Last Reviewed: 10 September 2026
A beard transplant thickens patchy areas or shapes a new beard line using your own permanent hair. For Gillingham 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.
A Beard Transplant for Gillingham 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 Gillingham 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 Gillingham
A beard transplant costs £2,899 for Gillingham 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 Gillingham?
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?
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
The healing pattern is predictable. Fine dotted scabbing for the first week or two, mild redness that fades over the following weeks, and a shedding phase between weeks two and eight when the transplanted hairs fall out while the follicles stay put. The two patient photographs here show the difference a fortnight makes: small scabs at each graft the day after surgery, then clear skin with mild redness once they have dropped off at two weeks. New growth begins around month three and the final result settles between nine and twelve months.
The shaving rules are simple: nothing for two weeks, trimming after that, and a normal wet shave from around a month once the grafts are secure. Aftercare products are included in the price, and we have regular monthly check-ins with you to ensure your growth is progressing and offer free 6 & 12 month follow up consultations with your surgeon either by video or in-person.
Beard Transplant After 1 day
Beard Transplant After 2 weeks
Clinic Locations and Travel From Gillingham
Gillingham has two ways into London, the Javelin to St Pancras in around 45 minutes and the classic line to Victoria in about 50, and either puts the Harrow clinic within an easy half day of the Medway. The Manchester clinic on Deansgate carries the same CQC registration, and Gillingham patients who prefer the north are welcome there.
Whether home is Twydall, Brompton, Grange or Gillingham Green, a Gill from the town that gave Japan its first Englishman, fresh from the bridges and bombs of the Royal Engineers Museum, a summer afternoon at The Strand or a swim at Medway Park, book a free consultation with our trichology team, in person or by video call, and receive a tailored beard plan for Gillingham patients with the fixed £2,899 price confirmed in writing.
From Gillingham to My Hair UK London (Harrow) Clinic
By Train
Southeastern’s Javelin service runs from Gillingham to London St Pancras International twice an hour, around 45 minutes via Rochester and Ebbsfleet, and the classic line runs into Victoria in about 50; the station opened as New Brompton in 1858 for the dockyard labourers. Come out of St Pancras onto Euston Road, walk five minutes west to Euston and find the Overground platforms: Lioness line trains towards Watford Junction stop at Kenton after 25 minutes, and 160 Kenton Road is a short walk from there.
By Car
Driving from Gillingham takes around 1 hour 30 minutes. Will Adams Way, the A278, takes Gillingham traffic out to the M2 at Junction 4; head west, let the M2 become the A2 and join the M25 at Junction 2, cross the Thames through the Dartford tunnels and keep going anti-clockwise as far as Junction 19, the A41 turn-off for Watford and Harrow, with the A409 finishing the job.
From Gillingham to My Hair UK Manchester Clinic
By Train
Gillingham to Manchester takes about three hours with one change of station: Javelin to St Pancras, the walk to Euston and Avanti West Coast to Piccadilly. Allow fifteen to twenty minutes from Piccadilly to the top of Deansgate on foot, or take the tram to Victoria and walk the five minutes from there.
By Car
Four and a half hours by car: the M2, the Dartford tunnels and the M25 anti-clockwise to Junction 21, the M1 north past Luton and Leicester, the M6 from Catthorpe up through Staffordshire and Cheshire, then the M62 from Junction 21A to the M60 and the M602, which drops Gillingham drivers onto Regent Road for Deansgate.
Local GPs
Have a word with your GP in Gillingham before committing to elective surgery; some conditions and medications influence healing, and the surgeon will take that history at consultation. Three NHS practices in Gillingham:
Woodlands Family Practice (Woodlands Road)
Address: Woodlands Road, Gillingham ME7 2BU
Eastcourt Surgery (Rainham side of town)
Address: 52 Eastcourt Lane, Gillingham ME8 6EY
Napier Road Surgery (Napier Road)
Address: 151 Napier Road, Gillingham ME7 4HH
The Surgeons
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 is a beard transplant for someone in Gillingham?
£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. Where would I go for my surgery from Gillingham?
Surgery takes place at CQC-registered partner clinics in central Manchester and Harrow, north-west London, and for most Gillingham 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. 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. What hair is used for a beard transplant?
Your own scalp hair, taken from the permanent donor area at the back and sides of the head. It matches beard hair closely in texture, and it keeps its permanence once moved to the face.
5. When can I shave after a beard transplant?
Trimming is fine from two weeks, and a normal wet shave from around a month. Before that the grafts need to anchor, so the treated area is left alone for the first fortnight.
6. What graft numbers are typical for beard work?
Ranges run from 200 to 300 for a sideburn up to 2,000 to 2,500 for full beard construction, with the moustache, chin and cheeks in between. Your exact number is set at consultation, and because the price is fixed it changes nothing about the cost.
7. How long does a beard transplant take to heal?
Scabbing clears in around two weeks, leaving slight redness that fades. The transplanted hairs shed between weeks two and eight, regrowth begins at around three months, and the final result settles between nine and twelve months.
Beard Transplants Near Gillingham
We arrange beard transplants across the region: see beard transplants for Chatham patients, beard transplants for Rochester patients, beard transplants for Maidstone patients, beard transplants for Sittingbourne patients, beard transplants for Gravesend patients and beard transplants for Southend On Sea patients.
Considering scalp work as well? Our guide to hair transplant costs for Gillingham 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 Gillingham 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.