How the Transplant Trip Works: From First Message to Flight Home

A hair transplant abroad is intimidating not because of the surgery, but the logistics. Where to go, where to stay, who meets you, what happens if something goes wrong while you're alone in an unfamiliar country. So we handle the organizing entirely — not as a paid add-on, but as part of the job.

Here's how it looks, step by step.

Before the trip

• You send a few photos of your head — crown, hairline, top and side views, in normal light. The doctor looks and tells you roughly how many grafts you'll need and what it will cost. Free.
• We agree on dates. We work around your flights, not the other way around.
• We book the hotel. Four stars near the clinic by default; a five-star option is available on request. You stay there and pay for the room yourself, but you don't have to find or arrange anything.
• We send you a checklist: what to bring, what not to drink in the week before surgery, and when to be ready.

Visa

Citizens of Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and the rest of the CIS don't need a visa for Uzbekistan. Citizens of EU countries, the UK, and more than ninety other countries don't either — visa-free entry for up to 30 days.

Thirty days is comfortably enough for the surgery and the first stage of recovery.

Registration — important

In Uzbekistan, foreigners must register at their place of stay within three days of arrival. If you're staying at a hotel, it handles this automatically and gives you a slip — keep it until departure, as it can be requested at passport control.

This is exactly why we place patients in hotels rather than apartments: an apartment requires registering separately, which is one more headache in an unfamiliar country.

Day by day

Plan for four to five days minimum. If you'd like to see Samarkand or Bukhara, add two to three days — ideally before the surgery.

• Arrival day. We meet you at the airport and drive you to the hotel. Even on a night flight — night arrivals from Moscow are routine here.
• Surgery day. We pick you up from the hotel in the morning. The procedure takes the whole day, six to nine hours depending on volume, including meal and rest breaks.
• The next day. A quick dressing check and exam at the clinic. After that you're free.
• Two to three more days. Follow-up, rinsing, care instructions. It's best not to plan trips to other cities during this time.
• Departure. We drive you to the airport.

After you go home

Contact with the doctor doesn't end at the airport. Recovery takes about a year, and you can message directly the whole time — send a photo, ask whether what's happening at month three is normal (spoiler: probably yes).

The doctor answers personally, not a staff member with scripted replies.