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FUE & DHI
Hair Transplant in Stockholm

FUE · DHI

from $2,200

Consultation and quote — $0.

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

pre-op

after 12 months

FUE, done without incisions or stitches. Grafts and forecast done for you, free of fee — before you decide.

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

Hair transplant for patients from Stockholm at City Medical Centre starts at SEK 22,500 (from $2,200). The first online consultation is free; the doctor names the final price and it is fixed in the contract.

Price
SEK 22,500 (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 hair looks
8–12 months later

Nothing staged: genuine CMC patient results.

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

pre-op

after 12 months

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,400 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,600 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

4,000 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,700 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,900 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,600 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,700 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

4,000 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,400 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,900 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

pre-op

after 12 months

3,600 grafts

FUE method

Comparison

Hair transplant methods
FUE and DHI

Three technologies transfer the grafts: classic FUE, suture-free DHI and a combined protocol. Study the implantation technique, the tissue trauma and the graft survival, and make an informed choice.

FUE

Classic technique without incisions or stitches

Hair transplant with the FUE method
Discount through late November

$2,200

$2,700

Graft implantation technique

Forceps

Graft trauma

Minimal

Natural hair growth angle

Natural

Graft survival

98–100%

Suitable for

Androgenetic alopecia

DHI

Suture-free placement with a Choi pen

Hair transplant with the DHI method
Discount through late November

$2,500

$2,900

Graft implantation technique

DHI, a Choi implanter

Graft trauma

Minimal

Natural hair growth angle

Natural

Graft survival

98–100%

Suitable for

Densification

Combined DHI/FUE

FUE extraction, DHI pen implant

Combined DHI and FUE protocol
Discount through late November

$2,700

$2,900

Graft implantation technique

Extraction by FUE, DHI implant

Graft trauma

Minimal

Natural hair growth angle

Natural

Graft survival

98–100%

Suitable for

Androgenetic alopecia and densification

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

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Hair transplants: expert breakdowns and stories from patients

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about the clinic

A place where you
will be at ease

Well equipped, comfortable, attentive to each patient

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

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This route works for some people

Nothing is spent needlessly: the doctor tells you at the consultation if an operation would not help in your case. 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

Losses worth operating on

  • 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
  • Shedding after an illness
  • Hair loss from hormonal imbalance

Do not know if you qualify yet?

Leave your number. A coordinator asks for photos in a messenger, the doctor looks and says if a transplant helps. Free, no surgery booking.

A doctor looking at a photo of a thinning area on a phone
Is this right for me?

services

You learn the price
before the surgery

The cost comes at the free consultation, after the graft count, and is fixed in the contract.

Discount through late November

FUE method

suture-free graft extraction

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

$2,200$2,700

Consultation and quote — $0.

Fix your price
Discount through late 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

Consultation and quote — $0.

Fix your price
Discount through late November

DHI+FUE combo method

combined technique

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

$2,700$2,900

Consultation and quote — $0.

Fix your price
Discount through late November

More we offer

The first assessmentFree
Eyebrow transplant, FUE$1,700$1,600
Beard transplant, FUE$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

Looked after before the operation and for 12 months after.

Growth guarantee, lifelong

On surgery day no extra charges come up.

another two areas

Beard and eyebrow
transplants

The list is wider than the scalp. Donor grafts still come from the back of the head, and FUE is still the method.

Beard transplant

FUE method, free of cuts or 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

Consultation and quote — $0.

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

The eyebrow shape is drawn by the surgeon at the initial consultation: you review references together and the design takes your facial features into account. Hairs are implanted at the correct angle, so the brows look natural. It also helps where hairs no longer grow after years of plucking.

$1,600$1,700

an outpatient op, the area numbed beforehand

Fix your price

Find out your price and number of grafts

At the consultation the doctor assesses your donor area, counts the grafts and shows the achievable result. The cost is quoted there and fixed in the contract.

Operating room at City Medical Centre

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Process

A day at the clinic —
and go on home

From consultation to going home — all in one day

The first assessment — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
1

The first assessment

This free initial meeting with the doctor is where FUE and DHI are explained, your questions get answered, and a personal plan for the operation takes shape.

Naming the day for it
2

Naming the day for it

For patients in Stockholm, booking the surgery date means placing a deposit by card at the clinic or online, with terms set in a medical services contract.

The week before your operation — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
3

The week before your operation

Ahead of the transplant, patients in Stockholm follow the clinic's list of tests and instructions to prepare properly for surgery.

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

Anaesthesia – why patients feel nothing

The area is treated with local anaesthesia beforehand, so the surgery itself is painless.

Donor hair is taken ready for the session — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
5

Donor hair is taken ready for the session

For patients in Stockholm, grafts are harvested from the donor zone at the back of the head or temples, without stitches.

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

Setting the follicles into the bald patch

The grafts are implanted into the balding area, completing the surgical part of the procedure.

Aftercare, and how the scalp settles down — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
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Aftercare, and how the scalp settles down

Recovery is made easier with everything the clinic provides, together with complete guidance.

Healing after a hair transplant, 0-10 days
8

0-10 days — Recovery

The crusts come off, the swelling goes down, the area gradually recovers

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

2-4 weeks — The transplanted hairs shed

The shafts come out on schedule; the roots are untouched

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

3-4 months — First sprouts

New hairs slowly appear, the result begins to show

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

6-9 months — Thicker on top

The hair gains fullness, the volume and the contour are evident

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

12-18 months — True outcome

The hairline looks natural and density is final

At the consultation your graft requirement is established and the stages of surgery are explained

A doctor's appointment at City Medical Centre

Free, before the operation and committing you to nothing.

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doctors

Our doctors

Kristina A. Tropina, assistant

Kristina A. Tropina

Assistant

9 years in practice

Your consultation is with the doctor who will do the surgery.

A doctor will assess your donor area, count the grafts and tell you the achievable result.

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coordinators

The coordinators

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

Svetlana, patient care specialist

Svetlana

Your care coordinator

Stays available the whole way through

Sorts out all your paperwork and bookings

Ekaterina, patient care specialist

Ekaterina

Your care coordinator

Stays available the whole way through

Sorts out all your paperwork and bookings

Maria, patient care specialist

Maria

Your care coordinator

Stays available the whole way through

Sorts out all your paperwork and bookings

Yulia, patient care specialist

Yulia

Your care coordinator

Stays available the whole way through

Sorts out all your paperwork and 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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Your main worries

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.

Pricing starts from $2,200 (≈ SEK 22,500) for FUE, $2,500 (≈ SEK 25,500) for DHI, and $2,700 (≈ SEK 27,500) 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.

A doctor determines the graft number at a free consultation, looking at your donor area's capacity.

Healing takes 0–10 days. Transplanted hair sheds at 2–4 weeks, which is normal. New growth starts at 3–4 months, with noticeable density at 6–9 months and the final result 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

We work under a medical licence, and care follows the standards and clinical guidelines

per Ministry of Health.

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

Qualification certificates of our surgeons

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AKC POMOSHCH LLC

the clinic's own entity

1057746096924

OGRN

7728536872

INN

The procedure in plain words for Stockholm

A patient in Stockholm gets a procedure that keeps things simple. FUE and DHI are performed with no cutting and no suturing, under local anaesthesia, and the operation is wrapped up in the course of one day.

Living in Stockholm is no obstacle to a first opinion: the consultation runs online, costs nothing, and ends with the doctor saying whether a transplant helps after seeing photos of the area. Open 24/7.

Allow 0-10 days for healing. The transplanted hairs shed at 2-4 weeks, exactly as they are meant to, and the roots carry on working underneath. Regrowth sets in at 3-4 months, once that quiet phase is over.

Hair Transplant in Stockholm: price and what is included

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

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Stories told by well-known

Well-known people who openly discussed this operation, in their own words.

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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:

Swedish rules for cosmetic surgery and the register you can consult

Stockholm Municipality had 996,264 residents in 2025. Sweden has a statutory framework for aesthetic work that is worth knowing before you read a single brochure: Law (2021:363) on aesthetic surgical procedures and aesthetic injection treatments, with the Health and Social Care Inspectorate, IVO, responsible for supervision since 1 July 2021.

For the doctor himself or herself, Socialstyrelsen keeps the Register of Authorised Healthcare Professionals, known as HOSP. It includes every person authorised in Sweden and the specialist certificates of doctors, and the information is generally public. Ask for the surgeon's full name, then look the person up.

A Swedish guide to plastic surgery says aesthetic procedures are mostly carried out in the private sector, with reconstructive surgery usually done in the public sector. That is one more reason to check a provider yourself.

Treat any request to decide quickly, or to pay at once, as a signal to slow down and ask for everything in writing. Read the draft agreement twice, once for meaning and once for what is missing. Note any sentence that describes the procedure only in general terms, and ask the provider to name the technique, the donor zone and the follow-up schedule precisely.

Read the offer as a skeptic would, but without hostility. Who exactly will extract the grafts, and who will place them? Is the named doctor the same on the draft, in the chat and on the certificate? Does the document describe the procedure in specific terms or only in general ones? None of these questions is rude, and the answers tell you how the provider treats detail.

Questions to put in writing before you agree to anything

Draft a single email with six lines. Which organisation gives the treatment, and what is its medical licence number? Who is the doctor and what certificates does the doctor hold? What is the contract for medical services, and can I have it as a draft? What exactly is included? Who reviews me after the operation, and when? What has been agreed orally, and where is it written?

The package on offer is described plainly: bandages and healing checks, instructions for the grafted and donor zones, advice on hair washing, sleep and covering the head, a schedule for sport and hair care, a coordinator who receives your pictures, and five follow-up visits across the first year, at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months.

Compare the reply with a second one. If you wish, send the same photographs to another doctor and set the graft estimates beside each other. Where they diverge, ask for the reasoning, not for a discount.

Ask to see, with the name filled in, the sentence saying that the doctor who examines you at the consultation is the one who operates.

Keep every reply in one folder with the date it arrived, together with the photographs you sent. If you later wish to compare what was said with what was signed, you will have the whole trail in front of you.

Ask a plain question about the contract: which parts concern the operation, which concern aftercare, and which describe the follow-up visits? If the document is silent about the checks at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months, ask for them to be added.

FUE, DHI or both: what changes between the three

Three techniques exist. FUE takes grafts out with forceps, without incisions and sutures, and the hair keeps its natural angle. DHI places the graft straight in with a Choi pen, so no channels are opened first. The combined technique extracts by FUE and places by DHI, and suits densification.

Survival and trauma values quoted for the techniques are averages for orientation. The treated area and your own features move them, and the doctor shows the real picture at the consultation. FUE is the technique described as suitable for androgenetic alopecia.

Put three questions to the doctor: why this method for my pattern of thinning, how many grafts does my donor area support, and which tests are required before the operation. The clinic lists the tests and gives instructions to complete them.

Beards and eyebrows follow the same extraction. The back of the head supplies the grafts, which enter through punctures of about one millimetre; for brows the line is drawn at the consultation and reference photographs are looked at together.

Before the conversation, write one sentence about what you want from the result: a denser front, restored temples, a filled crown. A concrete aim lets the doctor measure the plan against it, and lets you measure the outcome at each follow-up.

Ask the doctor to mark, on your own photograph, the zone where grafts would be taken and the zone where they would be placed. A plan you can follow with your eyes is a plan you can also show to a second specialist.

Who is turned away, and why that is useful to hear

A transplant fits androgenetic or diffuse alopecia, bald areas and a receding front of the scalp. It does not fit trichotillomania, body dysmorphic disorder, cancer, age under 18, low hair density, patchy alopecia, or shedding after illness or from a hormonal imbalance.

On the medical side, the stop signs are intolerance to anaesthetics, epilepsy, serious heart conditions, diabetes mellitus, a pacemaker, HIV or AIDS, hepatitis B or C, and pulmonary embolism.

A refusal protects you. The doctor's honest view of your case is the best material for your own decision. If you are unsure, send photographs of the thinning areas to a coordinator: a doctor reads them and says whether a transplant would help, free of charge and with nothing booked.

If a transplant does not fit you today, the doctor may suggest returning to the question later or looking at another approach. Ask for this advice in writing, so that it stays with your documents.

One day of surgery, then a year of checks

Surgery lasts a single day, under local anaesthesia. To hold the date you pay a deposit by card or online, and the terms are written into the medical services contract; the agreed total stands on the day.

Recovery is long but orderly. In the first ten days, crusts come off and swelling falls. Weeks two to four: the transplanted hairs shed, which is expected, with the follicles staying in place. Months three to four: growth starts. Months six to nine: thickness returns. Months twelve to eighteen: full volume and a natural edge.

Photographs belong to the follow-up. Take them from fixed angles before each of the five visits and pass them to the coordinator, who writes back on WhatsApp or Telegram at any hour.

The first assessment is free, online, and does not commit you to a date or a method.

Keep the first message brief: where you live, how long the thinning has gone on, regular medicines, anything from the contraindication list, photographs and questions. A personal coordinator then takes over, from the first enquiry to the end of recovery.

Treat the first months as a small project. One photograph a week from the same spot, one line on how the scalp feels, and a note of the date when something changes. At the first visit the doctor sees a course of events instead of a single picture, and the weeks of expected shedding look calmer beside your own notes.

Which Swedish register lists authorised doctors?

Socialstyrelsen keeps the Register of Authorised Healthcare Professionals, HOSP. It covers all persons authorised in Sweden and doctors' specialist certificates, and the information is generally public.

Who supervises aesthetic procedures?

The Health and Social Care Inspectorate, IVO, has had supervisory responsibility for aesthetic treatments since 1 July 2021, under Law (2021:363).

Is cosmetic plastic surgery usually private or public in Sweden?

A Swedish guide to plastic surgery says aesthetic procedures are mostly done in the private sector and reconstructive surgery usually in the public sector.

What should the pictures show?

Daylight views of the front, each temple, the crown and the back of the head, with a line on when the thinning started.

May I take time before replying to the clinic?

Yes. The consultation is free and books nothing, and the clinic expects you to compare. Ask for the draft contract and read it at your own pace.

What goes into a good first message?

Your location, how long the thinning has gone on, regular medicines, any contraindication from the list, photographs and questions.

What if the contract is silent on the follow-up visits?

Ask for the five visits, at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months, to be written in; they belong to what is included.