Last Reviewed: 4 September 2026
A beard transplant thickens patchy areas or shapes a new beard line using your own permanent hair. For Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth
A beard transplant costs £2,899 for Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth?
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 the Surgery 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?
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 Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth
Portsmouth Harbour to London Waterloo is around 1 hour 30 minutes on South Western Railway’s Portsmouth Direct line, and Waterloo sits on the Bakerloo line, so the Harrow clinic is one train and one Underground ride from the island city. The Manchester clinic holds the same CQC registration for Portsmouth patients, reached by changing at Reading. Portsmouth and Southsea is the city-centre station on Commercial Road; the Harbour is the terminus at the Hard.
Whether home is Copnor, Baffins, Milton or Drayton, Pompey born on the most densely populated island in the country, fresh from the viewing decks of the Spinnaker Tower, the terraced house at Charles Dickens’ Birthplace on Old Commercial Road or a service at Portsmouth Cathedral in Old Portsmouth, book a free consultation with our trichology team, in person or by video call, and receive a tailored beard plan for Portsmouth patients with the fixed £2,899 price confirmed in writing.
From Portsmouth to My Hair UK London (Harrow) Clinic
By Train
South Western Railway runs from Portsmouth Harbour and Portsmouth and Southsea to London Waterloo twice an hour on the direct line through Guildford, around 1 hour 30 minutes, with a slower hourly train round by Winchester and Basingstoke; Southern runs to Victoria via Horsham. At Waterloo follow the signs to the Bakerloo line and ride north to Kenton, about 40 minutes; the Harrow clinic is a five-minute walk from Kenton station, the last leg of the journey from Portsmouth.
By Car
Driving from Portsmouth takes around two hours. Off the island on the M275 to the M27 at Junction 12, where the A3(M) begins, north to Horndean and the A3 through Petersfield and Guildford to the M25 at Wisley, Junction 10, then clockwise past Chertsey and Staines to Junction 16 for the A40 and the A409 into Harrow, the end of the drive from Portsmouth.
From Portsmouth to My Hair UK Manchester Clinic
By Train
For Manchester, take South Western Railway from the Harbour to Reading, or Great Western via Southampton, and change onto CrossCountry’s direct service to Manchester Piccadilly, around 4 hours 30 minutes in all. From Piccadilly the quickest way to the top of Deansgate is a tram to Victoria and a five-minute walk past the cathedral; on foot it is a mile and about twenty minutes, and that is the whole journey from Portsmouth done.
By Car
By car from Portsmouth allow around 4 hours 15 minutes. The M27 west to Junction 4 at Chilworth for the M3, north to Junction 9 at Winchester for the A34, past Newbury and Oxford to the M40 at Junction 9, the M40 and the M42 round Birmingham to the M6, then the M6 to Junction 19 at Knutsford for the A556 and the M56, which runs east to the M60 at Junction 4; round to the Eccles interchange for the M602, off at its Junction 3 for Regent Road and Deansgate.
Local GPs
Speak to your GP in Portsmouth before booking elective surgery; a few conditions and medications affect graft survival, and the surgeon will want that history at consultation. Three NHS practices in Portsmouth:
Kirklands Surgery (Copnor)
Address: 111 Copnor Road, Copnor, Portsmouth PO3 5AF
Island City Practice (Lake Road Health Centre)
Address: Nutfield Place, Portsmouth PO1 4JT
Trafalgar Medical Group Practice (Osborne Road Surgery, Southsea)
Address: 25 Osborne Road, Southsea, Portsmouth PO5 3ND
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 Portsmouth?
£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. Is there a beard transplant clinic in Portsmouth?
Surgery for Portsmouth patients is carried out at CQC-registered clinics in central Manchester and Harrow, north-west London, rather than in Portsmouth 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. Where does the transplanted hair come from?
From the back and sides of your own scalp, extracted one follicular unit at a time. Hair from this area is a close match for beard hair in texture and growth.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. How long does the procedure take?
It is completed in a single day. You arrive in the morning, the design is agreed and drawn on, extraction and placement follow under local anaesthetic, and you go home the same evening.
7. Will a beard transplant leave scars?
FUE extraction leaves tiny dot marks in the donor area at the back of the scalp, which are hidden by surrounding hair at normal lengths. On the face itself the graft sites heal without visible scarring, which is why the transplanted area can be wet-shaved once healed.
Beard Transplants Near Portsmouth
We arrange beard transplants across the region: see beard transplants for Gosport patients, beard transplants for Southampton patients, beard transplants for Bognor Regis patients, beard transplants for Winchester patients, beard transplants for Farnham patients and beard transplants for Basingstoke patients.
Considering scalp work as well? Our guide to hair transplant costs for Portsmouth 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. Portsmouth patients handle everything up to the day of surgery from home.