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Men change their hairstyle just three times between the ages of 18 and 35 while women switch 17 times

MEN change their hairstyle just three times in their adult lives while women switch 17 times, according to a new survey.

It found that most men only change their hair once every six years.

Women are much more fussy – adopting a new style every year.

The results came in a poll of 1,000 men and women by the Crown Clinic in Manchester – Britain’s leading hair transplant centre.

It wanted to know how often men and women change their styles between the ages of 18-35 when most people meet their future spouses and are most concerned about their appearance.

It also looked at the main reasons why men and women opt for a new look.

The poll found that 45% of men change their hairstyle just three times during these formative years – by far the most popular answer.

One in ten men keep the same look right through from 18 to 35.

Just 5% of men switch their hairstyle every year.

Women are much keener to try new looks.

Almost half those polled (48%) change their look every year.

One in six women go for a new style four times a year – virtually every time they go to a salon.

It means this group have more than 50 hairstyles between the ages of 18 and 35.

The main reason men change their hair is because they are bored with the way they look, according to 36% of respondents.

Other reasons include hair loss (24%), changing fashions (15%), and wanting to mimic the style of a celebrity (12%).

Women are far more likely to switch styles to mimic the look of someone famous.

Almost half of the women polled (44%) said they had asked their stylist to make them look like a celebrity whose hair they admired.

Other reasons for women changing their style were changing fashions (42%),  ‘fed up with bad hair days’ (32%),  need for a change (26%) and hair going grey (16%) .

The male celebrity whose hair men most admired is David Beckham, 37.

Interestingly, researchers found that he’d had 35 different hair styles between the ages of 18 and 35.

Just 2 per cent of men change their hair as often as Becks - putting him in the vainest group of men.

The female celebrity whose hair women most admired is This Morning host Holly Willoughby, 32.

She subtly changes her look all the time and researchers found around 20 different styles for her from the age of 18 – which meant she was no more vain than the average woman.

Dr Asim Shahmalak from the Crown Clinic said that a key factor in men changing their hair was baldness.

He said: “Up to 30 per cent of men are losing their hair by the time they are 30.

“The days of them combing over their bald patch like Bobby Charlton are thankfully well behind us.

“These days men losing their hair often shave their heads to cover up their baldness.

“However, increasing numbers – inspired by people like Wayne Rooney – are opting for hair transplants.

“Maybe they don’t suit  the shaven-headed look or it doesn’t suit their job. How many lawyers have you seen with a crew cut,

“Many men simply don’t want to have the same hair style for the rest of their lives and a transplant gives them lots more options.”

Crown Clinic is a big favourite with celebrities and Dr Shahmalak has performed transplants on Embarrassing Bodies star Christian Jessen and model-turned actor Calum Best.

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