What Is The Typical Cost of An FUE Hair Transplant In Canada?

I live in Canada and I am planning on having a hair transplant.  The procedure is going to be non strip (FUE)  and I am wondering what should be the cost of 5000 grafts. Please provide me with a rough idea so that I can compare mine because I think my doctor is asking for too much.
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I do not currently perform FUE hair transplant sessions, the main reason being that it is a “blind” procedure. This means that the surgical punch which removes the graft is placed over the shaved donor area at the angle in which the doctor thinks the hair is growing and then the graft is “punched out.” There is a risk of damaging the follicle by performing this procedure, whereas with the strip method of harvesting, the donor hair is meticulously dissected under the microscope ensuring preservation of intact follicular units. Also, with strip harvesting, the head does not have to be shaved, only the hair in the strip area is clipped, allowing the patient to maintain their current hairstyle.

FUE is more expensive than hair transplantation, because it is exceedingly time-consuming. 5,000 FUE grafts will take a long time to harvest & re-implant. When thinking about hair restoration surgery, it is important to realize that donor harvesting is only one part of the procedure. The final result of the transplant will be determined by the doctor’s artistic abilities, how densely the grafts are placed and the degree of skill & expertise of the technicians. Although strip harvesting does produce a scar, in most cases, it is about 1 -2 mm in diameter & will never be seen unless the patient shaves their head or clips their hair very short.

W.G. Mark McKenzie M.D.
Member, International Alliance of Hair Restoration Surgeons
Member, American Hair Loss Association

Mark McKenzie, MD Dr. Mark McKenzie graduated from the University of Edinburgh Medical School in 1985 and became licensed to practice medicine in Canada in 1986. While researching hair loss in the early 1990s, he became aware of the significant advances that were taking place in the field of hair restoration surgery, and he obtained training in Toronto and Boston in these new techniques, launching his own hair transplantation career in 1994. Since then he has performed hair restoration surgery in Toronto, London and Ottawa, Ontario as well as being invited by the Professor of Dermatology at Memorial University, to perform hair restoration surgery on his patients in St. John’s, Newfoundland. He has been a member of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery since 1995 and was won the “Best Presented Clinical Case Award” in the Poster Presentation section at their Annual Conference in San Francisco in 1999. Dr. McKenzie has demonstrated his techniques to plastic surgery residents from the University of Western Ontario & has lectured internationally to physicians on the subject of hair transplantation. Dr. McKenzie was delighted to be invited by Dr. David Seager to “take over the reins” of the Seager Hair Transplant Centre in 2006, and is dedicated to maintaining the same standard of excellence that patients have come to expect of the Seager Hair Transplant Centre. Dr. McKenzie is a member of the International Alliance of Hair Restoration Surgeons and recommended by the American Hair Loss Association. Visit Dr. McKenzie's Website: www.seagerhairtransplant.com

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