Last Reviewed: 9 September 2026
A beard transplant thickens patchy areas or shapes a new beard line using your own permanent hair. For Lincoln 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.
Beard Transplants for Lincoln Patients with My Hair UK
For Lincoln 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 restoration guide 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 Lincoln
The price for Lincoln 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 Lincoln?
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 |
Recovery, and When You Can Shave
Most Lincoln 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
Getting to the Clinics From Lincoln
Lincoln patients reach the Manchester clinic by changing at Sheffield, around 2 hours 45 minutes in all, from the station everyone still calls Lincoln Central. The London (Harrow) clinic holds the same CQC registration for Lincoln patients; LNER runs direct to Kings Cross in under two hours if the capital suits you better. Either way the surgery is one visit.
Whether home is Ermine, Birchwood, Newport or Sincil Bank, an Imp from the city that built the first tank, fresh from the walls of Lincoln Castle, the galleries of Lincoln Museum on Danes Terrace or a walk round the lakes at Whisby Nature Park, book a free consultation with our trichology team, in person or by video call, and receive a tailored beard plan for Lincoln patients with the fixed £2,899 price confirmed in writing.
From Lincoln to My Hair UK Manchester Clinic
By Train
East Midlands Railway and Northern run from Lincoln to Sheffield in around 1 hour 20 minutes, where TransPennine Express and the Hope Valley stopping trains continue to Manchester Piccadilly in about an hour. Allow extra time for the High Street level crossing beside the station, whose barriers drop for well over a hundred trains a day. Piccadilly is the far end of the centre from the top of Deansgate, so take a tram the few stops to Victoria and walk five minutes past the cathedral, or allow a twenty-minute walk.
By Car
Driving from Lincoln takes around two hours: the A57 west through Saxilby and Worksop to the M1 at Junction 31, the M18 briefly to the M62 at Junction 35, then the M62 west past Leeds and over the Pennines to the M60 at Simister Island and the M602 into Salford, where Regent Road brings Lincoln drivers onto Deansgate.
From Lincoln to My Hair UK London (Harrow) Clinic
By Train
LNER runs direct from Lincoln to London Kings Cross every two hours, taking around 1 hour 55 minutes via Newark Northgate and Grantham, with East Midlands Railway offering connections at Newark in between. Kings Cross is a few minutes’ walk from Euston along Euston Road, and the Lioness line, London Overground, runs from Euston straight through to Kenton in roughly 25 minutes, close to the Harrow clinic.
By Car
By car from Lincoln allow around 3 hours 15 minutes: the A15 south and the A46 to the A1 at Newark, the A1 and A1(M) south to the M25 at South Mimms, Junction 23, then anti-clockwise to Junction 19 for the A41 and the A409 into Harrow, the end of the drive from Lincoln.
Local GPs
Speak to your GP in Lincoln before booking elective surgery, since a few conditions and medications affect graft survival and the surgeon will want the detail at consultation. Three NHS practices in Lincoln:
Glebe Park Surgery (Carlton Centre, north-east Lincoln)
Address: 1A The Carlton Centre, Carlton Boulevard, Lincoln LN2 4WA
Brayford Medical Practice (Newland Health Centre)
Address: 34 Newland, Lincoln LN1 1XP
Lindum Medical Practice (uphill Lincoln)
Address: 1 Cabourne Court, Lincoln LN2 2JP
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. What does a beard transplant cost for Lincoln 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. Do I need to travel from Lincoln 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. 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.
4. Can I have a consultation without travelling from Lincoln?
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.
5. Will a beard transplant work for my patchy beard?
Genetic patchiness is exactly what the procedure is for, and it responds well. The exception is patchiness that appeared suddenly as smooth round spots, which can be alopecia barbae and needs a diagnosis first. The free photo assessment sorts one from the other.
6. What if my beard gaps appeared suddenly?
Sudden smooth, round bald spots in the beard can be alopecia barbae, an autoimmune condition, and transplanting into it is the wrong treatment. It needs a diagnosis first. Long-standing, stable patchiness is a different matter and usually suits a transplant well.
7. How does the UK compare with Turkey for beard transplants?
The honest comparison is price against accountability. Turkish packages usually cost less, but follow-up happens by messaging app, and any complication is a long way from the clinic that caused it. A UK procedure at a fixed £2,899 keeps your surgeon, your records and your aftercare in the same country as you.
Beard Transplants Near Lincoln
We arrange beard transplants across the region: see beard transplants for Scunthorpe patients, beard transplants for Mansfield patients, beard transplants for Grimsby patients, beard transplants for Doncaster patients, beard transplants for Nottingham patients and beard transplants for Rotherham patients.
Considering scalp work as well? Our guide to hair transplant costs for Lincoln patients covers prices, graft numbers and travel in the same detail.
The easiest first step from Lincoln is a free video consultation: send a few photographs of your beard, the surgical team will assess them, and you get a clear plan with the fixed £2,899 price attached to it. There is no charge for the consultation and no obligation to take it further.