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John Cena<\/a> stepped out with a new buzz cut over the weekend at San Diego\u2019s Comic-Con, revealing that it was part of the process of his second hair transplant. <\/p>\n

The retired wrestler-turned-actor<\/a>, 49, underwent his first hair transplant in November 2024 after being \u201cbullied\u201d by fans. <\/a>He recently returned for a follow-up procedure in June. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe objective is to get more hair, and this was the best way to do it, talking with Ken Anderson, my doctor over there,\u201d Cena told People<\/a> of his new hairdo. \u201cI love the guy. He\u2019s totally changed my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former WWE wrestler<\/a> returned to Dr. Anderson, who runs the Anderson Center for Hair in Georgia, just 15 months after his initial transplant. <\/p>\n

\u201cI went back to him like, \u2018Man, you did great. I have this one small, small, small spot. Can you do it?\u2019\u201d Cena recalled. \u201cHe\u2019s like, \u2018I can. My best results are \u2014 if you\u2019re bold enough to shave your head, I can keep the follicles.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\"JohnJohn Cena (pictured in May) has undergone two hair transplants in the past two years (Getty Images)\"CenaCena said he has \u2018full trust and faith\u2019 in his doctor (Getty)<\/p>\n

Cena explained that planting hair follicles is easier and quicker to do on a shaved head. \u201cMy first operation was 13 and a half hours. The second one was eight hours,\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I\u2019m rocking this hair thing with the promise that he\u2019s working,\u201d Cena added. \u201cI have full trust and faith in him with this process.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 17-time wrestling champion has previously opened up about his hair transplant journey<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"CenaCena had his second hair transplant in June (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Speaking candidly about his decision to undergo the procedure on an April 2025 episode of The Pat McAfee Show, Cena said: \u201cI just saw so many bald spots signs. Your hair falls out because the new ones have to grow, so the old ones fall out. I had it in November, that\u2019s when I became half a skinhead.\u201d<\/p>\n

Turning to the audience, he joked, \u201cBy the way, thank you for being so aware of my needs and emotions because you guys ripped me to shreds for a genetic problem that I can\u2019t control.\u201d<\/p>\n

He shared some of the comments he received, including \u201cYou don\u2019t look good enough out there.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m in the Rumble trying to win, you\u2019re like, \u2018Man has a bald spot,\u2019\u201d Cena said. \u201cOne of you sons of b****es could\u2019ve pulled me to the side. But no, in unison, you chant and make me feel small and embarrass me. Y\u2019all don\u2019t know what that\u2019s like. That is straight-up bullying and not cool. Thank you for bullying me into getting surgical hair replacement. That\u2019s how far y\u2019all pushed me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-714487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}