Good original post.

I know what you mean. There's a guy used to drink in the bar I worked in and his nickname was 'To pay' a pun on his bar tab and his hair. He was in his 40s with a thick and dense NW1 and he just laughed it off but was constantly asked if wore a wig, you know the type, the classic newsreader lego helmet style that sits on the top of someone's head.
He is a good guy and used to even joke about it being a wig rubbing his hair to make it look like one, and some people even thought it was.
Yet he came in with a shaved head and thick NW1 hairs everywhere as his rugby team decided to shave their heads to raise funds for the club.