Chanelle Hayes’ surgeon gives gory details of her hair transplant

Following her exclusive chat with Closer mag

Chanelle Hayes

by Marianna Manson |
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Following our exclusive chat with Chanelle Hayes, where she opened up about undergoing a hair transplant to boost her confidence, her surgeon has revealed all the grizzly details.

Speaking of the procedure – where, simply put, a specialist moves hair from the back of the head to embed the follicle into the affected area – Dr Bessam Farjo from the Farjo Hair institute explained how he’d given Chanelle a thicker head of hair.

“Chanelle’s old hairline was something that had been playing on her mind for a long time, since she was a teenager,” he said.

“Her original hairline was quite high, so she had a high-ish forehead, which is why she was self-conscious about it. Not only did we fix that, but we gave her a more feminine hairline. We went for a design that can make a significant difference yet looks natural.”

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Chanelle told us that years of yo-yo dieting had affected her hair growth, and Dr Farjo agrees that improving her diet could help, but that the procedure achieved a look dieting alone couldn’t change.

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Speaking to new! magazine, he continued, “Chanelle planned to improve her dietary intake, but in order to change the general shape of her hairline to the one we ended up with, nothing was going to do that apart from a transplant.”

Chanelle told us recently that 2020 is the year she’s hoping to find love, and the celebrity favourite procedure was the first step in feeling confident and comfortable in her own skin.

“It’s been really painful, and my head has swollen to the size of a hot air balloon, but it’ll be so worth it. I’ve hated my hairline for years and I wanted to do something about it,” she said.

“Hopefully, this time next year, I’ll have a great head of hair and feel more confident about myself.”

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