Landon Donovan has been proudly showing off his new head of hair after several procedures.The former Everton and USA international forward struggled with hair loss for a long time during his career, but that has all changed now.Donovan was almost bald for a long time but has sought to rectify the situationGettyAt one point, he went nearly entirely bald, but at the age of 43, his hair is back.And after two failed attempts, a new method has worked.At one point, he even turned to social media to ask for help.In a video posted in September 2025, he said: “Alright guys, I need your help. Since I was 18, 19, 20, I’ve been dealing with…”At this point, the former USA international turned his head to the side and pointed to his head. “That.”“Hairline used to be here, and now this. So, I tried everything. I tried the hair transplant treatment here, tried it back here. Nothing’s worked. “My options now are: Shave it bald, don’t want to do that. Not an option for me. Leave it as is — not an option right now. Or I can try the last thing: which is a hair system … basically a wig, to see if that works. “So that’s what I’m thinking about doing. But I need your help if I do it. What type of hairstyle should I get? “I’m sure there’ll be a lot of banter, funny answers. That’s fine. But real answers, too. I need your help. Thanks.”In the end, he went for the hair system, and has now posted pictures of what he looks like.Donovan is clearly delighted to have finally fixed this issue@landondonovanAnd he wasn’t really expecting it, but he believes asking for help online will help other people in a similar situation. In an interview with The Athletic, he said: “It’s not like it was super intentional, but I did know that it would help people. With this, I had no idea. You have no idea the messages I’ve received. “The messages and responses have been insane. I had no idea how many people deal with this and feel like I did. I could read you thousands of messages from people saying, ‘Thank you so much, I’ve dealt with this.’ “Famous people, tons of people I know, (people I) don’t know, who have just said: ‘Thank you for being honest about this. I’ve been struggling with this. I’ve been trying to figure out what to do and it’s given me some motivation to just do it and go with it.’ “It’s been really powerful, honestly. And that was not at all in any way the intention. But it’s been a really nice side effect.”Donovan a force for goodThis isn’t the first and probably won’t be the last time that Donovan does something selfless.AFPDonovan had two spells with Everton in the Premier League[/caption]The 43-year-old has previously opened up on his struggles with mental health.During his career, he became one of the first sportspeople to openly discuss it and also took a break to focus on it.That was a three-month break in 2013, and after he spoke about it in detail.He said: “We have a sort of stigma that being in a difficult mental place is not acceptable. “We should ‘pull ourselves up by the bootstraps’ and ‘fight through it,’ and all this, and it’s a little peculiar to me, that whole idea, that if someone’s physically hurt, we’re OK with letting them take the time they need to come back, but if someone’s in a difficult time mentally, we’re not OK with letting them take the time they need to come back. “Hopefully, there’s at least a few people out in the world that can relate to this and can somewhat be inspired.”