BALDING LIKE BECKHAM!
At 45, legend’s once-luxuriant locks are thinner...and greyer
HIS ever-changing hairstyles used to win him as much attention as his performance on the pitch.
But nowadays David Beckham often wears a hat in pictures he posts to his 60million followers on Instagram.
And his appearance during a shopping trip at the weekend may explain why.
The Manchester United legend, 45, was noticeably thinner on top and appeared to be greying.
It is a dramatic change from the luxuriant locks Beckham has been famed for over the years.
He has worn his hair with blond highlights, in a buzz cut, cornrows, a Mohican, spiky and gelled, quiffed, in various types of ponytail and even in a man bun.
‘If I start to lose it, I will shave it off’
The father-of-four – who has regularly endorsed grooming products – was rumoured to have had a hair transplant in 2018, although his representatives have always refused to comment on the veracity of this.
His battle with baldness was apparent when he was spotted near a delicatessen in the Cotswolds in England on Sunday with his daughter Harper, eight.
Beckham, who is spending the coronavirus lockdown at his Oxfordshire country home with wife Victoria, 46, was pictured in a white polo top, red jumper and black denim shorts.
The former Real Madrid star once suggested he would not be tempted to have a hair transplant.
‘There is definitely nothing wrong with doing that,’ he said back in 2012. ‘But I don’t think personally I would. If I do start showing signs of going bald, then I will shave it off.’
Last month he shared a video on
Instagram in which he wore his favourite Peaky Blinders-style tweed flat cap.
A few days earlier he posted a video of himself and son Cruz, 15, wearing bright woolly hats as they worked out at home – and he also regularly sports a beanie.
In January his hair was styled into a quiff as he showed off his new eyewear range on Instagram. Last year he appeared to have a fuller head of hair as he enjoyed a day out at Wimbledon with his mother Sandra.