So Vancouver seems a long way to fly for a hair transplant and it must be really expensive right? Wrong. A few people that contact me look at the results on the website and are really impressed by what they see but believe that surgery is carried out in the UK as soon as I correct them they lose interest because the idea of travelling abroad for surgery sounds expensive and too much trouble. A flight to Vancouver from London Gatwick takes 9 hours approx and costs start in the region of £400- 600 for a return flight. The clinic will offer you a discount of $400 of the cost of your surgery towards these costs and book and pay for 2 nights accomodation in Vancouver.

I know to my cost how choosing the the wrong clinic based on location and ease can be a false economy if you end up having to go back for a second session to be repaired you will soon end up regretting not getting it done right in the first place. One factor that seems to put a few people off is what if there is a problem after surgery, well quite simply done correctly the odds of this are very, very slim. Between Dr Hasson and Dr Wong they have performed over 10,000 hair transplant surgeries. You are free to fly home the next day after surgery as most do some stay in the city for a few days and come back to the clinic for hairwashing and even a haircut! Others even make a holiday of it and stay for two weeks and have the clinic remove their staples for them.

This brings me onto the last point staple removal, the clinic supplies you a goodie bag on leaving the day of surgery which includes some pain relief for the first couple of days, a baseball cap, some shampoo and the staple removal tool- this is a really simple little gadget that is very easy to use and can be done by a family member, partner or friend. The whole process of staple removal can be done in 10-15 minutes max and there is minimal pain if any.

Here is a view of  Downtown Vancouver from the surgery room.