Filling In: Beard Transplant Stories

Inside this volume

Fifty first-person accounts describe beard transplants, from the first consultation to the first trim. Writers came with beards that never filled in, bare chins, missing sideburns, patches left by alopecia areata, and scars from acne, a dog bite, a cleft lip repair, hot oil in a restaurant kitchen, a windscreen and a salivary gland operation. They include a chef, a morning news presenter, a building-site worker who faints at blood tests, a retired primary teacher of sixty-two, a trans man on testosterone, a rugby player, and a groom with eight months before the wedding, writing from Pune to Perth and Accra to Amsterdam. Several compare clinics, graft counts and costs, fly to Istanbul, save for two years in a green notebook, or walk out of a pushy consultation, and one used chest hair. Recovery brings swelling that narrowed a man's eyes, an itch worse than the surgery, nights on the back, a week indoors, and the frightening shedding of week three. Results vary: some describe a full, even beard, while others describe a modest result, painful bumps along the jaw, hairs growing the wrong way, a colour or texture that did not match, and a repair after a poor first clinic. One man decides not to go ahead, and a wife and a mother write about watching.

Who it's for

For men considering a beard transplant to fill thin areas or cover a scar, for those in the awkward early weeks, and for the partners and parents watching alongside them.

Format · Instant download · PDF & EPUB · Fifty first-person accounts · PDF: 237 pages

A collection of personal testimony, offered as companion reading — not medical advice.

• 50 single-author testimonies from real people
• A short, plain-language introduction to the topic
• Editor's note, contents page, and curated resource list
• Professional interior typesetting and an original cover

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