A student who struggled with depression and social anxiety from the age of 16 due to his hair loss and receding hairline, and who was constantly made fun of by his peers, has said he feels he can “do anything” now after having a hair transplant. Alex Wood, 21, who lives in London and studies business management at Bayes Business School, started losing his hair aged 16 – but he only began to realise this because his hairline was “constantly being mentioned” by those around him at school.
Alex said he did not “actually care that much about it”, but his classmates would relentlessly poke fun at him, passing it off as “banter”. He decided to shave his hair, opting for a “buzzcut”, as he thought this may improve how it looked, however he said this made his receding hairline even more obvious, as his hair only predominantly grew back on the sides and not on the top.
Alex decided to try to focus on himself and his wellbeing, going to the gym and improving his fitness in the year before he started university, but it was difficult for him to block out the negativity as he saw his classmates every day. At the age of 17, Alex contacted Harley Street Hair Clinic – where footballer Wayne Rooney received his treatment – to inquire about a hair transplant, and about a year later underwent the £10,000 procedure and now has “hair in all places”.
