History
Ron Barris and Headstart Hair for Men, Inc., have been in the for front of training and research in the Hair Replacement Industry for over 40 years. A Message About Ron Barris It's not by chance that Ron Barris is the most talented, major innovator in the hair replacement industry today. Ron learned his art from the master of wig making, Alfred S. Barris. Ron's apprenticeship began naturally at the remarkable age of seven under the careful tutelage of his father, Alfred S. Barris. For over 80 years Alfred Barris devoted his superior talents to designing and creating wigs for the famous. As a young boy in London, Barris had a passion for the theater but lacked the skill to act. Being an enterprising individual, he found a way he could be near the stage and make money at the same time. He became a child apprentice at Gusdorfs of London, then the top theatrical wig company in the world. He left England for Australia in 1907 with an opera company and eventually made his way to New York