FORMER X Factor winner Matt Cardle says it “really winds me up” that male hair transplants are still taboo — after he had his third treatment.
The singer, 39, was known for wearing a green cap when he triumphed over One Direction to win the ITV talent show in 2010.
But he revealed: “I hated wearing a hat — I just didn’t like having thinning hair.”
The former painter and decorator from Essex had his first hair transplant in 2012, the second in 2014 and third in 2019.
Matt said: “It looks as it did when I was 20.
“If anything’s going to age you, it’s hair.
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“It made me really self-conscious.
“People think because you’re a guy it’s fine. I get angry as women can put stuff in their lips or chest and it’s fine.
“But if a man moves hair to the top of his head, it’s not.”