The full comparison
India. Korea.
What you are comparing
~2,500 GRAFT FUE, TYPICAL CASE India
NMC NOTICE + CLINIC GUIDES: PRICE ROW IS LOWEST GRADE HERE Korea
STATUTORY PUBLISHED FEE SCHEDULE + THE MEDICAL SERVICE ACT Who may legally perform the extraction
A doctor, for incisions NMC 2022: ANY SKIN INCISION IS PHYSICIAN-ONLY; INDIA'S OWN SOCIETY STILL LETS TECHNICIANS IMPLANT INTO PREMADE SLITS
The surgeon only MEDICAL SERVICE ACT §27: DELEGATION TO NON-LICENSED STAFF IS PROHIBITED OUTRIGHT, NOT LICENSED
What the price is quoted per
Per graft SAME UNIT AS TURKEY AND THAILAND, NOT SEOUL'S PER-HAIR UNIT
Per hair 1 FOLLICLE ≈ 2 HAIRS: A SEOUL 3,000 IS NOT AN ISTANBUL 3,000
Non-shaven option
Offered, capped, unpriced CLINICS CAP IT AT 1,500–2,000 GRAFTS AND SAY IT COSTS MORE; NONE PUBLISHES A NUMBER
A standard category SHAVEN AND NON-SHAVEN ARE LISTED AS SEPARATE STANDARD CATEGORIES DOMESTICALLY
Revision if grafts fail
Priced as an extra ₹20,000–60,000 'ALWAYS EXTRA' AT ONE PUNE CLINIC; ANOTHER PRINTS A FLAT NO-REFUND POLICY
Contracted AGREED IN WRITING BEFORE YOU TRAVEL: OUR OWN TERM, NOT MARKET DATA
All-in price, ~2,500 grafts
$1,230–2,155 ₹40–70/GRAFT PLUS 18% GST, PROCEDURE ONLY
$4,900–11,800 SURGERY ONLY: WE LOSE THIS ROW TO EVERY ASIAN MARKET EXCEPT JAPAN
Malpracticewhat Delhi's High Court called technician transplants
The surgeon onlyin Seoul, incisions and implanting alike
₹40/graftthe floor of the market, the row we concede
Why price varies this much HairMD India published cost guide (per graft vs per session pricing): clinic marketing guide, lowest source grade on this site (https://www.hairmdindia.com/blog/hair-transplant-cost-guide-per-graft-vs-per-session-pricing), measured 2026-07-28. Indian figures: clinic-published cost guides giving ₹40–70 per graft for standard FUE and ₹70–120 for DHI/Sapphire, plus the 18% GST applicable to cosmetic procedures;
2,500-graft totals computed from those per-graft rates, collected 2026-07-28 and converted at ECB rates of 2026-07-27. This is the weakest source on the site (a clinic marketing guide, not a statutory tariff like the Korean non-covered fee schedule or an audited filing like the Chinese figure), and it should be read as an order of magnitude, not a measurement.
Korean price: one Seoul clinic's statutory non-covered fee schedule, 4,500-hair band (≈2,250+ grafts), n=1. Regulatory, non-shaven and revision rows collected 2026-07-29: NMC Ethics & Medical Registration Board, Guideline on Aesthetic Surgery and Hair Transplant Procedures, ref.
R-13014/18/2022-Ethics, 2022-09-20 (nmc.org.in: any skin incision is a surgical procedure reserved to a Registered Medical Practitioner; technicians only under supervision and only for non-incision tasks); Delhi High Court, Azhar Rasheed v.
State NCT of Delhi, W.P.(CRL) 115/2022, order of 2022-05-11, cited by case number;
AHRS-India practice guidelines (J Cutan Aesthet Surg 2021;14:265–284: technicians may pick up scored grafts, arrange, implant into premade slits and dress, but may not score, make slits or suture);
Eugenix and HairMD published non-shaven pages (1,500–2,000-graft caps, surcharge stated, no price printed);
HairMD's published revision band (₹20,000–60,000, 'always extra') and Eugenix's published no-refund policy.
