IT'S SHORT but it's growing

He started to go bald in his 20s, but thanks to a hair transplant actor Clint Brink says he'll soon be sporting luscious locks again

- ELRI BOUCHER

You’d think with his impressive resume and on-screen appeal he wouldn't have to change a thing about his looks.

Yet after years of sporting a clean-shaven head, Clint Brink, who starred in hit TV shows Backstage and Generations, found himself at a crossroads when he decided to leave the popular soap Binnelanders to focus on his family and explore new opportunities.

And one opportunity presented itself quite unexpectedly – the chance to change his hair game completely. And for the 44-year-old, it was quite a thing.

“When I was younger I had a full head of hair - small brown curls,” he tells YOU. “For one storyline in Generations, I had to braid my hair tight against my head. When that storyline ended and I loosened the braids, my hair began to fall out.”

That was 20 years ago and, like many men facing hereditary hair loss, Clint took the decisive route.

“I remember I was very angry at first,” he says. “I knew becoming bald was in my genes because my dad was bald but I was still in my 20s. So I got annoyed and just shaved everything off.”

He eventually embraced it and the bald look became part of his identity. But when he left Binnelanders, his wife, Steffi, gave him an unexpected gift – shed arranged a hair transplant sponsorship for him.

“She loves my bald head,” Clint tells us with a smile. “But she thought it would be good for me professionally. 'Other roles might expect a head full of hair,' she said. 'You'll get more opportunities”.