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Hair Transplant in
Valencia: FUE & DHI

FUE · DHI

from $2,200

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Honest case

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

the start

12 months out

Graft count and outcome forecast with FUE — no incisions, no stitches measured up and never billed — before you decide.

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

Hair transplant for patients from Valencia 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

Hair looks like this
8–12 months later

All cases are real patients of the clinic.

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

the start

12 months out

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,400 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,600 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

4,000 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,700 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,900 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,600 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,700 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

4,000 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,400 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,900 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

the start

12 months out

3,600 grafts

FUE method

Comparison

Hair transplant methods
FUE and DHI

Three technologies of graft transfer are open to you: classic FUE, suture-free DHI and a combined protocol. Judge each by implantation technique, tissue trauma and graft survival, then choose knowingly.

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

No-stitch implantation with a Choi pen

Hair transplant with the DHI method
Discount through late November

$2,500

$2,900

Graft implantation technique

Choi implanter, DHI pen

Graft trauma

Minimal

Natural hair growth angle

Natural

Graft survival

98–100%

Suitable for

Densification

Combined DHI/FUE

FUE extraction, DHI pen implant

Combined DHI and FUE protocol
Discount through late November

$2,700

$2,900

Graft implantation technique

FUE extraction + DHI implantation

Graft trauma

Minimal

Natural hair growth angle

Natural

Graft survival

98–100%

Suitable for

Androgenetic alopecia and densification

Averaged survival and trauma figures are given for each method as a guide: the exact numbers depend on the transplant area and the patient's individual features, and the doctor clarifies them at consultation.

Have a consultation

Two views on a hair transplant: the specialist's and the patient's

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Have a consultation

about the clinic

Clinic, where you
will feel welcome

Care for each patient, comfortable rooms, modern equipment

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

Say hello through any channel listed

We explain what you want to know and pick an hour that fits your schedule

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The answer is no for many people

If surgery is not the answer for you, you will hear it straight at the consultation — no money wasted. The situations in which a transplant genuinely helps are listed below.

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

When surgery is worth it

  • Androgenetic or diffuse alopecia
  • A receding hairline
  • A high hairline
  • Insufficient hair density
  • Genetic side of hair growth
  • Effects left by an injury or burn
  • Shedding after an illness
  • A hormonal imbalance behind shedding

Which category, though, is yours?

Leave your number for a free answer: photos in a messenger to a coordinator, and the doctor says if a transplant will help you.

A doctor looking at a photo of a thinning area on a phone
Check if I am suitable

services

You learn the price
before the surgery

Your price comes from the graft count made at the free consultation and is recorded 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

Sit down, hear the cost — $0.

Set the price now
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

Sit down, hear the cost — $0.

Set the price now
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

Sit down, hear the cost — $0.

Set the price now
Discount through late November

What else we do

Where it all beginsFree
Eyebrow transplant, FUE$1,700$1,600
Beard transplant, FUE$3,000$2,800
Hair trichopigmentation$2,000$1,700
PRP therapy / session$200
Set the price now

all included

What is included
in $2,200

From preparing for surgery to 12 months of follow-up.

Guaranteed, growth for life

No further charges on the day of surgery.

two more patches

Beard and eyebrow
transplants

The scalp is not the limit. Donor material comes from the back of the head, the technique is FUE, and only the zone is different.

Beard transplant

FUE, no incisions and no stitches

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

The donor area is the back of the head; grafts move from there through micro-punctures of about 1 mm and no scars are left. The shape is decided together with the doctor before the operation, taking your facial features into account. Transplanted hair grows for life: the beard can be trimmed and styled as usual.

$2,800$3,000

Sit down, hear the cost — $0.

Set the price now

Eyebrow transplant

FUE, no incisions and no stitches

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

At the initial consultation the surgeon draws the eyebrow shape, you look through references together, and the design takes your facial features into account. The hairs are implanted at the right angle, so the eyebrows look natural. It also helps where plucking has stopped hairs growing.

$1,600$1,700

a day-case operation done under local anaesthesia

Set the price now

Find out the number of grafts and price

The doctor will assess your donor area, count the grafts and show what you can achieve. The cost is quoted at the consultation and fixed in the contract.

Operating room at City Medical Centre

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Process

One day in the clinic —
then go home

From consultation to going home — all in one day

Where it all begins — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
1

Where it all begins

The consultation, free of charge, covers how FUE and DHI work, gives you space to ask questions, and ends with an individual plan tailored to your surgery.

Getting into the diary
2

Getting into the diary

Patients in Valencia reserve their date by paying a deposit, either by card at the clinic or online, with the terms set in a medical services contract.

Sorting everything out in advance — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
3

Sorting everything out in advance

Before the hair transplant, the necessary tests are completed using the list and instructions the clinic provides.

Pain relief – so the day is not dreaded — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
4

Pain relief – so the day is not dreaded

The treatment area is numbed with local anaesthesia, so the entire surgery is pain-free.

The grafts are drawn out and then counted — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
5

The grafts are drawn out and then counted

Harvesting grafts from the back of the head or the temples happens without stitches at this stage.

Placing the grafts where hair is missing — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
6

Placing the grafts where hair is missing

Surgeons carefully implant the grafts into the balding zone.

From fresh dressings to fully healed skin — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
7

From fresh dressings to fully healed skin

This step supports fast healing, with the clinic providing all the necessary items and full instructions.

Healing after a hair transplant, 0-10 days
8

0-10 days — Rest phase

The crusts drop off, the swelling settles, the area recovers steadily

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

2-4 weeks — Transplanted hairs shed

Not a failure. The shafts fall away, the roots remain in place

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

3-4 months — Hair pushes up

Growth picks up slowly, and the result becomes visible

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

6-9 months — Looks fuller now

The hair gains density, and the volume and hairline are clear

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

12-18 months — Finished hair

You see the full volume and a convincingly natural edge

At the consultation you hear your graft figure and exactly what the operation will involve

A doctor's appointment at City Medical Centre

Free, before surgery and leaving you free to decide.

Have a consultation

doctors

Our doctors

Kristina A. Tropina, assistant

Kristina A. Tropina

Assistant

9 years in practice

The consultation is held by the doctor who carries out the surgery.

The doctor will assess your donor area, count the grafts and name an achievable result.

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coordinators

The front-desk team

A personal coordinator is assigned to you, guiding you from the first enquiry through to recovery.

Svetlana, patient care specialist

Svetlana

Your care coordinator

Will help you before and after the surgery

Handles the paperwork and your bookings

Ekaterina, patient care specialist

Ekaterina

Your care coordinator

Will help you before and after the surgery

Handles the paperwork and your bookings

Maria, patient care specialist

Maria

Your care coordinator

Will help you before and after the surgery

Handles the paperwork and your bookings

Yulia, patient care specialist

Yulia

Your care coordinator

Will help you before and after the surgery

Handles the paperwork and your bookings

How it actually
happens

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Aiming for this too — the consultation costs nothing

We explain what you want to know and pick an hour that fits your schedule

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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!

    Review on Google

  • ★★★★★
    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!!

    Review on Google

Queries we hear

Here is 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 — patients from other cities and countries are welcome, and you can start with a free online consultation.

FUE is $2,200 (≈ €2,000), DHI is $2,500 (≈ €2,250), combined DHI+FUE is $2,700 (≈ €2,450). A free consultation with a graft count gives you the exact, contract-fixed price.

Surgery is done in one day, and patients go home the same day it's finished.

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

It isn't painful: local anaesthesia is used throughout the surgery.

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.

Graft count is calculated by the doctor at no cost, based on an assessment of your donor zone.

Expect 0–10 days to heal, then normal shedding of transplanted hairs at 2–4 weeks. Growth begins around 3–4 months, density builds by 6–9 months, and the final look appears at 12–18 months.

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

Everything can be checked
before you pay

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

of the Ministry of Health.

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

The diplomas and certificates of the operating doctors

Study the documents

AKC POMOSHCH LLC

the clinic's legal entity

1057746096924

OGRN

7728536872

INN

How patients in Valencia go through a hair transplant

FUE and DHI suit the everyday realities of a patient in Valencia: one day of surgery, local anaesthesia rather than anything deeper, and a scalp that is neither cut nor stitched at any point.

The first conversation for a resident of Valencia is free and takes place online: the doctor looks at photos of the thinning area and counts the grafts. Every day the clinic is reachable 24/7, so you choose the hour, not the clinic.

Healing runs 0-10 days and the transplanted hairs shed at 2-4 weeks, a stage that surprises only the unprepared. Growth returns at 3-4 months, density at 6-9, the final result at 12-18. Check-ups at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months, photo tracking with a personal coordinator, lifetime growth guarantee.

Hair Transplant in Valencia: price and what is included

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

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Written by Anastasia A. Kolesnik, plastic surgeon, hair transplant doctor

Medically reviewed by Ellina V. Goncharova, dermatovenereologist, trichologist, surgeon. Review date:

Sources and further reading

  1. NHS — Hair transplant
  2. American Academy of Dermatology — Hair loss: hair transplants
  3. International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) — Treatments for hair loss
  4. PubMed / NCBI — Follicular Unit Extraction for Hair Transplantation: An Update (Actas Dermosifiliogr, 2017)
  5. PubMed / NCBI — Donor site healing in follicular unit extraction hair transplantation (Cell Mol Biol, 2025)

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Cutting a long shortlist down before you message anyone

Valencia counted 841,558 residents in 2025, and its wider metropolitan region is put at 2,656,841. Whatever the size of a city, the useful way to compare providers is on paper, not by whoever advertises hardest. A shortlist built on written criteria protects you better than instinct, and the criteria below can be copied into a note on your phone.

Write five lines in your note. First, the person who examines you must be the person who operates. Second, the graft count must come from looking at your donor area. Third, the price must be fixed in a contract after that count. Fourth, the name and specialty of the doctor must be checkable in an official register. Fifth, aftercare must be described in concrete steps, with dates. A provider that fails two lines can be crossed out before you speak to anyone.

At City Medical Centre the first step needs only a phone. You send photographs of the thinning areas to a coordinator in WhatsApp or Telegram, and a doctor tells you whether a transplant would help. The step is free and books nothing, so it is a low-cost way to test whether the answers match your five lines.

When replies arrive, give each provider a mark out of five on those lines and compare totals. Resist adjusting the criteria afterwards to favour the one you liked best on the phone; the point of writing them down first is that they were set before anyone was charming.

How to read the clinic's own lists against your history

Promises are easy to write; naming who should not be operated on is harder. The clinic does the second as well. It states plainly that plenty of people do better without surgery, and a doctor who profits from nothing by sending you into theatre pointlessly will say so.

Grounds to proceed are hair loss of the androgenetic or diffuse type, bald patches and a frontal edge that has receded. Grounds to hold back include a naturally high frontal edge, thin density, inherited growth patterns, burn or injury damage, loss after illness, hormonal loss and patchy alopecia. The contraindication list begins with a pacemaker, diabetes mellitus and epilepsy; it goes on to cancer, HIV, hepatitis B or C, serious cardiac conditions, an earlier pulmonary embolism, anaesthetic intolerance, trichotillomania, body dysmorphic disorder and being under 18.

Compare that against your own record before you write. If an item on the second list fits you, mention it in your first message rather than hoping nobody notices. The doctor can only weigh what the doctor knows, and a clear answer early is kinder than a surprise on the day of surgery.

A good consultation can end with a polite refusal. If that is what you hear, ask which item decided it and whether anything could change the answer, then keep the reply. It is a useful result, since it saves a recovery that would not have helped.

Questions for the surgeon, sorted by topic

On technique: which of the three do you propose for my scalp, and why? The options are classic FUE, where forceps lift each graft without incisions or stitches, DHI, where a Choi pen implants directly and no channels are made, and the mixed protocol that harvests by FUE and sets by DHI. A survival range of 98 to 100 percent is quoted for FUE as an average, so ask how that average relates to your own case and what could move the figure.

On numbers: how many grafts will my donor area support, and how did you arrive at that? The count comes from the doctor examining the donor zone, and the realistic outcome is described in the same conversation. The price follows the count and goes into the contract, and the sum agreed stands on the day of the operation.

On the day itself: which tests must I complete beforehand, and who guides me through them? Everything takes place in a single day, with local anaesthesia; the donor hairs come from the back of the head or the temples by a scarless method, and you spend the evening at home. Paying a deposit, by card or through an online transfer, secures the date.

On aftercare: who looks at the photographs I send, and how fast do they reply? A personal coordinator is named for the recovery, and replies in the messenger are promised within 15 minutes. Bandaging, healing inspections, washing and sleeping instructions, headwear advice and a return-to-sport plan are all part of it, with scheduled visits at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months.

Add one more of your own, and write down the answer. People remember the polite parts of a consultation and lose the specifics within days.

Finally, ask how the doctor would handle a result that disappoints at the twelve-month check. A straight answer about what is and is not possible tells you more about the provider than any brochure language.

The state register and the college in Valencia

Spain maintains a national register of health professionals, the Registro Estatal de Profesionales Sanitarios, created in 2012 and run by the Ministry of Health. It carries data on every health professional authorised to work in the country, and its public data let patients confirm that the person treating them holds the right qualification and may practise. Citizens can open it without special access.

Alongside it sits the professional college of the province. Valencia's is the Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Médicos de Valencia, and its home page carries a search for registered members, the Buscador de colegiados. Take the name and specialty you were given and compare them against both sources.

If the details differ, do not try to resolve it yourself by guessing. Write to the clinic, quote the discrepancy, and hold off on a deposit until a written reply arrives. The clinic quotes a medical licence and shows diplomas and certificates, so a documented answer is a fair thing to expect.

Take screenshots of both searches on the day, together with the date, and keep them next to the contract. Names that look alike are common, so match the specialty and not only the surname.

A paper trail from the first photo to the twelfth month

Treat the whole process as something you will want to reconstruct later. Keep the photographs you sent, the replies, the contract, the screenshots of register searches and a note for each phone call, all in one folder with dates in the file names.

Recovery has stages worth copying onto that sheet. In the first 0 to 10 days the crusts come off and swelling subsides. At 2 to 4 weeks the grafted hairs drop out, a routine event with the roots still in the skin. Then first growth at 3 to 4 months, a return of volume at 6 to 9 months, and the settled outcome from 12 to 18 months.

Each time you send a photograph, keep the angle and the light the same. Differences between pictures should come from the hair, not from the lamp. Shared this way, your record helps the doctor more than a description in words, and it becomes the best answer to your own question of whether things are going as planned.

A last habit: before every check-up, reread your own earlier notes and highlight what is still unanswered. Walking into a consultation with three exact questions is more productive than a general wish to hear that everything is fine.

How do I narrow down several clinics before contacting any?

Write five criteria: the examining doctor operates, the graft count follows an examination of the donor area, the price is fixed in a contract after the count, the doctor can be checked in an official register, and aftercare is described in concrete steps with dates.

Where do I look up a doctor's registration in Spain?

Use the state register of health professionals run by the health ministry, and the search tool for registered doctors on the website of the Valencia medical college, then compare both with what you were told.

What should I ask about aftercare?

Who looks at the photographs you send, how quickly they reply, which checks are scheduled, and what guidance covers washing, sleeping and headwear. At this clinic checks fall at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months.

Who is not a candidate for a transplant?

The clinic's list includes people with a pacemaker, diabetes, epilepsy, cancer, HIV, hepatitis B or C, serious heart disease, an earlier pulmonary embolism, trichotillomania, body dysmorphic disorder, and anyone under 18. The doctor goes through your history before agreeing.

Does the same method work for a beard or eyebrows?

Both rely on FUE and draw grafts from the back of the head. Shape is settled beforehand, with your face in mind, and the eyebrow operation is a day case under local anaesthesia.

Why should the photographs be taken the same way each time?

So that changes between pictures come from the hair rather than from the angle or lighting. Send them to your coordinator after each check.

Is the shedding that follows the operation a warning?

Not a warning. Grafted hairs drop out between 2 and 4 weeks as expected, and the follicles remain.

Can I use a score sheet to compare providers?

Yes. Give each provider a mark on the five criteria in your note, fill it in from written replies rather than impressions from calls, and keep the sheet with the rest of your papers.