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Hair Transplant in
Naples: FUE & DHI

FUE · DHI

from $2,200

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Real result

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

initial

12 months by now

FUE method, no scalpel and no sutures. Graft count and forecast gone over and nothing owed — before you decide.

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

Hair transplant for patients from Naples 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

Free online consultation on WhatsApp and Telegram

results

This is how it looks
8–12 months later

Photographs show people treated at our clinic.

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

initial

12 months by now

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,400 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,600 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

4,000 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,700 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,900 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,600 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,700 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

4,000 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,400 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,900 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

initial

12 months by now

3,600 grafts

FUE method

Comparison

Hair transplant methods
FUE and DHI

We use three technologies to transfer grafts: classic FUE, suture-free DHI and a combined protocol. Compare the implantation technique, the tissue trauma and the graft survival, and choose knowingly.

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 angle for hair

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

DHI pen, Choi implanter

Graft trauma

Minimal

A natural angle for hair

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 angle for hair

Natural

Graft survival

98–100%

Suitable for

Androgenetic alopecia and densification

The numbers for survival and trauma are averaged for each method and given as a guide: exact values depend on the transplant area and the patient's individual features and are clarified by the doctor at consultation.

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about the clinic

A place where you
will feel at ease

Modern equipment, comfortable rooms and care for the patient

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

We answer on all of these channels

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Not every patient is a candidate

A straight verdict comes at the consultation, and sometimes that verdict is that no operation is needed and no money need be spent. Below you will find the situations where a transplant genuinely works.

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

What surgery can change

  • Androgenetic or diffuse alopecia
  • A receding hairline
  • A high hairline
  • Insufficient hair density
  • Hair growth's genetic features
  • Effects left by an injury or burn
  • Hair loss from illness
  • Shedding tied to hormonal imbalance

Find it hard to judge your own?

Leave your number and a coordinator will ask for photos in a messenger; the doctor answers whether a transplant helps. Free, no booking.

A doctor looking at a photo of a thinning area on a phone
Tell me if this suits me

services

You learn the price
before the surgery

Grafts are counted free of charge, the price follows, and the contract makes it binding.

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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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

Review and the figure — $0.

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Discount through end of November

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 treatments

Your first meetingFree
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

The run-up to the operation plus 12 months of care.

Growth guarantee, lifelong

Nothing extra is charged on the day of surgery.

two further spots

Beard and eyebrow
transplants

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

Beard transplant

FUE, no incisions and no stitches

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

We take grafts from the donor area at the back of the head and move them through micro-punctures of about 1 mm — no scars remain. Before the operation the doctor agrees the shape with you, taking your facial features into account. Transplanted hair grows for life: the beard is trimmed and styled as usual.

$2,800$3,000

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Eyebrow transplant

FUE, no incisions and no stitches

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

Drawing the shape is the surgeon's first step at the initial appointment: references are compared side by side and your facial proportions settle the design. Angling every hair along its natural growth keeps the brows convincing at any distance. It also helps brows that stopped growing after years of plucking.

$1,600$1,700

a procedure you go home from, numbed locally

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See the price and how many grafts

The doctor studies the donor zone, settles on a graft number and shows what outcome it will give. Pricing follows straight after, and the contract keeps it unchanged.

Operating room at City Medical Centre

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Process

A day at the clinic —
then go home

From consultation to going home — all in one day

Your first meeting — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
1

Your first meeting

Patients in Naples start with a free consultation, where the doctor explains the FUE and DHI methods, answers questions, and builds a personalized surgical plan.

Holding a day for you
2

Holding a day for you

The date gets reserved through a deposit payment, made either by card at the clinic or online, with the full terms laid out in a medical services contract.

Getting your scalp ready for it — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
3

Getting your scalp ready for it

Preparation for the surgery includes a set of tests, and the clinic makes the process easy with a full list and instructions.

Kept comfortable – the anaesthetic works — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
4

Kept comfortable – the anaesthetic works

Local anaesthesia is used throughout, keeping the surgery painless from start to finish.

The donor stage of the whole operation — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
5

The donor stage of the whole operation

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

Setting the follicles into the bald patch — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
6

Setting the follicles into the bald patch

At this point, the grafts are implanted into the balding area by the surgical team.

How the scalp mends itself afterwards — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
7

How the scalp mends itself afterwards

Recovery is supported by the clinic, which supplies all necessary items and full instructions.

Healing after a hair transplant, 0-10 days
8

0-10 days — Heals over

Scabs disappear, the swelling goes down, the skin returns to normal

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

2-4 weeks — Shedding of transplanted hairs

Nothing to fix: hair is shed, but follicles are not

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

3-4 months — First sprouts

New hairs emerge gradually, the result shows

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

6-9 months — Volume returns

The hair becomes thicker, the main volume and contour show

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

12-18 months — Final density

At this point the thickness and the hairline are set

The consultation produces an individual graft figure and a plain explanation 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

The doctor who operates on you is the one you consult beforehand.

The doctor judges the donor zone, puts a figure on the grafts and sets out the outcome you can expect.

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coordinators

Minding your booking

Every patient has a coordinator of their own, from first contact until recovery is done.

Svetlana, patient care specialist

Svetlana

Your care coordinator

Is on hand through preparation and healing

Runs the paperwork and keeps your diary

Ekaterina, patient care specialist

Ekaterina

Your care coordinator

Is on hand through preparation and healing

Runs the paperwork and keeps your diary

Maria, patient care specialist

Maria

Your care coordinator

Is on hand through preparation and healing

Runs the paperwork and keeps your diary

Yulia, patient care specialist

Yulia

Your care coordinator

Is on hand through preparation and healing

Runs the paperwork and keeps your diary

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

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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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Questions we get

We tell 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 regularly treats patients from other cities and countries, starting with an online consultation.

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

The procedure is completed within a single day, after which you head home.

It helps with stable pattern hair loss and a receding hairline when there are enough donor grafts. Some types of alopecia need treatment first; the doctor checks this at the consultation.

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

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.

At the free consultation, the doctor counts the grafts you need according to your donor area.

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.

A contract-backed, lifetime guarantee of hair growth comes with every procedure.

You can check everything
before you pay

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

of Ministry of Health.

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

Qualification papers open to anyone who asks

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AKC POMOSHCH LLC

the clinic's legal name

1057746096924

OGRN

7728536872

INN

What a patient in Naples should know about the procedure

What makes FUE and DHI right for a patient in Naples is how gentle they are: no incisions, no stitches, only local anaesthesia, and one day from the first graft to the last.

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

The scalp heals across 0-10 days. A shedding of transplanted hairs follows at 2-4 weeks and is a normal stage rather than a complication. Growth begins at 3-4 months and carries on without help.

Hair Transplant in Naples: 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:

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Two Italian registers to open before a deposit leaves your account

Italian doctors are registered through provincial orders, which a decree of 1946 required in every province, and above them stands a national federation, the FNOMCeO. Each order keeps its professional register, looks into the conduct of its members, organises continuing education and is able to impose sanctions; the federation, for its part, writes the national code of medical ethics. Naples has an order of its own, and member search is one of the services listed on its website.

A second route runs through the national level. The FNOMCeO site directs visitors to a search of professionals in the unified national registers, where a surgeon's degree and registration can be looked up. Anyone who presents himself or herself as a doctor registered in Italy can be asked for a full name, and the name can be typed into one of these two searches in a minute or two.

The Italian society of plastic surgery, SICPRE, published advice for people choosing a surgeon for cosmetic procedures. Its points include the specialisation in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, which follows five further years of study after the medical degree, and a check of the doctor's degree on the FNOMCeO search page. Ask whether the premises are authorised. Ask who administers the anaesthetic, where the operation is carried out and what happens if something goes wrong. SICPRE adds that a professional who gives no serious, complete and reasoned answers should be struck off your list.

The clinic names three kinds of specialists: a trichologist surgeon who does the hair work, a dermatovenereologist who is also a trichologist, and a plastic surgeon. Their diplomas, like the medical licence of the clinic, can be inspected, and whoever greets you at the consultation is the same person who will stand in the operating room. Collect these papers first, before any money moves, and file every reply in one folder.

A first message from Naples and a graft count you can hold in your hands

Naples, as a comune within its administrative limits, counts 905,050 residents in the 2026 figure. The first step needs only a phone: photographs of the thinned places go to a coordinator over WhatsApp or Telegram; a doctor examines them and states whether a transplant could be of use. The free online consultation promises a reply inside 15 minutes. Nothing is charged and no date is held at this point.

The doctor's real material is the donor zone, behind the ears and across the nape or at the temples. Once that area has been examined, the grafts are counted and an achievable outcome is described. Treat the number as the foundation. Request it as a line in the contract rather than a remark in a chat, because a count that lives only in conversation cannot be held against what you later receive.

Price comes after the count, never before it. It is fixed in the contract, and the sum agreed holds on the day of surgery. Ask the clinic to itemise that sum. As the clinic words it, the sum runs from preparing for surgery up to the twelve-month follow-up and includes bandages, healing inspections, a plan of care for the planted and the harvested zones, advice on washing the hair, on sleeping and on headgear, a timetable for returning to training and hair care, personal contact with a coordinator who watches your photos, and five scheduled inspections.

Holding a date takes a deposit, paid by card at the clinic or through an online transfer, and the paper that records the terms is a contract for medical services. The clinic also spells out which tests must be finished before the operation and gives instructions for them. Ask for that list at the outset; learning about a test in week one costs less than learning about it on the eve of the date.

Three techniques, one question: why this one for my scalp?

Three techniques are in use. With FUE, forceps lift grafts out of the donor area, leaving neither cuts nor sutures. DHI works in a single movement: a Choi pen implants every graft, so the preliminary cutting of channels is skipped. The third option joins the two, harvesting by FUE and placing by DHI, and is mentioned for densifying thinning caused by androgenetic alopecia.

Survival and trauma percentages arrive as averages given per method, a rough guide only. The real numbers hang on the zone that receives the grafts and on your own features, and the doctor lays them out at the consultation. So do not memorise the averages. Ask for your numbers, in writing, for your zone.

A sensible way to run that conversation is to put one question three times, once per technique: what would this change in my case, and what would it cost me in healing? A doctor who has to reply separately about each of them is forced to reason about your head and not about a menu. The day itself is the same in every variant: local anaesthesia, one day in the clinic, home afterwards.

Where a good consultation ends with no

The clinic says plainly that a doctor has no interest in sending anyone to theatre needlessly. Androgenetic or diffuse alopecia and bald areas are the reasons that speak for a transplant. The exclusion list falls into groups. Behaviour and self-image: pulling out your own hair (trichotillomania) and body dysmorphic disorder. Age: under eighteen. General health: cancer, epilepsy, diabetes mellitus, a pacemaker, pulmonary embolism, hepatitis B or C, HIV/AIDS, serious heart disease and intolerance of anaesthetics.

The clinic's list of cases where a transplant is not the answer goes further: a naturally high frontal edge, too little hair density, growth patterns set by genetics, scarring left by a burn or an injury, and shedding that came after an illness or from a hormonal imbalance. Read the entire list, then write to the coordinator about every line that touches you, and ask the doctor to confirm in writing which lines apply.

Useful questions at this stage are short: what is my diagnosis, what happens if I do not operate, and which part of my loss will a transplant leave untouched? Honest answers to those three are worth more than any promotion.

Keeping a dated diary for the year after the operation

Memory of how the scalp looked in the second month is unreliable, so write it down. Day 0 to day 10 is the soothing stage: crusts come off, the swelling retreats and the area calms. Weeks 2 to 4 are when the implanted hairs drop out, which is an ordinary stage with the follicles staying put. Months 3 to 4 deliver the first new hairs, months 6 to 9 the return of thickness, and months 12 to 18 the full volume with a natural edge.

Five inspections are planned: after the first month, then at the third, sixth, ninth and twelfth. Photograph the same angles every time, date each file and pass the set to your coordinator, who accompanies you from the first enquiry until the end of recovery. Jot down what you heard about washing, sleep, headgear and sport, plus every question you forgot to ask. When a friend remarks in month five that nothing seems to have happened, the notebook can answer for you.

Which Italian office keeps the register of doctors in Naples?

The provincial order of physicians, surgeons and dentists for Naples keeps the professional register and offers a member search online. The national federation, the FNOMCeO, points to a search of professionals in the unified national registers.

What did SICPRE advise patients to find out about the premises?

Whether the facility is authorised, who gives the anaesthetic, where the operation takes place and how a problem would be handled. The society also advises checking the surgeon's specialisation.

Do I commit to anything by sending photographs from Naples?

No. Pictures reach a doctor through the coordinator, and the doctor says whether a transplant would help. That first look is free, no date is booked, and writing in the middle of the night is fine.

Which area is examined before any number is quoted?

The donor zone, behind the ears and across the nape or at the temples. The doctor studies it, counts the grafts and explains what result is realistic.

What should the written list of inclusions contain?

Bandages and healing inspections, the care plan for both zones, advice on washing, sleep and headgear, the timetable for returning to training and hair care, coordinator contact with photo exchange, and the five inspections between month 1 and month 12.

Can the doctor decline to operate?

Yes, and the clinic openly says so. If a transplant would not help, or an item of the exclusion list applies, you hear it at the consultation instead of being given a surgery date.

How should I record the months after the operation?

Keep dated photographs of identical angles, the dates of the five checks and a note of every instruction you were given. Share the photographs with your coordinator as things change.