Hair Transplant Cost

For men and women dealing with hair loss, hair transplant cost can become a concern. However, the cost of hair transplants depend on how many grafts are used and how many sessions they are completed in. Recently, hair transplant methods have dramatically improved and has become more common allowing hair transplant cost to come down significantly.

What to consider

When one considers money spent on drug treatments for hair, hair transplant cost compared to costs for drug treatment over several years, hair transplants may be cheaper. For those that use hair loss drugs, it may be useful to compare the hair treatment costs.

Hair transplant costs can differ from clinic to clinic. A hair loss patient with androgenic alopecia might expect to pay a minimum of $2,000 US dollars for a hair transplant; the average hair transplant cost in North America is around $5,000, however hair transplants can cost up to $10,000-$20,000 depending on the grafts used.

What determines costs

There are two basic approaches used by hair transplant clinics to determine the total hair transplant cost: cost per follicular unit implanted, and cost of surgery. Hair transplant costs will vary depending on the location and the procedure used.

The cost per unit can range from anywhere between $3 to $12 US dollars in North America although the average is probably around $6.

Other guides

• Overview of Hair Transplantation
• Hair Loss In Women
• Alopecia (Patchy Baldness)
• Facial Hair Restoration
• Cost of Hair Transplantation Abroad
• Preventing Hair Loss
• Medical Reasons Hair Hair Loss
• Myths About Hair Loss
• Male Pattern Baldness
• Recovering from Hair Transplant Surgery
• Common Causes for Hair Loss
• Candidates for Hair Transplant
• Hair Transplant Methods
• Results After Hair Transplant
• Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) Method
• Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) Method
• Preparing for Hair Transplant Surgery
• The Ludwig Scale
• Hair Loss in Men
• Hair Loss in Women
• Hair Restoration Method comparison: FUT vs FUE
• Causes of Hair Loss
• Surgical Hair Restoration: Hair Transplant Surgery
• Hair Loss in Men
• Alopecia
• Cost of Hair Transplant
• Prevent Hair Loss
• Common Hair Loss Definitions
• Hair Loss Treatments

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