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Hair Transplant in
Palma: FUE & DHI

0% instalments

from $367/mo

The first session, priced — $0.

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

at first

by 12 months

FUE, no incisions or sutures. Graft count and outcome forecast worked out and not charged — before you decide.

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

Hair transplant for patients from Palma 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 24 October 2026

Free online consultation on WhatsApp and Telegram

results

Here is how hair looks
8–12 months later

Genuine patients only, with nothing staged.

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

at first

by 12 months

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,400 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,600 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

4,000 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,700 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,900 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,600 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,700 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

4,000 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,400 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,900 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

at first

by 12 months

3,600 grafts

FUE method

Comparison

Hair transplant methods
FUE and DHI

We offer three graft transfer technologies: classic FUE, suture-free DHI and a combined protocol. Set them side by side by implantation technique, tissue trauma and graft survival, and choose knowingly.

FUE

Classic technique without incisions or stitches

Hair transplant with the FUE method
Discount through late October

$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 late October

$2,500

$2,900

Graft implantation technique

DHI, a Choi implanter

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 late October

$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

Densification for androgenetic alopecia

Each method has averaged survival and trauma figures, given for orientation: 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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Straight talk on hair transplants, from specialists and from patients

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about the clinic

Clinic, where you
will feel at home

Clean, well-equipped rooms and staff who notice you

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

Any of these channels will reach the clinic

We will take your questions and find a consultation time convenient for you

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A doctor turns some patients down

Honest words come first: if no operation is required, the doctor tells you during the consultation, so nothing leaves your wallet. The situations in which a transplant genuinely works are described below.

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

Types of loss it covers

  • Androgenetic or diffuse alopecia
  • A receding hairline
  • A high hairline
  • Insufficient hair density
  • Genetic features of hair growth
  • Damage caused by a burn or injury
  • Hair loss from illness
  • Shedding due to a hormonal imbalance

Is your case a borderline one?

Leave a number: photos go to a coordinator in a messenger, the doctor looks and says if a transplant will help you. Free, no booking.

A doctor looking at a photo of a thinning area on a phone
Decide if it is for 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 late 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

Fix your price
Discount through late 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

Fix your price
Discount through late 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

Fix your price
Discount through late October

Other services

Your case reviewedFree
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
Fix your price

all included

What is included
in $2,200

One continuous path: pre-op prep and 12 months after.

Lifetime growth, guaranteed
Instalments available

Your payment does not grow on the day of surgery.

two other areas

Beard and eyebrow
transplants

The scalp is only one option. Donor grafts still come from the back of the head, the method is still FUE, and only the treated zone differs.

Beard transplant

FUE method, free of cuts or stitches

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

From the donor area at the back of the head the grafts are taken and moved through micro-punctures of about 1 mm; no scars remain. The doctor discusses the shape with you before the operation and takes your facial features into account. Transplanted hair grows for life: the beard is trimmed and styled as usual.

$2,800$3,000

or $467/mo — 0% instalments for 6 months

Fix your price

Eyebrow transplant

FUE method, free of cuts or stitches

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

Your first meeting with the surgeon includes drawing the brow shape, going through references jointly and matching the design to the proportions of your face. The implanted hairs sit at the angle of growth, which keeps the brows from looking painted on. Brows that gave up growing under years of plucking are helped.

$1,600$1,700

a procedure you go home from, numbed locally

Fix your price

Find the graft total and the cost

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

One day at the clinic —
then go home

From consultation to going home — all in one day

Your case reviewed — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
1

Your case reviewed

Everything begins with a free consultation: the doctor explains the FUE and DHI methods, answers your questions, and puts together a plan designed specifically for you.

Holding a day for you
2

Holding a day for you

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.

The steps to take before grafting — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
3

The steps to take before grafting

Tests must be in hand before the operation. The clinic hands you the whole list and walks you through what to do.

Numbing the scalp – so there is no pain — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
4

Numbing the scalp – so there is no pain

This stage applies local anaesthesia, which keeps the entire operation painless.

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

Where all the new hair is collected from

Taken from the occipital zone or the temples, the grafts leave a donor area that requires no stitches.

Rebuilding the density on the bare scalp — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
6

Rebuilding the density on the bare scalp

The surgical team implants each graft into the balding zone with precision.

The mending stage of the whole thing — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
7

The mending stage of the whole thing

Everything you need for recovery, plus complete instructions, comes from the clinic at this final stage.

Healing after a hair transplant, 0-10 days
8

0-10 days — Closing up

The crusts come off, the swelling eases, the skin restores itself

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

2-4 weeks — Transplanted hairs now shed

This shedding is expected; the roots are not affected

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

3-4 months — Hair comes back

The area gradually thickens, and the result shows

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

6-9 months — Thickness shows

The hair fills in, with volume and hairline clearly visible

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

12-18 months — Finished hair

Everything evens out into a natural-looking hairline

Your individual graft requirement comes out of the consultation, which also covers how the operation is done

A doctor's appointment at City Medical Centre

Free, before any operation with no strings attached.

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doctors

Our doctors

Kristina A. Tropina, assistant

Kristina A. Tropina

Assistant

9 years of experience

Your case is discussed with the doctor who will operate.

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

The people in charge

A coordinator takes on your case early and stays with it until recovery ends.

Svetlana, patient care specialist

Svetlana

Your patient adviser

Looks after you at each stage of the way

Picks up all your forms and your bookings

Ekaterina, patient care specialist

Ekaterina

Your patient adviser

Looks after you at each stage of the way

Picks up all your forms and your bookings

Maria, patient care specialist

Maria

Your patient adviser

Looks after you at each stage of the way

Picks up all your forms and your bookings

Yulia, patient care specialist

Yulia

Your patient adviser

Looks after you at each stage of the way

Picks up all your forms and your bookings

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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Popular questions

We answer 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.

Prices start at $2,200 (≈ €2,000) for FUE, $2,500 (≈ €2,250) for DHI, and $2,700 (≈ €2,450) for the combined method. Your final price is set after a free graft count and locked into the contract.

It takes a day, and afterwards everyone goes back 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.

Patients feel nothing: the scalp is numbed with an anesthetic given locally.

FUE is the classic method: grafts are harvested with tweezers, with no cuts or stitches. DHI implants grafts without channels, using a Choi pen. A combined method harvests grafts by FUE and implants them with the DHI pen.

Nobody can guess it in advance; the doctor counts them at a free appointment based on your donor reserve.

0–10 days of healing, a normal loss of hair at 2–4 weeks, regrowth from 3–4 months, density plainly there at 6–9 months, and the last word at 12–18 months.

Your procedure includes a lifetime hair-growth guarantee under contract.

Everything can be checked
before you pay

We hold a medical licence, and care is provided to the standards and clinical guidelines

per Ministry of Health.

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

Doctors who will operate: their diplomas and certificates

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AKC POMOSHCH LLC

the clinic's legal name

1057746096924

OGRN

7728536872

INN

Everything worth knowing, put together for Palma

A patient in Palma is not facing an ordeal. FUE and DHI leave no cuts to heal and no stitches to remove, local anaesthesia is enough throughout, and the operation is over within a day of starting.

Ask now, decide later, and pay nothing for the asking: a patient in Palma sends photos of the area, the doctor looks at them online and says whether a transplant helps. Contact 24/7.

The skin settles in 0-10 days, the transplanted hairs drop out at 2-4 weeks as part of the process, growth appears at 3-4 months, thickness at 6-9 and the final result at 12-18. Follow-ups at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months with photo tracking by a personal coordinator and a lifetime growth guarantee.

Hair Transplant in Palma: price and what is included

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Sun, salt and wind on a scalp that has just been grafted

Palma sits at 13 m above sea level in the middle of the bay on the south coast of Mallorca. The climate is classed as warm semi-arid, and the sun is the main factor for anyone planning a hair transplant. The city gets 2,858 hours of sunshine a year. July alone has 353 hours, while December has 152. After an FUE or DHI procedure the skin of the recipient area and the donor area at the back of the head is in a healing phase, so the strength of the light matters. In July the daily maximum averages 29.7 °C and in August 30.2 °C, with night minimums of 22.4 and 23.0 °C. In those months a freshly treated scalp meets the full summer sun.

This is why the timing of the operation is discussed on its own during the free online consultation. The doctor and the coordinator can look at the calendar with you. The first days, the 0-10 day healing period when crusts fall away and swelling subsides, are easier to pass in the soft light of winter than in the brightest weeks of summer. Specific rules on headwear, washing and sun exposure come from the care plan that is part of the programme, and the doctor adjusts them to your case. The block you are reading only helps you think about how the local calendar fits that plan.

Humidity is the second factor. Average relative humidity in Palma is 72 %, which is fairly high for a city with so much sun. Air that is both warm and humid makes a cap or hat feel heavier than it would in dry air, so choose headwear that is breathable and loose. The coordinators will explain on WhatsApp or Telegram what to look for in a hat and how to wear it in the first period. Send a photo of what you already own, and they will tell you whether it suits the plan.

Wind has a role too, because the bay opens to the sea and the island has the Serra de Tramuntana to the north and west. Sea breeze carries salt and dust. That is a practical reason to follow the washing instructions exactly and not to improvise.

Choosing a month: how the growth stages map onto Mallorca's year

A hair transplant is a long project. The service programme describes the stages clearly. In the first 0-10 days the area heals. At 2-4 weeks the transplanted hairs shed, which is a normal stage in which only the hairs fall out and the follicles stay in place. At 3-4 months the first new growth appears. At 6-9 months density shows and the main volume and contour become visible. The final result comes 12-18 months after the operation. Follow-up checks are planned at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months.

Put these stages on the Palma calendar. Suppose the operation is done in the second half of November 2026. Shedding falls in December and the first half of January 2027, the season with the fewest sunshine hours, so the least visible part of the process happens in the quietest light. The first growth arrives around March 2027, as the days get longer. Density shows between about May and August 2027, so the period when the hair looks thicker coincides with the long summer days and the start of the bathing season. The final result is expected from November 2027 to May 2028. With an operation in November, the earlier checks at 1 and 3 months fall in winter and early spring, when they are easy to fit around work.

Now compare a summer start. An operation in July 2027 puts the shedding phase and the first weeks of healing inside the hottest period of the year, with a July maximum around 29.7 °C. The doctor may not rule this out, but you will have to be much stricter about sun and headwear. If your schedule leaves a choice, many people in this situation find that autumn or winter gives a calmer start. It is still an individual decision that depends on your donor area, the number of grafts and your work.

When you write to the coordinator, say which months are hard for you: exams, a busy season at work, family events, or a period when you cannot wear a hat. Then the dates can be proposed so that the shedding phase does not fall on an important occasion. The coordinator is available round the clock, and the surgery date is confirmed in the contract only after you have agreed on the plan and paid the deposit.

Beach, sea water and sport in the months after the procedure

Palma has an urban beach, Platja de Palma, also known as El Arenal. The bathing season there lasts about 6-7 months, from late April to early November. Sea temperature follows the seasons clearly. The annual average is 19.5 °C, the minimum is 13.9 °C in February and the maximum is 26.0 °C in August. June averages 22.5 °C and September 25.0 °C. For someone planning a transplant these numbers set a rhythm. They show when the sea is a real temptation and when it is not.

Nothing in the programme text gives a fixed number of days before you can swim, so this article does not invent one. What the programme does include is a plan for returning to sport and a care plan for the transplant and donor areas, along with advice on washing, sleep and headwear. The doctor will say during the consultation when sea water and the pool can be brought back, and the coordinator will remind you at the relevant stage. Sea water, sand and strong sun together are exactly the combination you should not decide about on your own.

Think ahead about the first summer after the operation. If the operation is done in November 2026, the first full bathing season in April-November 2027 arrives when the follow-up checks at 3, 6 and 9 months are happening. By then the hair has started to grow and the area is far from the freshly treated state. You can send a photo to the coordinator before the first beach weekend and get an answer from the doctor on what is reasonable at that stage.

For athletes the same logic applies. Running along the bay in warm weather means sweat, sun and a cap. Team sports with contact need a separate conversation. Tell the doctor about your regular activities at the first consultation, so that the plan for returning to sport is written around what you actually do and not around a general template.

Rain, cold snaps and the quieter months

Palma is dry compared with most of Europe. Annual precipitation is 470.1 mm over 53.6 days. The rain is concentrated in autumn. October is the wettest month with 72.6 mm, November has 67.8 mm and September 60.5 mm. July is the driest with 5.1 mm. That matters for planning in a small way. If the operation is in October or November, the early healing days may come with rain and damp air, so an umbrella or a hood that does not press on the scalp will be more useful than a tight cap.

Winter is mild. January and February are the coldest months, with a maximum of 15.7 °C and minimums of 8.5 and 8.4 °C. Such temperatures do not by themselves demand any special measures, but a cold wind from the sea can be unpleasant on the head, and a soft, loose hat can solve that. The principle is the same as in summer: nothing tight, nothing that rubs the healing area, and clean headwear. The care plan covers the details, and you can ask the coordinator about a specific item.

Spring and autumn are the transitional seasons. April averages 19.7 °C by day and 12.2 °C at night. October is warmer than many expect, with 24.0 °C by day and 16.8 °C at night. The annual averages are a maximum of 22.2 °C and a minimum of 14.9 °C, with a mean of 18.5 °C. This means a large part of the year is neither hot nor cold, and the main decision is whether you want the first weeks in a quiet autumn or winter period or in a lighter spring one.

People often ask whether a hair transplant makes the scalp more sensitive to temperature changes in the first months. The programme text does not make claims about this, so the honest answer is that the doctor will tackle it at consultation based on your skin and the area treated. What can be said is that choosing a calmer month reduces the number of variables you have to manage.

Doing it from Palma: online consultation, one day at the clinic and the public health context

The consultation is online. You send photos by WhatsApp or Telegram, receive a free assessment from the doctor and learn the final price, which is fixed in the contract. The doctor looks at the donor area, counts the grafts and shows the result achievable in your case. The real cases in the programme material range from about 2,500 to 4,000 grafts with the FUE method, which gives a sense of scale, but your own number is calculated individually. The operation itself takes one day at the clinic, with local anaesthesia, and the process is explained at each step: harvesting from the back of the head or the temples without stitches, then implantation into the area of alopecia.

The public health system is relevant to this choice in a specific way. Spain's common portfolio of national health system services, regulated by Royal Decree 1030/2006, does not fund techniques whose aim is merely aesthetic or cosmetic. Procedures with an aesthetic purpose that are unrelated to an accident, an illness or a congenital malformation are excluded from specialist care. For most people choosing a hair transplant for androgenetic alopecia, this means the decision is made outside the public waiting lists in any case.

It is still useful to know how the public system looks. At the end of 2025 the average surgical wait in the national system was 121 days, and 21.6 % of patients waited more than 6 months. Plastic Surgery was the specialty with the longest average wait, 269 days. In the Balearic Islands, 17,075 patients were on the structural surgical waiting list, 13.62 per 1,000 inhabitants, with an average wait of 105 days. These figures concern the public system and are not a comparison with a private procedure, but they explain why many people look for a planned path with a date fixed in advance.

In the Balearic Islands, 82.9 % of people aged 15 and over rated their health positively in 2020, the highest share in Spain. Where health is generally good, a hair transplant is often part of a decision about appearance rather than a response to illness. Even so, the doctor checks your general health first. The conditions listed in the programme where a transplant is not suitable include trichotillomania, body dysmorphic disorder, cancer, being under 18, epilepsy, serious heart conditions, diabetes mellitus, a pacemaker, AIDS/HIV, hepatitis B/C and pulmonary embolism. If you are not sure which group you belong to, send photos to the coordinator and the doctor will tell you whether a transplant would help or whether your case can be solved without surgery.

Which months in Palma are the least demanding for the first weeks after a hair transplant?

The doctor decides individually, but the climate figures give a guide. December has 152 hours of sunshine against 353 in July, and January and February have maximums of 15.7 °C, while July and August reach 29.7 and 30.2 °C. Many people choose autumn or winter for a calmer start, though a summer date is not ruled out in advance.

If I have the operation in November 2026, when will I see the first new hair?

The programme describes shedding of the transplanted hairs at 2-4 weeks, which would be December 2026 to early January 2027. First growth follows at 3-4 months, roughly February to March 2027, and density shows at 6-9 months, around May to August 2027. The final result is expected 12-18 months after the operation.

Can I swim at Platja de Palma during recovery?

The programme does not set a fixed number of days, so the doctor gives the timing at the consultation. The bathing season runs from late April to early November, and the sea is 13.9 °C in February and 26.0 °C in August. Ask the coordinator before the first swim, because sea water, sand and sun together need a clear instruction.

Is humidity in Palma a problem for headwear?

Average relative humidity is 72 %, so a tight or synthetic cap can feel heavy in warm weather. Choose breathable, loose headwear that does not rub the healing area. You can send a photo of the hat you own to the coordinator on WhatsApp or Telegram, and they will tell you whether it fits the care plan.

Is a hair transplant covered by the public health system in Spain?

Under Royal Decree 1030/2006, techniques aimed at merely aesthetic or cosmetic improvement are not financed by the national health system. Procedures with an aesthetic purpose unrelated to an accident, illness or congenital malformation are excluded from specialist care. The doctor tells you at the free consultation how your case is classified from the medical side.

What should I tell the coordinator when I choose a date?

Name the months that are difficult for you, such as a busy period at work, exams, family events or planned sport. The shedding phase at 2-4 weeks and the follow-up checks at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months can then be placed around them. The date is confirmed in the contract after you agree the plan and pay the deposit.

How many grafts will I need?

The number is calculated by the doctor after looking at your donor area in the photos. The real FUE cases shown in the programme range from about 2,500 to 4,000 grafts, but your figure depends on the area to be covered. The consultation and the count are free, and you owe nothing before the operation.