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City Medical Centre

Hair Transplant in
Kafr El Sheikh

0% instalments

from $367/mo

Your first chat and sum — $0.

Real client

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

original

just 12 months on

No incisions, no stitches with FUE. Grafts and outcome forecast estimated and not billed — before you decide.

Find out your price and number of
grafts

It costs nothing, no surgery booking required

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results

This is how hair looks
8–12 months later

All cases here are real CMC patients.

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

original

just 12 months on

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,400 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,600 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

4,000 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,700 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,900 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,600 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,700 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

4,000 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,400 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,900 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

original

just 12 months on

3,600 grafts

FUE method

Comparison

Hair transplant methods
FUE and DHI

Graft transfer is done here by three technologies: classic FUE, suture-free DHI and a combined protocol. Look at the implantation technique, the tissue trauma and the graft survival before you choose.

FUE

Classic technique without incisions or stitches

Hair transplant with the FUE method
Discount until the end of October

$2,200

$2,700

Graft implantation technique

Forceps

Graft trauma

Minimal

Natural hair growth angle

Natural

Graft survival

98–100%

Suitable for

Androgenetic alopecia

DHI

Suture-free implantation with a Choi pen

Hair transplant with the DHI method
Discount until the end of October

$2,500

$2,900

Graft implantation technique

DHI pen (Choi implanter)

Graft trauma

Minimal

Natural hair growth angle

Natural

Graft survival

98–100%

Suitable for

Densification

Combined DHI/FUE

FUE extraction, DHI pen implantation

Combined DHI and FUE protocol
Discount until the end of October

$2,700

$2,900

Graft implantation technique

FUE extraction + DHI implantation

Graft trauma

Minimal

Natural hair growth angle

Natural

Graft survival

98–100%

Suitable for

Androgenetic alopecia and densification

Survival and trauma figures are averaged per method and given as a guide: the exact numbers follow the transplant area and the patient's individual features, and the doctor clarifies them at the consultation.

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Notes from specialists and accounts from patients on hair transplants

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Meet a specialist

about the clinic

A clinic where you
will feel at ease

Attentive care, quality equipment and rooms that feel comfortable

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

Every one of these reaches a human

Anything unclear will be explained, and a suitable consultation slot arranged

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Many are better served elsewhere

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 thinning hair at a consultation: a case where a hair transplant helps

When surgery is worth it

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

Which category, though, is yours?

Send your number - a coordinator requests photos in a messenger, the doctor replies whether a transplant helps. Free, no booking.

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

At the free consultation, after the grafts are counted, the cost is named and fixed in the contract.

PROMOTION UNTIL THE END OF OCTOBER

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

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PROMOTION UNTIL THE END OF OCTOBER

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

Pin your price
PROMOTION UNTIL THE END OF OCTOBER

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

Pin your price
PROMOTION UNTIL THE END OF OCTOBER

More from us

The first sit-downFree
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

You are accompanied from pre-op right through 12 months.

Lifetime hair growth guarantee
Instalments available

No unplanned charges on the day of surgery.

another two areas

Beard and eyebrow
transplants

Other zones can be treated too. Grafts still come from the back of the head and the method is still FUE; only the zone differs.

Beard transplant

FUE method, no incisions or stitches

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

Grafts are taken at the back of the head, from the donor area, and moved through micro-punctures of about 1 mm — scars are not left. The shape is worked out with the doctor before the operation, with your facial features in mind. 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

Pin your price

Eyebrow transplant

FUE method, no incisions or stitches

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

First comes the drawing, which the surgeon makes at the first consultation: you look at example photos together and your facial proportions shape the curve. Hairs are angled exactly as they should grow, so the brows look natural. It also helps where years of plucking stopped growth.

$1,600$1,700

a procedure with no overnight stay, numbed locally

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See your price and number of grafts

The doctor checks the donor zone, arrives at a graft number and explains what outcome is realistic. What you agree at the appointment is exactly what the contract says.

Operating room at City Medical Centre

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Process

One day at the clinic —
and you go home

From consultation to going home — all in one day

The first sit-down — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
1

The first sit-down

It starts with a conversation in which the doctor sets out the workings of FUE and DHI, answers your questions, and evaluates the donor zone.

Paying the deposit by bank card at the terminal at the City Medical Centre reception
2

Pinning down the timing

The day of surgery becomes yours once a deposit has been placed, either by card at the reception desk or through an online payment.

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

Before surgery day arrives, the tests must be finished; the clinic provides the list and tells you what each involves.

Anaesthesia – why patients feel nothing — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
4

Anaesthesia – why patients feel nothing

Because the area is numbed locally, the whole operation passes comfortably.

The harvest stage – follicles come out — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
5

The harvest stage – follicles come out

Harvesting takes place in the donor zone, typically the back of the head or the temples, with no stitches involved.

Filling in the bare scalp with live units — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
6

Filling in the bare scalp with live units

For patients in Kafr El Sheikh, the grafts are implanted into the thinning part of the scalp.

Settling back into normal life afterwards — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
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Settling back into normal life afterwards

Everything needed for healing is handed over by the clinic, along with instructions covering each step.

Healing after a hair transplant, 0-10 days
8

0-10 days — Skin heals

Crusts come off and swelling goes down while the area recovers

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

2-4 weeks — The implanted hairs shed

A normal stage. Only the hairs shed, the follicles stay in place

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

3-4 months — Hair comes back

New hairs surface gradually, the result shows

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

6-9 months — Fuller coverage

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

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

12-18 months — The full effect

The look is complete: full volume, a natural edge

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.

Meet a specialist

doctors

Our doctors

Anastasia A. Kolesnik, hair transplant doctor, trichologist, surgeon

Anastasia A. Kolesnik

Hair transplant doctor, trichologist, surgeon

10 years of experience

Ellina V. Goncharova, dermatovenereologist, trichologist, surgeon

Ellina V. Goncharova

Dermatovenereologist, trichologist, surgeon

11 years of experience

Mareta E. Meirieva, plastic surgeon

Mareta E. Meirieva

Plastic surgeon

9 years of experience

Anait S. Safaryan, plastic surgeon

Anait S. Safaryan

Plastic surgeon

9 years of experience

Kristina A. Tropina, assistant

Kristina A. Tropina

Assistant

9 years of experience

At the consultation you meet the person who will operate.

Expect an examination of the donor zone, a graft figure, and a clear picture of the likely outcome.

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coordinators

Clinic staff on call

The coordinator who answers your first message is the one who sees you through recovery.

Svetlana, patient care specialist

Svetlana

Patient services lead

Is by your side from preparation to healing

Picks up all your forms and your bookings

Ekaterina, patient care specialist

Ekaterina

Patient services lead

Is by your side from preparation to healing

Picks up all your forms and your bookings

Maria, patient care specialist

Maria

Patient services lead

Is by your side from preparation to healing

Picks up all your forms and your bookings

Yulia, patient care specialist

Yulia

Patient services lead

Is by your side from preparation to healing

Picks up all your forms and your bookings

A club of CMC patients, gathered on Telegram

A private channel for those who want honesty and expertise

A club of CMC patients, gathered on Telegram
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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
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
A City Medical Centre patient story

Want this as well — a free consultation first

Anything unclear will be explained, and a suitable consultation slot arranged

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Points people raise

We answer what people
ask before booking

City Medical Centre doctors

Certainly. The clinic takes on patients from different cities and different countries, and a doctor can advise you online beforehand.

Pricing starts from $2,200 (≈ EGP 115,000) for FUE, $2,500 (≈ EGP 135,000) for DHI, and $2,700 (≈ EGP 145,000) for combined DHI+FUE. The exact figure is confirmed for free after a graft count and written into the contract.

The operation takes a day, and patients sleep at home after.

Local anesthesia numbs everything, leaving no pain behind.

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.

Only the doctor's count is reliable, and it costs nothing once the donor zone has been checked.

Expect healing inside 0–10 days and a normal shedding phase at 2–4 weeks. Growth picks up at 3–4 months, the head looks full at 6–9 months, and the last changes finish by 12–18 months.

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

Everything can be checked
before you pay

The clinic has a medical licence and provides care to the standards and clinical guidelines

of the Ministry of Health.

City Medical Centre medical licence

Clinic medical licence

No. Л041-01137-77/00754324

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

Diplomas and certificates held by the operating doctors

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AKC POMOSHCH LLC

the clinic's legal entity

1057746096924

OGRN

7728536872

INN

For a patient in Kafr El Sheikh: methods, guarantee and timeline

FUE and DHI suit the everyday realities of a patient in Kafr El Sheikh: one day of surgery, local anaesthesia rather than anything deeper, and a scalp that is neither cut nor stitched at any point.

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

Skin settles over 0-10 days. Then come 2-4 weeks, when the transplanted hairs drop out - normal, expected, and no reason to worry. Growth resumes at 3-4 months, slowly at first and then in earnest.

Hair Transplant in Kafr El Sheikh: price and what is included

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

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Fish Farms, Rice and Sun: Why Outdoor Work Shapes Your Questions

Kafr El Sheikh sits in the Nile Delta, and it has worn several names. Locals once knew it as Duminqun, it was officially renamed Fuadiyah after King Fuad I, and the present name honours Sheikh Talha at-Tilmisani, who died there in 1234. The city is estimated at about 187,000 people in 2023. It is a place where people understand that some things cannot be hurried, from a rice crop to a fish harvest, and a hair transplant belongs in that category.

The governorate is one of Egypt's leading centres of fish farming, producing close to a third of the country's fish, and it is home to the Baraket Ghalyoun farm, described as one of the biggest of its kind in the Middle East. Add a rice mill, a poultry feed plant and a sugar beet factory, and you get a working population that spends long hours outside. For these readers the first question about a transplant is rarely about technique. It is practical: how do I protect my head from the sun in the first days, and when can I be back at work?

That question has a straight answer, and it comes from planning rather than postponing. The procedure is an outpatient operation done in a single day under local anaesthesia, and recovery follows a known timeline that we lay out below. Send the coordinator clear photos of the thinning area taken in daylight, tell them what your job involves and how many hours you spend outdoors, and the doctor's reply will be built around your situation rather than a generic one.

The Day Itself: FUE Without Incisions or Stitches

With FUE, grafts are taken one by one from the back of the head, the donor area, and placed in the thinning zone through tiny openings of roughly 1 mm. There are no incisions and no stitches. DHI places the grafts with a special pen instead of pre-cut channels, and a combined protocol pairs FUE extraction with DHI implantation. Which of the three suits you is something the doctor decides at the consultation, after looking at the pattern of your hair loss.

Local anaesthesia means you stay awake, and the whole operation fits into one day with no overnight stay. For someone in Kafr El Sheikh with livestock to feed, a shift to cover or a family business to open, that matters: there is no hospital week to arrange around, only one planned day and an evening back in your own bed in your own city.

Before the date, the team sends a list of tests and clear preparation instructions. The doctor counts how many grafts your donor area can reasonably give and sketches the hairline with your facial features in mind. This calculation is done free of charge during the consultation, and nobody expects you to commit before you have seen the full picture.

Delta Heat and Winter Rain: Reading the Climate Table

Climate tables for Kafr El Sheikh show an average July high of around 33.5 degrees Celsius and a January high of around 18.8, with modest rainfall clustered between November and February and almost none in summer. In plain terms: summers are hot and dry on the scalp, winters are mild and a little damp, and both can be managed with simple habits.

During the first 0-10 days, while the scalp repairs itself, the sensible rules are the same in any season. Stay out of strong midday sun, wear a loose cap or hat that does not press on the treated area, and keep away from dust, which in farming country is constant behind tractors and trucks. As for swimming pools, canals and the sea, ask your surgeon when it is safe to go back; do not improvise on that one.

If your work is among ponds and fields, it helps to start recovery in a stretch when you can reduce time in sun and water. That does not make any month off limits. Autumn and winter are simply easier on the first days, while summer asks for a hat, shade and a little more patience. Your coordinator can help you choose a date that fits your working calendar.

Healing Week by Week, Then Month by Month

Healing takes 0-10 days: crusts finish and fall, swelling dies away, and the skin repairs itself. At 2-4 weeks the transplanted hairs shed, which is expected. Only the hairs fall out; the follicles stay in place. Plenty of people read this phase as failure when it is actually part of the normal course.

New hairs emerge gradually at 3-4 months, density becomes visible at 6-9 months, and the final result and the shape of the hairline are complete at 12-18 months. A patient who has the operation in a Kafr El Sheikh winter will watch density arrive around the next summer's heat; one who chooses summer will see the first growth in winter.

Your coordinator follows up with photo check-ups at months 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 and stays reachable around the clock on Telegram and Telegram. Send growth photos on schedule and ask about washing, sleeping, headwear and getting back to training. The full guidance comes with your plan, not after it.

Checking Your Surgeon in Egypt: The Syndicate and the Ministry

In Egypt, the Egyptian Medical Syndicate is a semi-governmental body that works with the Ministry of Health and Population on licensing physicians, and it counts more than 230,000 registered members. Its official website, ems.org.eg, lists online services that include looking up doctors' specialities, enquiring about branch syndicates and specialist registers.

So before you decide anything, ask for the name of the surgeon who will operate, and check their registration and speciality through the syndicate's services. The Ministry of Health and Population at mohp.gov.eg is the place to look for rules on medical facilities. Any patient in Kafr El Sheikh or anywhere else is entitled to do this, and asking is perfectly normal.

Then use the consultation for questions that are specific to you: how many grafts your donor area can give, which technique fits your pattern, what the follow-up plan is after surgery, and what happens if you need an extra session. A surgeon who answers these calmly and does not rush you is the one worth trusting.

Can I start a consultation while I am in Kafr El Sheikh?

Yes, without leaving your home or workplace. Send photos of the thinning area to the coordinator on Telegram or Telegram, a doctor looks at them, and you get an answer on whether a transplant would help. Coordinators are on hand around the clock, and the first consultation is free and commits you to nothing.

Does a hair transplant need an overnight stay or a long leave from work?

There is no overnight stay: the operation is outpatient and finishes in one day. How much time you take off depends on your job. The sensitive stretch is the first 0-10 days of healing, when strong sun and dust should be avoided, so plan that period with your doctor.

Is the anaesthesia general or local?

Local. The treated area is numbed, you stay awake, and the session ends within a day with no hospital stay.

What should I wear on my head in the hot months?

Choose a loose, light cap or hat that does not press on the transplanted area, and stay in shade as much as you can while the scalp heals. Detailed guidance on washing, sleeping and headwear arrives with your aftercare instructions.

When will I see results?

Healing takes 0-10 days, transplanted hairs shed between 2 and 4 weeks (expected), new growth starts at 3-4 months, density shows at 6-9 months, and the final result appears at 12-18 months.

How do I confirm that a doctor is registered with the Medical Syndicate?

Use the official website of the Egyptian Medical Syndicate, ems.org.eg. Its electronic services section includes an enquiry on doctors' specialities.

Will I hear from the team after the operation?

Yes. Your coordinator asks for photos at months 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 and answers questions whenever you write on Telegram or Telegram.

I work around fish ponds and fields. Is winter or summer better for surgery?

Either can work. Winter and autumn are gentler on the scalp in the first days, while summer needs shade, a hat and more planning. Pick a date that lets you cut down sun, dust and water exposure during healing.