He’s well known for his work on Embarrassing Bodies, where he encourages patients to go public with their usually repulsive health problems. Now it seems that Dr. Christian Jessen finds something embarrassing about his own body – his hair.
The TV doctor has admitted that he had a secret hair transplant a year ago, swearing that it was not because he disliked his looks or was worried about seeming older, but because he has always hated his hair line.
He explained that since his teens his temples have been high, which he says gave him an ‘academic’ look. Apparently, the transplant was to change the shape of the hair line, rather than disguise any recession.
The process would have seen the surgeon take a strip of hair from the back of the presenter’s scalp, which is then divided into individual hairs. They are then planted like seeds into the hairline. The surgery lasted for 7 hours and Dr. Christian said that it was uncomfortable, particularly sleeping immediately after the procedure.
He added that he was inspired to go ahead with the operation after meeting a man on Embarrassing Bodies who got it done, and so he asked him for the number of his surgeon, Dr. Asim Shahmatak at the Crown Cosma Clinic in Cheshire.
Dr. Christian says he is “really pleased” with the results and says realised its nothing to be ashamed about, as many men are making greater efforts to look after their appearance.