What affects the cost of a hair transplant in Singapore?

Doctor's Answer

Hi. Cost of Hair Transplant in Singapore varies from $3 to $10 per graft, depending on the number of grafts required and technology used. Robotic harvesting of donor grafts may cost more than manual hair transplant.

Cost per graft should not be the main consideration. In my opinion, transection rate of transplanted hair MUST be taken into consideration above all else.

Firstly, your cost per graft in hair transplant would end up higher when the transection rate is high. That means, you will be paying for grafts that either will not grow well or will not survive. That brings us to the availability of hair follicles from the donor site.

We do not have unlimited hair follicles to be wasted on. Transected hair follicles, once harvested, will not be growing back in the donor site again.Therefore, a high transection rate not only increase the cost of your hair transplant procedure, it also reduce the amount of resources available for future procedure. These transected hair follicles will be forever gone. That does not sound like a good deal after all.

We advise that extensive research be done on the credential of various clinics, and experience of their hair transplant team before making a decision.

All the best.

Regards

Dr Kelvin Chua

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