Dancing On Ice judge Jason Gardiner reveals results of hair transplant
Last Sunday’s final of Dancing On Ice was won in spectacular style by EastEnders’ actor Sam Attwater, but it was Australian judge Jason Gardiner who was the talk of the evening.
Gardiner, 39, is best known for his acid-tongued criticism and occasionally offensive remarks as a judge on the Dancing On Ice panel, as well as wearing a hat or a cap nearly all of the time.
However, the judge was so impressed by contestant Laura Hamilton’s performance during the finale that he raised his hat to her, revealing in the process the impressive results of his hair transplant.
After years of torment after losing his hair, Gardiner made the decision to undergo a hair transplant procedure costing around £12,000. Specialist doctors transplanted over 3,000 follicles from a donor area at the back of his head to the top, front and sides.
Gardiner has now spoken out about what it felt like to be plagued by baldness all those years, saying:
“I went through self-doubt, depression and self-loathing. I was ashamed of myself. I couldn’t be intimate with people. It was suffocating me.”
“It was important for me to get this [the transplant] done. I feel so great about how this looks.”
