Neil Ruddock has gone under the knife for a hair transplant following encouragement from his wife, Leah.
The former Liverpool defender, 50, had a follicular unit extraction, where hair grafts from the back of his head are planted further forwards, to reverse his balding.
Ruddock appeared on TV programme Harry's Heroes: The Full English, where he was warned over the state of his health by a doctor.
Of the procedure at the British Hair Clinic, Razor told The Sun: 'The only part of the procedure that hurt a bit were the initial anaesthetic injections at the back, after that I slept for nearly two hours. And the rest of the day went by without any fuss.
'Now that my hair has gone all grey, I think I might grow it long and have long locks like Billy Connolly and pull off that sexy look.'
Ruddock quipped: 'My wife is over the moon so now she can hide the bald photos and keep just the ones with long hair at home!'
In an interview on This Morning, Ruddock admitted he needed to take a better approach to his life, starting with a new hairdo.
Neil told the show: 'Once you're at the doctor in Harley Street it was a wake-up call really.
'It wasn't that big a scare, before I done the show I had to have my whole new knee done [and] now the damage I'm doing with my weight isn't good.'
The former Southampton and Tottenham man, who earned one England cap, has two daughters with Leah, who are aged 11 and eight.
Ruddock admitted his diet slipped after he finished his football career, and he has struggled to regain control since.
He added: 'I have been putting it off, I always had trouble with my weight, I had to be under 15 stone so I was on a diet for 30 years and I had no discipline. You know it's comfort eating.'
Touching on the support he received from manager Harry throughout the show, he said: 'He was there for me as a friend, it wasn't for the TV show or the gang he knew I was in trouble and he pushed for me to get checked and all these blood tests you know. I have to take statins.
'I feel tired. I love food, my hobby is cooking, I'm the life and soul of the party and we all have our problems.
'I know I'm doing it, I used to drink a lot to get out of it but now I'm a feeder, I know it's wrong but it tastes so nice.'