Sean Ward developed alopecia as a result of his porn addiction.
The former ‘Coronation Street’ actor – who played the role of Weatherfield villain Callum Logan in the ITV soap until 2015 – has spoken candidly about how he suffered hair and weight loss due to his addiction to pornography and revealed he would use his mum’s mascara to "colour [it] in" where he had lost hair.
Speaking on ‘Loose Women’, he said: "It just depletes all of it, I think it’s different for men because of the energy that is released through it, I started getting alopecia you just have no actual energy.
"I started losing weight just loads of things that kind of go with it that you don’t really expect. I normally used my mum’s mascara to colour it in."
As well as quitting porn, the 30-year-old soap star has also stopped consuming alcohol and cannabis to help him overcome depression.
Since going public with his problems, Sean has been overwhelmed by the "amazing" reaction on social media as he has received "thousands of messages" from supportive fans.
He said: "A lot of people have messaged me again, social media is a double edged sword I’ve had a lot of response and it’s amazing.
"I can’t even keep up with the thousands of messages so to everyone that has messaged me I have read them but I can’t get back to you."
Sean also confessed that his relationship suffered as a result of his issues, as he was no longer looking after his "ex-partner’s needs" and he was forced to "lock away" his phone to prevent himself from looking at pornography.
He said: "I think I had to leave the relationship I was in I wasn’t really looking after my ex-partner’s needs which is one thing that I kind of realised. There was no intimacy. It’s just pixels on a screen, you’re never gonna get love from that, it’s the hardest thing for me sometimes I would like not take my phone to bed you have to lock it away in a way."
Sean Ward admits he suffered hair-loss due to porn addiction
