New York City Hair Transplants

Maxim Hair Restoration is located in Midtown Manhattan at 30 E 60th St., Suite 1400, New York, NY 10022, on East 60th Street between Park and Madison Avenue. This location is easy to reach from all five boroughs (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and the Bronx) and nearby areas in New Jersey, Long Island, and Westchester, whether you’re coming by subway, car, or ride share. Our office is designed to feel private and discreet, with a professional medical setting and comfortable, quiet treatment rooms.

When you schedule your consultation, our team will provide step-by-step arrival guidance, including nearby parking options, building entry details, and best routes based on your starting point. If you’re traveling from out of town, we can also recommend convenient hotel options in the area and help you plan your visit so your consultation and procedure day feel smooth and organized.

At Maxim Hair Restoration New York City, every hair transplant is physician/clinician-led, and the most important steps of your procedure are performed under direct medical supervision. Your doctor/clinician designs your hairline and density plan, evaluates your donor supply, administers local anesthesia, and oversees the entire harvesting and placement process to ensure both safety and natural-looking aesthetics. This physician/clinician-led structure is critical because hairline design, angle control, donor management, and graft distribution are the difference between “obvious work” and results that look like you were born with them. 

Your physician/clinician works alongside experienced clinicians and highly trained Turkish hair technicians who support graft preparation and placement under supervision. This team model allows the procedure to remain efficient without sacrificing detail, which is especially important in larger sessions. From your first consult through post-op follow-ups, you’ll know exactly who is involved in your case, what each step includes, and how your plan is built for long-term realism.

Follicular Unit Extraction/Excision (FUE) removes individual grafts one by one from the donor area, leaving no linear scar. This is a popular choice for patients who wear short hairstyles, want a less noticeable donor area during healing, or prefer a faster return to normal routines. FUE also allows high-detail work in hairline zones, temples, and refined areas where the angles and spacing must be extremely precise. At Maxim in NYC, we use the advanced Sapphire FUE technique for improved healing and higher density. 

FUT (strip) removes a narrow strip of donor tissue from the back of the scalp and then dissects it under magnification into grafts. FUT can be ideal when you need a high graft count efficiently, especially for mid-scalp and crown goals, or when donor management and long-term planning suggest a strip approach is the better option. In some cases, a hybrid plan uses FUT for bulk density and FUE for hairline refinement, maximizing graft yield while maintaining a natural look.

The best choice depends on your donor density, scalp laxity, hair caliber, curl pattern, future hair loss risk, and the look you want now and long-term. During your consultation, we evaluate your scalp in detail and recommend the approach that protects your donor area while achieving your target density.

Most NYC procedures take 6–8 hours, and larger sessions can take longer depending on graft count and complexity. The day typically begins with a detailed review of your plan, including the hairline outline, density targets, and placement strategy. After local anesthesia is administered, graft harvesting begins (FUE or FUT), followed by careful graft preparation under magnification and then precise implantation into the recipient area.

Throughout the day, you’ll have opportunities for breaks, stretching, snacks, and rest. Many patients watch shows, listen to music, or relax during the procedure. Comfort and pacing matter, especially in longer cases, so the workflow is organized to keep grafts protected and hydrated while also keeping you comfortable. Before you leave, we review aftercare step-by-step, provide written instructions and supplies, and schedule follow-ups so you feel supported through every healing phase. 

We also perform two-day procedures for those who wish to attain higher graft counts up to and exceeding 6,000 grafts.

Most patients return to light work and daily routines within 3–5 days after FUE, while FUT patients often need closer to 7–10 days depending on healing and activity level. In the first week, you’ll see small scabs and mild redness in the recipient area, which typically improves significantly over 7–14 days. Swelling, if it happens, is usually mild and temporary.

A key thing to know is that transplanted hairs often shed in the first few weeks, which is completely normal and expected. This does not mean you lost the transplant—the follicles remain in place and enter a resting phase. New growth typically begins around 3 months, becomes more noticeable at 4–6 months, and continues to mature and thicken through 9–12 months. Many patients see meaningful cosmetic change by month six, with final refinement and density improving for months afterward. We provide guidance at each stage so you know what’s normal and what to expect next.

Your graft count is based on a combination of your hair loss pattern, donor density, hair thickness, curl and texture, and your desired final look. During consultation, the clinician evaluates the donor area to estimate safe extraction limits and long-term preservation, then map the recipient area to determine realistic density targets. The clinician also considers your age and likely future hair loss progression so your plan still looks natural years from now.

As a general guide, mild recession or hairline refinement may require 1,500–2,000 grafts, more advanced frontal plus mid-scalp work may need 2,500–3,500 grafts, and larger transformations can reach 4,000–5,000 grafts in appropriate candidates. The goal is not just “more grafts,” but smart distribution—strong density where the eye focuses, softer feathering at the front, and natural transitions that style well in real life.

Yes. Corrective work is one of our specialties, and we frequently treat patients who had poor outcomes elsewhere. Common issues include pluggy or overly thick grafts at the front, unnatural hairline shapes, wrong growth angles, thin coverage, or visible scarring from FUT. Repair work is highly individualized because it depends on your remaining donor supply, the quality of existing grafts, and the specific aesthetic problems that need correction.

In many cases, we use refined FUE hair transplant techniques to add softer density, rebuild a more natural hairline, and correct direction and angle so the hair styles normally. For strip-scar concerns, we can often camouflage scars by placing grafts into the scar tissue or improving the surrounding density so it blends more naturally. The goal is to make your hairline look modern, believable, and consistent up close—not just “better than before,” but genuinely natural.

Absolutely. Women come to Maxim NYC for hair transplant planning related to diffuse thinning, traction alopecia, hairline recession, and part-line density loss. Female cases require a different aesthetic approach than male patterns because the hairline is typically preserved or only subtly thinned, and the goal is often natural fullness without lowering the hairline in a way that looks unnatural.

We build conservative, face-flattering plans using targeted density placement, refined hairline detailing, and a strong emphasis on blending. Many female patients also benefit from non-surgical support like laser hair therapy, topical compounds, and regenerative therapies to improve native hair strength and reduce ongoing shedding. The plan is designed to look soft, natural, and feminine while creating meaningful density improvement where it matters most.

Transplanted follicles are usually permanent because they are taken from donor zones that are genetically more resistant to thinning. Once the follicles establish blood supply and begin their growth cycle, they behave like normal hair—you can cut, style, and color them the same way. That said, permanence refers to the transplanted hair, not necessarily the surrounding native hair.

Native hair can continue to thin over time depending on genetics, age, hormones, and overall scalp health. That is why we focus on long-term planning and often recommend maintenance strategies to stabilize the hair you keep, such as medical-grade topicals, laser therapy, or other supportive options. The goal is for your results to look balanced not just next year, but many years down the road.

Maxim NYC stands out because we combine physician/clinician-led planning with a team model built for precision, comfort, and consistently natural results. We perform advanced FUE hair transplant procedures using sapphire instrumentation, offer mega sessions up to 5,000 grafts, and provide specialized options like shaveless/long hair FUE and body-to-scalp techniques for complex donor situations. We also treat a wide range of hair textures, including curly and wavy hair, with a strategy that respects angle, curl behavior, and long-term styling.

Just as important, our approach is aesthetic and practical: we design hairlines that match your face and your age, we protect your donor supply for the future, and we guide you through every stage of healing and growth with clear expectations. With transparent pricing, flexible 0% financing, and a focus on hair transplants as our specialty, Maxim NYC is built to deliver results that look authentic and last.