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Hair Transplant in
Agege — Fixed Price

0% instalments

from $367/mo

Consultation and quote — $0.

Real case

Hair transplant: photo of a patient before the operation and 12 months later

before

12 months later

FUE: no incisions, no stitches. Graft count and result forecast calculated free of charge — before you decide.

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Hair transplant (hair restoration) in Agege: price and key facts

Hair transplant for patients from Agege at City Medical Centre starts at ₦2,950,000 (from $2,200). The first online consultation is free; the doctor names the final price and it is fixed in the contract.

Price
₦2,950,000 (from $2,200)
Performed by
Anastasia A. Kolesnik, hair transplant doctor
Anesthesia
local
Stay
one day at the clinic
Final result
12–18 months after surgery
How it works
Send photos on WhatsApp or Telegram, get a free doctor assessment and the price, then confirm the plan and dates before anything is booked.

How it works · Hair transplant prices

Information current as of 5 November 2026

Free online consultation on WhatsApp and Telegram

results

This is how hair looks
8–12 months later

All cases belong to real CMC patients.

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 2800 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

2,800 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3500 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,500 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 2600 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

2,600 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3000 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,000 grafts

FUE method

Beard transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 2700 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

2,700 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3300 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,300 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 2900 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

2,900 grafts

FUE method

Beard transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 2500 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

2,500 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3400 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,400 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 2500 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

2,500 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3100 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,100 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3600 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,600 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 4000 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

4,000 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3200 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,200 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3000 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,000 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3700 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,700 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 2700 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

2,700 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3800 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,800 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3300 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,300 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 2800 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

2,800 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 2500 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

2,500 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3900 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,900 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3500 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,500 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3800 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,800 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 2900 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

2,900 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3600 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,600 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 2600 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

2,600 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 2700 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

2,700 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3700 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,700 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3200 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,200 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3000 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,000 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 2800 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

2,800 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 4000 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

4,000 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3400 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,400 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 2900 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

2,900 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3100 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,100 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 2600 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

2,600 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3300 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,300 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3900 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,900 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3500 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,500 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 2700 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

2,700 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3800 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,800 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3200 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,200 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3000 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,000 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 2800 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

2,800 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3100 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,100 grafts

FUE method

Scalp hair transplant: photo before and 12 months later, 3600 grafts, FUE method

before

12 months later

3,600 grafts

FUE method

Comparison

Hair transplant methods
FUE and DHI

Classic FUE, suture-free DHI and a combined protocol: three graft transfer technologies we work with. Compare implantation technique, tissue trauma and graft survival, and choose your method knowingly.

FUE

Classic technique without incisions or stitches

Hair transplant with the FUE method
Discount through end of November

$2,200

$2,700

Graft implantation technique

Forceps

Graft trauma

Minimal

A natural angle for hair

Natural

Graft survival

98–100%

Suitable for

Androgenetic alopecia

DHI

Suture-free placement with a Choi pen

Hair transplant with the DHI method
Discount through end of November

$2,500

$2,900

Graft implantation technique

DHI pen, Choi implanter

Graft trauma

Minimal

A natural angle for hair

Natural

Graft survival

98–100%

Suitable for

Densification

Combined DHI/FUE

Extraction by FUE, DHI implant

Combined DHI and FUE protocol
Discount through end of November

$2,700

$2,900

Graft implantation technique

FUE extraction plus DHI implant

Graft trauma

Minimal

A natural angle for hair

Natural

Graft survival

98–100%

Suitable for

Densification for androgenetic alopecia

Survival and trauma data are averaged by method and offered as a guide: the exact numbers depend on the transplant area and on the patient's individual features, which the doctor clarifies at the consultation.

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Hair transplants from the inside: doctors explain, patients tell

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about the clinic

A centre where you
will feel at ease

Modern equipment and comfortable rooms, care for every patient

The City Medical Centre team with a patient after a hair transplant

Contact us in whichever way suits you

We will deal with your questions and pick a convenient time to consult you

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A transplant won't suit all

The doctor will tell you right at the consultation if your case can be solved without surgery — so you will not waste your money. Below are the conditions in which a transplant really works.

A man with bald patches at a consultation: a case where a hair transplant helps

Where a transplant helps

  • Androgenetic or diffuse alopecia
  • Bald patches and a receding hairline
  • A high hairline
  • Insufficient hair density
  • Genetic side of hair growth
  • Aftermath of a burn or an injury
  • Shedding post-illness
  • Shedding tied to hormonal imbalance

Not sure which group you are in?

Your number is enough. A coordinator asks for photos in a messenger, the doctor says whether a transplant helps. Free, nothing booked.

A doctor looking at a photo of a thinning area on a phone
Find out if it suits me

services

You learn the price
before the surgery

The cost is quoted after the grafts are counted at the free consultation, and fixed in the contract.

Discount through end of November

FUE method

suture-free graft extraction

Hair transplant with the FUE method — operating room at City Medical Centre

$2,200$2,700

or $367/mo — 0% instalments for 6 months

Lock in the price
Discount through end of November

DHI method

implantation without channels

Hair transplant with the DHI method and a Choi pen — operating room at City Medical Centre

$2,500$2,900

or $417/mo — 0% instalments for 6 months

Lock in the price
Discount through end of November

DHI+FUE combo method

combined technique

Combined DHI and FUE hair transplant — operating room at City Medical Centre

$2,700$2,900

or $450/mo — 0% instalments for 6 months

Lock in the price
Discount through end of November

Other services

Initial consultationFree
Eyebrow transplant, FUE$1,700$1,600
Beard transplant, FUEinstalments $467/mo$3,000$2,800
Hair trichopigmentation$2,000$1,700
PRP therapy / session$200
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all included

What is included
in $2,200

From preparation for surgery to 12 months of follow-up.

Guaranteed lifetime growth
Instalments available

No unexpected surcharges on the day of surgery.

two more areas

Beard and eyebrow
transplants

Not only on the scalp: the same grafts from the back of the head, the same FUE method — only the area changes.

Beard transplant

FUE method, no incisions or stitches

A surgeon marking the beard line before a transplant at City Medical Centre

Grafts are taken from the back of the head, the donor zone, through micro-punctures of about 1 mm, with no scars left. Before the operation, the doctor discusses the shape with you, taking your facial features into account. Transplanted hair grows for life, and the beard can be trimmed and styled as usual.

$2,800$3,000

or $467/mo — 0% instalments for 6 months

Lock in the price

Eyebrow transplant

FUE method, no incisions or stitches

A surgeon marking the eyebrow shape before a transplant at City Medical Centre

At the initial consultation the surgeon draws the eyebrow shape, you look through references together, and the design takes your facial features into account. The hairs are implanted at the right angle, so the eyebrows look natural. It also helps where plucking has stopped hairs growing.

$1,600$1,700

an outpatient procedure under local anaesthesia

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Get to know your price and graft count

The doctor will check your donor area, count the grafts and show what result is realistic for you. The cost is quoted at the consultation and fixed in the contract.

Operating room at City Medical Centre

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Process

One day in the clinic —
and go on home

Modern equipment and comfortable rooms, care for every patient

Initial consultation — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
1

Initial consultation

The first step is a free, no-obligation consultation where the doctor explains how FUE and DHI work, answers whatever you ask, and creates a plan tailored to your case.

Booking the surgery date
2

Fixing the surgery date

This step fixes your surgery date with a deposit, payable by card on site or online, and the agreement is captured in a medical services contract.

Preparing for the hair transplant — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
3

Preparing for the hair transplant

The clinic outlines exactly what tests are needed before the operation and gives instructions to help you complete them.

Anaesthesia – a painless hair transplant — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
4

Anaesthesia – a painless hair transplant

The patient receives local anaesthesia, allowing the surgery to proceed painlessly.

Harvesting grafts for the hair transplant — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
5

Harvesting grafts for the hair transplant

The donor zone at the back of the head or the temples supplies the grafts, taken without any stitching required.

Implanting grafts into the area of alopecia — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
6

Placing grafts into the balding area

Surgeons carefully implant the grafts into the balding zone.

Recovery after the transplant procedure — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
7

Recovery after the transplant procedure

The clinic makes recovery straightforward, offering everything necessary and complete instructions for fast healing.

Healing after a hair transplant, 0-10 days
8

0-10 days — Heals

The crusts are gone, the swelling goes down, the area recovers

Shedding of the transplanted hairs after a hair transplant, 2-4 weeks
9

2-4 weeks — Fall-out of transplanted hairs

This stage is normal. Only the hairs fall out, follicles stay put

Growth begins after a hair transplant, 3-4 months
10

3-4 months — Growth begins

New hairs grow in gradually, the result shows

Visible density after a hair transplant, 6-9 months
11

6-9 months — Density visible

Hair thickens, and the main volume and contour become visible

Final result after a hair transplant, 12-18 months
12

12-18 months — End result

You get the final density and a natural hairline

At the consultation the doctor will name how many grafts you personally need, and explain how the transplant will go

A doctor's appointment at City Medical Centre

Free, before surgery, and nothing is owed for it.

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doctors

Specialists

Kristina A. Tropina, assistant

Kristina A. Tropina

Assistant

9 years of experience

At the consultation you talk to the person who will operate.

Your donor area is assessed, the grafts counted, and the achievable result explained.

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coordinators

Clinic coordinators

A personal coordinator guides you from your first enquiry all the way to recovery.

Svetlana, patient care specialist

Svetlana

Patient care specialist

Will see you through before and after surgery

Will help with papers and bookings

Ekaterina, patient care specialist

Ekaterina

Patient care specialist

Will see you through before and after surgery

Will help with papers and bookings

Maria, patient care specialist

Maria

Patient care specialist

Will see you through before and after surgery

Will help with papers and bookings

Yulia, patient care specialist

Yulia

Patient care specialist

Will see you through before and after surgery

Will help with papers and bookings

How it actually
happens

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Reviews

Patient reviews

  • ★★★★★
    Sang Tran
    I was having trouble with my hair. I came here and got a hair transplant. The results was awesome thank you

    Review on Google

  • ★★★★★
    Илья Вячеславович
    І experienced hair loss due to COVID and turned to this clinic; they helped me and performed a hair transplant, moving hair from the back of my head to my temples. Thank you.

    Review on Google

  • ★★★★★
    ilya svyatoslavovich
    I traveled to City Medical Centre, where they helped me overcome hair loss through a transplant to the balding areas of my scalp. I am grateful to the doctors for performing the procedure painlessly.

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  • ★★★★★
    Мансур Касанбаев
    I am sharing my experience, because before the operation I went through a pile of reviews myself and was looking for real stories. I had a beard transplant six months ago. Honestly, in the first days after the procedure I felt a little jittery: my face looked unfamiliar, there was slight swelling and small scabs. In the first couple of months the hair partly fell out, as the doctor had warned. But now the result truly makes me very happy) From about the 4th month active, even growth began. The transplanted hair took very well, the beard now looks as natural as possible, no bald patches are left. The beard became much thicker and denser, with the shape I had thought about for a long time. All in all, I recommend the clinic, the doctor was polite and explained everything 👍 The result is definitely worth it!

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  • ★★★★★
    Dinh Nguyen
    I traveled to this clinic and do hair transplant, very good quality and cheap. Good doctors

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  • ★★★★★
    Hải Cao
    I do hair transplant here very good doctors!!

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Frequent questions

We answer what people
ask before booking

People often say hair implants, but no artificial hair is used. In a hair transplant the doctor moves your own follicles (grafts) from the donor area to thinning or bald areas using FUE or DHI.

City Medical Centre doctors

Yes. The clinic works with patients from other cities and countries, and an online consultation is available first.

Prices start at $2,200 (≈ ₦2,950,000) for FUE, $2,500 (≈ ₦3,350,000) for DHI, and $2,700 (≈ ₦3,600,000) for the combined method. Your final price is set after a free graft count and locked into the contract.

It is a one-day procedure — you leave for home right after.

It helps with stable pattern hair loss and a receding hairline when there are enough donor grafts. Some types of alopecia need treatment first; the doctor checks this at the consultation.

It's a painless procedure, carried out under local anaesthesia.

In FUE, grafts are harvested with a tweezer, no cuts or stitches involved. In DHI, a Choi pen implants grafts without opening channels first. The combined method pairs FUE harvesting with DHI implantation.

At the free consultation, the doctor counts the grafts you need according to your donor area.

First comes 0–10 days of healing, then shedding at 2–4 weeks (a normal stage). Growth starts at 3–4 months, density is clear by 6–9 months, and the final outcome shows at 12–18 months.

You get a lifetime hair growth guarantee, written into the contract.

You can check everything
before you pay

Care is provided under a medical licence, to the standards and clinical guidelines

under Ministry of Health.

Diploma of a City Medical Centre doctor
Certificate of a City Medical Centre doctor

Diplomas and certificates of doctors doing the surgery

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AKC POMOSHCH LLC

our clinic's legal entity

1057746096924

OGRN

7728536872

INN

From the first photo to the final result for a patient in Agege

Two methods are used for a resident of Agege, FUE and DHI, and both go without cuts and stitches, under local anaesthesia, within one day. Graft survival is 98-100 %, and a price from $2,200 (≈ ₦2,950,000) appears in the contract after a free count of the grafts.

From home in Agege you get the same first step as anyone: a free online consultation, photos of the thinning area for the doctor, and a count of the grafts. The clinic answers 24/7, and there is no charge for that conversation.

The healing period is 0-10 days and the shedding of transplanted hairs at 2-4 weeks is part of the plan. Growth restarts at 3-4 months, density at 6-9, the finished result at 12-18. Check-ups at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months and photo tracking with a personal coordinator, with a lifetime growth guarantee.

Hair Transplant in Agege: price and what is included

Prices are in US dollars; the amount in brackets is an approximate conversion to NGN at the rate of 02.10.2026. The final price is fixed in your contract.

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Written by Anastasia A. Kolesnik, plastic surgeon, hair transplant doctor

Medically reviewed by Ellina V. Goncharova, dermatovenereologist, trichologist, surgeon. Review date:

From a railway depot to a photo in your messenger

Agege is a local government area of Greater Metropolitan Lagos, with 683,600 residents counted in 2022 on just 12.25 square kilometres. It is one of 20 local government areas of Lagos State, whose capital Ikeja has held that role since 1976. For a hair transplant, though, what matters about the place is its calendar and its paperwork, and both follow.

The free consultation described below closes with a plan drawn up for your own operation.

A hair transplant at City Medical Centre asks for far less organising than a freight line. You start by sending a coordinator photographs of the places where your hair has thinned, through a messenger. A doctor examines them and tells you if a transplant would help. The step costs nothing and books nothing, and since coordinators reply at any hour, the photographs can go out whenever suits you.

The doctor who examines your donor zone at the consultation also works in the operating room. The graft count is settled at the consultation, and the price goes into the contract after the grafts have been counted. Until that point you are only collecting information, and the conversation may well end with the answer that surgery is not for you.

Harmattan months and the weeks when the scalp is healing

West Africa's dry season has a name: the harmattan. The reference entry defines it as a season between the end of November and the middle of March, brought by a dry, dusty northeasterly wind that crosses the Sahara towards the Gulf of Guinea. It says the wind carries fine dust particles, clears cloud cover and lowers humidity, and lists dry skin, chapped lips and dry eyes among its effects. For Lagos, the table for the dry season, November to April, shows only 9.7 millimetres of rain in December and 10.5 in January.

How does that relate to a scalp that has just received grafts? The early phase lasts 0 to 10 days, while crusts come off, swelling subsides and the area slowly recovers. Alongside it you receive instructions covering hair washing, sleep and headwear, and a plan for returning to sport and hair care. Dust, dry air and strong sun are all things worth raising with your doctor when you choose a date, because the guidance you receive is specific to your case. We do not claim a medical rule here; we point out that the dry months and the healing weeks can coincide.

Sunshine matters too, in the other direction. On the Lagos Island table December has 197 hours of sunshine and April 189, while July has 99 and August 105. If the plan is to operate in a month with more sun, the question of which headgear to choose outdoors deserves an answer from the doctor before surgery, not after it.

One more point on dust: the reference entry says fine particles of between 0.5 and 10 micrometres are carried by the wind, and that humidity can fall sharply in the middle of the day. Your coordinator, available at any hour, can explain anything in the washing and headwear guidance that is unclear.

Reading the regrowth timeline against the Lagos calendar

The stages are fixed, and only the dates are yours to place. First comes healing, 0 to 10 days. The transplanted hairs then shed after 2 to 4 weeks, which is normal. New growth begins at 3 to 4 months, density comes back at 6 to 9 months, and the finished result, with full volume and a natural edge, is reached at 12 to 18 months.

Put those stages on a Lagos calendar. If you were operated on in the latter part of November, the shedding phase would come in December, inside the harmattan months and with the table showing a mean daily maximum of 31.6 degrees Celsius. Regrowth would begin around March, the hottest month on that table at 32.2 degrees. Volume would build through the rains, which peak in June with 433.7 millimetres, and the final result would arrive between the next November and May. An operation in May, at the start of the wet season, would reverse the picture. Neither is better; they are simply different companions for the same stages.

The Ikeja entry offers a second view of the same year, built from a different dataset. It describes a hot season, with average highs above 32 degrees Celsius, from about 12 December to 25 April and peaking in March, and a cooler period from about 23 June to 30 September with August the coldest month. The two tables agree on the shape of the year: warm throughout, hottest at the turn of the calendar, softer in the middle of the rains. That shape, not a single number, is what you should carry into the conversation about timing. The Ikeja table adds two details that matter for the first weeks: relative humidity is 77.7 per cent in January and 78.8 per cent in December against 88.0 to 89.0 per cent from June to September, and January has 1.3 rainy days against 15.1 in June. The dry months are therefore also the least humid ones, and the months of the early shedding phase can be dusty or damp depending on the date you choose.

Plan your own milestones around check-ups. Post-operative checks are booked by the clinic for months 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12, and between them a personal coordinator follows your progress through the photos you send. A diary that holds both the biological stages and the check-ups makes the long wait easier to read.

Whether your thinning is a case for grafts at all

Hair loss comes in kinds that a transplant does not suit, and the consultation is there to tell them apart. Androgenetic or diffuse alopecia, bald areas and a receding front of the scalp count as reasons to go ahead. Against that, it lists a naturally high frontal edge, insufficient hair density, genetic traits of hair growth, shedding following an illness and shedding tied to hormones. Contraindications begin with trichotillomania, body dysmorphic disorder and cancer and continue through age under 18, epilepsy, a pacemaker, diabetes mellitus, HIV, hepatitis B or C and pulmonary embolism.

The methods differ mainly in how the grafts are put in place. With FUE the grafts are taken out with forceps and no incisions are made. DHI places them straight in with a Choi pen. The combined protocol extracts by FUE and implants by DHI. Beard and eyebrow transplants draw on the same donor area at the back of the head.

Bring your questions to the consultation, where the doctor inspects your donor zone, counts the grafts and outlines a realistic outcome for your own scalp.

Checking the doctor, and what the national insurer does not say

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria keeps the national register of doctors (mdcn.gov.ng). According to the reference entry it started work in 1963, hands out annual practising licences and runs a disciplinary tribunal for professional misconduct. For facilities, Lagos State has the Health Facilities Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, established in March 2006, which states that it accredits, inspects, monitors and licenses public and private health facilities in the state.

The National Health Insurance Authority operates under an Act that was signed on 19 May 2022. Its homepage speaks of cover for an employee, a spouse and as many as four biological children, for the informal sector and for vulnerable groups, with a 10 percent co-payment on drugs. Cosmetic procedures are not mentioned, so a hair transplant should not be assumed to be covered. If it matters to your decision, ask your scheme or insurer in writing.

On the clinic's side, the agreed sum holds on the day of surgery, and the work follows a contract for medical services. The price includes dressings, healing checks, a care plan for the transplanted and donor areas, advice on washing, sleep and headwear, and twelve months of follow-up.

Can I do the first step from Agege without any appointment?

Yes. Photos of the thinning areas go to a coordinator through WhatsApp or Telegram, and a doctor looks at them. The step is free, and no date is booked.

Does the harmattan affect when I should have the operation?

No seasonal rule is set, so ask the doctor. The harmattan lasts from late November to mid-March, so the healing weeks may fall inside it.

Is June in Lagos a bad month to start the healing weeks?

June is the peak of the rains, with 433.7 millimetres on the Lagos Island table. No rule links rain to the guidance on washing, sleeping and headwear, so raise the date with the doctor and keep the instructions for your own case.

Will national health insurance cover a transplant?

On the homepage of the National Health Insurance Authority cosmetic procedures go unmentioned. Do not assume coverage; put the question to your scheme in writing.

Where do I verify a doctor in Nigeria?

Look the doctor up in the register of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria at mdcn.gov.ng, and ask the Lagos State agency that licenses health facilities about accreditation.

What if my hair loss is patchy or follows illness?

Such cases are among the situations in which a transplant does not help. Send photos and the doctor will say what makes sense.