Somebody can fix that.
The hard part is finding one who’s free.
We have read the websites of 64 repair shops in the United States, and a trade directory lists 44 more we could not read. 22 say they are taking work, 9 are closed, full, or taking work by appointment only, and 33 do not say either way. Tell us what happened and we will show you who fits, and what each of them refuses to do.
What’s happened to it?
- A dog or another pet got hold of it
- It went through the wash and came out wrong
- It's old and fragile and I'm scared to touch it
- It's coming apart at the seams
- It's lost an eye, a nose or an ear
- It smells
More than one thing wrong? Pick whichever worries you most. Almost everybody here takes on several at once, and you are not choosing a category you have to stick to.
- Dolls 4U
2101 Louisiana Blvd., Albuquerque, 87123
(505) 506-2798 - Paul Davis Restoration of North Dallas
2205 Hutton Dr, Ste 110, Carrollton, TX 75006
(469) 777-6805 - Intensive Care Doll Hospital & Doll Shop
35400 Chardon Road, Chesterland, 44094
(440) 729-9690 - Forever Young Doll Hospital
988 Tiffany Way, Chino Valley, 86323
(605) 310-6266 - Not Just Dolls
1211 S Fm 1138, Royse City, TX 75189
(214) 537-2727 - Village Doll Hospital
4312 Division Hwy, Blue Ball, PA 17506
(717) 354-3055 - TLC Doll Hospital
2479 Sheridan Blvd., Edgewater, 80214
(303) 233-3006 - Bears & More
7146 N 58th Dr, Glendale, AZ 85301
(623) 931-0339
The ones we can tell you most about: a street address and a number to ring. Another 100 are in the full list.
All 108 repair shopsOr narrow it down: ones you can drive to, ones that take it by mail, doll repair, cleaning only, full restoration, memory bears, by state.
What goes wrong
What ruins it is usually the thing they won't do.
Two repair shops can look identical on their websites and be completely wrong for you. The difference is usually buried on a policy page nobody reads.
Won't do part of a job
You want the ear fixed. They only take the whole restoration or nothing. You find out three weeks in.
Throws the old stuffing away
Some replace all of it as a matter of policy, for dust mites. If the original filling is the point, that's the wrong person and no exceptions are made.
Won't quote from photographs
They need it in their hands first. Which means mailing it before you know the price.
Makes it look new
The commonest fear people bring to this. Some restore sympathetically, some restore to as-new, and they rarely say which up front.
What it costs, with the sample size attached
Almost nobody in this trade publishes a price. We collected what we could and we publish the range, how many operators it came from, and when we looked.
One small thing
$10-$50
from 11 published prices
- A torn seam
- A hole
- Reattaching a limb
- New eyes
Cleaning only
$10-$200
from 9 published prices
- A surface clean
- A good brush out
- A full unstuff and deep clean
The standard package
$100-$250
from 5 published prices
- Unstuff, deep clean, restuff
- Mending
- Brushing matted fur out
- Air drying
Taken from 33 prices published by 7 repairers, read off their own pages in August 2026. Most of this trade does not publish anything at all, so treat these as the shape rather than a quote.
Sometimes the answer is don’t bother.
If it’s replaceable, badly damaged and nobody’s heart is in it, rebuilding it will cost more than a new one and take six weeks. Our assessment says so when it’s true. That’s the whole reason to trust it the rest of the time.
Find out if it’s worth repairingA lot of this you can do at home.
Surface dirt and a musty smell usually come out in a pillowcase on a cool cycle. The two things that go wrong are washing something with a mechanism inside, and having a second go at something already matted.
How to wash a Jellycat without ruining it