Beard & Moustache Transplant in Puebla

What is a beard transplant?

A beard transplant takes follicular units from the scalp donor area —usually the nape— and implants them in the face: cheeks, chin, sideburns, jaw, moustache, or areas with gaps. The transplanted hair grows permanently and must be shaved or trimmed like any other beard.

It serves both to densify a sparse or patchy beard and to fill gaps left by scars, burns, acne, stabilised alopecia areata, or a beard that genetically never filled in.

Technique: why the face is not the scalp

The extraction technique is the same —FUE, follicle by follicle, no linear scar— but the design is an entirely different problem, and that is where good results separate from the ones that shout “transplant”.

• Acute, almost flat angle. Beard hair leaves the skin lying down, nearly parallel, not perpendicular as on the scalp. Implanted at scalp angles it produces a bristly, artificial beard.
• Direction varies by zone. Cheek, chin, moustache and neck hair grow in different directions. Each pattern must be respected, not one applied to all.
• Single-hair units across nearly the whole face. A natural beard grows hair by hair; implanting 2- and 3-hair units creates tufts and a doll-like look.
• Graduated density: heavier in the centre of the beard, softer at the edges and in the transition to neck and sideburns.
• Design to the face: the beard line is drawn on that patient’s bone structure, not on a template.

How is it performed?

It is an outpatient procedure under local anaesthesia, lasting 3 to 6 hours depending on graft count (a full beard usually needs 1,500 to 3,000; filling gaps, considerably fewer).

Follicular units are harvested from the scalp donor area (manual or robotic FUE), the beard is designed on the patient’s face —standing and seated, because the face changes— and recipient sites are opened one by one, at the angle and direction proper to each zone. Units are then implanted, prioritising single-hair grafts in visible areas.

The patient walks out the same day. Crusts fall in 7 to 10 days and the beard can be trimmed normally at around 3 weeks. See the full hair-transplant guide.

Who is a good candidate?

Men with a sparse, patchy or gapped beard, with a sufficient scalp donor area, in good health and with realistic expectations. Also those with facial scars —from acne, burns, surgery or trauma— that prevent hair growth, and those seeking to rebuild sideburns or a moustache.

As on the scalp: transplanted hair falls out between weeks two and six (shock loss), regrows around month three or four, and the definitive result is judged at 12 months. All surgery carries risk and requires a prior medical assessment. Results may vary according to each patient, their anatomy and their individual healing process.

Credentials

Dr. Arístides Arellano is a plastic surgeon holding a specialty licence: he practises under a Mexican medical licence (D.G.P. 1125959) and a specialty licence in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (0002008), both issued by the Directorate General of Professions (DGP), which reissued his certificate of professional standing in 2025. His career began before Mexico’s present-day specialty-board system existed: he belongs to the founding generation of plastic surgery in Puebla, the second generation of a surgical tradition started in 1971 by Dr. Francisco Arellano Ocampo. Trust is verified, not promised: both licences are public and anyone can look them up in the DGP’s National Registry of Professionals.

Before and after

Most patients want to see before-and-after photographs before deciding. Out of respect for each person’s privacy, Dr. Arístides Arellano shows real cases —always with documented consent— during your in-person consultation, where you can review results from patients with a starting point similar to yours. Results may vary from patient to patient.

Approximate price in Puebla

Cost depends on the number of follicular units the design requires: filling isolated gaps costs considerably less than building a full beard. It is set at the consultation, with a written quote and the exact planned graft count.

Documented training in hair restoration

A beard demands the same as a scalp —living follicles, correct angles— with a smaller aesthetic margin: it is seen close up, every day. Dr. Arístides Arellano is accredited before the DGP and is a member of the ISHRS:

• Member — International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) — 1996
• Article: Surgical treatment of baldness — 20 years of experience — Medicina Cutánea I.L.A., Vol. XIV, 1986 · Chajchir, Benzaquen, Arellano
• Speaker — Argentine Hair Micro-transplant Association course — Tema: evolución de la cirugía de las alopecias definitivas · Buenos Aires, 27 de abril de 2020

Trust is verified, not promised. All 210 scanned documents —degree, licences, diplomas, publications and certificates, from 1977 to 2025— are open in Dr. Arístides Arellano’s credential archive, alongside an explanation of the difference between a specialty licence and a board certification.

Recovery · step by step

• Days 1–3Mild facial swelling; small crusts on each graft. Do not touch or shave.
• Days 7–10Crusts fall away. Social life resumes.
• Weeks 2–6Shock loss: the transplanted hair falls out. This is normal.
• Week 3The beard can be trimmed normally.
• Months 3–6New hair emerges and thickens.
• Month 12Definitive result; shaved and trimmed like a natural beard.

Frequently asked questions

Every figure published on this site is approximate and is not a quote. Any procedure or treatment first requires a private assessment consultation with Dr. Arístides Arellano —$800 MXN, charged separately— and it is at that consultation that the definitive cost of your case is determined.

Educational content; it does not replace a medical consultation. Results may vary from person to person.