like it's important
to feel good spiritually, mentally, and physically.
My name is Jarad McLaren, I am 43 years old
and I started losing my hair about 20 years ago.
I had a lot of hair as a kid.
My hairline actually started to recede when I was around 19
and by the time I was 27 it was a lost cause.
Absolutely it affected my confidence and my self-esteem.
It caused me to be a little insecure
and so I became obsessed with the gym.
I became obsessed with what I wore, how my skin looked,
so just overcompensating in other areas,
probably as a defense mechanism, especially being so young.
Wade the Barber, I followed him on Instagram.
I've become quietly obsessed with him.
He changes people's lives by offering them
something that they lost, he gives them back their hair.
If Wade the Barber could give me hair again
that would be the most amazing thing since sliced bread.
I'm really excited for you.
I'm excited too.
Because I feel like this is gonna be exciting.
It's a confidence builder.
Yeah.
Like I said, I started losing my hair
when I was like 18 years old,
I haven't seen myself with hair in 20 years.
Crazy.
And I'm such a fan of Wade's,
I stalk his Instagram page, so.
Oh man, that's (laughs).
I'm extremely excited.
It really is, it's very cool,
it's like bringing you together
with one of your favorite artists, that's what he does.
(audience clapping)
Is there a game plan?
Yes.
Do you get in there and get to know him
and then there's a discussion,
or do you already have a game plan?
I already have a game plan,
so I'm gonna do my transitional unit.
So it's the low scalp exposure,
the lowest one you can do.
'Cause you don't wanna pop up
with a high top fade, you know.
Afro. So yeah, afro.
Right? Bunch of hair.
So it's like a transitional.
Gotcha.
Yeah, so we're gonna do that.
Just like 'Oh, he took some vitamins'.
Right. (laughing)
(audience clapping)
Anyway, good luck, we'll see you in a little bit.
Thank you so much.
Have fun. Alright.
Alright, you two get on out of here.
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So we are back with Wade Menendez.
He has quite a following online
including the viewer that he's been helping today,
he's obsessed with him.
He is the wizard of the man weave,
and earlier in the show we all met Jarad.
He started losing his hair as a very young man,
he was only 18, 19 years old,
so he hasn't had hair in like 20 years?
Yeah, a minute.
Couple of decades. Yeah.
So Wade's been working with him backstage
to give him a fuller head of hair,
but to make it seem...
Realistic.
A realistic transition. Yeah, yes.
He's not gonna come out with like,
what was he saying, 'I'm not gonna come out
with like a giant afro.
No high top, yeah. Right (laughing)
No afro, no, no, no, no.
So for a lot of people, especially men
that lose their hair very young in life
like this, it can be traumatic.
Yeah.
I think this is going to be a big deal for him.
Yeah. To remind our audience,
I haven't seen him, and he has not seen himself.
Seen himself, no, he hasn't.
So this could be a big moment.
Yeah. I'm very excited.
Jarad, you ready?
I'm ready.
Come on out honey.
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Hey, hey.
You look amazing.
Hey! (clapping)
The audience got to see, stare straight ahead
into Jim's camera there, but don't you wanna see yourself?
I would love to see myself.
Okay, turn it around.
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Wow.
(audience cheering) (Wade laughing)
Wow. That is amazing.
It is literally amazing.
I've been waited.
That is... You've been waited. (laughs)
It's literally amazing.
Thank you so much. So handsome.
Thank you, I appreciate it.
Wade, what a great job you did.
My pleasure, my pleasure.
Thank you so much, Jarad and Wade.
You can learn more about Wade at WadetheBarber,
(laughs) easy enough to remember, dot com.
Dot com.
Thank you again man. My pleasure.
What a cool thing. My pleasure, my pleasure.
(audience cheering)
We'll see you when we see you everybody, bye-bye.
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