Hair Transplant Cost
The ultimate factor influencing hair transplant price worldwide – Number of grafts
How many grafts you need depends on what Norwood type you are – The Norwood scale (or Hamilton-Norwood scale) is the classification system used for measuring hair loss.
Example: Norwood 1 type may need around 500-1000 grafts (FUE)
Prices:
- Europe: 1,000 – 5,000 Euro
- USA: 2,000 – 9,000 USD
- Turkey: 500 – 3,500 Euro
Example: Norwood 2 type may need around 1000-1500 grafts (FUE)
Prices:
- Europe: 1,000 – 7,500 Euro
- USA: 2,500 – 14,000 USD
- Turkey: 1,000 – 4,500 Euro
Example: Norwood 3 type may need around 1500-2500 grafts (FUE)
Prices:
- Europe: 1,500 – 12,000 Euro
- USA: 3,000 – 20,000 USD
- Turkey: 1,000 – 7000 Euro
Example: Norwood 4 type may need around 3000-4000 grafts (possibly even more than 4000 if the vertex thinning is too progressive)
Prices:
- Europe: 3,000 – 20,000 Euro
- USA: 6,000 – 30,000 USD
- Turkey: 1,000 – 12,000 Euro
Example: Norwood 5 type may need around 3000-5500 grafts (FUE)
Prices:
- Europe: 3,000 – 28,000 Euro
- USA: 6,000 – 40,000 USD
- Turkey: 1,000 – 20,000 Euro
Example: Norwood 6 type may need around 4500-6500+ grafts (FUE)
Prices:
- Europe: 4,500 – 33,000 Euro
- USA: 10,000 – 50,000 USD
- Turkey: 1,500 – 23,000 Euro
Example: Norwood 7 type may need around 5,000-8,000+ grafts (FUE)
Prices:
- Europe: 6,000 – 40,000 Euro
- USA: 12,000 – 60,000 USD
- Turkey: 1,500 – 28,000 Euro
4 additional Factors influencing the hair transplant cost worldwide
- Surgeon vs technician(surgical assistant) involvement in the procedure
- Geographic location of the hair clinic (local cost of labor and capital)
- Years of experience of the surgeon/technician performing hair restoration surgeries
- Quality of the surgical devices
1. Surgeon involvement and hair transplant cost
Hair Transplant doctors with high involvement during the procedure charge higher price per graft
3 types of hair transplant surgeries based on the surgeon involvement
- Doctor-performed hair transplant (single graft extraction by the FUE, strip and closure by the FUT and incision making is done by the doctor himself) $$
- Doctor-supervised hair transplant (hairline design or incisions are done by the doctor himself) $
- Technician-performed hair transplant (none of the important hair transplant phases is done by the doctor himself) $
If you want to increase the probability of getting a great hair transplant result, make sure you find a hair doctor with highest possible involvement in your procedure (especially he incision-making and extraction phase).
2. Geographic location and hair transplant cost
Countries known for inexpensive hair transplant surgeries: Turkey, Thailand, Iran, Pakistan and India
Countries with more expensive hair transplant surgeries: Western Europe, USA, UK, Australia and Canada
Advantages and disadvantages of getting a hair transplant in a 1st world country (Western Europe, USA, UK, Australia, Canada)
+ Higher quality standards on average
+ Most of the ISHRS and ABHRS members are from these countries
+ No additional travel expenses if you live in one of these countries
– Higher taxes of the more developed countries can dramatically increase the price (VAT)
– High cost of labor and capital is a substantial reason for the higher hair transplant cost
– Good quality hair transplant of 3000-3500 grafts can still be way out of the budget for an average earner
Advantages and disadvantages of getting a hair transplant in a 2nd or 3rd world world country (Turkey, India, Pakistan, Iran, Thailand)
+ Some of the doctors from these countries – especially Turkey and India are already catching up with the “hair transplant elite” from the West while offering their service at a reasonably lower price
+ Low cost of labor and capital is a substantial reason for the low hair transplant cost
– Known for adjusting their marketing strategy towards attracting low-cost customers with lower quality criteria
– Low barriers to enter the market in the 2nd and 3rd world countries as well as medical tourism attracts lots of unqualified workers every year resulting in 100´s of new clinics being opened but also closed in these countries year to year
3. Experience of the hair transplant surgeon/technician and hair transplant cost
How to define an experienced hair transplant doctor?
- Member of ISHRS/ABHRS or other credible hair loss association
- Puts great emphasis on educating his patients about the hair transplant instead of eagerly trying to sell them the hair transplant
- Has successfully performed at least 1000 hair transplant surgeries so far
- Knows how to properly extract the hair follicles via FUE (manually/automated) with min. transection rate
- Knows how to properly close a strip (by the FUT) and his team is experienced enough to properly dissect the grafts from the strip
- Has a great understanding of a proper donor area management
- Knows how to naturally redesign a hairline, temporal regions and crown and pays attention to subtle differences in the angulation and selection of different hair follicle types for different regions on the scalp (1-hair follicle, 2-hair follicle, 3-hair follicle, 4-hair follicle etc).
- His before & after results are pleasure to look at 🙂