Hair transplant (hair restoration) in Lagos: price and key facts
Hair transplant for patients from Lagos at City Medical Centre starts at ₦2,950,000 (from $2,200). The first online consultation is free; the doctor names the final price and it is fixed in the contract.
Price
₦2,950,000 (from $2,200)
Performed by
Anastasia A. Kolesnik, hair transplant doctor
Anesthesia
local
Stay
one day at the clinic
Final result
12–18 months after surgery
How it works
Send photos on WhatsApp or Telegram, get a free doctor assessment and the price, then confirm the plan and dates before anything is booked.
Classic FUE, suture-free DHI and a combined protocol: three graft transfer technologies we work with. Compare implantation technique, tissue trauma and graft survival, and choose your method knowingly.
FUE
Classic technique without incisions or stitches
Discount through November's end
$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 placement with a Choi pen
Discount through November's end
$2,500
$2,900
Graft implantation technique
Choi implanter, DHI pen
Graft trauma
Minimal
Natural hair growth angle
Natural
Graft survival
98–100%
Suitable for
Densification
Combined DHI/FUE
FUE extraction, DHI pen implantation
Discount through November's end
$2,700
$2,900
Graft implantation technique
FUE extraction plus DHI implant
Graft trauma
Minimal
Natural hair growth angle
Natural
Graft survival
98–100%
Suitable for
Densification for androgenetic alopecia
Averaged for each method, the survival and trauma figures are a guide only: the exact numbers depend on the transplant area and the patient's individual features and are clarified by the doctor at the consultation.
If an operation is not needed for your case, the doctor will say so right at the consultation — and you will not waste your money. Below are the conditions where a transplant works.
When grafts can help
Androgenetic or diffuse alopecia
Bald patches and a receding hairline
Contraindications
Trichotillomania
Body dysmorphic disorder
Cancer
Under 18 years of age
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
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?
Leave your number. The coordinator asks for photos in a messenger, the doctor decides if a transplant will help. Free of charge.
From preparing for surgery to 12 months of follow-up.
Growth guarantee, lifelong
Instalments available
All dressings and checks you will need
A care plan for the transplant and the donor zone
Guidance on washing your hair, on sleeping and on headwear
A return-to-sport plan and a hair care plan
Contact with a personal coordinator; progress is tracked by photo
Follow-up exams at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months
No unexpected extra charges on the day of surgery.
two more areas
Beard and eyebrow transplants
A hair transplant is not only about the scalp. Grafts from the back of the head, the FUE method — only the area changes.
Beard transplant
The FUE method, no incisions used
Grafts are taken from the back of the head, the donor zone, through micro-punctures of about 1 mm, with no scars left. Before the operation, the doctor discusses the shape with you, taking your facial features into account. Transplanted hair grows for life, and the beard can be trimmed and styled as usual.
The surgeon draws the eyebrow shape at the initial consultation: you look through references with them 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 ended growth years ago.
The doctor will assess your donor area, count the grafts and show what result is achievable in your case. The cost is quoted at the consultation and fixed in the contract.
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Modern equipment, comfortable rooms and care for each patient
1
Initial consultation
This step brings you face to face with the doctor, who explains how FUE and DHI are performed, answers everything you want to know, and draws up an individual plan for your surgery — free of charge.
2
Setting the surgery date
The surgery date is secured with a deposit, which can be paid by card at the clinic or sent online, and everything is confirmed in a medical services contract.
3
How to prepare for the transplant
Preparation involves a round of pre-operative tests, for which the clinic supplies both the list and clear instructions.
4
Anaesthesia – a painless hair transplant
This stage applies local anaesthesia, which keeps the entire operation painless.
5
Collecting 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
Placing grafts into the balding area
This is where the grafts are implanted into the affected, balding area.
7
Healing after the transplant procedure
The clinic backs your recovery with full supplies and complete instructions for quick healing.
8
0-10 days — Healing
The crusts shed, the swelling goes down, the area gradually recovers
9
2-4 weeks — Fall-out of transplanted hairs
This is normal: only the hairs fall out, the follicles stay in place
10
3-4 months — Growth starts
Gradually new hairs appear and the result shows
11
6-9 months — More density
The hair gets denser, the main volume and contour are visible
12
12-18 months — End result
Final density is reached and the hairline natural
At the consultation the doctor will name how many grafts you personally need, and explain how the transplant will go
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
We cover 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.
FUE costs $2,200 (≈ ₦2,950,000), DHI costs $2,500 (≈ ₦3,350,000), and the combined DHI+FUE method costs $2,700 (≈ ₦3,600,000). The exact amount is confirmed at a free consultation after your grafts are counted, and it is fixed in the 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.
The surgery is performed under local anaesthesia, so it's painless.
FUE means tweezer-based, incision-free graft harvesting. DHI means channel-free implantation with a Choi pen. Combined DHI+FUE uses FUE for harvesting and the DHI pen for implanting.
Graft count is calculated by the doctor at no cost, based on an assessment of your donor zone.
The timeline is: 0–10 days healing, 2–4 weeks shedding (normal), 3–4 months new growth, 6–9 months visible density, and 12–18 months for the final result.
You get a lifetime hair growth guarantee, written into the contract.
Everything can be checked before you pay
We hold a medical licence, and care is provided to the standards and clinical guidelines
of Ministry of Health.
Diplomas and certificates of the team that will operate
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AKC POMOSHCH LLC
the clinic's legal entity
1057746096924
OGRN
7728536872
INN
What the procedure means for someone in Lagos
A hair transplant in Lagos means one day of surgery, not a long course of treatment: FUE and DHI without cuts or stitches, under local anaesthesia. Graft survival is 98-100 %, and a price from $2,200 (≈ ₦2,950,000) is fixed in the contract after a free graft count.
The start costs nothing in Lagos: a free online consultation where the doctor sees photos of the thinning area and gives a graft count. The clinic is on the line 24/7, so you can write during a break rather than at night.
The wounds close in 0-10 days, the transplanted hairs fall out at 2-4 weeks as they are supposed to, growth starts at 3-4 months, visible density comes at 6-9 and the final picture at 12-18. Reviews are held at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months by photo with a personal coordinator, under a lifetime growth guarantee.
Hair Transplant in Lagos: price and what is included
Prices are in US dollars; the amount in brackets is an approximate conversion to NGN at the rate of 02.10.2026. The final price is fixed in your contract.
Two registers worth knowing: one for doctors, one for facilities
Lagos is the largest city in Nigeria. The 2006 census counted 8,048,430 people in the metropolitan city, a figure that has been disputed, while a 2025 estimate puts the metropolitan city at 17,803,700. In a place of that size a recommendation from a stranger is not a record, so it helps to know exactly where the official records sit.
For doctors, the record belongs to the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria. Its registrar has announced an update of the national register of medical and dental practitioners, and has warned that specialists who do not register their additional qualifications risk losing recognition. An updated master register is to be published when the exercise ends. In practice this means you should ask a clinic for each doctor's registration details and for the register entry they refer to.
For the premises, the record is separate. The Health Facilities Monitoring and Accreditation Agency of Lagos State was set up in March 2006 to monitor public and private health facilities, to set minimum operating standards, to inspect, and to grant accreditation and licences. Its portal has a registration page. A doctor's registration and a facility's licence are two separate records, so ask the clinic about both: which licence covers the place where care is given, and who issued it. Keep the answers side by side.
Add a third question, which concerns the contract. Ask for the name of the company that actually provides the medical care. The clinic invites you to check its licence, its legal entity and the doctors' diplomas and certificates before you pay anything, so make use of that invitation.
Questions to send before you send any money
Treat the first exchange of messages as an interview in which you are the one who asks. The first online consultation costs nothing and reserves nothing, a coordinator answers day and night on WhatsApp and Telegram, and so you can start at any hour, from wherever you are.
Write to the coordinator with a short list. Which doctor will assess my photographs, and will the same doctor operate? Which method will be proposed to me, and what is the reason? How is the number of grafts decided, and when do I learn it? What tests are needed, and does the clinic give me a sheet with instructions for them? What does the contract contain, and can I have it as a document well before the date?
Notice how the replies are written. A good coordinator answers each question separately and does not skip the awkward ones. A weak answer is one that turns every question back into an invitation to book.
A surgery date is held with a deposit, which you can pay by card in the clinic or online, and a medical services contract then records the terms. Do not pay anything before you have read that contract in full.
If you gather answers from more than one clinic, put them into a single document with a column for each. Copy the replies word for word instead of summarising them from memory, and mark in colour every place where two clinics disagree about the method, the count or the area. A disagreement is not a verdict on either side; it is a question that you now know to ask. Send the same question to both, and note which reply speaks about your head and which only repeats a general statement. After a week you will hold a short list of real differences instead of a feeling.
Read the contract once for what it says and once for what it leaves out. Look for the method, the graft count, the treated area, the dates of the follow-up reviews and the person who operates. If a line you expected is missing, write to the coordinator and ask where it is recorded. Keep the answer attached to the contract, so that the two papers stay together if anyone later asks what was agreed.
FUE, DHI or both: choosing a technique with a doctor
The clinic describes three techniques. FUE means that the surgeon lifts the grafts out with forceps, leaving no incisions or stitches, and the hair keeps its natural direction. DHI sets each graft in with a Choi pen, so no channels are cut beforehand. The third option harvests by FUE and implants by DHI, and it is intended for thickening hair in androgenetic alopecia.
Treat the labels FUE, DHI and combined as a vocabulary, not a verdict. The word in the contract should match the word used in the consultation, because a patient who hears one term and signs another has no way to tell afterwards whether the plan has changed. Write the name of the method on the first page of your folder and check it against every document that arrives.
The clinic's comparison of methods gives average figures for orientation only. Exact numbers, it says, depend on the transplant area and on your own features, and the doctor spells them out at the consultation. So do not choose a technique from a table. Ask the doctor which of the three fits your pattern of loss, and ask why the other two fit less well.
The doctor also decides who is turned away. Bald areas, a receding frontal area and androgenetic or diffuse alopecia are what the operation is for. Against it stand epilepsy, a pacemaker, a history of pulmonary embolism and intolerance to anaesthetics, as well as cancer, diabetes mellitus, HIV, hepatitis B or C and serious heart disease. Trichotillomania, body dysmorphic disorder and an age below 18 also appear on the clinic's list. Insufficient hair density is on the list as well.
If a clinic never says no to anybody, that is a signal in itself. The clinic promises the opposite: the doctor has no reason to send anyone to the theatre unnecessarily, and says as much.
What you should hold in your hands after the consultation
At the end of a proper consultation you should be holding, or expecting by message, four things. One is a plan made for your own operation. Another is the graft count, based on what the donor zone, at the back of the head or the temples, can give. The third is a price, which the clinic fixes in the contract once the grafts are counted. The fourth is a list of what the price includes.
The clinic's list of inclusions covers the dressings and the checks while you heal, care instructions for both treated areas, advice on shampooing, sleeping and head coverings, a route back to sport, a coordinator of your own for photographs, and reviews at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. If you choose the instalment plan, ask for its terms as a separate paragraph.
Surgery itself is done in one day, with a local anaesthetic, and you go home afterwards. Ask your coordinator who will be with you on that day and who you can reach in the days after.
Before each call, write down what you need to leave with: the date by which the written plan will reach you, the name of the person who sends it, and the number to use if something is unclear. A note taken at the time is worth more than a good memory.
Insurance and the long view of the next year
Nigeria's National Health Insurance Authority works under the NHIS Act of 2004 and the NHIA Act of 2022, which aim at universal health coverage. The scheme covers an employee, a spouse and up to four biological children, with a 10 percent co-payment for drugs. The authority's page does not mention cosmetic procedures, so do not count on cover for a transplant. A short email to your scheme asking for a written answer settles it.
After the operation, keep a record. The first ten days are for healing. From the second to the fourth week the new hairs drop out while the follicles remain, which the clinic expects. Fresh growth begins at three to four months, fullness returns at six to nine, and the end result is in place at twelve to eighteen months.
Photograph the same areas before each check and send the set to your coordinator. Dated photographs are the only fair way to judge a process that takes more than a year.
Is a doctor's registration enough, or should the facility be licensed too?
Both matter. The Medical and Dental Council keeps the register of practitioners, while the Lagos State Health Facilities Monitoring and Accreditation Agency grants accreditation and licences to facilities.
Where do I see whether a doctor is on the national register?
In the register kept by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, which is being updated. Look the name up there and note the date of the check.
Can I start before booking anything?
Yes. A coordinator needs a phone number and pictures of the thin areas, a doctor reviews them, and nothing is booked.
Does Nigerian health insurance pay for a hair transplant?
The authority's page describes the scheme in general terms and does not mention cosmetic procedures. Ask your scheme for a written answer.
How do I know which of the three techniques suits me?
Ask the doctor to explain, for your pattern of loss and donor zone, why one technique is recommended and why the others are not.
What should the contract name?
The method, the graft count and the treated area, the legal entity, the list of inclusions and the dates of follow-up checks.
Forceps
Minimal
