Last Reviewed: 4 September 2026
A beard transplant for Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh Patients with My Hair UK
For Edinburgh 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 transplant page 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 Edinburgh
The price for Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh?
Typical graft counts by area, with the fixed price alongside:
| 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
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?
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
Getting to the Clinics From Edinburgh
For Edinburgh patients the Manchester clinic is the practical choice, around 3 hours 10 minutes direct by train from Waverley. The London (Harrow) clinic is equally CQC-registered, and some patients prefer to fly into Heathrow and take the train across, but whichever you choose the surgery itself is a single day.
Whether you follow Hearts or Hibs, and whether home is Leith, Bruntsfield, Morningside or Murrayfield, 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 Edinburgh to My Hair UK Manchester Clinic
By Train
Direct trains run from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadilly in around 3 hours 10 minutes. From Piccadilly the Deansgate clinic is a five-minute walk: west along Piccadilly, through Mosley Street and Princess Street, and onto Deansgate.
By Car
By car allow around 4 hours: the A702 south through the Borders to the M74, the M6 south, then the M60, M62 and M602 into Salford, with Regent Road leading to Deansgate and its car parks.
From Edinburgh to My Hair UK London (Harrow) Clinic
By Train
Direct trains from Waverley reach London Euston in around 4 hours 20 minutes. From Euston take the Northern line to Camden Town, the Jubilee line to Wembley Park, then the Metropolitan line to Kenton, five minutes on foot from the clinic.
By Car
Driving takes around 6 hours 45 minutes: the A1 south onto the A1(M), the M1 southbound, then Junction 4 for the A41 and A409 towards Harrow and Kenton Lane.
Local GPs
Speak to your GP before elective surgery, as some conditions and medications affect suitability, and the surgeon will ask about your medical history at consultation. Four NHS practices across Edinburgh:
Links Medical Centre, covering Leith and the north-east of the city.
Address: 4 Hermitage Pl, Edinburgh EH6 8BW
Bruntsfield Medical Practice, serving Bruntsfield and Morningside.
Address: 11 Forbes Rd, Edinburgh EH10 4EY
Murrayfield Medical Centre, for Murrayfield and the west.
Address: 35 Saughton Cres, Edinburgh EH12 5SS
Muirhouse Medical Group, serving Muirhouse and the north-west.
Address: 1 Muirhouse Ave, Edinburgh EH4 4PL
The Surgeons
Beard work at each clinic is led by its specialist surgeon: for most Edinburgh patients that is Dr Munir at the Manchester clinic, with Dr Mir leading beard transplants at the London (Harrow) clinic. Both are GMC-registered, and you can check either directly on the register: Dr Munir, GMC 6122581 and Dr Mir, GMC 7567898. The surgeon you speak to at consultation is the surgeon who performs your procedure, and the wider team is introduced 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 Edinburgh?
£2,899 for Edinburgh 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. Is there a beard transplant clinic in Edinburgh?
Surgery for Edinburgh patients is carried out at CQC-registered clinics in central Manchester and Harrow, north-west London, rather than in Edinburgh itself. Because the procedure is completed in a single day, most patients treat it as one travel day, and everything before and after surgery can be handled by video from home, with the free consultation also available in-person at the clinic if you prefer.
3. Will people be able to tell I have had a beard transplant?
Once healed, a well-executed beard transplant is very hard to spot. Grafts are placed at the flat angle beard hair naturally grows, the outlines use single-hair grafts so the edges look grown rather than drawn, and the design is agreed with you line by line before surgery.
4. 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.
5. How do I know if my patchy beard is alopecia barbae?
The pattern is the clue: alopecia barbae typically shows as smooth, round patches that appeared relatively suddenly, while genetic patchiness has usually been there since your beard first came in. The surgical team screens for this at the photo assessment stage.
6. Why is the price fixed rather than per graft?
Because graft count is a clinical decision, and we do not think it should also be a billing lever. With per-graft pricing a bigger plan means a bigger bill. With a fixed £2,899 the surgeon plans your beard purely around the best result.
7. 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.
Beard Transplants Near Edinburgh
We arrange beard transplants across the region: see beard transplants for Glasgow patients and beard transplants for Newcastle patients.
Considering scalp work as well? Our guide to hair transplant costs for Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh 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.