Q: What are the costs of a Bosley Hair Transplantation Procedure?

A lot of people are curious about the cost of a Bosley hair transplantation procedure.  Naturally, this is one of the deciding factors for many men and women in terms of whether or not to move forward with a hair restoration surgery.

Most places that do follicular unit transplantation procedures (like Bosley) charge on a per-follicle basis; and generally, the higher the number of follicles the lower the “per-follicle” charge.  So, for instance, if you choose to do 1600 follicular transplants instead of 800, it doesn’t double the cost.

If your situation only requires a low (usually under 1,000) number of hair transplants to cover your bald spot, the cost is $9.50 per follicle. At the other end of the scale, you pay about $5.50 per follicle if you need a lot of transplants. Bosley also offers financing, with a number of different terms. There are a lot of options, so I’ll give you some examples: If you get, say, 600 grafts, you’ll pay $9.50 per graft. The cost of the procedure is $5,700. On a 60-month term, the monthly payment is around $118. If you double that, and get 1200 grafts, you’ll pay $8.00 a graft. The total cost of the procedure would be $9,600, and the monthly payment on a 60-month term would be about $199. At the other end of the spectrum, let’s say you get 3000 grafts (this will likely take more than one sitting, by the way). You’ll pay $5.50 a graft, and the total cost would be $16,500. The lowest monthly payment on this amount would be approximately $342. You could also go for a shorter term on the financing, in which case your payments go up (of course).

When I first learned of the costs associate with hair transplantation, I was a bit surprised.  However, having gone through the procedure myself, I feel that I understand the value. I had 1900 grafts done during my procedure, which took an entire day. During that day, I had Dr. Winans and an entire team of nurses and technicians dedicated to the success of my hair restortion. In totall, there were 7 or 8 trained professionals devoted to my procedure for an entire day. Also, all of the anesthetic and pain medications are included – as are a number of post-operative hair and scalp care products. So overall, I felt like I understood why the price was somewhat high.

The other side of the coin, of course, is – how much would you pay to have a full head of hair for the rest of your life?

It all depends on your perspective, and your own personal desire regarding your hair and hair restoration. The good news is, now you have options if you don’t want to be bald!

Comments

[Chaz Martin]

Well this may be a surprise to you. But i am FIFTEEN years old. I have advanced receding hairline. More then 4 inches back from where it should be. Only reason it looks remotely hideable, is because the middle, is only an inch back. I know it deserves to be expencive, but i live with a single mother. Currently going through college, and working as a waitress. How exactly am i suppose to be able to afford this? Or should i just be bald by the time i am a senior in high school.

[Swensodts]

In response to the following Comment:

1900 grafts x $6.00 = $11,400
times 5 days a week = $57,000
times 52 weeks a year = $2,964,000
devided by 8 professionals = $370,500 per year (average)
I'm srue the doctor get the majority of the nearly 3 million dollars.

This has little bearing on anything, even if you numbers were close, certainly they are not accurate, because they do not account for any costs. Sure it would be nice to have a business with no overhead, but that would never happen. I'm sure this business has to pay rent, franchise costs associated with the Bosley name, Equipment costs and oh yeah a little thing called tax!! By the time all is said and done this guy probably walks with 150K a year and the staff probably 50-60K.
If I went to medical school and came out doing hair transplants making 150K a year, I'd buy a bullet and rent a gun.

[greg havekost]

Im a 17year old male in school and i've noticed over the last year my shirts have been covered in hair and i my hairline is already receding. It's already a V is there any way i can slow this down, maybe sports have somthing to do with it because i do play football and wresling.

[Frank]

I had work done at Bosley years ago in the 80's. I had lost my whole front hairline.. I was about 24 and it made me look and feel old. I hated it! I saw a Bosely ad and went for it. I was glad I did, my hair looked great for years.. it gave me my young life back. However, as I got older, I started losing more hair and the old plug style graphs have a tendency to pull together as the old scar tissued skin starts to shrink. It creates a bottle brush look, and right in front too! What a drag. I do not believe that Bosley new this would happen, because it takes years to occurr. Anyway I went back and had folliular units put in in the front and it helped allot..not perfect, but it's starting to look better and better. I really like the fact that the MPR's or male pattern reductions are no longer performed, because they were dangerous and ugly. The follicular units are the way to go... I'm filling in my hair all over the top now, and it's far less invasive than the plugs or MPR's. Bosely has really good specials at times... 800 graphs for $3800.00 I will always wait for these specials becuase they're competetive at these prices, and they do a nice job in a medically safe environment.. and that's very important!...

[Dean]

1900 grafts x $6.00 = $11,400
times 5 days a week = $57,000
times 52 weeks a year = $2,964,000
devided by 8 professionals = $370,500 per year (average)
I'm srue the doctor get the majority of the nearly 3 million dollars.

[The Thin Man]

Tempted to get a transplant if I could ever afford it, but then again you'd think all those medical professionals could be busy saving someone's life,and maybe lowering medical costs by increasing the supply of such caregivers. Thanks to commentors also for reminding that there's a risk of having even this sort of cosmetic surgery backfire. There's worse things than going bald. Hell, let's just bring back a little "bald is beautiful" movement! If we're going to be all vain, at least we can be vain about what God gave us!

[Dottie]

I am a woman whose hair got very fine & thin
after having my children. They are thinnest
on the top & next would be the front sides.
I am concerned, since I have very fine hair, that
the fine hair may not be enough to cover the top
etc. Is there always enough hair in the donor
areas?? I have a girlfriend with very thick
hair all over her head. She is willing to let me
also use her hair as part of the fill in
to make sure , I get a lot of hair & can get
some thick hair. Is it possible to use another
persons hair as part of the donor process?
If it is , I am ready to be a success story $
because this may be unusual, I'm willing to
be on your commercials, if that would also
help withy cost . I have been thru a major
nasty divorce.. He stole all our stock , IRAs, money
market Accra, and pension. (RAT)!. But I still
deserve to be happy and I want to be a
success story . Tell me you have help for me ,
please !!!! I am praying for a blessing to restore
my hair, the same as restoring the money
he stole. I am begging for your help. Thank you
Dottie

[Al]

My hair has been thinning since my early 20's and now i can't help to notice the deferents on my scalp and self asteem. I woukd like to know if there is a institute in the San Jose, Ca area?

[Mary Ling]

Im interested in getting alittle work done. Im eighteen at the moment, and I have had a receding hairline my last few years of high school (widows peak) And would like to have my hair to grow back in. And know that for that to happen im going to need a hair transplant procedure for the quickest way. And aware that it will cost around some amount of money. But is there ways of doing payments and such? Im sure it be less the 600 grafts, Ill be able to pay a fee at the time, but im sure Ill have to make some payments for the rest of the cost. And curious on a estimate for my type of procedure?

[jeff]

Is there anyone from Bosley reading these comments? If so, what can be done to correct the barbie doll look in the front of my hairline? I had 120 grafts done in '84-85 that were the bigger plug type grafts. I had another 700 grafts (micro) done along the top and some to fill in the frontal hairline to cover up the barbie (corn field) look back in 2004. The grafts in my front hairline are very obvious if i took my hat off so I always wear a hat. Ive wore a hat for the last 20 years because of all this mess. Can someone from Bosley please let me know what my options are and at what cost?

[jeff]

I started losing my hair my senior year in high school. I joined the Marines after graduation and keeping it short didnt seem so bad. It kept falling out and my buddies would joke with me about hurrying up and finding a wife or no one would want me. Me being young and naive back ('85) it really made me start thinking about that, I was 21. Well I saw an article on Bosley and thought my dreams had been answered. I didnt have a lot of money being in the military but I had saved enough to start some procedures. Over several months I had 120 grafts done. Unfortunately back then it was the bigger plug type grafts. Well I still had somewhat of a hairline so I thought I would be ok for several years before I needed more done. Once I hit my late 20's the thinning on top was very noticeable and the grafts I had done on the front hairline looked like a corn field, very embarrassing. So back in 2004 I decided to borrow some money from my 401k and get 700-800 more grafts done to fill in the top and see if they could repair the frontal hairline from the corn field look. This cost me in the neighborhood of 8 or 9 thousand dollars(cant remember the exact cost). I was hoping for an end to my misery and embarrassment of 20 years living my life under a baseball cap and I thought this would do it but it didnt. Im disappointed at the doc because not once did he talk about trying to correct the frontal hairline(thinning it or something). I feel like they just wanted to get my money and get me out of there. I had to suggest to them to put some micrografts in front to get rid of the corn field look. After the 7-800 micrografts took it still didnt accomplish what I needed it too. I figure Im probably gonna need another 1500-2000 grafts to accomplish my goals. And of course I dont have the money for that. My point to you guys is talk over your goals with your doc and tell him what you desire and the costs involved. For most of you it will probably take more than 1 procedure. Im a class 6 Iknow. I wish I would have waited a few years to start mine. I dont think they even do the big plug type grafts anymore. I just wish I would have been a little smarter back then and done some good research instead of jumping in out of desperation and being miserable with my appearance. Im really paying the price now. I dont go places where I cant wear a hat. Just totally ashamed of how I look without a hat. Social life? NO. It affects every part of your life. Maybe money will start growing on trees so I can finish this mess before I leave this world. Good luck to the rest of you

[Steven]

hey im 17 year old living in manhattan and im shy to walk around witout my hat because im having a bald spot on top of my head. i want to know how much is the transplate or is there any type of shampoo i could use.

[M Johnson]

Hi, I'm a soon-to-be 23 y/o male who would be classified, according to Bosley, as a "Type 2" hairloss type. Just from what you've learned, can you give a ball-park range for how much it would cost to fix this hair type?

[Junior Alex]

hi i am 16 years of age and i feel like im in a shell...i have my hair thinning out at the top of my head and i feel lost...i dont know what to do....is there any suggestions??? i would really appreciate it...thank you.

[Jaosn]

I'm so depressed about my situation. I'm 17, havent even finished highschool, and you can already start to see my scalp through my hair....i cant afford a procedure like this....i just dont know what i can do.

[John Master]

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[Andre S.]

Steven,

I saw that you posted along time time ago, but hopefully this will help you or someone else. Bosley is the only way that you can regrow your hair, all I know are ways that you can stop from losing your hair. First, if you have long hair cut it as short as you can live with, because much more stress is put on the follicle when you have long hair. Second, throw away all of your commercial shampoos and start using a "certified organic" shampoo and look for ingrediants like biotin, tee tree oil, jojoba oil, etc. Lastly, start to take "saw palmetto." You can find it almost any store in the vitamin section. It does a great job at stopping hair loss. I starting losing my hair about seven years ago. I will need Bosley, because i have lost too much over that span of time, but I have been able to completely stop the lose over the last three years because of these actions. Good luck everyone.

[David]

You have to keep going back in every month for a long time and pay THAT much? Only a small part of my hair on the top and in the back looks -really- thin... you can see the balding part from a mile away. I'm 25 and it's been like that for at least 3 years now. I was expecting a Bosley procedure with my small very visible spot to be around $1,000... more or less. I was also expecting it to be a one time thing, or at least 2, just to get the stitches out on the second time. Don't they have MUCH cheaper plans for people who only need it just a little bit?

Also, I could never figure out if the part they remove to add elsewhere ever grows back as well. What's the story with that?

[Rich]

Thanx for the info, but bottom line....$6000 is not affordable for me. Financing is not an option, because I refuse to have another bill every month(I hate owing anyone anything)and it eventually costs more because of interest. When I can get 1000 grafts for $3000, I would go for it.

[Tony Bailey]

if you think 21 and going bald is bad im 17, and in the middle of my head has barely any hair. I have an identical twin with it worse then i do we have no money would medicare cover it?

[Stephen]

If you have long hair at the time of hair-transplant surgery, do you have to cut it? and if so, how much has to be cut? Thank you-

[Warren]

I would be willing to pay between $1,000-$3000 to have such a procedure done to prevent me from becoming bald for life. Is there anyone that does a good job at this for this price range? I doubt I would need more than 600-800 hair transplants - as I am in the earliest stages of genetic hair loss. I could have a second procedure in 5-10 years, if needed.

[steven ganagan]

What can I do to stop my hair loss? I'm 21 and I'm thinking about killing myself (not seriously). I feel very bad about this, like i'm really old, I need to check myself in to a nursing home already. I don't have much money and I'd like to skip all the treatment failures and just go straight to the surgery since it's permanent. I've heard about this Fly2india4health.com, it looks like it's worth it, but I don't know how I would get there. I live in Hawaii and I don't have much choice on help. HELP ME!!!!!!!!!