LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14 (UPI)–TV star Jon Cryer said on “Conan” in Los Angeles he is going bald and uses paint to create the “elaborate illusion” that he still has a full head of hair.

“They basically just paint–they get a roller type thing–and just whoosh along the top,” E! News said he explained Monday.

“You have to decide if you’re going to go full [John] Travolta and get the full front in. … This is the work of several talented professionals making the most of like, four hairs. It’s amazing, actually, what they can do. I’m not wearing a piece–or anything like that–but it’s a long involved process that starts with stuff like shoe polish,” he said jokingly.

Cryer, 48, is one of the stars of the CBS sitcom “Two and a Half Men.”