Inside Lee Mead's gruelling 7-hour hair transplant - Turkey procedure to cost

28 February 2023 , 10:08

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Inside Lee Mead's gruelling 7-hour hair transplant - Turkey procedure to cost

Lee Mead has opened up about what happened during a gruelling seven-hour hair transplant ordeal.

The soap star went to Turkey to have a hair transplant recently, as he showed off his new look on Good Morning Britain today. Chatting to Susanna Reid and Ed Balls, Lee revealed how much it cost for him to have his transplant.

Explaining how it's improved his confidence, Lee revealed the reason why he decided to have the procedure. He is best known to fans for his role on Holby City as well as starring in the West End, where he famously played Joseph.

Lee showed off his new hair (ITV)

Speaking today, Lee shared: "I did and I'd highly recommend researching it first. There's places in the UK, in America and Turkey did an amazing job. To be honest, it was three times cheaper in Turkey than elsewhere. They did 14,000 operations."

When Ed pressed him on if he had anything done, he added: "Just the hair, I didn't get my teeth done."

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Lee also shared how much it cost and what he had to undergo to achieve his new look.

He chatted with Ed and Susanna about the transplant (ITV)

"It cost three and a half grand but you have 2,600 grafts and one graft is one bit. Essentially 10,000 hairs in my crown and the front of my head. I was under local anaesthetic, 20 injections. You can't feel anything for the operation but the worst bit was the three minutes of injections but I'm so pleased I had it done," he shared as he discussed the procedure.

Susanna then asked him how it had changed things for him.

He added: "Personally, as I said, it makes me feel confident. Loads of men look great bald but I wasn't quite ready for that. It's given me the confidence," before admitting he was glad to be able to talk about it.

Lee Mead is known for his luscious locks

He had a hair transplant in Turkey (@leemead_official/Instagram)

Lee previously revealed all about the seven hour operation - and how he could hear it all happening.

"I just thought 'get it done' - it's really common now, but it's not really spoken about too much. Going to Turkey is not a decision to take lightly, so research it. The operation was for seven hours, you're under local anaesthetic," he said, "I can hear it all going on, but it went a quicker than I expected. They extract the hair, taking it from the root, then you get the little insertion and it pulls through."

Jasmine Allday