Last Reviewed: 10 September 2026
A beard transplant for Durham patients costs a fixed £2,899, all-inclusive whatever the number of grafts, carried out in one day under local anaesthetic by GMC-registered surgeons at CQC-registered clinics. It thickens patchy growth or builds a new beard line using your own permanent hair, with 5☆ independently verified reviews and a free video consultation as the first step.
A Beard Transplant for Durham Patients with My Hair UK
A patchy or incomplete beard is one of the few cosmetic problems with a genuinely permanent fix. A beard transplant moves follicular units, one at a time, from the donor area at the back and sides of your scalp into the areas of your beard that need them. Donor hair is not affected by balding, so once the transplanted hairs grow in they are yours for good: shaved, trimmed and styled like the rest. The surgery is explained fully on our beard restoration and transplant page.
For Durham patients the practical shape of it is one free consultation, by video from home or in-person at the clinic, then a single day of surgery, because even full beard construction fits within one session. Everything is settled beforehand: the design, the graft plan and the fixed £2,899 price, all agreed with the surgeon before the day itself.
Whether you are a good candidate depends on your growth pattern and what you want to achieve. Patchy cheeks, thin sideburns and gaps around the chin respond well. If your patchiness appeared suddenly as smooth round spots, that can be alopecia barbae, which needs a diagnosis rather than a transplant, and the surgeon will tell you so plainly at consultation.
Beard Transplant Cost in Durham
A beard transplant costs £2,899 for Durham 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 Durham?
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 the Surgery 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?
Typical graft counts by area, matching both the published literature and what the surgeons see in practice:
| 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 |
Beard Transplant Recovery Timeline
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
Travelling From Durham
For Durham patients the Manchester clinic is the practical choice: direct TransPennine services take around 2 hours 30 minutes, so the surgery is comfortably a single travel day. The London (Harrow) clinic is equally CQC-registered if the capital suits your diary better.
Whether home is Crossgate, Allergate, Framwellgate Moor or Gilesgate, in the shadow of Durham Cathedral or up in Wharton Park, book a free consultation with our trichology team, in person or by video call, and receive a tailored beard plan with the fixed £2,899 price confirmed in writing.
From Durham to My Hair UK Manchester Clinic
By Train
Direct TransPennine services run from Durham to Manchester Piccadilly in around 2 hours 30 minutes. The Deansgate clinic is a five-minute walk via Mosley Street and Princess Street.
By Car
Driving takes around 2 hours 45 minutes: the A167 to the A1(M), the A66 west across the Pennines to the M6 at Junction 40, south to the M62 east, then the M602 into Salford with Regent Road leading to Deansgate.
From Durham to My Hair UK London (Harrow) Clinic
By Train
Direct LNER services run from Durham to London Kings Cross in around 3 hours. Euston is a short walk away, from which the Bakerloo line runs north directly to Kenton, five minutes on foot from the clinic.
By Car
Allow around 4 hours 30 minutes by car: the A1(M) south to the M25 at Junction 23, anti-clockwise to Junction 19, then the A41 and A409 into Harrow and Kenton Lane.
Local GPs
A word with your GP before elective surgery is sensible, as some conditions and medications affect suitability. Three NHS practices in Durham:
Address: 26 Gilesgate, Durham DH1 1QW
Address: Newton Dr, Durham DH1 5BH
Address: Broomside Ln, Durham DH1 2QW
The Surgical Team
Beard transplants are led by a specialist at each clinic: Dr Munir (GMC 6122581) at the Manchester clinic, and Dr Mir (GMC 7567898) at the London (Harrow) 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 Durham?
£2,899 for Durham 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 Durham?
Surgery takes place at CQC-registered partner clinics in central Manchester and Harrow, north-west London, and for most Durham patients Manchester 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. Do beard transplant results last?
They do. Donor hair is taken from the back and sides of the scalp, where follicles are genetically resistant to balding, and that resistance travels with them. The transplanted beard hair is permanent and behaves like the beard around it.
4. How natural are beard transplant results?
Natural enough that the giveaway is usually old photographs rather than the beard itself. The result depends on placement angle and outline design, which is why the surgeon draws the design on your face and agrees it with you before a single graft is placed.
5. How do consultations work for Durham patients?
By video from home, or in-person at the clinic if you prefer, free of charge either way. A few photographs are enough for the surgical team to assess your beard, and the consultation covers whether a transplant is worthwhile in your case, the graft plan, and the fixed £2,899 price. There is no obligation to book.
6. How long does the procedure take?
It is completed in a single day. You arrive in the morning, the design is agreed and drawn on, extraction and placement follow under local anaesthetic, and you go home the same evening.
7. Is it worth paying more for a beard transplant in the UK?
That depends on what you value. The UK premium buys GMC-registered surgeons, CQC-registered clinics, and in-person follow-up if anything needs looking at. For beard work specifically the premium is modest, because £2,899 fixed sits well below what most patients expect a UK procedure to cost.
Beard Transplants Near Durham
We arrange beard transplants across the region: see beard transplants for Sunderland patients, beard transplants for Newcastle patients, beard transplants for Hartlepool patients, beard transplants for Darlington patients and beard transplants for Middlesbrough patients.
Considering scalp work as well? Our guide to hair transplant costs for Durham patients covers prices, graft numbers and travel in the same detail.
Send a few photographs of your beard and the surgical team will assess them, then a free video consultation talks you through what your beard would need, graft numbers included, with the fixed £2,899 price confirmed in writing. Durham patients handle everything up to the day of surgery from home.