Last Reviewed: 10 September 2026
A beard transplant thickens patchy areas or shapes a new beard line using your own permanent hair. For Shrewsbury 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 Transplant Surgery in Shrewsbury 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 Shrewsbury 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 Shrewsbury
£2,899 is the complete price of a beard transplant for Shrewsbury 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 Shrewsbury?
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 |
The Procedure, Start to Finish
On the day itself you are at the clinic for several hours, awake, under local anaesthetic. The surgeon first draws the design on your face and agrees every line with you: the cheek line, the jawline and neckline, how the moustache joins the chin, and how new growth blends into any beard you already have. Nothing is placed until you are happy with those lines.
Grafts are then extracted one follicular unit at a time from the back and sides of your scalp, where hair is a close match for beard hair and keeps its permanence. Each graft is placed flat to the skin in the direction beard hair grows, with single-hair grafts along the visible edges. It is one day of surgery, and you go home the same evening.
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 |
Beard Transplant Recovery Timeline
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 Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury to Manchester Piccadilly is around 1 hour 20 minutes on Transport for Wales’s hourly Welsh Marches trains, direct from the Tudor-fronted station that was extended downwards rather than upwards in 1903, so the Manchester clinic is the sensible choice from Salop. The London (Harrow) clinic holds the same CQC registration for Shrewsbury patients, but the direct Euston train ended in 2024, so London means a change at Birmingham or Wolverhampton.
Whether home is Meole Brace, Harlescott, Copthorne or Ditherington, in Darwin’s town inside the loop of the Severn, fresh from the Norman nave of Shrewsbury Abbey, a show at Theatre Severn on Frankwell Quay or a Salop home game at the Croud Meadow, book a free consultation with our trichology team, in person or by video call, and receive a tailored beard plan for Shrewsbury patients with the fixed £2,899 price confirmed in writing.
From Shrewsbury to My Hair UK Manchester Clinic
By Train
Transport for Wales runs direct from Shrewsbury to Manchester Piccadilly hourly, around 1 hour 20 minutes via Crewe, Wilmslow and Stockport, on the trains that start in Cardiff or Swansea; the world’s largest surviving mechanical signal box, Severn Bridge Junction, stands in plain sight at the platform end. The clinic is at the top of Deansgate by the cathedral, a mile from Piccadilly: allow fifteen to twenty minutes on foot, or ride the tram to Victoria and walk the last five.
By Car
Driving from Shrewsbury takes around 1 hour 30 minutes, and most locals ignore the M54 altogether: the A49 north through Whitchurch and Tarporley to the Stretton interchange, Junction 10 of the M56, then east along the M56 to its end on the M60 and round to Junction 12 for the M602 into Salford, where Regent Road brings Shrewsbury drivers onto Deansgate.
From Shrewsbury to My Hair UK London (Harrow) Clinic
By Train
For London, take West Midlands Railway or Transport for Wales to Birmingham New Street or Wolverhampton, around 50 minutes, and change onto Avanti West Coast for Euston, about three hours in all. Euston has its own Overground platforms, and the Lioness line from there reaches Kenton in around 25 minutes; the Harrow clinic is a few minutes’ walk from Kenton station.
By Car
By car from Shrewsbury allow around 3 hours 15 minutes. The A5 to the M54 at Junction 7, east to the M6 at Junction 10A, south on the M6 Toll round Birmingham to the M42 and the M40 at Junction 3A, the M40 through Warwick and Oxfordshire to the Denham interchange, Junction 16 of the M25, then the A40 towards Harrow and the A409 to Kenton Lane, the end of the drive from Shrewsbury.
Local GPs
Before booking elective surgery, talk to your GP in Shrewsbury; a few conditions and medications change how grafts heal, and the surgeon will want that history at consultation. Three NHS practices in Shrewsbury:
Mytton Oak Medical Practice (Racecourse Lane)
Address: Racecourse Lane, Shrewsbury SY3 5LZ
Radbrook Green Surgery (Radbrook)
Address: Bank Farm Road, Radbrook, Shrewsbury SY3 6DU
Marden Medical Practice (Sutton Road)
Address: 25 Sutton Road, Shrewsbury SY2 6DL
The Surgical Team
Beard work at each clinic is led by its specialist surgeon: for most Shrewsbury patients that is Dr Munir at the Manchester clinic, with Dr Mir leading beard transplants at the London (Harrow) clinic. Both are GMC-registered, and you can check either directly on the register: Dr Munir, GMC 6122581 and Dr Mir, GMC 7567898. The surgeon you speak to at consultation is the surgeon who performs your procedure, and the wider team is introduced 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 Shrewsbury?
£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. Do I need to travel from Shrewsbury 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. 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. How many grafts does a beard transplant take?
Typically 200 to 300 per sideburn, 400 to 500 for a moustache, 600 to 700 for the goatee and chin, and 300 to 600 per cheek. Full beard construction is usually 2,000 to 2,500 grafts, which fits within a single day of surgery.
6. Do I need to visit a clinic for a beard transplant consultation?
Only if you would like to: an in-person consultation at the clinic is always available. Most consultations are held by video with the surgeon who would perform your procedure, based on photographs you send in advance, and they are free either way. Shrewsbury patients typically only travel once, on the day of surgery.
7. I already have some beard. Can a transplant just fill the gaps?
Yes, and that is the most common request. The new grafts are blended into your existing growth, matching its angle and direction, so the filled areas are indistinguishable once grown in. The design stage maps exactly where density is added.
Beard Transplants Near Shrewsbury
We arrange beard transplants across the region: see beard transplants for Telford patients, beard transplants for Wolverhampton patients, beard transplants for Stafford patients, beard transplants for Crewe patients, beard transplants for Cannock patients and beard transplants for Kidderminster patients.
Considering scalp work as well? Our guide to hair transplant costs for Shrewsbury patients covers prices, graft numbers and travel in the same detail.
The easiest first step from Shrewsbury 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.