Last Reviewed: 10 September 2026
A beard transplant thickens patchy areas or shapes a new beard line using your own permanent hair. For Dorset patients the price is a fixed £2,899, 5☆ rated and all-inclusive with no hidden extras, delivered in a single day by GMC-registered surgeons at CQC-registered clinics. A few photographs and a free video consultation are enough for a clear plan and an honest answer on suitability.
Beard Transplant Surgery in Dorset with My Hair UK
For Dorset 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 Dorset
The price for Dorset patients is £2,899, fixed before surgery and unchanged by the graft count. Per-graft pricing is the industry norm, and it is why quotes elsewhere often arrive as a range that only settles once you are committed. We think that is the wrong way round. The number of grafts you need is a clinical decision, so it should not be a billing lever, and with a fixed fee the surgeon plans your beard around the best result rather than a price band.
The £2,899 is all-inclusive: surgery, local anaesthetic, clinic fees, aftercare pack and follow-up reviews. How that compares across the UK market, and why the price does not scale with grafts, is covered on our beard transplant cost page.
How Much Does a Beard Transplant Cost in Dorset?
Whatever combination of areas your plan covers, the price is the same:
| 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
On the day itself you are at the clinic for several hours, awake, under local anaesthetic. The surgeon first draws the design on your face and agrees every line with you: the cheek line, the jawline and neckline, how the moustache joins the chin, and how new growth blends into any beard you already have. Nothing is placed until you are happy with those lines.
Grafts are then extracted one follicular unit at a time from the back and sides of your scalp, where hair is a close match for beard hair and keeps its permanence. Each graft is placed flat to the skin in the direction beard hair grows, with single-hair grafts along the visible edges. It is one day of surgery, and you go home the same evening.
How Many Grafts Does a Beard Transplant Take?
As a guide, these are the graft ranges each beard area usually needs:
| 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
Most Dorset patients plan around a fortnight of visible healing: small scabs at each graft site that clear inside two weeks, then fading redness. Rather than describe that in the abstract, the photographs in this section show a real patient the day after surgery and again at two weeks, once the scabs have healed and dropped away. The transplanted hairs shed between weeks two and eight, which is an expected part of the cycle rather than a problem, and regrowth starts at around three months. Final density arrives between nine and twelve months.
You cannot shave the treated area for the first two weeks. Trimming is fine after that, and normal shaving usually resumes at about a month. Aftercare is included, with monthly check-ins to make sure your growth is on track, free 6 and 12 month follow-up consultations with your surgeon (video or in-person), and the clinic on hand if anything needs a closer look.
Beard Transplant After 1 day
Beard Transplant After 2 weeks
Clinic Locations and Travel From Dorset
Dorset is a Harrow-clinic county: South Western Railway runs direct to London Waterloo from Bournemouth in around 1 hour 50 minutes, from Poole in about 2 hours 10 and from Dorchester South in 2 hours 30, and Waterloo sits on the Bakerloo line, one train from Kenton. The Manchester clinic holds the same CQC registration for Dorset patients, and CrossCountry runs a through train from Bournemouth to Piccadilly each day.
Whether home is Wimborne Minster, Blandford Forum, Sherborne or Swanage, on the county’s Jurassic Coast or in the Portland stone country that built St Paul’s, fresh from a walk along Bournemouth Pier, the redeveloped Poole Museum in the Old Town or the Dorset Museum on High West Street in Dorchester, book a free consultation with our trichology team, in person or by video call, and receive a tailored beard plan for Dorset patients with the fixed £2,899 price confirmed in writing.
From Dorset to My Hair UK London (Harrow) Clinic
By Train
South Western Railway’s Weymouth trains call at Dorchester South, Poole and Bournemouth on their way to London Waterloo, every half hour from Bournemouth and hourly from the west, running through Southampton, Winchester and Basingstoke. At Waterloo, the Bakerloo line runs north to Kenton in about 40 minutes, and the Harrow clinic is a short walk from Kenton station, the last leg from Dorset along Kenton Road.
By Car
Driving from Bournemouth or Poole takes around 2 hours 15 minutes: the A338 and the A31 to the M27 at Junction 1 by Cadnam, east to the M3, the M3 to the M25 at the Thorpe interchange, Junction 12, then clockwise to Junction 16 for the A40 and the A409 into Harrow, the end of the drive from Dorset. From Dorchester and Weymouth, the A35 east to Bere Regis and Poole adds around 45 minutes.
From Dorset to My Hair UK Manchester Clinic
By Train
CrossCountry runs one through train a day from Bournemouth to Manchester Piccadilly, around 4 hours 30 minutes via Southampton, Reading, Oxford and Birmingham New Street; at other times change at Reading. From Piccadilly it is a fifteen-minute walk through Piccadilly Gardens and along Market Street to the top of Deansgate, or a tram to Victoria, five minutes from the door, and that is the whole journey from Dorset done.
By Car
By car from Dorset allow around 4 hours 30 minutes from the coast: the M27 and the M3 to Winchester, the A34 north past Newbury and Oxford to the M40 at Junction 9, the M40 and the M42 round Birmingham to the M6, then the M6 past Stafford to Junction 20 for the M56, the M60 and the M602 into Salford, where Regent Road brings Dorset drivers onto Deansgate.
Local GPs
Before booking elective surgery, talk to your GP in Dorset; a few conditions and medications change how grafts heal, and the surgeon will want that history at consultation. Three NHS practices across the county:
Southbourne Surgery (Southbourne, Bournemouth)
Address: 17 Beaufort Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth BH6 5BF
Rosemary Medical Centre (Parkstone, Poole)
Address: 2 Rosemary Gardens, Parkstone, Poole BH12 3HF
Queens Avenue Surgery (Dorchester)
Address: 14 Queens Avenue, Dorchester DT1 2EW
The Surgeons
Each clinic has a dedicated beard transplant specialist: Dr Mir (GMC 7567898) at the London (Harrow) clinic and Dr Munir (GMC 6122581) at the Manchester clinic, so beard work is a regular part of the surgical week rather than an occasional sideline. You meet the surgeon at your free video consultation before anything is booked, and 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 is a beard transplant for someone in Dorset?
£2,899, one fixed all-inclusive fee regardless of graft count. Whether your plan needs 600 grafts or 2,500, the price is the same, and it is confirmed before surgery so nothing changes on the day.
2. Do I need to travel from Dorset for a beard transplant?
Yes, once. Surgery is a single day at a CQC-registered partner clinic in central Manchester or Harrow, north-west London, whichever suits you better. The consultation is free, by video from home or in-person at the clinic if you prefer, and follow-up runs by video unless you would rather come in, so the only required travel is the day of surgery itself.
3. When will I see the final result of a beard transplant?
Between nine and twelve months. The healing itself is quick, with scabs clearing inside two weeks, but the transplanted hairs shed and regrow as part of the normal cycle, so the beard fills in gradually from month three.
4. Who is a good candidate for a beard transplant?
Men whose beard pattern has settled and who have a healthy scalp donor area. Genetic patchiness is the classic case. Suitability is confirmed at the free consultation, and if the surgical team does not think a transplant would serve you well, they will say so.
5. What does the price include?
Everything attached to the procedure: the surgeon and surgical team, local anaesthetic, clinic facilities, aftercare products and your follow-up reviews. There are no extras added on the day.
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 Dorset
We arrange beard transplants across the region: see beard transplants for Poole patients, beard transplants for Bournemouth patients, beard transplants for Weymouth patients, beard transplants for Yeovil patients, beard transplants for Salisbury patients and beard transplants for Southampton patients.
Considering scalp work as well? Our guide to hair transplant costs for Dorset patients covers prices, graft numbers and travel in the same detail.
If you want a proper answer on your own beard, book a free consultation. It is usually a short video call from home in Dorset with the surgeon, based on a few photographs (an in-person consultation at the clinic is also available), and you come away knowing whether a transplant is worth it in your case, what it would involve, and the exact fixed price. Nothing is booked unless you choose to go ahead.