Hair transplant (hair restoration) in Edinburgh: price and key facts
Hair transplant for patients from Edinburgh at City Medical Centre starts at £1,700 (from $2,200). The first online consultation is free; the doctor names the final price and it is fixed in the contract.
Price
£1,700 (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.
The clinic works with three graft transfer technologies: classic FUE, suture-free DHI and a combined protocol. Implantation technique, tissue trauma and graft survival differ, so compare before choosing.
FUE
Classic technique without incisions or stitches
Discount runs to 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
Implantation with a Choi pen, no sutures
Discount runs to end of November
$2,500
$2,900
Graft implantation technique
DHI, a Choi implanter
Graft trauma
Minimal
A natural angle for hair
Natural
Graft survival
98–100%
Suitable for
Densification
Combined DHI/FUE
FUE extraction, DHI pen implantation
Discount runs to 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.
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.
Where a transplant helps
Androgenetic or diffuse alopecia
Thin spots and a receding hairline
Contraindications
Trichotillomania
Body dysmorphic disorder
Cancer
Under 18 years of age
A high hairline
Insufficient hair density
Genetic side of hair growth
Aftermath of a burn or an injury
Shedding after an illness
Shedding due to a hormonal imbalance
Intolerance to anaesthetics
Epilepsy
Serious heart conditions
Diabetes mellitus
A pacemaker
AIDS/HIV, Hepatitis B/C
Pulmonary embolism (PE)
Patchy alopecia
Not sure which group you are in?
Your number is enough: a coordinator asks for photos, the doctor says if a transplant helps. Free, no booking.
From preparing for the operation to 12-month follow-up.
Lifetime hair growth guarantee
Instalments available
All necessary dressings and healing checks
Your care plan for transplant and donor areas
A plan for washing your hair, sleeping and wearing headwear
A plan for sport and for hair care afterwards
Contact with a personal coordinator and photo tracking of progress
Follow-up visits at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months
Extra charges on the day of surgery do not happen.
two more areas
Beard and eyebrow transplants
It is not only about the scalp. The same grafts from the back of the head, the same FUE method — just the area changes.
Beard transplant
FUE, no incisions and no stitches
Grafts taken from the back of the head, the donor area, move through micro-punctures of about 1 mm, with no scars left. The doctor discusses the shape with you before the operation, taking your facial features into account. The hair grows for life once transplanted; the beard can be trimmed and styled as usual.
At the initial consultation the surgeon draws the shape of the eyebrow: you look through references together and your facial features shape the design. The hairs are implanted at the right angle, so the eyebrows look natural. It also helps where hairs stopped growing after years of plucking.
Care for every patient, comfortable rooms, modern equipment
1
Initial consultation
This free initial meeting with the doctor is where FUE and DHI are explained, your questions get answered, and a personal plan for the operation takes shape.
2
Booking the surgery date
This step reserves your surgery date through a deposit, paid by card at the clinic or online, with terms captured in a medical services contract.
3
Preparing for the hair transplant
This step ensures you're ready for surgery: the clinic supplies a list of required tests and clear instructions for completing them.
4
Anaesthesia – a painless hair transplant
Local anaesthesia is given ahead of the procedure, so it remains pain-free throughout.
5
Harvesting grafts for the hair transplant
The harvesting stage takes grafts from either the back of the head or the temples, with no need for stitches.
6
Implanting grafts into the area of alopecia
Surgeons implant the collected grafts into the area where hair loss has occurred.
7
Healing after the transplant procedure
Everything you need for recovery, plus complete instructions, comes from the clinic at this final stage.
8
0-10 days — Heal
The crusts go, the swelling goes down, the area gradually recovers
9
2-4 weeks — Transplanted hairs are shed
The stage is normal: only hairs fall out, follicles stay in place
10
3-4 months — First growth
New hairs appear step by step, the result shows
11
6-9 months — Density shows
The hair is becoming thicker, the volume and contour are visible
12
12-18 months — End result
The final density and natural hairline settle in
The consultation gives you the number of grafts you personally need and an explanation of how the transplant goes
Free, before the operation and with no obligations.
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.
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★★★★★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
Here is 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.
Yes — City Medical Centre regularly treats patients from other cities and countries, starting with an online consultation.
The base prices are $2,200 (≈ £1,700) (FUE), $2,500 (≈ £1,900) (DHI) and $2,700 (≈ £2,050) (combined). The precise cost is determined at a free consultation and graft count, then fixed in your contract.
Surgery is done in one day, and patients go home the same day it's finished.
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 isn't painful: local anaesthesia is used throughout the surgery.
With FUE, grafts are taken by tweezer with no incisions. With DHI, grafts are implanted directly using a Choi pen, without pre-made channels. The combined method mixes FUE harvesting with DHI implantation.
The number of grafts is assessed for free by the doctor, based on how much donor hair you have.
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.
Yes — 0% instalments for 6 months, from $367/mo.
Eyebrow transplant, FUE — $1,600 instead of $1,700. The first consultation is free.
Beard transplant, FUE — $2,800 instead of $3,000. The first consultation is free.
All of it can be checked before you pay
Under a medical licence, with care provided to the standards and clinical guidelines
per Ministry of Health.
Diplomas and certificates of the team that will operate
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AKC POMOSHCH LLC
the clinic's own entity
1057746096924
OGRN
7728536872
INN
Thinking about a hair transplant in Edinburgh?
The method suits a patient in Edinburgh because it asks so little: FUE and DHI, no cuts, no stitches, local anaesthesia and one day of your time. Graft survival is 98-100 %, and a price from $2,200 (≈ £1,700) is put into the contract after a free count of the grafts.
A patient in Edinburgh can get a doctor's opinion at home: the online consultation is free, the photos of the thinning area are enough, and the grafts are counted from them. The clinic keeps in touch 24/7, in your own hours.
It heals within 0-10 days, the transplanted hairs shed at 2-4 weeks and this is the norm, growth appears at 3-4 months, density at 6-9 and the final result at 12-18. Along the way there are check-ups at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months, photo tracking with a personal coordinator and a lifetime growth guarantee.
Hair Transplant in Edinburgh: price and what is included
Prices are in US dollars; the amount in brackets is an approximate conversion to GBP at the rate of 02.10.2026. The final price is fixed in your contract.
How do I book a hair transplant for a date that suits me?
Message the coordinator with your preferred dates. The first consultation is free, and you can start it online; the clinic then confirms which dates are open, and only after that is anything booked.
Which photos do I need to send for a graft count?
Clear photos of the hairline from the front, the top, the crown and the donor area at the back of the head, plus your age and whether you have had a transplant before. The doctor counts the grafts from them, and the price is fixed in the contract.
How do I start planning a hair transplant from Edinburgh?
Write to us on WhatsApp or Telegram or leave a request on this page. The coordinator asks for the photos and health details the doctor needs, and the doctor gives you a free assessment and a price.
How long before an event should I have a hair transplant?
For the scalp to look healed, allow at least 10 days: healing takes 0–10 days. Transplanted hairs shed normally at 2–4 weeks, growth starts at 3–4 months and the final result shows at 12–18 months.
How long is recovery after a hair transplant?
The transplant itself is a one-day procedure under local anaesthesia. Healing runs 0–10 days, and the doctor sets the check-ups.
A register, two associations and a list of your own: checking who treats you
The City of Edinburgh council area had an estimated 531,370 residents in 2025, and it is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth. A decision about a hair transplant, however, does not depend on the district you live in. It depends on how well you can check a provider you have never met.
Start with the register. Healthcare Improvement Scotland regulates independent hospitals (including voluntary hospices), independent clinics and independent medical agencies. Its website has a page for finding a regulated provider or service: you pick a category, enter a postcode and choose a radius of 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 or 100 miles. It also publishes its latest inspection reports and advice on choosing a clinic.
The second layer is professional bodies. The NHS explains that some surgeons belong to professional associations, such as BAAPS and BAPRAS, which make sure their members have the relevant qualifications, experience and insurance. BAPRAS keeps two searchable directories, Find a Member and Find a Unit, and has a section for people thinking of plastic surgery.
When you search the register, write down exactly what you find: the name of the service, its category, the postcode and the date of the latest inspection report if one is shown. If the provider you are considering has no entry, ask the coordinator which body supervises the care and where that body publishes its list. A missing entry is not an accusation, but it is a gap that deserves a written answer.
Neither a register nor a directory tells you who will work on your scalp. For that the NHS list of questions is useful. Ask the person who will perform the work how many times they have performed this procedure, what training they hold, which complications turn up most often, who looks after you afterwards and what is done if the outcome disappoints you.
Of the clinic itself, ask for three things before any payment: its medical licence, the qualifications on paper for the doctors who will treat you, and the paid-services contract. Hesitation over those documents is an answer.
Are you a candidate? Reading the clinic's two columns honestly
The clinic keeps two lists, and its coordinator will not be offended if you read them with suspicion. In favour of operating it puts the male-pattern type or the diffuse type of hair loss, bald areas and a front edge that has moved back. Everything on the other list calls for a pause or a refusal.
The second list is long. Hair that fell out after an illness or because of hormones is there, so are damage from a burn or an injury, too little density, a high front edge and inherited growth patterns. Then come conditions of mind and body: trichotillomania, body dysmorphic disorder, cancer, epilepsy, serious heart disease, diabetes, a pacemaker, HIV or AIDS, hepatitis B or C, pulmonary embolism, intolerance to anaesthetics, and an age below 18.
What does an honest reading look like? Take a sheet of paper and write each item you recognise in your own history, with dates. If you have been losing hair since an illness or a hormonal problem, say so at the first exchange. Treat diabetes, a heart condition and epilepsy the same way. Facts in the coordinator's hands reach the surgeon, and a precise question gets a precise reply.
The clinic states that nobody is pushed into theatre without need, and that the doctor tells you frankly during the consultation. Test that by asking: what in my case would make you advise against a transplant? A real answer names a finding in your photographs or history, not a vague reluctance.
If the answer is yes, the next steps are an examination of the donor zone, a tally of the grafts required and a description of what is realistically achievable. The surgeon who sees you at that stage is the one who operates. Ask for the count and the outcome as a written note.
FUE, DHI or both: asking about the method rather than the label
Three methods are on offer. Classic FUE lifts grafts out with forceps, leaves no incisions or stitches, traumatises tissue minimally and sets every hair at its natural angle. The clinic cites graft survival of 98 to 100 per cent for it, a guide rather than a forecast, and names androgenetic alopecia as the condition it suits. With DHI the Choi pen implants straight into the skin, so no channels are cut beforehand, and the method serves densification. A combined route pairs FUE for removal with DHI for placement.
Labels matter less than the reasons behind them. Ask the doctor why one of the three suits your area of loss and your donor zone. Ask what graft count each method would give for you, and whether the choice alters the surgery day or the healing time. The back of the head or the temples serve as donors, by a technique the clinic calls scarless; ask to see healed donor areas and not only the front.
Figures for survival and trauma are averages. Yours will depend on the area being treated and on personal features, and the doctor explains them in the consultation. A number for your own case that never appears in writing is worth requesting.
Ask how the graft count is reached, because it drives both the plan and the price. The count follows an inspection of the donor zone, and the clinic says the realistic outcome is explained at the same time. Ask whether the figure is a single number or a range, and what would change it on the day. A doctor who can explain the reasoning in two sentences has usually done the arithmetic carefully.
FUE serves beards and eyebrows too, with donor hair from the back of the head. For brows, the line is drawn during the consultation as reference photographs are reviewed, and your face decides the shape. Each hair follows its growth angle, and the operation is finished within a day under local anaesthesia.
One day in theatre, then twelve to eighteen months of waiting
A single day is enough for the operation. After the free consultation a deposit reserves the date, and the clinic lists the tests it requires together with instructions for doing them. Local anaesthesia numbs the area first. The surgeon then removes grafts from the donor zone and sets each into the thinning area, and recovery starts with the necessary supplies and detailed instructions.
What follows is the part that tests patience, and it helps to know the stages in advance. The healing phase takes 0 to 10 days, with crusts coming off and swelling settling. Shedding of the grafted hairs arrives at weeks 2 to 4 and is ordinary, because the follicles remain in the skin. Then the order is regrowth at months 3 to 4, thickness and visible volume at months 6 to 9, and the full, natural-edged result at months 12 to 18.
Because the shedding at weeks two to four looks alarming, decide beforehand what you will do when it happens. Message your coordinator with a photograph rather than a worry. The inclusions listed for the operation cover dressings and healing checks; a plan for both treated areas; advice on shampooing, sleeping position and headwear; a timetable for returning to sport and normal hair care; and a coordinator who looks at your photographs whenever something changes.
Follow-up checks are set for month 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12, so mark them in your calendar when you book. Photograph the same areas from identical angles under the same lighting every time; a year of dated pictures gives you and the doctor something to compare, which memory cannot.
Who pays, what to send, and what the paperwork should say
On funding, the NHS is clear: cosmetic surgery is not something the health service routinely provides, and most people pay privately. Its examples of exceptions include breast enlargement, nose reshaping for breathing problems and ear correction, and hair restoration is not among them, so plan the cost as a private matter.
Nothing is charged for the first step, and it happens online. You send pictures of the thinning area to the coordinator, reachable 24/7 in WhatsApp and Telegram, and a doctor answers whether a transplant deserves consideration. Sending them reserves nothing. Include the donor zone at the back and sides of the head as well as the thinning area.
At the end of the free consultation you receive an individual plan, and the price follows the graft count and is fixed in the contract. Read that contract against the care listed in the previous section and tick each item: dressings, healing checks, the plan, the shampooing and sleeping guidance, the sport schedule and the twelve months of checks.
Prepare a one-page health history before the first message. Note when the thinning began, whether it came after an illness, a change in medicines or a hormonal problem, what runs in the family, which medicines you take, and whether you have allergies or reacted badly to an anaesthetic. The list of unsuitable cases is mostly about health, and a prepared page lets the doctor go through it quickly and accurately.
Finally, ask the one question the contract cannot answer on its own: who answers my messages at two in the morning in the first week? The clinic works round the clock, and the answer should be a name and a channel.
Who regulates independent clinics in Scotland?
Healthcare Improvement Scotland regulates independent hospitals, clinics and medical agencies, and its website has a search for regulated services.
Does the NHS fund hair restoration?
It is not among the exceptions the NHS lists. Cosmetic surgery sits outside routine provision, so private payment is the norm.
Is the NHS checklist useful when choosing a clinic?
Its questions to a practitioner are: ask each one in writing and keep the replies. For a provider within Scotland, the Healthcare Improvement Scotland register is the place to look.
What should I send for a first assessment?
Clear pictures of the thinning areas and of the donor zone. The coordinator passes them on, a doctor gives an opinion and nothing is reserved.
What do BAAPS and BAPRAS check?
The NHS says associations such as BAAPS and BAPRAS make sure members have the relevant qualifications, experience and insurance. BAPRAS publishes directories of members and units.
What is normal at two to four weeks after the operation?
The grafted hairs shed, which is expected, and the follicles stay in the skin. New growth begins after about three months.
When are the check-ups?
At one, three, six, nine and twelve months, and your personal coordinator stays in touch between visits.
Can the doctor refuse a transplant?
Yes. The clinic's own list of unsuitable cases includes thinning that followed an illness or a hormonal imbalance, and too little hair density; the doctor tells you openly.
Forceps
Minimal
