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FUE & DHI
Hair Transplant in Amsterdam

FUE · DHI

from $2,200

Consultation and quote — $0.

Honest case

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

first

a full 12 months

FUE: no incisions, no stitches. Graft count and result forecast assessed with no fee at all — before you decide.

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

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

Price
€2,000 (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

Here is how hair looks
8–12 months later

Genuine results from genuine patients, no exceptions.

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

first

a full 12 months

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,400 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,600 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

4,000 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,700 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,900 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,600 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,700 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

4,000 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,400 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,900 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

first

a full 12 months

3,600 grafts

FUE method

Comparison

Hair transplant methods
FUE and DHI

We offer three graft transfer technologies: classic FUE, suture-free DHI and a combined protocol. Set them side by side by implantation technique, tissue trauma and graft survival, and choose knowingly.

FUE

Classic method requiring no cuts or sutures

Hair transplant with the FUE method
Discount through late November

$2,200

$2,700

Graft implantation technique

Forceps

Graft trauma

Minimal

A natural growth angle

Natural

Graft survival

98–100%

Suitable for

Androgenetic alopecia

DHI

Stitch-free implantation with a Choi pen

Hair transplant with the DHI method
Discount through late November

$2,500

$2,900

Graft implantation technique

DHI, a Choi implanter

Graft trauma

Minimal

A natural growth angle

Natural

Graft survival

98–100%

Suitable for

Densification

Combined DHI/FUE

Extraction by FUE, DHI implant

Combined DHI and FUE protocol
Discount through late November

$2,700

$2,900

Graft implantation technique

FUE extraction plus DHI implant

Graft trauma

Minimal

A natural growth angle

Natural

Graft survival

98–100%

Suitable for

Androgenetic alopecia and densification

Survival and trauma figures are averages for each method, given as a guide: the precise numbers depend on the transplant area and the patient's individual features, and the doctor clarifies them at consultation.

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Hair transplants from the inside: expert detail, patient stories

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Discuss your options

about the clinic

A place where you
will be at ease

A comfortable room, reliable equipment and unhurried care

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

We answer on all of these channels

Questions are answered first, then a suitable slot for the consultation is chosen

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Many are better served elsewhere

The consultation gives you a straight answer, including that an operation may be pointless, so nothing is spent needlessly. The situations in which a transplant is genuinely justified are listed below.

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

Situations that fit it

  • Androgenetic or diffuse alopecia
  • A receding hairline
  • A high hairline
  • Insufficient hair density
  • Genetic factors of hair growth
  • Damage caused by a burn or injury
  • Shedding post-illness
  • Hair loss from hormonal imbalance

Your case looks unclear to you?

Leave a number: the coordinator asks for photos in a messenger, and a doctor says whether a transplant would help. Free.

A doctor looking at a photo of a thinning area on a phone
Could this work for me?

services

You learn the price
before the surgery

After counting the grafts at the free consultation, the doctor tells you the price and it is written into the contract.

Discount through late November

FUE method

suture-free graft extraction

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

$2,200$2,700

Consultation and quote — $0.

Set the price now
Discount through late 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

Consultation and quote — $0.

Set the price now
Discount through late November

DHI+FUE combo method

combined technique

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

$2,700$2,900

Consultation and quote — $0.

Set the price now
Discount through late November

What else we do

Where it all beginsFree
Eyebrow transplant, FUE$1,700$1,600
Beard transplant, FUE$3,000$2,800
Hair trichopigmentation$2,000$1,700
PRP therapy / session$200
Set the price now

all included

What is included
in $2,200

From pre-op preparation to 12 months of follow-up.

Guaranteed, growth for life

What you agreed is what you pay on surgery day.

two further zones

Beard and eyebrow
transplants

A hair transplant is more than the scalp. The same grafts from the back of the head, the same FUE method — only the area changes.

Beard transplant

FUE, no incisions and no stitches

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

Grafts are taken from the donor area at the back of the head and moved through micro-punctures of about 1 mm; scars are not left. Before the operation the doctor discusses what shape to give the beard, allowing for your facial features. Transplanted hair grows for life and is trimmed and styled as usual.

$2,800$3,000

Consultation and quote — $0.

Set the price now

Eyebrow transplant

FUE, no incisions and no 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 and the surgeon look through references, 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 growth.

$1,600$1,700

a procedure you go home from, numbed locally

Set the price now

Know how many grafts and the price

You see the state of your donor zone, the number of grafts and the result it allows. The cost follows from the count, is named at the consultation and fixed in writing.

Operating room at City Medical Centre

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Process

One day at the clinic —
then go home

From consultation to going home — all in one day

Where it all begins — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
1

Where it all begins

At no cost, the doctor uses the initial consultation to explain FUE and DHI, answer your questions, and outline an individual surgical plan.

Holding a day for you
2

Holding a day for you

Booking involves reserving the surgery date with a deposit — card payment at the clinic or an online transfer — under a medical services contract.

Getting ready for the procedure — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
3

Getting ready for the procedure

You'll complete the necessary medical tests before the operation, following the list and instructions supplied by the clinic.

Numbing the scalp – so there is no pain — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
4

Numbing the scalp – so there is no pain

The treatment area is numbed with local anaesthesia, so the entire surgery is pain-free.

One follicle at a time, they are removed — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
5

One follicle at a time, they are removed

Grafts are collected from the back of the head or temples, using a technique that requires no stitches.

Planting out the units in the treated zone — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
6

Planting out the units in the treated zone

Implantation takes place here, with the grafts placed into the area of hair loss.

Recovery in the months that follow — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
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Recovery in the months that follow

This step focuses on recovery, backed by everything the clinic provides along with complete instructions.

Healing after a hair transplant, 0-10 days
8

0-10 days — Skin heals

Scabs come away, swelling goes down, the skin heals day by day

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

2-4 weeks — Shedding of transplanted hairs

Normal stage — only the hairs fall out, the follicles stay in place

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

3-4 months — Hair reappears

New growth takes hold, the first effect is visible

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

6-9 months — Density sets in

The hair looks fuller, and the volume and hairline are visible

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

12-18 months — Finished result

The hairline looks natural and density is final

An individual graft count and a walk-through of the operation are what the consultation is for

A doctor's appointment at City Medical Centre

Free, well before surgery and with no obligation.

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doctors

Our doctors

Kristina A. Tropina, assistant

Kristina A. Tropina

Assistant

9 years in practice

At the consultation the operating surgeon answers you directly.

The doctor assesses the donor zone, counts the grafts and describes the outcome.

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coordinators

Clinic staff on call

Your own coordinator takes you through every step, right up to full recovery.

Svetlana, patient care specialist

Svetlana

Aftercare coordinator

Will help you before and after the surgery

Handles the paperwork and your bookings

Ekaterina, patient care specialist

Ekaterina

Aftercare coordinator

Will help you before and after the surgery

Handles the paperwork and your bookings

Maria, patient care specialist

Maria

Aftercare coordinator

Will help you before and after the surgery

Handles the paperwork and your bookings

Yulia, patient care specialist

Yulia

Aftercare coordinator

Will help you before and after the surgery

Handles the paperwork and your bookings

How it actually
happens

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A City Medical Centre patient story
A City Medical Centre patient story
A City Medical Centre patient story
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A City Medical Centre patient story
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A City Medical Centre patient story
A City Medical Centre patient story
A City Medical Centre patient story
A City Medical Centre patient story
A City Medical Centre patient story

Want the same — begin from a free consultation

Questions are answered first, then a suitable slot for the consultation is chosen

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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.

    Review on Google

  • ★★★★★
    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!

    Review on Google

  • ★★★★★
    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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Your main worries

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 — patients from other cities and countries are welcome, and you can start with a free online consultation.

FUE is $2,200 (≈ €2,000), DHI is $2,500 (≈ €2,250), combined DHI+FUE is $2,700 (≈ €2,450). A free consultation with a graft count gives you the exact, contract-fixed price.

The surgery takes a single day, and you go home the same day.

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.

The surgery is performed under local anaesthesia, so it's painless.

FUE is cut-free graft extraction by tweezer. DHI is direct implantation with a Choi pen, skipping channel-making. The combined technique takes grafts by FUE and places them using the DHI method.

The doctor calculates the exact number of grafts at a free consultation, based on your donor area.

Healing takes 0–10 days. Transplanted hair sheds at 2–4 weeks, which is normal. New growth starts at 3–4 months, with noticeable density at 6–9 months and the final result at 12–18 months.

A contract-backed, lifetime guarantee of hair growth comes with every procedure.

You can check everything
before you pay

Medical licence in place, care provided to the standards and clinical guidelines

per Ministry of Health.

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

Diplomas and certificates of the doctors who will operate

Look at the documents

AKC POMOSHCH LLC

the clinic's legal entity

1057746096924

OGRN

7728536872

INN

Amsterdam and a transplant that takes one day

A resident of Amsterdam can plan around a single day: FUE and DHI leave no cuts and no stitches and are done under local anaesthesia. Graft survival stands at 98-100 %, while a price from $2,200 (≈ €2,000) is fixed in the contract after the free counting of grafts.

A free online consultation is open to anyone in Amsterdam, and it needs only pictures of the affected zone: the doctor looks and says whether a transplant will help. Contact runs 24/7, without days off.

Healing needs 0-10 days of your patience and nothing else. Then at 2-4 weeks the transplanted hairs shed, a normal turn of events. Growth starts at 3-4 months and continues long after that first sign of it.

Hair Transplant in Amsterdam: price and what is included

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

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Stories of well-known people

Well-known people who spoke openly about this operation, in their own words.

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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:

Sources and further reading

  1. NHS — Hair transplant
  2. American Academy of Dermatology — Hair loss: hair transplants
  3. International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) — Treatments for hair loss
  4. PubMed / NCBI — Follicular Unit Extraction for Hair Transplantation: An Update (Actas Dermosifiliogr, 2017)
  5. PubMed / NCBI — Donor site healing in follicular unit extraction hair transplantation (Cell Mol Biol, 2025)

How we prepare and review medical content · Medical disclaimer

Looking up the doctor in the BIG register before anything else

Amsterdam had 941,873 residents on 1 January 2026, counting the city proper, and every one of them can take the same first step: find out who stands behind an offer before reading the offer itself. The Netherlands keeps a legal, public online register for professions in individual health care. It is called the BIG register and it rests on the BIG Act.

Registration in the BIG register is obligatory for 11 healthcare professions. You can search by name and profession or by BIG number, and only registered professionals may use the protected professional title. A separate list shows professionals on whom a disciplinary measure has been imposed, so an entry in the register and the absence of a measure are two different things to look at.

If a plastic surgeon is going to operate, the NVPC is a second place to look. It is the Dutch scientific association of plastic surgeons, founded in 1950, and it says it represents all plastic surgeons registered in the Netherlands and invites patients to choose a surgeon who belongs to it. Its member overview is a list of members rather than a register lookup, so it supplements the BIG register and does not replace it.

Turn this into a short routine. Ask the coordinator for the full name of the doctor who will carry out your transplant, and ask to see the diplomas and certificates, which the clinic says you can examine before any payment. If the doctor holds a Dutch registration, search the name, note what the register shows and keep a dated screenshot. The clinic lists a hair transplant doctor and trichologist, a dermatovenereologist and trichologist and a plastic surgeon among its specialists, so a request for one specific name is reasonable.

The clinic states that the doctor at the consultation is the doctor in the operating room. It is easy to ask for that sentence in writing, and easy to compare with the contract later.

Three techniques, three separate sets of questions

A transplant is done by one of three techniques, and each deserves its own questions. FUE takes the grafts with forceps, without incisions or stitches, and the hair keeps its natural angle. DHI places each graft straight into the scalp with a Choi pen, so no channels have to be made first. The combined protocol takes grafts by FUE and places them by DHI, and it is described as a way to densify hair in androgenetic alopecia.

For FUE, ask how the donor zone, the back of the head or the temples, will look afterwards and who decides how many grafts leave it. For DHI, ask why implanting with a pen suits your area and whether you should expect any difference in density. For the combined protocol, ask what is gained over one technique alone, since two steps are being used and you are entitled to understand why.

The comparison figures for the methods, graft survival among them, are averages given for guidance. The exact numbers depend on the area being transplanted and on the individual, and the doctor sets them out at the consultation. Ask for your own numbers on paper instead of the averages.

Anaesthesia is local, the operation is completed within a single day, and you go home afterwards. The clinic includes guidance on washing the hair, on sleep and on headwear in its care plan, so ask to hold that guidance in writing before the day.

Putting two conclusions on the same sheet

A second opinion helps only when the two conclusions can be compared. Draw a small table and give both conclusions the same rows: the diagnosis, the donor area that was examined, the graft count, the technique, the person who operates, the list of inclusions and the dates of follow-up. Where a cell stays empty, the question belongs to whoever left it empty.

Differences in the graft count are normal, because the count follows from the doctor's study of the donor zone. What matters is whether the figure came from your photographs and your donor area or from a standard number. The clinic says the graft count is made at the consultation and that the achievable outcome is explained at the same time. A conclusion that names no expected outcome has a missing row.

Then compare inclusions. The clinic lists dressings and healing checks, a care plan for the transplanted and the donor area, guidance on washing, sleep and headwear, a plan for returning to sport and hair care, contact with your own coordinator with photos exchanged as things change, and post-operative checks. If another offer leaves some of these out, ask in writing whether they are provided separately and on what terms. Compare the sums only after that, and do not assume that two sums describe the same service.

Last, compare how each side reacts to a plain refusal. Ask what happens if you decide, after reading the conclusion, not to go ahead. The first consultation at this clinic is free and nothing is booked at that stage, so you can leave the conversation with nothing lost. An offer that makes leaving awkward has already told you something.

Beard and eyebrows: the same donor area, a different brief

The clinic also transplants beards and eyebrows, with the same FUE method and grafts taken from the back of the head. For a beard, grafts are moved through micro-punctures about a millimetre across, and the doctor discusses the shape with you before the operation, taking your facial features into account. For eyebrows, the surgeon draws the brow line at the opening consultation and reference photographs are reviewed with you. Each hair is set at the growth angle, and the work equally suits brows lost to long years of plucking.

If you are weighing one of these, the questions change. What will the shape look like from the front and from the side? Who draws the line, and can you adjust it on the day? Ask the doctor to state the number of grafts and the number of sessions in writing, because those figures follow from the examination and not from a general rule.

A question for every check-up in the first year

The clinic schedules post-operative checks at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months, and a personal coordinator stays in touch between them. Give each check one or two questions in advance. A visit with no prepared question tends to end with 'everything is fine', and that sentence is worth less than a specific answer.

At one month the early stage, which the clinic puts at 0–10 days, is behind you: the crusts shed, the swelling goes down and the area gradually recovers. Ask whether both the transplanted and the donor area are healing as expected, and when the plan for returning to sport applies to you. The shedding of transplanted hairs at 2–4 weeks is a normal stage and the follicles stay in place. Ask beforehand how to recognise it, so that shedding is not read as failure.

At three months regrowth is due to start, since the clinic gives 3–4 months for it. Ask what you should see by now and what is not yet expected, then agree which photographs to send and in what light. At six months volume is expected to return between 6 and 9 months, so the question becomes how your density compares with the plan set at the consultation.

At nine and twelve months the question is the end of the road. The clinic puts the final result, full volume with a natural edge, at 12–18 months. Ask what happens if at twelve months the density is below what was agreed, and ask for the answer before the operation, not at the twelve-month check.

Can I look up a doctor in the BIG register without being a patient?

Yes. It is a public online register. You search by name and profession or by BIG number, and it also gives access to a list of professionals who have received a disciplinary measure.

Does the BIG register describe the clinic as a whole?

No. It covers professionals in individual health care, so it tells you about the doctor and not about the organisation. Ask the clinic separately for its licence details and the name of its legal entity.

Is NVPC membership the same as BIG registration?

No. The NVPC is a scientific association of plastic surgeons founded in 1950, and its member overview is a list of members. The BIG register is the legal register of professionals.

Which rows should my comparison table have?

Diagnosis, donor area examined, graft count, technique, the operating doctor, inclusions, dates of follow-up and the stated expected outcome. Any empty cell is a question to put in writing.

Who do I send photographs to?

To a coordinator in WhatsApp or Telegram. A doctor reviews them and says whether a transplant would help. The first consultation is free and nothing is booked.

Are beard grafts taken from the beard area?

The clinic takes them from the back of the head with the FUE method, through micro-punctures about a millimetre across. The doctor discusses the shape with you before the operation.

What should I ask at the three-month check?

What you should see by now, what is not yet expected, and which photographs to send. Regrowth is due to start at 3–4 months.