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Hair Transplant in
Wroclaw: FUE & DHI

FUE · DHI

from $2,200

A chat and a costing — $0.

Real patient

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

Before

12 months on

The FUE method, no incisions or stitches. Grafts and forecast done for you, free of fee — before you decide.

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

Hair transplant for patients from Wroclaw at City Medical Centre starts at PLN 8,600 (from $2,200). The first online consultation is free; the doctor names the final price and it is fixed in the contract.

Price
PLN 8,600 (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

Every case shown is a real CMC patient.

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

Before

12 months on

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,400 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,600 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

4,000 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,700 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

2,500 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,900 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,600 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,700 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

4,000 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,400 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

2,900 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

2,600 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,300 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,900 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,500 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

2,700 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,800 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,200 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,000 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

2,800 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,100 grafts

FUE method

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

Before

12 months on

3,600 grafts

FUE method

Comparison

Hair transplant methods
FUE and DHI

Our work relies on three graft transfer technologies: classic FUE, suture-free DHI and a combined protocol. Compare 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 November's end

$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 November's end

$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

Extraction by FUE, DHI implant

Combined DHI and FUE protocol
Discount through November's end

$2,700

$2,900

Graft implantation technique

FUE extraction with DHI implant

Graft trauma

Minimal

Natural hair growth angle

Natural

Graft survival

98–100%

Suitable for

Androgenetic alopecia and densification

Survival and trauma are shown as averages for each method, as a guide: the exact numbers depend on the transplant area and the patient's individual features, and the doctor details them at the consultation.

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Set up an assessment

about the clinic

A clinic where you
will be at ease

Comfortable rooms and modern equipment, care for each patient

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

Reach us by whatever you find easiest

Send us your questions and we will agree a convenient appointment time

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Wanting it does not make it right

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

Losses worth operating on

  • Androgenetic or diffuse alopecia
  • A receding hairline
  • A high hairline
  • Insufficient hair density
  • Genetic traits of hair growth
  • Results of an injury or a burn
  • Shedding post-illness
  • A hormonal imbalance behind shedding

Not sure which group you are in?

Your number opens the process. A coordinator asks for photos of the thinning area in a messenger, a doctor reviews them and says whether a transplant would help. Free, no obligation to book.

A doctor looking at a photo of a thinning area on a phone
Find out about my case

services

You learn the price
before the surgery

The free consultation gives you a graft count and a firm figure that the contract records.

Discount through November's end

FUE method

suture-free graft extraction

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

$2,200$2,700

A chat and a costing — $0.

Hold your price
Discount through November's end

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

A chat and a costing — $0.

Hold your price
Discount through November's end

DHI+FUE combo method

combined technique

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

$2,700$2,900

A chat and a costing — $0.

Hold your price
Discount through November's end

Also available

A look at your scalpFree
Eyebrow transplant, FUE$1,700$1,600
Beard transplant, FUE$3,000$2,800
Hair trichopigmentation$2,000$1,700
PRP therapy / session$200
Hold your price

all included

What is included
in $2,200

Starting with pre-op planning, running 12 months on.

Lifetime growth, guaranteed

The figure stays the same on surgery day.

another two zones

Beard and eyebrow
transplants

Beyond the scalp too: the same grafts from the back of the head, the same FUE method — only the area changes.

Beard transplant

FUE, no incisions and no stitches

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

Grafts are taken from the donor area at the back of the head and moved through micro-punctures of about 1 mm, so no scars are left. The doctor agrees the shape with you before the operation, taking your facial features into account. Transplanted hair grows for life: trim and style the beard as usual.

$2,800$3,000

A chat and a costing — $0.

Hold your price

Eyebrow transplant

FUE, no incisions and no stitches

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

The eyebrow shape is drawn at the initial consultation by the surgeon: references are reviewed 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 years of plucking ended hair growth.

$1,600$1,700

a procedure that needs no stay, numbed locally

Hold your price

Learn your price and number of grafts

The doctor will assess your donor area, count the grafts and show what result is possible in your case. 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 —
and you go home

From consultation to going home — all in one day

A look at your scalp — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
1

A look at your scalp

The consultation costs nothing and gives you a full explanation of FUE and DHI, answers to your questions, and an individual plan built for your surgery.

Pinning down the timing
2

Pinning down the timing

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

Groundwork ahead of the operation — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
3

Groundwork ahead of the operation

Before the transplant, the clinic issues a list of necessary tests along with instructions, so preparation goes smoothly.

The injections – and then nothing hurts — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
4

The injections – and then nothing hurts

Because local anaesthesia is used, patients in Wroclaw experience no pain during the operation.

The harvest stage – follicles come out — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
5

The harvest stage – follicles come out

For patients in Wroclaw, the harvesting step draws grafts from the back of the head or temples without any stitching.

Covering the thinned-out part with grafts — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
6

Covering the thinned-out part with grafts

Surgeons implant the collected grafts into the area where hair loss has occurred.

What happens once the surgery is over — hair transplant at City Medical Centre
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What happens once the surgery is over

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 — Settles in

Crusts come off, swelling goes down, and the area gradually recovers

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

2-4 weeks — The transplanted hairs come away

Expected behaviour: the shafts come away, the roots are unaffected

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

3-4 months — Hair reappears

Growth comes on steadily, and the change becomes clear

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

6-9 months — Real thickness

Coverage builds, the main volume and the hairline come through

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

12-18 months — Finished result

Volume reaches its peak, with an entirely natural hairline

At the consultation the doctor will figure out how many grafts you personally need and explain how the transplant goes

A doctor's appointment at City Medical Centre

Free, before the operation, and you owe nothing.

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doctors

Our doctors

Kristina A. Tropina, assistant

Kristina A. Tropina

Assistant

9 years of experience

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

The doctor will assess your donor area, count the grafts and say what result is achievable.

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coordinators

Clinic staff on call

You are given a personal coordinator who guides you from the first enquiry to recovery.

Svetlana, patient care specialist

Svetlana

Your point of contact

With you from prep to recovery

Picks up all your forms and your bookings

Ekaterina, patient care specialist

Ekaterina

Your point of contact

With you from prep to recovery

Picks up all your forms and your bookings

Maria, patient care specialist

Maria

Your point of contact

With you from prep to recovery

Picks up all your forms and your bookings

Yulia, patient care specialist

Yulia

Your point of contact

With you from prep to recovery

Picks up all your forms and your bookings

How it actually
happens

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A City Medical Centre patient story
A City Medical Centre patient story
A City Medical Centre patient story
A City Medical Centre patient story
A City Medical Centre patient story
A City Medical Centre patient story

Picture yourself here — the consultation costs nothing

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Reviews

Patient reviews

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

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

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

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

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  • ★★★★★
    Dinh Nguyen
    I traveled to this clinic and do hair transplant, very good quality and cheap. Good doctors

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  • ★★★★★
    Hải Cao
    I do hair transplant here very good doctors!!

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Standard questions

We tell what people
ask before booking

People often say hair implants, but no artificial hair is used. In a hair transplant the doctor moves your own follicles (grafts) from the donor area to thinning or bald areas using FUE or DHI.

City Medical Centre doctors

Yes, this is possible. An online consultation is offered so patients from other cities and countries can plan ahead.

FUE: $2,200 (≈ PLN 8,600). DHI: $2,500 (≈ PLN 9,800). Combined: $2,700 (≈ PLN 11,000). A free consultation and graft count gives you the final, contract-fixed price with no hidden extras.

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.

FUE is cut-free graft extraction by tweezer. DHI is direct implantation with a Choi pen, skipping channel-making. The combined technique takes grafts by FUE and places them using the DHI method.

The number of grafts is assessed for free by the doctor, based on how much donor hair you have.

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.

Hair growth is covered by a lifetime guarantee, fixed in the signed contract.

All of it can be checked
before you pay

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

of the Ministry of Health.

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

Documents showing the training of every operating doctor

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AKC POMOSHCH LLC

our clinic's legal entity

1057746096924

OGRN

7728536872

INN

Everything worth knowing, put together for Wroclaw

The two methods available to a patient in Wroclaw are FUE and DHI. Both leave the skin unbroken by any cut and need no stitching afterwards, both rely on local anaesthesia alone, and both take a single day from beginning to end.

The beginning is remote and free for a patient in Wroclaw: photographs of the area, a look from the doctor, and a clear word on whether a transplant will help. The clinic responds 24/7.

Healing is quick, 0-10 days. The shedding at 2-4 weeks, when the transplanted hairs come out, is normal and short-lived. Growth begins at 3-4 months, and from then on the picture only improves.

Hair Transplant in Wroclaw: price and what is included

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

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Known people who talked openly about 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:

A graft count is only as good as the questions around it

Wrocław, on the Oder in Lower Silesia, had 672,545 official residents in 2025, with about 1.25 million in the wider metropolitan area. A decision about hair is easier when you hold a brief set of questions that turns opinions into answers you can compare. For a transplant, the most useful set begins with the graft count.

The free consultation includes a look at the donor zone, meaning the back of the head or the temples, a calculation of how many grafts you need and an explanation of what outcome is realistic. Three questions are worth asking about that figure. How was the number reached, and what was measured? What happens if the donor area turns out to hold fewer usable grafts than planned? And what does the doctor leave for a possible second stage, if one is ever discussed? A count you cannot explain to a friend is a count you have not yet understood.

Then ask about the method. In FUE the grafts are lifted one at a time with forceps, with no cuts and no stitches. DHI implants them straight from a Choi pen, so channels are not made beforehand. The combined protocol uses FUE to extract and DHI to implant. For FUE, graft survival is 98 to 100 percent and trauma to grafts is minimal; such rates are averages given for guidance, and the figures for your area are set out by the doctor at the consultation. Ask for that explanation in writing, with the reason for the method suggested for you.

Keep a record of every answer. A simple table with the doctor's name, the method proposed, the graft figure, the donor zone, what is included and the date of the reply will, after two conversations, show you which team explained itself most clearly.

Sorting your own case against the clinic's lists

The doctor tells some people not to go ahead. The lists are short and worth reading calmly, with a pen. Transplantation suits androgenetic or diffuse loss, bald patches and a receding front of the scalp. The wrong tool is chosen when the problem is trichotillomania or body dysmorphic disorder, a naturally high forehead, too little hair density in the donor zone, certain genetic traits of growth, scarring from a burn or injury, or shedding that follows an illness or comes from hormonal imbalance, where the cause has to be treated first.

A second list names medical conditions that rule the operation out. It covers diabetes mellitus, epilepsy, a pacemaker, serious heart disease, cancer, HIV or AIDS, hepatitis B or C, a past pulmonary embolism, intolerance to anaesthetics, and age below 18. If one of these applies to you, mention it in your very first message instead of waiting for the doctor to discover it. The consultation is the place where a no is as useful as a yes.

The easiest first step costs only a few minutes. Pictures of the thinning areas, sent to a coordinator through a messenger, reach the doctor, who tells you whether a transplant would help, and nothing is booked. Take the pictures in daylight and ask the coordinator which angles the doctor needs, including the donor region at the back.

Think also about the story of your hair loss. Note when it began, whether it runs in the family, what has been tried and how quickly the area has changed. A doctor reading such notes can judge whether the loss has settled or is still moving, which matters for planning how many grafts to place now and how much of the donor supply to keep.

What the first months look like, stage by stage

Growth after a transplant follows stages, and knowing them in order protects you from judging the result at the wrong moment. The first stage, days 0 to 10, is one of calming down: crusts come off, puffiness settles and the treated skin recovers. In weeks 2 to 4 the transplanted hairs drop out. The clinic calls this normal because the follicles stay where they are, but it can alarm people who expected density to rise steadily.

New hair starts to appear at 3 to 4 months and fills in gradually. Thickness is regained from 6 to 9 months, and the full result, with a natural edge, is reached at 12 to 18 months. Notice how long this runs. A photograph taken at five weeks says almost nothing about month fifteen, so decide ahead of time which photographs you will take and when.

Follow-up visits are fixed for months 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12, and a coordinator stays in contact, inviting photographs as things change. Care in the fee extends to dressings, checks on healing, a regimen for the transplant area and the donor area, advice on washing, sleeping and headwear, and a schedule for getting back to sport and normal hair care. Write each instruction down at the time you hear it, and ask what applies to you specifically in the first ten days.

Plan your photographs at the same intervals as the checks, with the same light and the same angles. The earlier pictures show how far the change has come, and at the last check they give the doctor a clear record.

Looking a doctor up in Poland: what the register offers

Polish doctors are listed in the Centralny Rejestr Lekarzy, which the Naczelna Izba Lekarska, the Polish medical chamber, keeps on the web at rejestr.nil.org.pl. The chamber's main site calls the link Sprawdź lekarza lub lekarza dentystę, which means Check a doctor or dentist. If a Polish doctor is on your shortlist next to ours, enter the full name and see what the register shows.

Use the same questions for every surgeon. What is your full name as registered, what is your specialty, and who will perform each step of my procedure: the removal of grafts, the placing of them, the follow-up? With us the doctor who sees you at the consultation also works in the operating room, and the clinic holds a medical licence and shows the diplomas and certificates of its doctors.

A register shows whether a person may practise. It is silent on how many hair transplants that person has performed, or whether the plan suits your head. Those answers come from the consultation, from the graft count and from the written explanation of method, so treat the register as one tool in a set.

Public health fund, private payment, and the contract

In Poland the state payer, the National Health Fund (NFZ), does not finance procedures done purely for aesthetic reasons. Such a procedure is not among the services the fund provides, and the patient pays privately. If a hair transplant is done purely for aesthetic reasons, it belongs to that group, so plan the cost as your own and do not assume that a fund will repay it.

With the clinic, the money steps are plain. You pay nothing for the first consultation, and it is also where the exact cost is calculated once the grafts are counted. The date is held after a deposit arrives, whether by card on the premises or by transfer online, and the whole arrangement is set down in a medical services contract. Check that the contract names each inclusion: dressings, healing checks, regimens for both areas of the scalp, advice about washing, sleep and headwear, the return-to-sport schedule, a coordinator, and visits at months 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12.

Take your time. The consultation commits you to nothing, and a second round of questions gives you more to compare. A coordinator answers day and night, which helps when a question surfaces late in the evening before a decision.

Where can I look up a doctor in Poland?

The Polish medical chamber keeps the Centralny Rejestr Lekarzy at rejestr.nil.org.pl, with a link on its main site titled Check a doctor or dentist.

Does the NFZ pay for aesthetic procedures?

No. Procedures done only for aesthetic reasons fall outside the services the fund provides, and the patient pays privately.

What should I bring to the first online talk?

Daylight photographs of the thinning areas, taken from several sides. Mention any condition from the contraindication list in your very first message.

Which diagnoses count against a transplant?

Among others, the clinic lists epilepsy, diabetes mellitus, a pacemaker, serious heart disease, cancer, hepatitis B or C, HIV or AIDS, pulmonary embolism and intolerance to anaesthetics, as well as an age below 18.

Why do new hairs fall out in weeks 2 to 4?

This is expected. The hairs drop but the follicles remain, and new growth starts at 3 to 4 months.

How many follow-up checks are included?

Visits take place at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months, and your personal coordinator will accept photographs between them.

Is the donor area always the back of the head?

Grafts are taken from the donor zone, which is the back of the head or the temples, with a scarless technique; the doctor inspects it at the consultation.

Can the doctor refuse to operate?

Yes. Where a transplant would not help, or a medical reason stands against it, the doctor says so at the consultation and spares you the expense.