Hair Loss Advice

Going for a Hair Loss consultation

Always ask to see and speak to past clients of the clinic. If the clinic will not come up with any past patients ask yourself why, after all if they are as good as they say surely someone would be singing their praises.

Anyone who has had his hair restored will always be willing to tell fellow sufferers about how it has changed their life. You should always meet a past patient of a hair transplant clinic as it is the only way you can check out the surgeons work.

They may have the walls of the clinic adorned with his medical degrees but this does not necessarily make him an expert hair transplant surgeon, very few people are.

Photographs are no good, too much can be done to deceive the camera, it is easy to disguise hair loss for the camera, and to change the before and after photo's most clinics use as their sales pitch.

An example being that in most of the before photographs the hair is wet and combed back to make the hair loss area larger than it actually is.

When the after photographs are taken the hair can be sprayed with artificial hair thickener and carefully combed into place covering a larger area than it actually does.

Should you do decide to have any treatment done, always try to get a free trial, whether it is a transplant or some special shampoo.

The most successful clinics will never have any problems with doing some treatment for free to prove that the treatment works and is not painful. With hair transplants be aware that if they do treatment, that the amount that they will carry out will be very small and will therefore be virtually painless, but when you have the full treatment done it will actually be a lot more painful.

Even if it is just shampoos they are trying to sell you, try and get a sample before parting with your hard earned cash.


Whenever you decide to go ahead with treatment then do not pay for the treatment in advance. You are not required to pay in advance so do not do so. If you pay as you get treatment then at least if you decide not to continue then you will not have wasted all your money.

By paying in advance then you have little chance of a refund should you decide to cancel your treatment for any reason.

Once a clinic has your money then getting it back will prove to be almost impossible. If possible pay by credit card then you may be covered by their insurance should any problems occur.



If you decide to have a hair transplant, always go to at least two clinics to see how professional they are at their presentation and attitude towards you.

Ask to meet the surgeon who is going to carry out the treatment. See if you like that person, and also to see if they have a full head of hair.

If they do not have a full head of hair enquire why, because if their treatment is so good then surely they should have a fine head of hair.

You will be amazed at the number of people trying to sell you their products yet these same products do not appeared to have worked for that salesman.

Another reason to go to at least a couple of clinics is to get an idea of prices. Hair transplants usually range from £1000 to £5000, so it can pay to shop around and compare prices.

Never ever go for the cheapest price just because it is the cheapest.

Only go to a reputable company and one that has allowed you to meet people who have had the treatment performed already.

Anyone who has had a successful hair transplant will usually be delighted to show off their new head of hair.

If you have found the right clinic and met the people who will be looking after you during the treatment, then haggle over the price. A clinic will nearly always drop their price to what you can actually afford, but they try not to make it look as though they have dropped the price.

Once you have had a consultation and a price quote from a clinic, and you have not signed to have any treatment, then they will keep on making offers to you, dropping the price each time they make a new offer.

They give various reasons for the drop in price such as saying they will give you discount if you let them take your photographs to use as before ad after publicity photographs.

They will probably never use the photo but want your business anyway. Another excuse is that they do not have enough patients to fill a particular day so can offer you a special deal if you can come in on a certain day.

You can get up to fifty per cent off on this type of offer so be warned, you should not pay the full price that is first quoted by the salesman.

Many hair transplant clinics now offer a money back guarantee should you hair transplant not work. If performed correctly a transplant will always work, some units or plugs may not take but these can easily be replaced.

If someone was to give you a bad hair transplant and butchered your head, a money back offer would mean nothing.

Most clinics never worry about being sued as they know that in court most people will be too embarrassed about their treatment being made public.



At the end of a consultation do not sign any forms just for the sake of it or just to get rid of the consultant.

These are legal documents and you may well find yourself sued to pay for treatment for a hair transplant you do not want.

Remember the company will not mind taking you to court as they know you will probably be to embarrassed to fight the law suite in case any of your friends find out.

Hair consultants are salesmen and trained not to take no for an answer, they will not even let you get away with "I want to think it over"

They will question and badger you until tell them what you actually want to think over. Then they will proceed to try and get your signature.

Tell them you are going to another clinic for a second opinion before you actually decide whether to have treatment carried out or not.