Gogglebox star Chris Steed has had a £10,000 hair transplant and says it makes him feel ten years younger.

Chris went under the knife at Crown Clinic next to Manchester Airport and had 2,000 hair grafts transplanted into his balding crown.

It was the 40-year-old hairdresser’s second hair transplant in the last five years after he started losing his hair when he was just 18.

Chris said: “I am so pleased with the results and I do feel 10 years younger.

“I had significant baldness around my crown and this new procedure has filled in all those gaps. My first procedure was around the front of my scalp and my hairline.

“I started losing my hair at a very early age and would be as bald as a coot now, just like my dad, if I had not received this help.

“As a hairdresser, I am acutely aware of the importance of having great hair and looking good and I am so pleased that the technology is there to make a real difference to the lives of men who are losing their hair. It can be heart-breaking and shatter your self-esteem.”

Chris had his most recent procedure at Crown Clinic with surgeon Asim Shahmalak whose celebrity clients include Calum Best and the TV doctor Christian Jessen.

Chris's hair before the transplant, left, and Chris in one of his wigs, right

Dr Shahmalak, a married father of two, lives with his wife Rubina, a Manchester GP, in Cheadle.

Chris had the same follicular unit extraction (FUE) method used by England captain Wayne Rooney where grafts are removed individually from the back of the scalp and transplanted into the balding area.

Chris has starred on Gogglebox since the show started three years ago - sharing his views on the week’s TV with his former boyfriend Stephen Webb, a hairdresser.

Chris, from Hove, East Sussex, had previously worn £500 wigs and ​​toupées for years to cover up his baldness.

The results of Chris's hair transplant

He quit using them because he was damaging his remaining hair by gluing the hairpieces to his scalp.

He had his first hair transplant procedure five years ago - 2,700 grafts in the front of his scalp.

After finding fame on TV, he decided to have a second procedure just prior to his 40th birthday - this time focusing further back, around his crown and mid-scalp area.

Chris said: “I have suffered the devastating consequences of hair loss for the last 20 years. It was fun wearing the wigs for a time because they looked amazing but they are not a long-term solution.

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“You damage your hair gluing them on and they can have embarrassing consequences and come off at the wrong times! I can remember one man almost getting the surprise of his life when it almost came off in his hand.

“I realised the only long-term solution to my problem was a hair transplant.”

Dr Shahmalak has seen a 25% rise in bookings at Crown Clinic the last few years due to the ‘Rooney effect’ - men inspired by the England captain boosting their hair with a transplant.