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City Medical Centre

Hair Transplant in
Dublin: FUE & DHI

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

With FUE there are no cuts or stitches. Grafts and the forecast calculated free of charge — before you decide.

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

Hair transplant for patients from Dublin 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

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results

This is how it looks
8–12 months later

Each of the cases is a real CMC patient.

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

Three graft transfer technologies are on the table: classic FUE, suture-free DHI and a combined protocol. Implantation technique, tissue trauma and graft survival are what you compare when choosing.

FUE

Classic technique without incisions or stitches

Hair transplant with the FUE method
Discount through November's end

$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 November's end

$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

FUE for extraction, DHI implant

Combined DHI and FUE protocol
Discount through November's end

$2,700

$2,900

Graft implantation technique

FUE extraction, DHI implantation

Graft trauma

Minimal

A natural angle for hair

Natural

Graft survival

98–100%

Suitable for

Androgenetic alopecia and densification

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

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Hair transplants, inside out: expert notes and patient stories

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about the clinic

Clinic, where you
will feel settled

Comfortable rooms, modern equipment and care for every patient

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

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A transplant suits not everyone

Where your case can be resolved without surgery, the doctor will say so at the consultation — and you will not waste your money. Below are the conditions in which a transplant works.

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

Where a transplant helps

  • Androgenetic or diffuse alopecia
  • Thin spots and a receding hairline
  • A high hairline
  • Insufficient hair density
  • Genetic factors of hair growth
  • Consequences of an injury or a burn
  • Shedding after an illness
  • Shedding due to a hormonal imbalance

Not sure which group you are in?

Photos in a messenger and the doctor's verdict on whether a transplant helps - free and with no booking. Just leave your number.

A doctor looking at a photo of a thinning area on a phone
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services

You learn the price
before the surgery

Your cost is quoted at the free consultation, after the graft count, and locked in the contract.

Discount through November's end

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 November's end

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 November's end

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 November's end

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 surgery preparation to 12 months of follow-up.

Lifetime hair growth guarantee
Instalments available

No unexpected surcharges on the day of surgery.

two more areas

Beard and eyebrow
transplants

A hair transplant is not confined to the scalp. Same grafts from the back of the head, same FUE method — only the area changes.

Beard transplant

FUE method, free of cuts or 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 — no scars are left. The doctor discusses the shape with you before the operation, taking your facial features into account. Transplanted hair grows for life: 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, free of cuts 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 go through references together and the design accounts for your facial features. The hairs are set at the right angle, so the eyebrows look natural. It also helps where hairs stopped growing after years of plucking.

$1,600$1,700

an outpatient procedure under local anaesthesia

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See the price and how many grafts

The doctor will weigh up your donor area, count the grafts and show the result achievable 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 —
then go home

Comfortable rooms, modern equipment and care for every patient

Initial consultation — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
1

Initial consultation

The initial consultation is where the doctor explains FUE and DHI in detail, answers your questions, and creates a personal operation plan. It's completely free.

Booking the surgery date
2

Picking the surgery date

Once the deposit is paid — in person by card or online — the surgery date is booked and confirmed under a medical services contract.

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

Getting ready for the transplant

Preparation is guided by the clinic, which supplies a list of necessary tests and instructions to complete them ahead of the operation.

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

Anaesthesia – a painless hair transplant

Because local anaesthesia is used, patients in Dublin experience no pain during the operation.

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

Collecting grafts for the hair transplant

This step collects grafts from the donor zone — the back of the head or the temples — using a scarless technique.

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

Implanting grafts into the area of alopecia

The team implants the harvested grafts into the balding zone at this stage.

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, Healing

Crusts come off, the swelling goes down, the area recovers gradually

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

2-4 weeks — The grafted hairs fall out

A normal stage. The hairs fall out, the follicles stay in place

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

3-4 months — Growth starts

New hairs appear bit by bit, the result shows

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

6-9 months — Density shows

The hair becomes thicker, the main volume and contour are visible

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

12-18 months — Results set

The final density and a natural hairline take shape

At the consultation the doctor will calculate the grafts you personally need and explain how the transplant will go

A doctor's appointment at City Medical Centre

Free, before surgery and binding you to nothing.

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doctors

Specialists

Kristina A. Tropina, assistant

Kristina A. Tropina

Assistant

9 years of experience

The doctor who will operate speaks with you at consultation.

The doctor will assess your donor area, count the grafts and say the result you can reach.

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coordinators

Clinic coordinators

A personal coordinator is assigned to you, guiding you from the first enquiry through to recovery.

Svetlana, patient care specialist

Svetlana

Patient care specialist

Will care for you before and after surgery

Will help with documents and appointments

Ekaterina, patient care specialist

Ekaterina

Patient care specialist

Will care for you before and after surgery

Will help with documents and appointments

Maria, patient care specialist

Maria

Patient care specialist

Will care for you before and after surgery

Will help with documents and appointments

Yulia, patient care specialist

Yulia

Patient care specialist

Will care for you before and after surgery

Will help with documents and appointments

How it actually
happens

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

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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

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  • ★★★★★
    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.

FUE: $2,200 (≈ €2,000). DHI: $2,500 (≈ €2,250). Combined: $2,700 (≈ €2,450). A free consultation and graft count gives you the final, contract-fixed price with no hidden extras.

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.

No — local anaesthesia keeps the whole procedure pain-free.

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.

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.

Your procedure includes a lifetime hair-growth guarantee under contract.

All of it can be checked
before you pay

The clinic works under a medical licence, care is provided 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 the team that will operate

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AKC POMOSHCH LLC

our clinic's legal entity

1057746096924

OGRN

7728536872

INN

For residents of Dublin: how the transplant actually works

Someone in Dublin needs no hospital stay for this: FUE and DHI go without cuts or stitches, under local anaesthesia, and the whole operation takes one day. Graft survival is 98-100 %, and a price from $2,200 (≈ €2,000) is set in the contract after a free graft count.

See also: hair transplants in Calgary

You send photos, the doctor looks and counts the grafts, and the consultation costs nothing at all in Dublin. The clinic stays in touch 24/7, which means a question asked in your evening still gets a proper answer that evening.

Healing is a matter of 0-10 days, the transplanted hairs shed at 2-4 weeks and that is expected, growth resumes at 3-4 months, density is obvious at 6-9 and the result is complete at 12-18. The clinic checks in at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months by photo, and the growth guarantee lasts a lifetime.

Hair Transplant in Dublin: 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 known people

Well-known people who openly discussed 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)

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What the Medical Council register can tell you

Ireland counted 5,149,139 people on census night, 3 April 2022, and County Dublin accounted for 1,501,500 of them. For a patient anywhere in that population, the register kept by the Medical Council of Ireland is the neutral place to start. By law all doctors have to register with the Council in order to practise, and the public register can be searched by name or by registration number, which the Council describes as the most reliable route.

Open the full record rather than the first line of the result: restrictions, conditions on registration or a suspension can be visible there. The Council also notes that a doctor who is not found by the search may still be registered, so if a name does not appear, ask the clinic for the exact details and try again. Specialist registration is a separate matter from general registration.

Ask the clinic for the full name of the doctor who will perform your transplant, for the qualifications that go with the name, and for the organisation's medical licence. The doctor at the consultation is the one in the operating room, so that single name is the one to check. Keep the answer, and the date you received it.

Save a dated screenshot of the record you opened, next to the name exactly as the clinic wrote it, so that any difference in spelling or specialty shows at once. A mismatch is usually a typing slip, but it is the clinic's job to explain it in writing.

From the first call to the operating room: where paper belongs

Think of the route as a sequence of handovers, and ask what document marks each one. The free consultation hands you a plan made for your own case, so ask for a copy. The deposit hands the clinic a reserved date, so the terms belong in the contract for medical services. The pre-operative tests hand the doctor your health picture, so ask the clinic for its written instructions on what to complete and keep proof that you did.

On the day itself, local anaesthesia numbs the area first. Grafts are then collected from the donor zone, the back of the head or the temples, by a technique that leaves no scars, and each one is set into the thinning area. Everything fits into a single day, and written recovery instructions are handed over at the end. If you find a step in this description that your own written plan omits, send that as your next question.

Between consultation and surgery, keep a short running list headed Still to receive. Strike an item only when the document is in your hands, not when someone says it is coming. The list usually empties within days if the clinic is organised, and a list that stays long is information too.

A checklist for the clinic's reply, in plain terms

Before you decide, send one message to the coordinator, who is available 24/7 on WhatsApp and Telegram with a reply promised within 15 minutes. Ask for the medical licence, the legal name of the provider, the credentials of the doctors, the contract for medical services and a list of what the agreed sum includes.

Then read for substance. A contract worth signing names the technique. The number of grafts is a doctor's count made once the donor zone has been examined; a figure offered earlier is a guess. The agreed sum should read the same on the day of surgery as on the day you signed. In the list of inclusions, look for dressings and healing checks, a care plan covering both the transplanted and the donor areas, instructions on washing, sleeping and headwear, a return-to-sport and hair-care plan, and five checks after the operation, at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months.

Separate what was said from what was signed. A remark made in conversation is worth nothing if the contract is silent, so have the important points put on paper: who carries out the procedure, how many checks follow, and whether you may send photographs between them.

If two clinics are in the running, fill the same four rows for each: technique, graft number counted by a doctor, area to be covered and the name of the person doing the work. A blank row is your next question. An offer that cannot name its technique or its count is still only a conversation.

Reading the growth stages so a result can be judged later

A transplanted scalp does not look finished for a long time, and knowing the order of events keeps early worry in proportion. The first 0 to 10 days are for healing: crusts shed and the swelling goes down. Between 2 and 4 weeks the transplanted hairs fall out, which is a normal stage because the follicles stay in place. New growth starts at 3 to 4 months, thickness returns at 6 to 9 months, and the finished result arrives at 12 to 18 months.

Lay those stages beside the check-ups at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months and you have a timetable of your own. Before each check-up, ask yourself which stage you should be in and write one line on what you actually see. Send that line to your coordinator along with the photographs, so the conversation starts from your observation and not from a general question. After a year you hold a dated record, which is a firmer basis for judging the work than a single picture taken on a good day.

A photo set, a diagnosis and a decision you can defend

The first consultation is free and online. Send pictures of the thinning areas in daylight, with dry hair, from the front, both temples, the crown and the back, plus a clear view of the donor zone. Add a few lines on when the loss started, whether relatives share it and what you have tried. A doctor reviews it and says whether a transplant would help; nothing is booked and nothing is paid at this stage.

Think of the first exchange as building a small case file. It holds the photographs, your own timeline of hair loss, any diagnosis you already have, the questions you want answered and the replies you receive. Date each item. Should you later compare the plan with a second opinion everything is in one place.

A good file also records your reasons. Write one sentence on what you want from the operation: a fuller front, a covered crown, a thicker beard, stronger brows. Different aims need different graft counts, and the doctor can advise only on the aim you state. Read the sentence again the next morning; if it still says what you mean, send it with the photographs.

Be equally honest about what you do not know. If you have not seen a doctor about the cause of the loss, say so, because shedding after illness, shedding linked to a hormonal imbalance and patchy alopecia are all on the list of situations where the answer may be no. A free consultation exists so that this can be sorted out before money is involved, and a doctor who advises against surgery has done the job properly.

Last, decide what you will do with the answer. If the reply is a yes, which of the written items still has to arrive before you consider a deposit? If it is a no, what would you like to ask about alternatives? Having these two lines ready keeps the conversation useful whichever way it goes.

Write the first message the way you would brief a colleague: one short paragraph for the photographs, one for your timeline, one for your questions. Number the questions and ask for the answers under the same numbers, so that nothing is lost between messages. Whatever remains unanswered goes into a second message, shorter than the first, and the whole exchange stays easy to reread.

How can I check a doctor in Ireland?

Search the Medical Council register by registration number or name, open the full record and read any conditions or suspension. Specialist registration is separate from general registration.

What if a doctor does not appear in the register search?

The Medical Council notes that a doctor whose details are not found by the search may still be registered. Ask the clinic for the exact name and registration details and search again.

Is hair that falls out after a transplant a sign that it failed?

Shedding at 2 to 4 weeks is a normal stage: the transplanted hairs fall out, but the follicles stay in place. New growth begins at 3 to 4 months.

What should I ask for in writing before paying a deposit?

The medical licence, the legal name of the provider, each doctor's credentials, the contract with the method named, and the list of inclusions through the 12-month follow-up.

Can the same donor area be used for a beard or eyebrows?

Yes. For a beard, grafts from the back of the head move through micro-punctures of about 1 mm. For eyebrows the surgeon draws the line first and reviews reference photographs with you.

Can I start from Dublin without an appointment in person?

Yes. The first consultation is free and online, with photos sent to a coordinator who is available 24/7 on WhatsApp or Telegram.