We Will Rock You star Lee Mead on how Turkey hair transplant operation changed his life
We Will Rock You star Lee Mead has revealed how a nine-hour hair transplant operation in Turkey has changed his life and given him more confidence.
The performer, who plays Khashoggi in the Queen and Ben Elton smash, has been open about his operation on his social media and revealed more to presenter Ranvir Singh on ITV’s Lorraine on Wednesday.
Lee, 42, said: “I was going completely bald, but I wasn’t ready to so I went and had the operation.”
He added: “It was a confidence thing for me and now I feel great.”
The performer, who plays Khashoggi in the Queen and Ben Elton smash, has been open about his operation on his social media and revealed more to presenter Ranvir Singh on ITV’s Lorraine on Wednesday.
Lee, 42, said: “I was going completely bald, but I wasn’t ready to so I went and had the operation.”
He added: “It was a confidence thing for me and now I feel great.”
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00:00 So I flew to Turkey for the operation, and the one day that I flew back, the six hours
00:03 at the airport, I counted 28 guys that had an air-op from across America.
00:08 Wow!
00:09 So it's so common, but men don't speak about it for some reason still as much, so I'm not
00:13 embarrassed about it, it's just I'm very proud to be, yeah.
00:16 Well, and so what prompted you?
00:19 I think I was going completely bald through my head here, and as I said, there's nothing
00:23 wrong with being bald at all, but it's a very personal thing, and for me, I wasn't ready
00:26 to go bald yet, so I went and had the operation, yeah.
00:30 Is it painful?
00:31 I couldn't feel a thing.
00:32 The worst part was the local anaesthetic, you had 20 injections to numb the head, that
00:37 was really painful, yeah, but it's like a 9-10 hour operation, but you can't feel a
00:41 thing.
00:42 Oh my goodness, I found it fascinating, actually.
00:43 Yeah, they take your own hair from the back of your head and just re-implant it in the
00:46 areas that are receding, yes.
00:48 And now you'll never go bald again, it just...
00:50 Well, I'd never say never, but...
00:52 You assume not...
00:53 A few years, hopefully, of the new growth.