John Cena is getting candid about how getting a hair transplant changed everything for him.
In a new interview with People, the WWE star and actor shared that years of hiding his thinning hair and hearing fans mock his looks eventually pushed him to make a change—and it ended up being life-changing.
“As I was trying to cover it up, the crowd kept calling it out,” Cena explained. “I saw signs saying, ‘The bald John Cena.’ That’s what finally pushed me to explore my options.”
These days, Cena’s haircare game is serious—he’s doing red-light therapy, using minoxidil, taking vitamins, and sticking to a specialized shampoo and conditioner. But he says it was the hair transplant he got in November that made the biggest impact.
“I just hate that the stigma made me wait so long. If it weren’t for the shame around it, I would’ve done it a decade ago,” Cena admitted. “I thought I was the only one dealing with it, but most men—seven or eight out of 10—go through thinning or balding.”
As for people who judge him for going under the knife? Cena couldn’t care less.
“If someone wants to hate on me for it, go ahead. It changed my life completely,” he said.
He even credits the transformation with helping his acting career.
“A different haircut could mean a new role. It opens up more opportunities to do what I love.”
Cena first opened up about the procedure during an April appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, where he admitted the fan comments hit hard.
“It’s growing in. I hear you loud and clear,” he said. “They take the hair from the sides and move it to the top. It just takes time. Hopefully, in a few months it’ll look better. And yeah—there’s your headline: Hair transplant. There’s no shame in that. I had a problem, and I tried to fix it. I’m not saying who did it—I’m waiting to see how it turns out.”
He didn’t hold back when talking about how fans pushed him to that point.
“One of you could’ve just pulled me aside. But instead, in unison, you chant and humiliate me. That’s bullying, straight up. Not cool. But hey, thanks for bullying me into getting a hair transplant—that’s how far you took it.”
