Lumière Hair Clinic · Transplantation
Hair transplantation
Permanent hair restoration, planned by a doctor, performed by Dr Kristy Truong.
The Procedural Physician
Dr Kristy Truong
US fellowship-trained
AHPRA MED0002351485
Advanced procedural consultation — 45 minutes, $300, redeemable against treatment.
- Doctor-run · A physician assesses you first
- Diagnosis first
- Inside a medical centre · Discreet by design
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Duration
One day
Anaesthetic
Local
Final result
12–18 months
What it is
A hair transplant moves living follicles from the part of your scalp that keeps its hair for life — usually the back and sides — to the area of loss. Because those follicles are genetically permanent, the result is permanent too: transplanted hair grows, can be cut, and behaves like the hair it always was.
The technique — FUE, where follicles are taken individually, or FUT, where a narrow strip is taken and divided — is chosen at planning. Either way, the procedure is a single day under local anaesthetic, planned and performed by Dr Truong.
Who it suits — and who it doesn't
It suits
- Hair loss that has stabilised, or been stabilised with medical treatment
- Enough donor hair at the back and sides for the goal
- Realistic expectations — density is planned honestly, not promised
- Medical causes ruled out or treated first
- Generally over 25–30, unless loss has clearly stabilised
It doesn't — or not yet
- Active, progressing loss without stabilisation — that comes first
- Limited donor supply for the result you want
- Certain scalp conditions, assessed at consultation
- Expectations a transplant cannot honestly meet
- Anyone Dr Truong assesses as unlikely to benefit
We decline a proportion of the people who ask. That is part of the assessment, not a failure of it.
The pathway
Six steps, in order
Assessment
A doctor examines your scalp, your history and the cause of your loss.
Medical review
Active loss is stabilised before anything permanent is planned.
Hairline design and planning
Your hairline is drawn, agreed and recorded.
Consent and interval
Written consent, then at least seven days before the procedure — our standard.
Procedure day
One day under local anaesthetic, home the same evening.
Recovery and reviews
Scheduled reviews across the following twelve months.
Your doctor
Planned and performed by Dr Kristy Truong
US fellowship-trained in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, with further training in hair and brow restoration. The doctor who assesses you is the doctor who designs your hairline, performs your procedure and sees you at every review — in person, in Cottesloe.
About Dr TruongThe Procedural Physician
Dr Kristy Truong
US fellowship-trained · facial plastic & reconstructive surgery · AHPRA MED0002351485
Cost
Quoted in writing, after assessment.
Your written quote follows assessment and includes everything listed on our cost page.
Cost, inclusions and payment →Risks and what to expect
- Infection
- Bleeding
- Swelling
- Temporary numbness
- Temporary shedding of existing hair
- Scarring in the donor area — small dot scars with FUE, a linear scar with FUT
- Uneven, lower-than-expected or delayed growth
- The possibility of a further session
- Results vary between individuals
Any surgical or invasive procedure carries risks. Before proceeding, you should seek a second opinion from an appropriately qualified health practitioner.
Practice standards
Our practice standards
Every hair transplant patient at Lumière has an in-depth assessment, a review of the medical causes of their hair loss, and at least seven days between consenting and the procedure. We also ask for a letter from your GP. These are our standards rather than legal requirements — we set them because the procedure is permanent.
In detail
Read before you decide.
Is it right for you?
The most important page in this section — who transplantation suits, and who it honestly doesn't.
ReadProcedure day
Hour by hour: arrival, marking, anaesthetic, extraction, implantation, and going home.
ReadRecovery, month by month
From the first scabs to the final result at twelve to eighteen months — including the shedding phase nobody warns you about.
ReadCost
What determines the price, what's included, and how payment works.
ReadAreas
Hairline, crown, brows, beard and the female hairline — what's different about each.
ReadQuestions
Everything patients ask before they commit — answered plainly.
ReadBook an assessment
Diagnosis first. Then the right treatment — which is not always a transplant.