Men shouldn’t be judged for hair transplants – I’ve had three, says Matt Cardle

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.

“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.”