Last Reviewed: 4 September 2026
Beard transplant pricing for Bristol patients is 5☆ all-inclusive at a fixed £2,899, whatever the number of grafts, with GMC-registered surgeons at CQC-registered clinics and no hidden extras. The procedure fills patchy growth or builds a new beard line in a single day under local anaesthetic, and it starts with a free video consultation from home.
A Beard Transplant for Bristol Patients with My Hair UK
For Bristol patients the process is built to be simple: a free consultation with the surgeon who would carry out your procedure, by video from home or in-person at the clinic, then a plan and fixed price agreed in writing, and the surgery itself completed in a single day under local anaesthetic. Nothing is committed until you have seen exactly what your beard needs and what it costs.
The procedure is FUE applied to the face: individual follicular units are moved from the permanent donor area at the back and sides of your scalp into the cheeks, jawline, moustache or chin. The transplanted hair behaves like beard hair from then on, and it lasts, because donor hair keeps its permanence wherever it is placed. Our beard restoration guide covers the surgery itself in more depth.
The typical case is not a full beard from nothing. It is patchy cheeks, thin sideburns, a moustache that does not join the chin, or gaps that make a beard look untidy at every length. Genetic patchiness does not fill in on its own, and our guide to fixing a patchy beard explains why the non-surgical options rarely close the gap.
Beard Transplant Cost in Bristol
A beard transplant costs £2,899 for Bristol patients. That is a single fixed price whatever the number of grafts, agreed before surgery, and it does not move on the day. It covers the surgeon's time, the anaesthetic, all clinic fees, aftercare products and your follow-up reviews. There is nothing to add and nothing to negotiate.
Most UK clinics price beard work per graft, which means the bill depends on a number you cannot check yourself. A fixed fee removes that conversation entirely: whether your plan needs 600 grafts around the chin or 2,500 for full construction, the price is the same £2,899. The full breakdown is on our beard transplant cost page.
How Much Does a Beard Transplant Cost in Bristol?
The table below shows the typical graft counts for each beard area, and the price Bristol patients pay in every case:
| Area | Typical Grafts | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Moustache | 400-500 | £2,899 |
| Sideburns | 200-300 each side | £2,899 |
| Goatee and chin | 600-700 | £2,899 |
| Cheeks | 300-600 each side | £2,899 |
| Full beard | 2,000-2,500 | £2,899 |
How a Beard Transplant Works
A beard transplant is a one-day procedure under local anaesthetic: design first, extraction second, placement third, home the same evening. The design is drawn on your face and agreed with you before surgery begins, because in beard work the outline is everything, and single-hair grafts are used along the edges so the result reads as grown rather than drawn on.
Beard hair also reads as full at a lower density than scalp work, around 25 to 40 grafts per square centimetre against the 40 a scalp hairline needs, which is why graft numbers that sound modest go a long way on the face. The safe ceiling is 3,500 grafts in a day, and even full beard construction sits comfortably inside a single day for most patients.
How Many Grafts Does a Beard Transplant Take?
The usual graft requirements area by area:
| Area | Typical Grafts |
|---|---|
| Sideburns | 200-300 each side |
| Moustache | 400-500 |
| Goatee and chin | 600-700 |
| Cheeks | 300-600 each side |
| Full beard | 2,000-2,500 |
Healing, Shaving and Results
Recovery is quicker than most patients expect. For the first few days the treated area shows a small scab at each graft with some redness, and the scabs lift over the first two weeks. The patient photographs in this section show it honestly: fine dotted scabbing the day after surgery, then the same beard at two weeks with the scabs cleared and only slight redness remaining. Do not shave the transplanted area for the first two weeks; after that it can be trimmed, and normal shaving usually resumes from around a month once the grafts are secure.
Between roughly week two and week eight the transplanted hairs shed. This is normal and it is not the grafts failing: the follicles stay in place, new growth starts at around three months, and the beard reaches its final density between nine and twelve months. We keep in touch through the regrowth period with regular monthly check-ins, and you have free follow-up consultations with your surgeon at 6 and 12 months, by video or in-person.
Beard Transplant After 1 day
Beard Transplant After 2 weeks
Getting to the Clinics From Bristol
Bristol patients have a genuine choice of clinic: Great Western runs Temple Meads to London Paddington in around 1 hour 40 minutes, and CrossCountry runs the other way, direct to Manchester Piccadilly in about three hours, so both CQC-registered clinics are a single day out. Most choose Harrow for the shorter train. Temple Meads is a fifteen-minute walk from the harbourside; Parkway, on the northern edge, serves the Midlands routes.
Whether home is Redland, Cotham, Totterdown or St Werburghs, down on the Floating Harbour by SS Great Britain, inside M Shed where the Banksy Grim Reaper now hangs, or up at Ashton Court for the Balloon Fiesta, book a free consultation with our trichology team, in person or by video call, and receive a tailored beard plan for Bristol patients with the fixed £2,899 price confirmed in writing.
From Bristol to My Hair UK London (Harrow) Clinic
By Train
Great Western Railway’s InterCity services leave Bristol Temple Meads for London Paddington several times an hour, calling at Bath Spa, Chippenham, Swindon and Reading, with the fastest under 1 hour 20 minutes and most around 1 hour 40. Paddington is on the Bakerloo line, so there is no change at all: ride it north to Kenton and walk the five minutes to the Harrow clinic.
By Car
Driving from Bristol takes around 2 hours 15 minutes: the M32 out of the centre onto the M4 at Junction 19, east past Swindon and Reading to the M25 at Junction 15, then clockwise to Junction 16 for the A40 towards Harrow and the A409 down to Kenton Lane.
From Bristol to My Hair UK Manchester Clinic
By Train
CrossCountry runs around fifteen direct trains a day from Temple Meads to Manchester Piccadilly, taking just under three hours by way of Cheltenham, Birmingham New Street and Stoke. From Piccadilly, cut through Piccadilly Gardens and along Market Street to the top of Deansgate, fifteen to twenty minutes, or ride a tram to Victoria and walk five minutes past the cathedral, and that is the whole journey from Bristol done.
By Car
By car from Bristol allow around 3 hours 15 minutes: the M32 to the M4, west to the Almondsbury interchange at Junction 20, the M5 north to Junction 8 where it meets the M6, then the M6 past Birmingham and Stoke to the M56, the M60 and the M602 into Salford, where Regent Road brings Bristol drivers onto Deansgate.
Local GPs
Speak to your GP in Bristol before booking elective surgery; certain conditions and medications change how the grafts heal, and the surgeon will want that history at consultation. Three NHS practices in Bristol:
Montpelier Health Centre (Montpelier and St Pauls)
Address: Bath Buildings, Montpelier, Bristol BS6 5PT
Southville Surgery (part of Bridge View Medical, south of the river)
Address: 67 Coronation Road, Southville, Bristol BS3 1AS
Fallodon Way Medical Centre (Henleaze, north Bristol)
Address: 13 Fallodon Way, Henleaze, Bristol BS9 4HT
The Surgical Team
Beard transplants are led by a specialist at each clinic: Dr Mir (GMC 7567898) at the London (Harrow) clinic, and Dr Munir (GMC 6122581) at the Manchester clinic. You meet your surgeon at the free video consultation, before any decision is made, and the same surgeon carries out your procedure. The full team is on our surgical team page.
Manchester clinic
• Dr Khawaja Masood Munir: GMC 6122581.
8+ years’ experience, 1,400+ hair transplant surgeries.
• Dr Haider Gillani: GMC 8030796.
1,000+ procedures, with specific expertise in complex cases requiring detailed anatomical understanding.
London (Harrow) clinic
• Dr Mahdi Alosert: GMC 6168297.
20+ years’ clinical experience. Specialist in Afro-Caribbean hair and hairline lowering.
• Dr Shuaib Mir: GMC 7567898.
1,200+ hair transplant cases. BAAPS plastic surgery and RCS anatomy training.
• Dr Zakar Rafiq: GMC 6164032.
MBBS and BSc (Hons) from Imperial College London. Associate Member of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS).
You can meet the surgeon who will perform your procedure at your free consultation.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1. How much does a beard transplant cost in Bristol?
£2,899 for Bristol patients, as a single fixed price whatever the number of grafts, up to the 3,500 that can safely be placed in one day. The price is agreed before surgery and nothing is added on the day.
2. Where would I go for my surgery from Bristol?
Surgery takes place at CQC-registered partner clinics in central Manchester and Harrow, north-west London, and for most Bristol patients London (Harrow) is the practical choice. It is a single day of surgery, so it is one travel day, and your consultation happens first, by video from home or in-person at the clinic if you prefer.
3. Does a beard transplant hurt?
The procedure is done under local anaesthetic, and most patients find the numbing injections the only uncomfortable part. Discomfort afterwards is usually mild and settles within a few days.
4. Can you transplant into alopecia areata in the beard?
No responsible surgeon transplants into active alopecia barbae, because the same process can attack the transplanted follicles. If your patches appeared suddenly as smooth round spots, get a diagnosis first. Stable genetic patchiness, by contrast, is the standard beard transplant case.
5. Can I still shave my head after a beard transplant?
At very short clipper lengths the FUE dot marks in the donor area can show faintly, as with any FUE procedure. At a grade two or longer they are hidden for the vast majority of patients. The beard area itself heals without visible scarring.
6. Is there an age requirement for a beard transplant?
You need to be over 18, but the real question is whether your beard pattern has settled, which for most men is by the mid twenties. Transplanting into a pattern that is still changing risks a result that stops matching the beard around it, and the surgeon will advise honestly on timing.
7. Will I need to travel back to the clinic after surgery?
Only if you choose to. Aftercare instructions and products come home with you, we run regular monthly check-ins through recovery, and your free 6 and 12 month follow-up consultations with the surgeon can be held by video or in-person at the clinic.
Beard Transplants Near Bristol
We arrange beard transplants across the region: see beard transplants for Bath patients, beard transplants for Weston Super Mare patients, beard transplants for Cardiff patients, beard transplants for Gloucester patients, beard transplants for Swindon patients and beard transplants for Yeovil patients.
Considering scalp work as well? Our guide to hair transplant costs for Bristol patients covers prices, graft numbers and travel in the same detail.
The easiest first step from Bristol is a free video consultation: send a few photographs of your beard, the surgical team will assess them, and you get a clear plan with the fixed £2,899 price attached to it. There is no charge for the consultation and no obligation to take it further.