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City Medical Centre

Hair Transplant
in Munich

FUE · DHI

from $2,200

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

earlier

now 12 months on

FUE spares you incisions and stitches. Graft count and forecast tallied without a penny — before you decide.

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

Hair transplant for patients from Munich 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 hair looks
8–12 months later

Authentic patient results, published as they are.

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

earlier

now 12 months on

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,400 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,600 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

4,000 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,700 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,900 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,600 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,700 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

4,000 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,400 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,900 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

earlier

now 12 months on

3,600 grafts

FUE method

Comparison

Hair transplant methods
FUE and DHI

Three graft transfer technologies are at work here: classic FUE, suture-free DHI and a combined protocol. Compare implantation technique, tissue trauma and graft survival, and choose your method.

FUE

Classic technique without incisions or stitches

Hair transplant with the FUE method
Discount through end of November

$2,200

$2,700

Graft implantation technique

Forceps

Graft trauma

Minimal

A natural growth angle

Natural

Graft survival

98–100%

Suitable for

Androgenetic alopecia

DHI

Implantation with a Choi pen, no sutures

Hair transplant with the DHI method
Discount through end of November

$2,500

$2,900

Graft implantation technique

Choi implanter, DHI pen

Graft trauma

Minimal

A natural growth angle

Natural

Graft survival

98–100%

Suitable for

Densification

Combined DHI/FUE

Extraction by FUE, DHI implant

Combined DHI and FUE protocol
Discount through end of November

$2,700

$2,900

Graft implantation technique

Extraction by FUE, DHI implant

Graft trauma

Minimal

A natural growth angle

Natural

Graft survival

98–100%

Suitable for

Androgenetic alopecia and densification

Survival and trauma figures are averaged for each method and given as 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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What doctors know about hair transplants, and what patients lived through

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about the clinic

A place where you
will feel settled

Care for the person, a comfortable room, modern equipment

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

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We will answer your questions and arrange a consultation at a convenient time

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Being eligible is never a given

An unnecessary operation will be ruled out at the consultation itself, sparing you the expense. Just below are the situations in which a transplant genuinely helps.

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

When grafts make sense

  • Androgenetic or diffuse alopecia
  • A receding hairline
  • A high hairline
  • Insufficient hair density
  • Hair growth's genetic features
  • Aftermath of a burn or an injury
  • Hair loss post-illness
  • Hair loss from hormonal imbalance

Stuck between the two answers?

We only need a number. The coordinator requests photographs of the affected area in a messenger, a doctor examines them and reports whether a transplant would help. It is free and commits you to nothing.

A doctor looking at a photo of a thinning area on a phone
See if I am a good match

services

You learn the price
before the surgery

Counting the grafts at the free consultation gives the price, which the contract then fixes.

Discount through end of November

FUE method

suture-free graft extraction

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

$2,200$2,700

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Discount through end of November

DHI method

implantation without channels

Hair transplant with the DHI method and a Choi pen — operating room at City Medical Centre

$2,500$2,900

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DHI+FUE combo method

combined technique

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

$2,700$2,900

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Other help too

Opening appointmentFree
Eyebrow transplant, FUE$1,700$1,600
Beard transplant, FUE$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

Everything before the operation and 12 months after it.

Lifelong growth, guaranteed

You pay no extra charges on the day of surgery.

two other zones

Beard and eyebrow
transplants

For areas other than the scalp, the donor grafts and the FUE method are the same; only the area differs.

Beard transplant

FUE method, no incisions or stitches

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

The donor area at the back of the head supplies the grafts, moved through micro-punctures of about 1 mm — no scars are left. The doctor goes over the shape with you before the operation, taking your facial features into account. Transplanted hair grows for life and the beard is styled as usual.

$2,800$3,000

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Eyebrow transplant

FUE method, no incisions 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 op you leave the same day, local anaesthesia

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Put a number on the grafts and the cost

The doctor goes over the donor zone, puts a number on the grafts and shows what outcome that allows. The consultation also ends with a price, and the contract fixes it.

Operating room at City Medical Centre

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Process

A day at the clinic —
and home you go

From consultation to going home — all in one day

Opening appointment — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
1

Opening appointment

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.

Locking in the chosen day
2

Locking in the chosen day

This step confirms the date through a deposit paid by card at the clinic or online, with the arrangement recorded in a medical services contract.

Clearing the way for the grafting — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
3

Clearing the way for the grafting

Patients in Munich prepare for the transplant by completing a set of pre-surgery tests, using the list and instructions the clinic provides.

Local anaesthetic – a pain-free session — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
4

Local anaesthetic – a pain-free session

Anaesthesia at this stage is local, which keeps the operation painless for the patient.

Where all the new hair is collected from — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
5

Where all the new hair is collected from

The harvesting stage takes grafts from either the back of the head or the temples, with no need for stitches.

Slotting every follicle into its opening — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
6

Slotting every follicle into its opening

The grafts are implanted into the area of hair loss by the surgical team.

Healing up once it has all been finished — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
7

Healing up once it has all been finished

This final step covers recovery, with the clinic giving you everything required and detailed instructions to speed healing.

Healing after a hair transplant, 0-10 days
8

0-10 days — Mending

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

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

2-4 weeks — Shedding of transplanted hairs

It is a normal stage: the hairs fall, the follicles stay in place

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

3-4 months — Growing again

Gradually the new hairs appear, the result shows

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

6-9 months — Coverage builds

Coverage thickens, most of the volume and the hairline are clear

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

12-18 months — True outcome

Thickness settles and the hairline looks like your own

The consultation gives your case a graft figure and you a clear idea of the operation

A doctor's appointment at City Medical Centre

Free, before the operation, with no obligation.

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doctors

Our doctors

Kristina A. Tropina, assistant

Kristina A. Tropina

Assistant

9 years of experience

At the consultation you meet the person who will operate.

Your donor zone is looked over, the grafts are calculated and the outcome is described plainly.

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coordinators

The people in charge

The coordinator assigned to you is the person you write to at any time until recovery ends.

Svetlana, patient care specialist

Svetlana

Personal care manager

Will help you before and after the surgery

Sees to all the papers and diary dates

Ekaterina, patient care specialist

Ekaterina

Personal care manager

Will help you before and after the surgery

Sees to all the papers and diary dates

Maria, patient care specialist

Maria

Personal care manager

Will help you before and after the surgery

Sees to all the papers and diary dates

Yulia, patient care specialist

Yulia

Personal care manager

Will help you before and after the surgery

Sees to all the papers and diary dates

How it actually
happens

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Reviews

Patient reviews

  • ★★★★★
    Sang Tran
    I was having trouble with my hair. I came here and got a hair transplant. The results was awesome thank you

    Review on Google

  • ★★★★★
    Илья Вячеславович
    І experienced hair loss due to COVID and turned to this clinic; they helped me and performed a hair transplant, moving hair from the back of my head to my temples. Thank you.

    Review on Google

  • ★★★★★
    ilya svyatoslavovich
    I traveled to City Medical Centre, where they helped me overcome hair loss through a transplant to the balding areas of my scalp. I am grateful to the doctors for performing the procedure painlessly.

    Review on Google

  • ★★★★★
    Мансур Касанбаев
    I am sharing my experience, because before the operation I went through a pile of reviews myself and was looking for real stories. I had a beard transplant six months ago. Honestly, in the first days after the procedure I felt a little jittery: my face looked unfamiliar, there was slight swelling and small scabs. In the first couple of months the hair partly fell out, as the doctor had warned. But now the result truly makes me very happy) From about the 4th month active, even growth began. The transplanted hair took very well, the beard now looks as natural as possible, no bald patches are left. The beard became much thicker and denser, with the shape I had thought about for a long time. All in all, I recommend the clinic, the doctor was polite and explained everything 👍 The result is definitely worth it!

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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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The usual queries

We share 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. City Medical Centre accepts patients from other cities and countries, and an online consultation is available before you decide.

Pricing starts from $2,200 (≈ €2,000) for FUE, $2,500 (≈ €2,250) for DHI, and $2,700 (≈ €2,450) for combined DHI+FUE. The exact figure is confirmed for free after a graft count and written into the contract.

It takes just one day from start to finish, and you're free to go home afterward.

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.

A lifetime guarantee of hair growth is included, confirmed in your contract.

All of it can be checked
before you pay

The clinic works under a medical licence, care meets the standards and clinical guidelines

per Ministry of Health.

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

Documents confirming what your surgeons are qualified to do

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AKC POMOSHCH LLC

the firm's legal entity

1057746096924

OGRN

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INN

How a hair transplant is arranged for Munich

For a resident of Munich the method matters more than the map: FUE and DHI leave no cuts and no stitches, run under local anaesthesia and take one day. Graft survival is 98-100 %, and a price from $2,200 (≈ €2,000) is locked in the contract after a free graft count.

Photos first, decisions later. A patient in Munich pays nothing for the online consultation, and the doctor looks at the thinning area and says whether a transplant will help. The clinic is reachable 24/7.

Healing occupies 0-10 days. At 2-4 weeks the transplanted hairs shed, which is normal and temporary. Growth starts at 3-4 months, density by 6-9 and the final result at 12-18. Your personal coordinator checks progress by photo at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months, with a lifetime growth guarantee.

Hair Transplant in Munich: 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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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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Build a one-page file before the first call

At the end of 2025 the city of Munich counted 1,612,429 residents with a main residence, up 0.54 percent on the year, plus 28,874 with a secondary one. A population that size produces a long list of places offering hair restoration, and a long list is hard to compare by instinct. A single sheet of notes, started before the first call, does the comparing for you.

Open the file with five lines, each to be filled from a written reply. Who is the legal organisation giving care, and does it hold a medical licence? Which doctor would perform the transplant, with which specialty? What method is proposed, and why that one? What is the graft number and the zone it covers? What does the arrangement contain, and what does it leave out? A sixth line is for you: what exactly was promised in words only.

City Medical Centre answers these in the open. It holds a medical licence, its doctors' diplomas and certificates may be inspected before any payment, and the work is done under a contract for paid medical services. The physician who talks to you at the consultation is also the one who operates, which makes a useful test: a provider whose answers drift away from such basics should have the drift written down.

Keep each answer next to its date and its source, whether a message, a document or a call. Weeks later, a dated line is worth more than a good memory when you compare one conversation with another.

When two files are ready, set them side by side on four rows: technique, graft number, zone to be covered, and the person responsible for each stage. A column with blanks shows where the next question belongs, and an offer that cannot name its technique or its count is not yet an offer.

Bavarian lists to open before the first call

The Bayerische Landesärztekammer, the state medical association, runs a patient information system at arzt.bayern, described as a search for resident doctors and registered senior hospital doctors, with roughly 18,000 physicians listed. The association's pages also point to the doctor search of the Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Bayerns, which filters by specialty or name and by place or postal code.

Use these tools to confirm a name and a field, not to rank anyone. A name that checks out tells you the person is registered; it does not tell you whether the proposed technique suits your scalp.

Here is a workable routine. Take the name of the doctor from the clinic. Search arzt.bayern, then the filters of the Kassenärztliche Vereinigung, and write down the specialty you find. Compare it with what the coordinator told you in writing, and bring any gap to the online consultation as a question. Clinics worth your time do not mind it.

Do the search at a quiet moment and print or save the result. Two minutes with the screen open is enough to see whether the person is listed, in which field and under which spelling. If you cannot find the name, do not conclude anything yet: ask the coordinator for the exact spelling and for the specialty in writing, then search again with the details you were given.

Note the name as the clinic spells it, the specialty you found and the date. If spellings differ, ask which is correct.

If you think your hair loss may have a medical cause, the clinic's own caution list is a reminder to raise it early: shedding after an illness and shedding due to a hormonal imbalance both appear on it. A family doctor can look at those causes before any decision about surgery.

Photographs, history and one honest sentence about your goal

Munich residents start with a short message, and it needs very little: a phone number plus pictures of the thinning places. The coordinator passes them to a doctor, who says whether a transplant would help. The consultation is online and free, and it books nothing. WhatsApp and Telegram replies come at any hour; the stated reply time is 15 minutes.

Shoot in natural light with dry hair and no flash. Frame the crown, the front of the scalp, both temples and the back, then the area where grafts would be taken. An older image from the days when your hair was fuller makes your goal visible.

Add a few lines of history: when the loss started, the pace, family patterns, what you have tried, illnesses, medicines. Then write the goal in one sentence. A denser front, a covered crown, a beard or an eyebrow call for different plans, and the doctor can only work toward a target you have named.

Expect the doctor to study the donor zone, arrive at a graft count and describe what is realistic. Any number quoted from photographs alone is provisional, and the figure that counts is the one fixed in the contract after the consultation.

Read your message once more before sending it, as a stranger would. If a sentence could mean two things, rewrite it, and attach the pictures in the order the doctor will want to see them.

What to ask once the doctor is on the line

The online consultation is short, so go in with questions that only a doctor can answer. Which of the three techniques fits my donor zone, and what would change your advice? Roughly how many grafts are in question, and which areas would they cover? Who looks at the result with me after the operation, and how do I reach that person between check-ups?

Then ask the practical ones. Which tests come before the operation, and how will the clinic explain them? What exactly is written in the contract about aftercare, and what is only spoken? Which of my own medicines or conditions might change the plan? Leave the call with each answer written in your own words, and send them back to the coordinator the same day so that a misunderstanding surfaces early.

One more habit: decide in advance what would make you walk away. A promise you cannot find on paper, a name that changes between the call and the contract, or a reluctance to show credentials are all reasons to pause. Having this line drawn before the conversation makes it easier to hold afterwards.

The day itself, the months after, and when to hold back

The clinic describes its programme as running from preparation for surgery through a 12-month follow-up. Ask for each element to appear in the contract: the dressings and healing checks, a care plan for the transplanted and donor areas, guidance on hair washing, sleep and headwear, and a plan for getting back to sport and hair care.

Post-operative checks are set at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months, and between them you can send photographs to your own coordinator as things change. After the operation the road runs in stages: 0–10 days of healing with crusts shedding and swelling going down, 2–4 weeks when the transplanted hairs shed, 3–4 months when regrowth starts, 6–9 months when volume returns, and 12–18 months for the end result.

A transplant is considered for androgenetic or diffuse alopecia, bald areas and a receding front of the scalp. Three techniques exist: FUE by forceps without stitches, DHI by Choi pen, and a combined route extracting by FUE and implanting by DHI.

Reasons to hold back run longer: trichotillomania, body dysmorphic disorder, cancer, an age under 18, thin donor density, a high frontal line, genetic features of growth, burn or injury damage, patchy alopecia, epilepsy, diabetes mellitus, serious heart conditions, a pacemaker, hepatitis B or C, AIDS or HIV, pulmonary embolism and intolerance to anaesthetics.

Tell the coordinator about anything on it in your first message. It spares you a disappointment later and keeps the plan honest, and the operation itself, when it goes ahead, is a single day under local anaesthesia.

Do I have to go to a clinic in person to find out whether a transplant would work?

No. The first assessment happens online. A coordinator takes your photographs and phone number, a doctor reviews them, and nothing is reserved at that stage.

How can I confirm that a doctor in Bavaria is registered?

Use arzt.bayern, the patient information system of the Bayerische Landesärztekammer, and the doctor search of the Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Bayerns, which filters by specialty or name and by place or postal code. Then compare the specialty with what the clinic told you in writing.

What should I do if I cannot find a doctor's name in the Bavarian lists?

Do not draw a conclusion yet. Ask the coordinator for the exact spelling and the specialty in writing, search again, and bring any remaining gap to the online consultation as a question.

Which documents can I ask the clinic to show?

The medical licence, doctors' diplomas and certificates, and the contract for paid medical services, plus the name and specialty of whoever will operate.

Is it possible to send photographs in the middle of the night?

Yes. Coordinators are in touch 24/7, and the stated reply time for the free online consultation is 15 minutes.

How is the hair transplant day organised?

The doctor inspects the donor zone and counts the grafts, local anaesthesia is given, and the operation is completed within a single day, after which you go home.