Highlights

• David Beckham has had a wide variety of hairstyles throughout his career, ranging from mullets to ponytails.
• His most iconic hairstyle is known as "The Pompadour," which requires a crew cut with a skin fade on the sides and a short pompadour on top.
• There were speculations that Beckham had a hair transplant, but experts believe he most likely had FUE, which leaves no scars and provides natural-looking results. He recently shaved his head again because he gets bored with his hair and likes to change it up.

David Beckham is one of the most stylish athletes out there. Even his not-always-easy marriage to Victoria Beckham is kind of high fashion. But of all his famous outfits and glamorous magazine covers, it's always been David's bold hairstyles that caught everyone's attention, on and off the football field.

It's changed a lot since his early sports days. And up until his recent bald look, the former Modern Family guest star had been speculated of getting a hair transplant. Here's the truth about his famous hair.

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What Hairstyles Has David Beckham Had?

David has probably had every male hairstyle there is. He's had a mullet, a mohawk, that 2000s middle part, an undercut, a sexy ponytail, and even cornrows. He's literally had it all — from buzzcut to long hair. But in the last few years, he's most known for "The Pompadour," which was nicknamed the "David Beckham Haircut."

In 2018, GQ released a guide on how to achieve that look. Artistic barber, Carmelo Guastella gave the magazine's writer, Teo van den Broeke the new hairdo back then. "Beckham's new 'do is a classic crew cut with skin fade on the sides. When you go to the barber, ask for a high fade 0.5 mm (clippers) blended at the temple with a rounded shape," explained Guastella.

"The top (fringe) is like a short Pompadour at about 1.5-2 cm graduated to the crown at about 1.5 cm," he continued. "Taking the crown short will give the fringe a bit of lift. (The top should be cut with scissors and point cutting technique should be used)." For anyone trying to get the 'do, the men's grooming expert suggested that "this haircut suits mostly oval faces, but square faces can handle the style too."

It's also "very easy to maintain." Guastella added: "It's a nonfuss haircut, it's easy and quick to style and - most importantly - it makes David look younger, which means it'll make you look younger too. The shaggy crop requires reshaping every two to three weeks to look always sharp."

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Did David Beckham Get A Hair Transplant?

The downside of David's hair being in the spotlight is that his hair loss has been monitored by many, hence the hair transplant speculations. The retired soccer star had a widow's peak that later showed signs of Androgenetic Alopecia (Male Pattern Baldness) in 2013, per Natural Hair Turkey. At that time, he also had a bald patch on the crown of his head.

Five years later, David debuted his lush pompadour, which sparked rumors that he had a hair transplant. After all, other athletes like Cristiano Ronaldo and Tom Brady have notably had the procedure. According to Natural Hair's evaluation, he most likely had FUE "because FUE transplant offers effective results for thinning hair types and for complete coverage as in Beckham's example."

Another telltale sign could be that Beckham didn't have any scars. Experts say that FUE would have been the best choice for David's receding hairline as it yields natural-looking results. It "is a technique in which healthy hair follicles are implanted into the area to be transplanted, does not cause any scars or wounds while applying the most suitable hair density to the person," per the leading hair transplantation clinic.

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Why Did David Beckham Shave His Head Recently?

David first publicly sported a buzzcut in 2000. At that time, people thought he did it for attention. He recently denied the claims and explained why he shaved his head again recently. "Nothing much changes," he wrote in an Instagram Story alongside a snap of his déjà vu look. "[I] get bored of my hair [and] chop it off."

In his new Netflix documentary, Beckham, the father of four recalled the time he decided to go bald in 2000. "I had a hairdresser at the time called Tyler. I said to him: 'I'm gonna cut my hair' and he was like: 'Are you sure? You really want to do that?'" he remembered, adding that his Manchester United Coach, Sir Alex Ferguson called it "stubbornness."

"And [Ferugson] said: 'David, take the cap off,' and I said 'no,'" David said of that time he was hiding his new 'do in a cap. Ferguson said that at that time, he just said, "Oh well." Back then, commentators said things like, "the blonde locks have gone" and that "the sight ... will take a bit of getting used to."

It was such a huge deal that "When David Beckham shaved his head, I honestly thought a member of my family had died," said Manchester paparazzo, James Clarke. "Because my phone went off. The panic in people's voices that this… We haven’t got it documented yet." But it wasn't even the craziest part of David's hair journey.

Right after Victoria had just given birth to their third child, Cruz Beckham, the former footballer asked his wife to check if his hair was okay before meeting the press outside the hospital. Posh Spice also admitted to being "pissed" that David was hanging out with Jennifer Lopez and Beyoncé that morning she was in labor and in need of a C-section.

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