Did Kyle Christie have a hair transplant? Yes — head and beard, in his own words

A month later he set the record straight himself in an interview with The Sun. The tabloid figure was wrong, he said: “I got it done for nought, I'm not gonna lie, I didn't pay 11 grand, it's stupid. I would never, ever spend 11 grand on my looks, it was never that much ever.” The beard procedure used what was left from the head surgery — “I had leftover follicles with my hair” — which is why the two operations are really one transplant project. And his verdict on the whole year of procedures was remarkably honest: “I spent a year getting all this free stuff done and cosmetic surgery and it doesn't make you happy” — surgery, he said, made him feel more comfortable, not happier, and self-love matters most.

That is what this article relies on: his quoted words in these reports. Everything below describes hair transplantation in general, not his treatment.

Surgeons plan around this budget — grafts used on one area are not available for another — which is why the number of grafts is calculated at the consultation across everything a patient wants.

Second, his beard case shows how far the technique reaches: transplanting is not only about baldness, but about density — filling a patchy beard or reshaping a hairline on a man who, in his own words, “wasn't losing my hair, I wanted my hairline changed.”

Third, and most important, is his verdict: a year of procedures “doesn't make you happy.” Surgeons hear this at consultations more often than celebrities admit it on record. A transplant can fix a hairline; it cannot fix self-image by itself — and patients whose expectations are set accordingly are the ones who end up satisfied.

• DHI — grafts are implanted directly with a Choi implanter pen without pre-made channels, giving fine control over angle and direction.

A combined approach — FUE extraction with DHI implantation — is also used. The plan is set at the consultation based on the donor supply and the areas to cover.

Contraindications include patchy (focal) alopecia, age under 18, trichotillomania, body dysmorphic disorder, severe heart disease, diabetes mellitus, epilepsy and intolerance to anaesthetics. Before surgery you usually stop alcohol and blood-thinning medicines for the period the doctor names, and the donor area is trimmed short on the day.

Density becomes visible at six to nine months, and the final result is judged at 12–18 months — the same timeline ChronicleLive gave for the beard. Transplanted facial hair keeps the donor hair's properties: it grows for life and can be shaved and styled like a normal beard.

The price includes follow-up appointments at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months, and the clinic gives a lifetime guarantee of hair growth. More details are on the hair transplant page and the page for patients from London.

To be clear: City Medical Centre has no connection with Kyle Christie or his treatment. His words are quoted here only because he chose to talk about his procedures openly.

Hair transplant prices in this article are the current offer, valid until 30 November 2026. Regular prices: FUE $2,700, DHI $2,900, combined method $2,900. The price that applies to you is confirmed at the consultation.