Jack P Shepherd has undergone a hair transplant after stress and insomnia made him go bald.
The Coronation Street actor, 31, had the procedure done by surgeon Asim Shahmalak from Crown Clinic in Manchester.
Jack, who plays David Platt in the soap, had more than 3,000 hairs transplanted into the front of his hairline and he said he’s been “delighted” by the results so far.
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Speaking about his procedure, Jack said: “It is such a common thing for guys to have now – like a male version of the boob job.
“I decided to have it done because my hair loss has really escalated in the last year, particularly at the front of my scalp.”
He added: “I want to get my hair back to what it was like before so that I can style it at the front any way that I like. It would great to be in a position to have an Elvis quiff and really have some fun with my hair.”
At the start of the Corrie two-week Christmas break, Jack had the same follicular unit extraction procedure as stars such as Wayne Rooney and Calum Best.
Follicles were removed individually from the back of his scalp and then replanted by Dr Shahmalak in the balding areas around his temples and at the very front of his hairline.
However, it takes up to a year for the transplanted hair to grow back fully, so Corrie viewers won’t immediately notice a difference in his character David’s appearance.
Jack said he had been losing his hair for the last decade but it is only in the last year that he felt he needed a hair transplant.
He said: ”I could see the difference when I watched myself on screen and when I was travelling in a lift and the mirror would highlight my hair loss. A few of the make-up girls at Corrie suggested that I should have it done and I have talked it through with a few people at work.
Thanks to @DrAsimShahmalak and the team at @CrownClinicUK in Manchester for my hair transplant. Service was second to none and I am happy to be sharing my story today. #hairtransplant #FUEtransplant pic.twitter.com/GCCQEcrIB6
— Jack P Shepherd (@JackPShepherd88) 22 January 2019
“My hair loss has definitely accelerated in the last year. I have had a few personal issues off-screen which have been stressful and I am also an insomniac which just adds to my stress levels.
“No one likes to lose their hair and hopefully I can make really difference to my appearance because I am losing it right at the front where you notice it the most.”
Jack said that being in the public eye since childhood had probably aged him prematurely.
Jack chose Dr Shahmalak for the procedure because of his global reputation for excellence and his work with other celebrities such as Calum Best, TV doctor Christian Jessen, former footballer Didi Hamann and Home Under The Hammer presenter Martin Roberts.
Jack said: ”I decided if I was going to have it done I would go to one of the world’s best surgeons. You want your hair to look right and for the transplant to be completely natural. Dr Shahmalak was recommended to me and, so far, I have been delighted with the results.
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“I cannot wait to see what it looks like when the transplanted hair is fully grown back in a year’s time.”
Dr Shahmalak said that he treated a lot a famous men who feel under pressure to look younger.
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