Last Reviewed: 4 September 2026
A beard transplant thickens patchy areas or shapes a new beard line using your own permanent hair. For Glasgow 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 Glasgow 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 transplant page.
For Glasgow 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 Glasgow
£2,899 is the complete price of a beard transplant for Glasgow patients: one fixed, all-inclusive fee agreed in writing before surgery, whatever the number of grafts placed on the day. UK beard work is widely quoted anywhere from £3,000 to £7,000 depending on graft count, so a fixed fee at this level is deliberately competitive, and it means a bigger plan never carries a penalty.
The fee covers everything attached to the day itself: the surgeon and surgical team, anaesthetic, clinic facilities, aftercare products and your follow-up reviews. What the price includes and how it compares is set out in full on our beard transplant cost page.
How Much Does a Beard Transplant Cost in Glasgow?
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
The procedure runs in a single day under local anaesthetic. You are awake throughout, and most patients find the numbing injections the only uncomfortable part. Grafts are extracted individually from the donor area of the scalp, then placed one at a time at the flat angle beard hair naturally grows, following a design agreed with you before surgery starts.
The design stage matters more in beard work than anywhere else, because every line is on show. Before anything is placed, the surgeon draws the cheek line, jawline, neckline and moustache join directly onto your face and agrees it with you. Single-hair grafts go along the outlines, where the eye is most sensitive, so the edges look grown rather than drawn. You go home the same day.
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 |
Beard Transplant Recovery Timeline
Most Glasgow 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 Glasgow
For Glasgow patients the Manchester clinic is the practical choice: around 3 hours 15 minutes direct by train from Glasgow Central. The London (Harrow) clinic is equally CQC-registered at about 4 hours 30 minutes via Euston if the capital happens to suit you better, and either way the surgery itself is one travel day, completed in a single visit.
Whether you are of the Celtic or Rangers persuasion, and whether home is Bearsden, Shawlands or Pollokshields near Crookston Castle, 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 Glasgow to My Hair UK Manchester Clinic
By Train
Direct trains run from Glasgow Central to Manchester Piccadilly in around 3 hours 15 minutes. From Piccadilly the clinic on Deansgate is a five-minute walk: west along Piccadilly, through Mosley Street and Princess Street, and onto Deansgate.
By Car
By car allow around 3 hours 45 minutes: the M8 east to Junction 22, the M74 south onto the M6, then the M60, M62 and M602 into Salford, where Regent Road leads to Deansgate and its multi-storey car parks.
From Glasgow to My Hair UK London (Harrow) Clinic
By Train
Direct trains from Glasgow Central reach London Euston in around 4 hours 30 minutes. From Euston take the Northern line to Camden Town, the Jubilee line to Wembley Park, then the Metropolitan line to Kenton, a five-minute walk from the clinic.
By Car
Driving takes around 6 hours 30 minutes: the M74 south to the M6, the M1 at Catthorpe, then Junction 4 for the A41 and A409 towards Harrow and Kenton Lane.
Local GPs
It is worth a quick conversation with your GP before booking elective surgery, as some conditions and medications affect suitability. These are four NHS practices across Glasgow:
Townhead Medical Practice, for Townhead and east central Glasgow.
Address: 16 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow G31 2ES
Grantley Medical Practice, covering Shawlands and Pollokshields on the South Side.
Address: 1 Grantley St, Shawlands, Glasgow G41 3PT
Broomhill Practice, for Broomhill and the West End.
Address: 41 Broomhill Dr, Glasgow G11 7AD
Scotstoun Medical Practice, serving Scotstoun and the west of the city.
Address: 1483-1485 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow G14 9XL
The Surgeons
Each clinic has a dedicated beard transplant specialist: Dr Munir (GMC 6122581) at the Manchester clinic and Dr Mir (GMC 7567898) at the London (Harrow) 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. What does a beard transplant cost for Glasgow patients?
The price is £2,899, fixed and all-inclusive, however many grafts your plan needs. It covers the surgery, anaesthetic, clinic fees, aftercare products and follow-up reviews, and it is agreed in writing before surgery.
2. Where would I go for my surgery from Glasgow?
Surgery takes place at CQC-registered partner clinics in central Manchester and Harrow, north-west London, and for most Glasgow 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. 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.
5. What is the beard transplant recovery timeline?
Roughly two weeks of visible scabbing and redness, a shedding phase between weeks two and eight, new growth from month three, and final density between nine and twelve months. Most patients are back at work within days.
6. Can I have a consultation without travelling from Glasgow?
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.
7. Can a beard transplant thicken an existing beard?
Yes. Thickening existing growth is the bulk of beard transplant work: adding density to thin cheeks, closing the moustache-to-chin join, or evening up a jawline. The grafts are placed to follow your existing pattern so the result reads as one beard, not two.
Beard Transplants Near Glasgow
We arrange beard transplants across the region: see beard transplants for Edinburgh patients and beard transplants for Newcastle patients.
Considering scalp work as well? Our guide to hair transplant costs for Glasgow 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. Glasgow patients handle everything up to the day of surgery from home.