Jack P Shepherd has been refreshingly open about undergoing cosmetic treatments in the past, specifically a hair transplant. The Coronation Street star, 37, who has played David Platt on the cobbles since 2000, is gearing up to join the 2025 series of Celebrity Big Brother and will be entering the famous house tonight.
While Jack is reportedly appearing on the show in order to pay for his upcoming wedding to fianceé Hanni Treweek, he previously splashed out on a hair transplant hoping that it would completely alter his appearance after he became increasingly insecure about his receding hairline.
Back in 2019, the Coronation Street favourite reflected on the journey when he hit the nine-month milestone since the procedure.
Sharing his experience on Instagram at the time, Jack said that he became so insecure about his hair loss that he even complemplated quitting his acting career due to the impact it was having on his mental health and self-image.
In an honest and open post, he wrote: “It’s been nine months since my hair transplant, and this is the first time I’ve looked back at old photos to see the difference.
“I chose to go ahead with it because my hair loss was seriously impacting my mental health – to the point where I even thought about stepping away from acting and the spotlight altogether. Huge thanks to @asimshahmalak and everyone at Crown Clinic.”
Jack had experienced significant thinning at the front of his scalp, leading him to undergo a transplant involving over 3,000 individual hairs at the Crown Clinic in Manchester. The actor said he decided to have the procedure after stress made him go bald.
The soap favourite, who has played David Platt in the soap since he was 12, said he had been gradually losing his hair for the past ten years but really noticed his hair was falling out after seeing himself on screen.
He also said that there had been a ‘dramatic’ escalation in hair loss due to off-screen pressures and insomnia in the year previous to undergoing the treatment.
After getting the 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.
“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. 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. I remember seeing myself on screen and thinking: ‘Oh my God, it is really falling out.'”
“One of my mates had a transplant and he looked so much better afterwards that I didn’t recognise him. I was blown away by the improvement and he told me he wished he had done it earlier. I thought if I am going to do it, I should act now so that I can get the benefits for longer.”
Jack also previously said that being in the public eye since childhood had probably aged him prematurely. “I have been working around adults since I was ten. So I have always felt really old – like I was about 80. I would not say that I was vain, but I just want to be able to do what I want with my hair.”
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