I’ve never been opposed to men getting hairplugs or toupees, just don’t be cheap about it. Go to Turkey and get the most natural-looking hairplugs ever. Or buy a really good toupee, one that doesn’t look like a cheap rug. Well, John Cena has always been pretty open about his hair transplants. His first transplant was apparently in 2024, but he recently underwent a second transplant. Cena spoke about the process with People Magazine, and he apparently brought his hair guy to Comic Con??
John Cena is getting candid about undergoing two hair transplants. Chatting with PEOPLE at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, July 25, the former wrestler, 49, opened up about his new shaved hairstyle, which he said is going “great” in the wake of his second round of hair loss treatment.
“The objective is to get more hair, and this was the best way to do it, talking with Ken Anderson, my doctor over there,” he said, gesturing to his doctor nearby. “I love the guy. He’s totally changed my life.”
According to Cena, he was so impressed with the doctor, who runs the Anderson Center for Hair in Georgia, that he returned 15 months after his first procedure for a follow-up.
“I went back to him like, ‘Man, you did great. I have this one small, small, small spot. Can you do it?’ ” Cena recalled. “He’s like, ‘I can. My best results are — if you’re bold enough to shave your head, I can keep the follicles.’ ”
The actor explained that Anderson can more quickly plant hair follicles during surgery if a patient has a shaved head.
“My first operation was 13 and a half hours. The second one was eight hours,” the Peacemaker star said, calling his doctor “a master.”
“And I’m rocking this hair thing with the promise that he’s working,” he added of his shaved look. “I have full trust and faith in him with this process.”
Cena has previously been candid about his hair restoration journey. In June, he opened up on Facebook about undergoing his second round of follicular unit extraction (FUE), a form of hair transplant surgery that utilizes small-diameter surgical punches to extract individual follicular units for hair restoration, according to the American Hair Loss Association.
I’m including the photos from Comic Con, where you can really see that he’s got plugs. That being said, I have faith that his hair will “grow in” and look nice. I honestly didn’t know or forgot about his first transplant surgery, which is the way to go – more men should get transplants before their hairline reaches a crisis point. That is, if they’re already open to that path, you know? There’s nothing wrong with being bald or having a receding hairline. A lot of guys pull it off! You know what though… I wonder if American hair-transplant technology is as good as other countries’ work in this field. Obviously, Turkey has become THE place for hair transplants, but I feel like there are probably a ton of quieter international surgeons doing most of the celebrities. Like, where does [name redacted] go? Brazil? Argentina?
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
- Photocall for the Apple TV film ‘Matchbox the Movie’ at San Diego Comic-Con International 2026 at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel Featuring: John Cena, Shay Shariatzadeh Where: San Diego, California, United States When: 25 Jul 2026 Credit: Dave Starbuck/Future Image/Cover Images **NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN GERMANY**
- Photocall for the Apple TV film ‘Matchbox the Movie’ at San Diego Comic-Con International 2026 at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel Featuring: John Cena, Shay Shariatzadeh Where: San Diego, California, United States When: 25 Jul 2026 Credit: Dave Starbuck/Future Image/Cover Images **NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN GERMANY**
- Photocall for the Apple TV film ‘Matchbox the Movie’ at San Diego Comic-Con International 2026 at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel Featuring: Sam Richardson, Arturo Castro, Jessica Biel, Teyonah Parris, John Cena Where: San Diego, California, United States When: 25 Jul 2026 Credit: Dave Starbuck/Future Image/Cover Images **NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN GERMANY**















Sebastian Maniscalco was on a podcast discussing his multiple transplants. It was interesting to me bc the phenomenon of beauty and making lots of effort is becoming so mainstream across sexes. It is good and bad.
I’m used to seeing him with less hair so it’s a little bit uncanny valley? I suppose I’ll get used to it. The more important issue is, why is Jessica Biel morphing into Melania Trump?
Good for him- I love how open he is about what he does.
But yeah Jessica B made me so a double take too lol
If it makes him happy . . .
Soon it will be deemed “medically necessary ” and covered by health insurance.