Hollyoaks star Nick Pickard has shaved his head and had his body hair waxed for his on-screen cancer storyline.
The actor's character Tony Hutchinson was diagnosed with testicular cancer in May and was later informed that the illness had spread aggressively.
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Nick Pickard has his head shaved.
As Pickard is filming scenes which see Tony undergo chemotherapy treatment, he recently visited a salon in Liverpool for the removal of all his body hair, including his eyebrows.
His co-stars Ashley Taylor Dawson (Darren Osborne) and Jimmy McKenna (Jack Osborne) were present to offer moral support and even helped out with some of the waxing.
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A Liverpool salon worked on Nick's appearance.
Pickard commented: "I am extremely honoured and humbled to be asked to portray Tony's current cancer storyline, therefore I had no doubts about having all my body hair removed in order to accurately depict the effects of chemotherapy treatment.
"We should all remember that it is the real life sufferers of cancer who show courage every day as they battle the disease."
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Ashley Taylor Dawson helps with the eyebrow wax.
Viewers will see Tony have his head shaved in emotional scenes to be screened later in the summer.
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