Facial hair restoration
Beard Transplants
A beard transplant fills patchy growth, covers facial scarring and redefines your beard line using your own permanent hair, carried out by surgeons who specialise in facial work.
Is it for you
Who a beard transplant is for
A beard transplant, also called a facial hair transplant, suits anyone with sparse or patchy facial hair, scarring that will not grow through, or a beard shape they would like redefined. Around 45% of UK men report being unhappy with their ability to grow facial hair, usually down to genetics or old scarring.
We also carry out beard transplants for transgender patients as part of gender affirming treatment, and our surgical team has real experience with these cases.
Patchy growth is genetic, so no product will change it. Filling those areas permanently means moving follicles, which is precisely what this procedure does.
Beard transplants are specialist procedures, and outcomes are closely linked to the surgeon's skill. At UK Hair Transplant Clinics the work is carried out by surgeons who do hair restoration and nothing else, with experience across all hair types and ethnic backgrounds. FUE beard transplant treatment is available at our clinics across the UK, and we offer facial hair transplant consultations nationwide.
By offering a free beard transplant consultation we can potentially save you hundreds of pounds before the first step is taken. Other clinics will charge you for these consultations and may prescribe expensive treatments you simply do not need.
With consultation clinics across the UK, in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Preston and Southampton, you will be able to find a beard transplant location to suit you. We also offer free video consultations for your initial assessment with a member of our surgical team.
The procedure
How a beard transplant works
The Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) method used for scalp hair transplants is also used for beard transplants. It is a minimally invasive technique used to re-establish hair thickness across various regions of the face. It can take longer than scalp work because placement of the grafts is more difficult, and the time varies depending on the size of the area treated and the number of follicles required. A goatee may only need up to around 1,500 follicles, while a full facial hair transplant may need considerably more.
During surgery the surgeon works from the donor area along the sides and back of the head, as this is the permanent zone protected from DHT. That is the area follicles are taken from for facial hair, moustache or sideburns. A FUE beard transplant is a one day surgery and allows minimal downtime afterwards. Once the ideal donor area is identified, every hair follicle is taken out in turn. We use smaller punches to trim around the follicle because we need smaller grafts for implanting facial hair. This part of the procedure is done discreetly and will be unnoticeable once the donor area heals.
When that is finished, local anaesthetic is administered to the areas of the face where the beard transplant will be carried out. Caution and skill are needed to guarantee the extracted hairs are then embedded, one follicle at a time, in exactly the right place. Done properly this results in excellent thickness and a natural looking beard.
Our surgical team are always on hand after your procedure to answer questions and make sure you get the best level of care to aid your recovery.
Beard transplants at a glance
91% at our clinics. We pride ourselves on only working with surgeons who have trained specifically in beard transplants, and who understand that the grafts and incisions needed for successful growth are different to those of a normal hair transplant. We also do a lot of correctional work on beard transplants.
Low growth in the beard is not something we can change with products, as it is part of your genes. Some people can grow full beards and others grow in patches. This can only be rectified with surgery, and the most common reason for a beard transplant is to fill in areas of low growth or to redesign the shape.
Beard transplants have the widest variety of cost, as they can start from one small area of correction and go all the way to designing a full beard from scratch. The best way to get a price is to come for a consultation, so we can tell you how many grafts are required for the area you are worried about.
This varies on how many grafts you require and how big an area you want to cover. Filling in a small patch can take just 2 hours, whereas designing a beard from scratch and planting a large number of grafts into the facial area can take up to 10 hours. Plenty of breaks are given during the day.
Real results
See how you can look
Every beard transplant is designed around the shape of your face, so the density and the beard line are mapped out with you before a single follicle is moved. These are real patients treated at our clinics, shown before surgery and once the transplanted hair has grown through.
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Cost & Finance
Monthly payment plans available from £70
We know the cost of a hair transplant can be daunting. We offer regular promotions to customers who have been for consultations; you just have to attend one to be in with a chance of hearing about them.
Another way to pay is in monthly instalments. You can spread the cost over 12 to 60 months, with payments ranging from £50 to £200 per month depending on how much you want to pay and how quickly you want the agreement to finish. There are no hidden fees. The quote you are given after your assessment is the price you pay, it includes your aftercare and products, and it is covered by our price match guarantee.
Save up to £2,000 · Payment plans from £70 · Guarantee with treatment · Price match guarantee
Plans from
£70 / month
Spread over
12–60 months
Save up to
£2,000
FAQs
Beard transplant questions
Will the transplanted hair grow like the rest of my beard?
Yes. The hair comes from your scalp, so it grows continuously at first and needs trimming, but it takes on beard characteristics over the following months and blends in with your existing growth.
Is a beard transplant permanent?
Yes. The follicles are taken from the DHT resistant donor area, so once they are established they behave like the rest of your permanent hair.
Can it cover scars?
Yes, and it is one of the most common reasons people come to us. Grafts can be placed into scar tissue, though density may be planned differently depending on how the scar has healed.
What is the downtime?
It is a one day procedure and most people are back to normal activity quickly. There is some redness and small scabs in the first week, and your coordinator gives you a written aftercare timetable before you leave.
Do you treat transgender patients?
Yes. We carry out beard transplants as part of gender affirming treatment, and our surgical team has experience with these cases.
Is it more painful than a hair transplant?
Slightly. The anaesthetic goes into your lower cheek and jaw rather than your scalp, and the skin there is thinner, so the injections can be uncomfortable closer to the mouth. Once the anaesthetic takes effect you will not feel it. The average pain score for a scalp transplant is 3, whereas for a beard transplant it is around 6 out of 10.
Is the aftercare different?
Yes, though if anything it is easier than for a scalp transplant. Your patient coordinator is on hand at every step and you get a personalised timetable telling you what to do after surgery. The main thing to note is that we recommend eating softer foods for the first 7 days, as chewing hard foods can dislodge follicles.
Do I have to have FUT?
For beard transplants you can have either FUT or FUE, and it is a personal preference, though we generally prefer to recommend FUE for beard work. Your consultant will recommend what will give you the best result at your consultation.
Does the hair grow like beard hair if it is taken from the head?
Not to start with. The hairs need trimming at first and it takes a few months for them to gain memory and stop growing like scalp hair. The incisions are made in the direction beard hair should grow, so the growth angle is natural straight away. It is the hair type and length that take a few months to match the rest of your beard.
How long does it take to heal?
Beard transplants heal remarkably quickly. Scabbing comes away in around 4 to 5 days and by 7 days it looks close to normal. We still recommend two weeks off work for the redness to fade completely.
Why choose us
Why patients choose UK Hair Transplant Clinics
Advanced Surgical Transplant Treatments
UK Hair's Consultant Clinicians, Patient Coordinators, Core Operations Managers and Surgical Team work together with the goal of providing patients the best experience possible. Many have been with UK Hair for more than 5 years and are among the most skilled and experienced in the field of hair transplantation. The UK Hair team have travelled to many conferences over the years, helping to demonstrate advanced surgical techniques, including the Maxi Hair Transplant, for those patients with more severe hair loss. Such is our recognised expertise in the field of hair restoration, UKHair staff are often approached to teach assistants from other clinics the nuances of the more advanced techniques. As a result, physicians from around the world regularly link in to UKHair to observe and learn which gives us great pride in the confidence placed in them and the respect with which they are held in the hair loss assessment industry.
Free Retreat Or Your Money Back
It is easy to make bold statements of success and much harder to stand behind them in a fast growing and heavily advertised market. We deal with real problems and appropriate solutions every day, and we have never been afraid of backing up what we claim. We only accept patients we know we can help, and we set expectations we know can be met, which is what allows us to offer a guarantee at all. If we are unable to achieve the treatment plan and the realistic result that goes with it, we will welcome you back and treat you again at no extra cost. That happens rarely. In the event that we cannot retreat you for medical reasons, you receive an appropriate refund instead.
All Surgical Facilities Are Registered With The Government's CQC (Care Quality Commission)
Our facilities are a blend of clinical technology and considered design. Our treatment and surgery rooms are designed to combine the latest in science and aesthetics. Our surgery rooms are fully equipped to handle a full day of Microscopic Follicular Unit Hair Transplantation or Follicular Unit Extraction surgery, one patient per room. Each surgery room is adjunct to a row of five to six high definition, optimal resolution microscope stations where technicians cut and sliver a patient's donor strip. No matter which facility you choose for your treatment, our attentive staff and relaxed, contemporary setting helps put patients at ease from the minute they have their hair loss assessment to the moment the surgery is complete.
Surgeons Who Only Do Hair Restoration
The physicians at UK Hair perform just one procedure: hair transplantation. They work one-on-one with patients throughout the process and typically prefer to schedule only one procedure a day to give each patient the attention and care they deserve.
Written Guarantee With Your Treatment
We advise over 6,000 patients every year. Hair loss and its correction is all we do, which is why we are willing to put our guarantee in writing rather than leave it as something said in a consultation room. Every surgical procedure we carry out comes with a written guarantee that sets out what we have agreed to achieve, and exactly what happens if we do not achieve it.
We Would Rather Say No Than Get It Wrong
We stand by our guarantee, but we take no pleasure in retreating patients, because for most people that is an added inconvenience they could do without. We do everything we can to avoid it being necessary, and that starts at the assessment. Only around 40% of the people we assess turn out to be suitable for a hair transplant, and we will say so when surgery is not the right answer. Years of experience mean we can usually spot a potential problem at assessment, and where we do, we say so.
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