If your beard grows unevenly or has gaps you’d like to fill, a beard hair transplant can thicken it and make it more attractive. Here’s everything about the techniques, prices, and the instructions before and after.
What is a beard hair transplant?
A cosmetic procedure that moves stable, healthy follicles (not prone to baldness) from the head or body into the beard — to fill gaps, cover scars, or thicken a sparse beard. The surgeon chooses body hair that matches beard hair in thickness and colour.
Who is a candidate?
- Men whose beard doesn’t grow in fully.
- No skin condition causing beard-hair loss.
- Good general health, no autoimmune or chronic disease.
- Able to stop smoking for the period the doctor specifies.
- Sometimes to correct a previous beard transplant.
- To cover scars from wounds, burns or injury (if the scar is suitable, not thick).
Preparation
- The surgeon confirms your goal and selects the technique.
- He reviews your history and orders tests to rule out causes of shedding.
- Avoid blood thinners such as aspirin for at least two weeks before and after.
- Avoid caffeine on the day of the procedure.
- Stop smoking and alcohol for two weeks before and after.
Steps
Usually under local anaesthetic, a beard transplant needs about 1,000–2,500 grafts depending on the gaps. The surgeon draws the beard outline, harvests follicles from the back or sides of the head (or elsewhere), opens fine channels by hand or with implanter pens, and places the follicles — averaging about six hours.
Recovery — 6 fast-recovery tips
- Sleep on your back to limit swelling of the scalp, forehead and face.
- Don’t touch or sleep on the transplanted area, and don’t scratch the follicles.
- Don’t shave or trim the beard until your doctor allows it.
- Avoid strenuous activity, swimming and anything that raises blood pressure for several weeks.
- Avoid heat (sun, sauna, jacuzzi) that can cause swelling or bleeding.
- Use cold compresses, take medication on time, and avoid alcohol and smoking.
Results
Results appear gradually: shedding in the first month, regrowth from the third month, and a clear result by the sixth month, after which you can judge the final outcome.
Cost
The global average is around USD 3,000, and over USD 5,000 in the Gulf; at Dr. Sherif Hegazy’s clinic in Cairo it ranges from USD 1,500 to 2,000 — excellent value for the quality.
Key points before a transplant — with Dr. Sherif Hegazy
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