Last Reviewed: 8 September 2026
A beard transplant for Exeter 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 Exeter Patients with My Hair UK
A beard transplant is an FUE hair transplant applied to the face. Follicular units are taken one at a time from the donor area at the back and sides of your scalp, where hair is permanent, and placed into the cheeks, jawline, moustache or chin. Once healed they grow as beard hair: you shave it, trim it and style it like the rest. The full procedure is covered on our beard transplant page.
Most of the Exeter patients we hear from want thickening work rather than a beard built from nothing. Patchy cheeks, a gap between the moustache and the chin, thin sideburns or an uneven jawline are the typical cases. Patchiness is usually genetic, so it does not respond to waiting, and a transplant is the only treatment that adds permanent hair where there is none.
Your consultation happens either by video from home, or in-person with the surgeon who would carry out your procedure if you'd prefer to travel to the clinic (directions below). It is free, and you get an honest answer on whether a transplant is worth it in your case, including when it is not, along with your graft plan and the fixed price confirmed in writing before anything is booked.
Beard Transplant Cost in Exeter
A beard transplant costs £2,899 for Exeter 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 Exeter?
The table below shows the typical graft counts for each beard area, and the price Exeter 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 |
The Procedure, Start to Finish
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 |
Recovery, and When You Can Shave
Most Exeter 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 Exeter
Exeter St Davids to London Paddington is around 2 hours 20 minutes on Great Western, and Paddington sits on the Bakerloo line, so the Harrow clinic is one train and one Underground ride. The Manchester clinic holds the same CQC registration for Exeter patients; CrossCountry runs the other way through Bristol and Birmingham in around four hours. Remember St Davids is down by the river and Exeter Central is the one by the High Street.
Whether home is Pinhoe, Whipton, Wonford or Exwick, a Chiefs supporter from Sandy Park, fresh from the longest medieval vault in the world at Exeter Cathedral, the galleries of RAMM on Queen Street or a tour of the Underground Passages, book a free consultation with our trichology team, in person or by video call, and receive a tailored beard plan for Exeter patients with the fixed £2,899 price confirmed in writing.
From Exeter to My Hair UK London (Harrow) Clinic
By Train
Great Western Railway runs direct from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington roughly every half hour, in around 2 hours 20 minutes via Taunton and Reading. Paddington’s Bakerloo line platforms are downstairs from the main concourse; ride north to Kenton and the Harrow clinic is a five-minute walk from Kenton Road, the last leg of the journey from Exeter.
By Car
Driving from Exeter takes around 3 hours 30 minutes: the M5 from Junction 29 at Sowton north to Bristol, the M4 east from the Almondsbury interchange to the M25 at Junction 15, then clockwise to Junction 16 for the A40 towards Harrow and the A409 to Kenton Lane, the end of the drive from Exeter.
From Exeter to My Hair UK Manchester Clinic
By Train
CrossCountry’s Plymouth to Manchester trains call at Exeter St Davids and run through to Manchester Piccadilly without a change in around four hours, by way of Bristol Temple Meads, Cheltenham and Birmingham New Street. Deansgate is five minutes’ walk from Piccadilly down Mosley Street, and that is the whole journey from Exeter done.
By Car
By car from Exeter allow around 4 hours: the M5 all the way north to Junction 8, where it ends at the M6, the M6 past Stoke to Junction 20 for the M56, then the M60 and the M602 into Salford, where Regent Road brings Exeter drivers onto Deansgate.
Local GPs
Talk to your GP in Exeter before committing to elective surgery; some conditions and medications influence healing, and the surgeon will take that history at consultation. Three NHS practices in Exeter:
The Whipton Surgery (Whipton)
Address: 378 Pinhoe Road, Whipton, Exeter EX4 8EG
Wonford Green Surgery (Wonford)
Address: Burnthouse Lane, Exeter EX2 6NF
Pinhoe and Broadclyst Medical Practice (Pinhoe)
Address: Pinn Lane, Pinhoe, Exeter EX1 3SY
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 does a beard transplant cost in Exeter?
£2,899 for Exeter 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. Do I need to travel from Exeter 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. How soon after a beard transplant can I shave normally?
Around a month. For the first two weeks the transplanted area is not shaved at all, from week two it can be trimmed, and once the grafts are secure at about the one-month mark normal shaving resumes.
4. Does a beard transplant look natural?
The angle and the outline decide it. Grafts are placed flat to the skin in the direction beard hair grows, single-hair grafts are used along the edges, and the design is drawn on your face and agreed with you before anything is placed.
5. Can I have a consultation without travelling from Exeter?
Yes. Consultations are free and usually held by video from home, with an in-person consultation at the clinic available if you prefer. You send a few photographs of your beard first, the surgical team assesses them, and the surgeon then talks through your plan and the fixed price on the call. You only travel for the surgery itself.
6. 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.
7. Is the £2,899 really the full price?
Yes. It includes the surgeon and surgical team, local anaesthetic, all clinic fees, aftercare products and follow-up reviews. It is agreed before surgery and does not change with the number of grafts.
Beard Transplants Near Exeter
We arrange beard transplants across the region: see beard transplants for Torquay patients, beard transplants for Taunton patients, beard transplants for Plymouth patients and beard transplants for Yeovil patients.
Considering scalp work as well? Our guide to hair transplant costs for Exeter 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 Exeter 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.