The full comparison
Thailand. Korea.
What you are comparing
~2,500 GRAFT FUE, TYPICAL CASE Thailand
PUBLISHED RATES AND STATUTE, BANGKOK Korea
STATUTORY PUBLISHED FEE SCHEDULE + THE MEDICAL SERVICE ACT Who may legally perform the extraction
A licensed physician MEDICAL PROFESSION ACT §4/§26: COSMETIC SURGERY IS RESERVED; THE CLINIC OPERATOR IS CRIMINALLY LIABLE FOR NON-LICENSED HANDS
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 JAPAN, 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
Published, per graft THB 100/GRAFT: 2,500 GRAFTS ≈ $7,445; A SECOND BANGKOK CLINIC LISTS IT WITHOUT A PRICE
A standard category SHAVEN AND NON-SHAVEN ARE LISTED AS SEPARATE STANDARD CATEGORIES DOMESTICALLY
Revision if grafts fail
A 1-year term, printed HAIRTRAN: FREE RE-TRANSPLANT IF GRAFTS DO NOT GROW, CONDITIONED ON ATTENDING EVERY FOLLOW-UP
Contracted AGREED IN WRITING BEFORE YOU TRAVEL: OUR OWN TERM, NOT MARKET DATA
All-in price, ~2,500 grafts
from $3,040 FUE FROM THB 102,000: PROCEDURE ONLY, TRAVEL EXCLUDED
$4,900–11,800 SURGERY ONLY: WE LOSE THIS ROW TO EVERY ASIAN MARKET EXCEPT JAPAN
The surgeon onlyin Seoul, where delegation is prohibited by law
Per hairSeoul's unit: a follicle carries about two
THB 100per graft, non-shaven, in writing (credit where due)
What the unit actually means Hairtran Clinic (Bangkok) published hair transplant cost guide (https://hairtranclinic.com/en/articles/hair-transplant-thailand-cost-guide/), measured 2026-07-28. Thai figures: Hairtran Clinic (Bangkok) published cost guide, giving FUE from THB 102,000, non-shaven FUE at THB 100 per graft, Long Hair FUE THB 120,000–300,000;
collected 2026-07-28 and converted at ECB rates of 2026-07-27. n=1 clinic, and labelled as such;
the 2,500-graft non-shaven figure is computed from the clinic's own per-graft rate, not separately advertised.
Korean price: one Seoul clinic's statutory non-covered fee schedule, 4,500-hair band (≈2,250+ grafts).
Also n=1. Regulatory and revision rows collected 2026-07-29: Medical Profession Act B.E.
2525 §4 (the reserved definition of medicine expressly includes surgical acts for cosmetic purposes), §26 and §43 (tmc.or.th consolidated text: unlicensed practice, up to 3 years), Sanatorium Act B.E.
2541 §34(1)/§63 (hss.moph.go.th consolidated text: the clinic operator must prevent non-licensed practice, up to 2 years), and Hairtran's own printed guarantee and non-shaven pages (hairtranclinic.com, re-verified 2026-07-29). No Thai instrument names hair transplantation specifically;
the reservation is the general surgical-act reservation, and the row claims only that.
