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Advice & Guides
Clear answers about hair transplants, built from clinical guidance, published evidence and the questions worth taking to a consultation.
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The essential guides
Featured guideTreatments
FUE vs FUT hair transplant
A detailed comparison of the two main transplant methods: scars, recovery, donor management, costs, risks and who each approach may suit.
Planning
How many hair grafts might I need?
Understand how area, density, donor supply, hair characteristics and future loss shape a responsible graft estimate.
Costs
Hair transplant cost UK: the complete guide
UK price bands, graft pricing, FUE and FUT, finance, VAT, overseas packages, hidden costs and a practical quote-comparison checklist.
Preparation
Do you need to shave your head for a hair transplant?
Full shave, partial shave and unshaven options explained, including how FUE and FUT differ and what to ask before surgery.
Recovery
Do hair transplants fall out?
Understand normal early shedding, shock loss, dislodged grafts, delayed growth and continuing loss of untreated hair.
Results
Do hair transplants last a lifetime?
What donor dominance can mean for long-term growth—and why ageing, native-hair loss and donor planning still matter.
Procedure & recovery
Does a hair transplant hurt?
An honest guide to local anaesthetic, injection discomfort, FUE and FUT recovery, pain relief and warning signs.
Jargon buster
The language clinics use, explained.
In-depth, referenced explanations of the terms that appear in consultations, quotes and treatment plans.
GraftsWhat exactly is a graft?
Find out what a graft really is, why clinics quote numbers like 2,000 or 3,000, and what that figure means for your result.
Donor areaYour donor area, explained
Discover where your new hair actually comes from, why that spot matters so much, and how clinics judge if yours is strong enough.
FUEFUE, without the jargon
Find out what FUE is, how it differs from other techniques, and why it's become the method most UK clinics recommend.
DensityWhy density changes everything
Learn what clinics mean by density, why it shapes how full your hair looks, and the questions worth asking at consultation.
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