Make My Man OverBy Katrina Perkosky When Glen Verdenburgh walked through the door of Hip Barber Salon in Brownstown, he could have easily been mistaken for a man who had spent the better portion of the last year wandering the wilderness - the man hadn't shaved in five years! It was his multi-colored brillo pad beard and wash-and-go messy mop of hair that led wife Cherie to take advantage of JM's "Make My Man Over" contest. Thankfully for the couple, Glen was chosen for a complete makeover. "I want him to look younger, more modern and to feel better about himself," says Cherie, who has also recently undergone her own personal transformation, receiving gastric bypass surgery in October 2009. After losing 65 pounds, she was ready to help her husband change with her. "I want the two of us to look better together, to feel better together," she says, adding that their daughters, ages 9 and 12, would also be thrilled to see their dad trade in his shaggy look for some maintained tresses. Donna Will, master barber and owner of Hip Barber Salon, had her work cut out for her. Yes, the hair on Glen's face and head had simply run amok, but also because Glen was, simply put, a dude. "Men are not women!" Will says. "Men think getting their hair cut is a job. Women live to go to the salon. It's just a different attitude. Number one, men want a look that's easy." Could Will achieve the seemingly impossible: outfit Glen with an easy to maintain haircut and facial hair that would transform him from mountain man to man about town? To continue this article, 
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