Celebrity Traitors star Joe Marler shows off hair transplant

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Friday, 14 November 2025 at 20:02
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After years of embracing baldness with the same commitment he shows in a scrum, Joe Marler—England international, Harlequins stalwart, and proud mohawk enthusiast—has finally gone under the knife.
Or rather, the precision tools of Dr Raja, lead hair transplant surgeon at MANUAL, the UK’s biggest name in hair restoration.
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And in typical Marler fashion, he's not keeping it quiet. On the latest episode of 
Things People Do, Joe lifts the lid on the whole experience—from what the procedure actually felt like, to whether he considered just getting the mohawk zone topped up and leaving the rest.
“I didn’t cry… much,” Marler jokes. “I just wanted options, you know? Maybe a mullet next time. But seriously, I did it because I wanted to—and I’m chuffed.”
In the episode, Marler opens up about:
    The episode also features an honest debrief with Dr Raja, who gives a behind-the-scenes look at Joe’s surgery day and clears up whether everything Joe says is technically true.

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