Beard Transplant in Turkey
A beard transplant moves hair, usually from the back of your scalp, into a patchy or thin beard, moustache or sideburns, mostly as single-hair grafts set at the angle facial hair grows. It can fill gaps, cover a scar or build a fuller line. It is priced after an assessment. Individual results vary.
What a beard transplant can and cannot do, how the cheek line and neckline are designed, the moustache and sideburns, and the first weeks with a healing face.
Patchy beard, full beard or scar: what a transplant can do
Most people who ask about a beard transplant have a beard that grows, just not everywhere: gaps on the cheeks, a thin connection between moustache and chin, or an uneven neckline. Filling those gaps is the most common reason for the procedure. Others want to cover a scar, or to build a beard where very little grows.
What a transplant can do depends on two things: how much hair your scalp donor area can spare, and how dense a result you want. Scalp hair is a close but not identical match for beard hair in thickness and colour, so the plan takes both into account. Because a beard is a large area, full coverage needs many grafts; filling gaps needs far fewer.
Designing the cheek line, neckline and density
The beard is drawn on your face before the procedure. The cheek line sets how high the beard sits on the face, the neckline where it ends under the jaw, and the transitions decide whether moustache, goatee and sideburns join up. These lines are agreed with you and checked in the mirror, because they change the shape of the face.
Facial hair grows at very flat angles, and its direction changes across the cheeks, jaw and chin. Placing each graft at the local angle and direction is what makes a transplanted beard look grown rather than planted, and why the density near the edges is kept softer than in the centre of the beard.
Moustache transplant
A moustache transplant moves your own follicles — usually from the back and sides of the scalp — into the upper lip to fill gaps or a scar, or to build a fuller moustache. The upper lip is a small but unforgiving area: hairs grow at especially flat angles and fan outward from the centre of the lip to the corners of the mouth, so mostly single-hair grafts are placed one by one at the angle and direction of each spot.
Scalp hair is a close but not identical match for upper-lip hair, so planning also covers texture and colour, and moustache work is often planned together with the beard, goatee or sideburns. The design and graft numbers are set at a personal assessment.
Sideburn transplant
Sideburns frame the face, and gaps from genetics, scarring or previous hair removal can be filled with your own follicles, usually taken from the back of the scalp and chosen to blend with your facial hair. Angle and direction matter for a natural look, and the shape and edge are designed with you rather than from a template.
Because sideburns connect the hairline to the beard, they are usually planned together with any beard or hairline work, so the whole frame and the use of donor hair are planned as one.
Beard transplant before and after
Consented cases labelled as beard work. Look at the lines and the density near the edges, and at how many months after the procedure each photo was taken.
Combined before/after image. Consented imagery — individual results vary.
Shaving and healing: the first weeks with a new beard
The donor area on the scalp is usually trimmed for the procedure; the face may be trimmed short so the existing hair does not hide the planned lines. Afterwards, small crusts form around each graft on the face and usually fall away within the first week or two. Redness and some swelling are common in the first days.
Do not shave or trim the treated areas until your clinic says you can, and avoid rubbing them while washing. The transplanted beard hairs often shed in the first weeks and grow back over the following months, so the new beard fills in gradually. Once it has grown, the transplanted hairs can be shaved, trimmed and styled like the rest of your beard.
How much does a beard transplant cost?
Beard, moustache and sideburn transplants are priced after an assessment, because the areas, the density you want and the donor hair available differ too much between people for a fixed package. They are not covered by the scalp hair transplant packages.
Beard transplant: your questions
Can I shave my beard after a transplant?
Can a beard transplant cover a scar?
How soon can I go back to work after a beard transplant?
Will the transplanted beard hair look different from my own?
Can I have a beard transplant and a scalp transplant at the same time?
Sources & further reading
- International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS)
- American Academy of Dermatology
- NHS (United Kingdom)
This content is for general information only and does not replace a personal medical consultation. Any procedure carries risks that are discussed during your assessment; individual results vary.
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