It is not worth typing any more words about the bad idea that is the comb over. But what is worth warning the bald(ing) fellow about, is four cornered flat top. This style may have worked for Kid n Play,
but it does not work for the bald(ing) gentleman. Now, I suppose that it could work for a man with a receding hairline, depending on the degree of recession, but it is no bueno for those kings without a crown.
The reason that the four corner flat top is a no go for a man who has lost the hair on the top of his head is that it evokes images of end zone pylons.
It is like telling people to stare at the area between the points, screaming out to the world to stare at the hair that is no longer there. Make sure to tell your barber to take those edges in if he or she insists on letting those wings fly. So if an old barber tells you that you should keep the back corners of that flat top because it will make you less bald...just say no.
