Body: <p>I want to help people with cancer who are under chemotherapy, and generally people who have lost their hair to Virtually Try-On Toupees/Wigs on their head.</p>
  <p>VTO must support both the frontal and side positions of the head.</p>
  <p><strong>At first,</strong> I thought I could use traditional deep-learning to find landmarks, then place the hairstyle on the head.</p>
  <p>But the results were unrealistic and inaccurate.</p>
  <p><strong>2D Placing of Hair:</strong></p>
  <p>Some Hairstyles and Portraits fit well together:</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/ymWL3.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ymWL3.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p>But some don't:</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/87H1I.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/87H1I.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p>They need manual modification:</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/6x2p2.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/6x2p2.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p>Sometimes the original hair needs to be erased:</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/ZEIV6.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ZEIV6.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p><strong>GANs promise more natural results with less manual engineering</strong></p>
  <p>changing hairstyle using GAN:
  <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/gdxmA.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/gdxmA.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p>changing hairstyle using GAN:
  <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/NX2UM.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/NX2UM.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p><strong>So, I decided to use GANs for this Task.</strong></p>
  <p><strong>Is it a good choice or is there an alternate solution?</strong></p>
  
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Comments.Text: You really need to provide more details. What are you using the GAN for? Moreover, try to ask a question that will not lead to opinions. Edit your post to clarify that.
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Comments.Text: @nbro I edited mu question, I don't know if its enough or not?
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Comments.Text: Where does this conclusion "GANs promise more natural results with less manual engineering" come from?
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Comments.Text: @nbro because a well architected and  well trained GAN tends to generate realistic fakes, but the traditional approach of placing a transparent hairstyle on the head, needs a lot of refining to the both hairstyle and the portrait itself
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Comments.Text: Have you tried to search for research work that attempts to do similar things? Maybe someone has already tried to do that. Feel free to edit your post to include more info.
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Tags: <deep-learning><generative-adversarial-networks><variational-autoencoder><u-net>
Title: Hairstyle Virtual Try On
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ThreadText: # Hairstyle Virtual Try On
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-12-20)
  
  I want to help people with cancer who are under chemotherapy, and generally people who have lost their hair to Virtually Try-On Toupees/Wigs on their head.
  
  VTO must support both the frontal and side positions of the head.
  
  **At first,** I thought I could use traditional deep-learning to find landmarks, then place the hairstyle on the head.
  
  But the results were unrealistic and inaccurate.
  
  **2D Placing of Hair:**
  
  Some Hairstyles and Portraits fit well together:
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/ymWL3.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/ymWL3.jpg)
  
  But some don't:
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/87H1I.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/87H1I.jpg)
  
  They need manual modification:
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/6x2p2.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/6x2p2.jpg)
  
  Sometimes the original hair needs to be erased:
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/ZEIV6.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/ZEIV6.jpg)
  
  **GANs promise more natural results with less manual engineering**
  
  changing hairstyle using GAN:
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/gdxmA.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/gdxmA.jpg)
  
  changing hairstyle using GAN:
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/NX2UM.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/NX2UM.jpg)
  
  **So, I decided to use GANs for this Task.**
  
  **Is it a good choice or is there an alternate solution?**
  
  **Tags:** deep-learning, generative-adversarial-networks, variational-autoencoder, u-net
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: You really need to provide more details. What are you using the GAN for? Moreover, try to ask a question that will not lead to opinions. Edit your post to clarify that.  
  > **username_0**: @username_1 I edited mu question, I don't know if its enough or not?  
  > **username_1**: Where does this conclusion "GANs promise more natural results with less manual engineering" come from?  
  > **username_0**: @username_1 because a well architected and  well trained GAN tends to generate realistic fakes, but the traditional approach of placing a transparent hairstyle on the head, needs a lot of refining to the both hairstyle and the portrait itself  
  > **username_1**: Have you tried to search for research work that attempts to do similar things? Maybe someone has already tried to do that. Feel free to edit your post to include more info.  
  
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