Wayne Rooney tweets over hair transplant

FOOTBALLER Wayne Rooney has revealed on Twitter that he has had a hair transplant at a top London clinic after starting to go bald at just 25.

A photograph of the Manchester United and England striker leaving a private clinic in London's West End emerged yesterday.

He was captured walking towards a vehicle wearing a baseball cap underneath a hooded top but refused to comment on the matter.

Rooney, 25, later posted confirmation via his Twitter account that he had undergone treatment to grow his hair back.

He tweeted: "Just to confirm to all my followers I have had a hair transplant. I was going bald at 25 why not. I'm delighted with the result."

He later added: "It's still a bit bruised and swollen when it dies down u will be first to see it. Anyone recommend any good hair gel. Haha."

And in another Tweet, he said: "I had it done in Harley street hair clinic London. Thanks to all the staff who looked after me."

Rooney had recently received stick on Twitter from team-mate Michael Owen about his receding hairline and admitted it was a "sensitive subject".

"How old are you in that photo? Your face looks like a 12-year-old but your hair looks like a 60-year-old!" Owen wrote.

Rooney replied: "Easy mo u know that's a sensitive subject."

His wife, Coleen, tweeted: "Hiya!! Yes waynes had his hair done! His own decision not me asking him, like alot are saying!! Pleased for him and it will look great x"

He also received advice from another team-mate, Rio Ferdinand, who posted: "just don't go down the wearing a alice band route!! You'll be doing head&shoulders adverts soon!"

Rooney visited the Queen Anne Street Medical Centre, home to the Harley Street Hair Clinic, on Thursday as part of a two-day treatment.