Guides
Four guides, built on the same rule as the rest of this site: every claim is sourced, dated, and corrected on request. Where our ten-city index has unique data — how few clinics publish prices, how few still offer FUT — the guides use it, so the answers here are checkable rather than typical.
How to Check Whether Your Hair Transplant Surgeon Is Actually a Surgeon
Four questions the ISHRS tells patients to ask, two public registries you can check yourself, and what the answers mean.
What Does a Hair Transplant Cost in the US? (2026)
Per-graft rates, typical graft counts by stage of loss, and what actually moves the total.
FUE vs FUT: What Actually Differs
Scarring, graft yield, recovery, cost and candidacy compared directly.
Hair Transplants Abroad: What the ISHRS Warns About
Why the price gap exists, what happens when a case needs revision, and the questions that travel poorly.
Reference & tools
Glossary
Every term you will meet in consultations and forums — FUE to trichophytic closure — defined without the marketing.
The Norwood scale, illustrated
Stages I–VII with diagrams, and what each typically means for graft demand and planning.
Financing calculator
Turn “$50 a week” into the total you would actually pay — with the cost of credit shown.
Consultation checklist
The printable question set: roles, money in writing, verification steps, red flags.
Standing lists
Physician-performed stated
The 10 of 22 clinics stating the doctor performs — every formulation quoted verbatim.
ABHRS-certified
The 3 of 22 clinics stating the one hair-specific board — and how to verify in a minute.
Published prices
The complete list is two clinics long. The figures, and what the other 20 show instead.
Transparency Report 2026
The full disclosure statistics across all 22 clinics — free to cite with attribution.