John Cena opens up about his hair transplant and how it boosted his confidence

John Cena talks about his hair transplant

John Cena, a Hollywood actor and WWE legend, has openly discussed his hair transplant, acknowledging that it has changed his confidence and career prospects.

The 48-year-old celebrity admitted that he no longer feels any "shame" at all about discussing it, despite his initial reluctance before seeing the results.

The wrestler-turned-actor, who has been married to Shay Shariatzadeh since 2020, explained in an interview with Extra, “I just wanted it to work. It worked. I went into [Dr. Anderson] with significant hair loss, and he not only taught me how to take care of myself, to keep the hair that I have healthy, the treatments that I do every day, he also helped me move some of the hair up here, put it up here, and man, I feel great about it. I’m not ashamed to say it.”

John Cena has encouraged other men facing similar struggles with hair loss to consider the procedure. He highlighted how it not only restored his self-belief but also benefitted his professional life:

“It was a single-day process. It’s available and accessible. And I just preach if you’re one of the seven of 10 out there, there are options for you, and you’re not alone … It’s not for everybody, but it certainly was for me. And even just the aesthetic confidence is one thing, but man, I want to entertain audiences and the variation of a hairstyle, you can become a different character. I viewed it as also a good work opportunity for me. So there are multiple reasons why I wanted to lean in. And again, I made the choice. I’m confident with the choice. I’m not ashamed of what I did at all.”

Reflecting further in a conversation with People, Cena admitted he regretted waiting so long, “I hate the fact that if there wasn’t so much shame around it, I’d have gotten it done 10 years ago. I thought I was alone, but seven or eight out of 10 [men] suffer from thinning or baldness. They don’t do anything except move your hair, one by one, from one area to another. It’s my hair and I’m not using this stuff [on the side] and I’d like to put it up [on the top].”

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He added: “If somebody’s going to sweat me for that, I don’t think there’s any shame in that. It completely changed the course of my life.”

On the work front, John Cena was last seen in Heads of State alongside Priyanka Chopra Jonas. The film is currently streaming at Prime Video.