Olympic diver Peter Waterfield has hair transplant (FUE)

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It seems another celeb has had a transplant...good on him for having the courage to speak out about it in the press.

Peter Waterfield Has a Hair Transplant.


'I had a hair transplant to stop me looking like a thug,' says Olympic diver Peter Waterfield

• Waterfield, 31, says that with his Cockney accent and shaved head, people often mistook him for a thug [/*]
• Decided that a hair transplant was best way to soften his image [/*]
• Had 4,200 individual hairs moved from the back of his scalp to the front [/*]
• It will take a year for the full benefits of the transplant to show
  

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He wowed us all with his spectacular dives alongside Tom Daley at last summer's Olympics to become one of The most successful divers in British Olympic history.

Yet despite his achievements over an impressive four Olympic games, Peter Waterfield has always had an image problem.

With a strong Cockney accent and a head he has shaved since he started losing his hair as a teenager - he admits that many people mistook him for a 'thug.'

He badly wanted to soften his image and decided the obvious solution was a hair transplant.

Peter, 31, has a strong baldness gene in his family and both his brothers have lost their hair.

The father-of-two said: 'I started going bald when I was 18 which is when I got really serious about diving, although I've been told this had nothing to do with it.


'I had completely lost my hairline and the only way to cover it up was by shaving my head.

'I come from the East End of London and I would find that people could sometimes be intimidated by my Cockney accent and my shaved head.

'I think some people wrongly got the impression that I was a bit of a thug €“ which could not be further from the truth.

'I am a loving family man and have dedicated my life to diving and helping others.'

He added: 'I wanted to soften my whole image and make sure that I was a little more approachable to strangers. The best way to do that was by having a hair transplant.

Peter had approximately 4,200 hairs moved to soften his hairline and had the same Follicle Unit Extraction procedure as Wayne Rooney.


During the procedure last month, around 1,500 grafts were transplanted to his hairline and a further 1,000 were transplanted to bolster his hair at the top of his scalp.

It will take around a year for the full benefits of the procedure to show as the transplanted hair grows back.

 

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For those who dont know him he is the gentleman on the left

 

[pvtpoint2010]

Who did the work?

 

[peapoddy]

Interesting,thanks for sharing that. He is really advanced, do you think 2,500 is enough for that area??I had almost that amount of grafts for just my hairline.

Will be very curious to see how this works out for him

 

[bullitnut]

He is very advanced but the picture looks worse as its shaven to the bone but the pictures in the press show he does have some hair left.

I believe it was a clinic called the crown clinic pvt dude.

 

[Bigmac]

Be great to see his pictures and learn more about his Ht.

 

[Coopman]

The story on this is in Saturdays Daily Mail (online) uk newspaper. 2500 grafts have been placed over quite a large area.

 

[bullitnut]

That's right coopman it seems the doctor is the same one who performed the surgery on Dr Cristian from the tv show embarrassing bodies in the UK.

 

[yidd0]

Coopman wrote:

The story on this is in Saturdays Daily Mail (online) uk newspaper. 2500 grafts have been placed over quite a large area.

Your right, it does. 2500 grafts over that area is not going to give him a great coverage.

 

[Coopman]

He was also on TV a couple of weeks ago, no evidence of any HT was apparent, but his hair was completely shaven. He was discussing how he had just lost his lottery funding and was seeking a sponsor so he could could compete in Rio (2016).
I find it strange that some of these minor celebs in the UK go to Clinics for a HT and are operated on by a Surgeon that you never see any documentation on in hairloss forums from people whom have had work done on them.
Makes me wonder if Some of these HT Surgeons with Celeb clients would put in as much effort on the likes of you and I.
Maybe in 9mths time we will see Mr Waterfield on GMTV sporting a head of hair caked in concealor, as I just can't see him achieving good coverage with what he has done thus far.

 

[Sparky]

lol, good post.

 

[bullitnut]

I think he already has some hair shaved really close so am expecting the results to be ok. He seems like a nice guy so I am hoping he gets a good outcome.

 

[mattj]

I don't think he looked like thug without hair, but I can see why he wanted to get it done. He reminds me of that other bald swimmer from the 80s, Duncan Goodhew. Remember him?

I have to agree that the result will be thin with only 2500 grafts over such a wide area. It will be interesting to see how long he keeps his hair.

 

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I remember Duncan wasn't he the man with Alopecia? As for the other guy the pictures in the Daily Mail showed he had his work done on the frontal third so it might look fine.

 

[Modenese]

Coopman wrote:

He was also on TV a couple of weeks ago, no evidence of any HT was apparent, but his hair was completely shaven. He was discussing how he had just lost his lottery funding and was seeking a sponsor so he could could compete in Rio (2016).
I find it strange that some of these minor celebs in the UK go to Clinics for a HT and are operated on by a Surgeon that you never see any documentation on in hairloss forums from people whom have had work done on them.
Makes me wonder if Some of these HT Surgeons with Celeb clients would put in as much effort on the likes of you and I.
Maybe in 9mths time we will see Mr Waterfield on GMTV sporting a head of hair caked in concealor, as I just can't see him achieving good coverage with what he has done thus far.

Spot on