Around 25 years ago, I started bookmarking hair transplant surgeon websites if it was mentioned that the surgeon had also undergone a hair transplant himself. Later on, I wrote this post in 2014 and am now republishing it in case anyone has any updates. I only include names of relatively well known hair transplant focused surgeons who mention their own surgery on their website.
I find it reassuring that there are so many hair transplant surgeons who have also had hair transplants themselves. Especially when they get the procedure at their own clinic, often at the hands of a partner. It shows that they have confidence in the process, the final results and in their own staff’s skills. Some of them also mention their own traumatic hair loss at a very young age being the reason for their passion in this field.
A select few of these surgeons have before and after photos on their sites as evidence. Some only briefly point out the fact in their webpage text. Some used to mention their own hair transplant experiences, but later on removed the information during site updates.
As is the case with hair restoration surgery patients, many surgeons likely prefer not posting personal before and after photos online. Or they might add but later remove such photos if they have had continuing major hair loss in the years after surgery. I would not be surprised if at least one-half of balding hair transplant surgeons in the world had not tested at least a small-scale procedure on their own scalp.
Hair Transplant Surgeons who had Hair Transplants Themselves
Dr. Edward Ball — On his site, it says that Dr. Ball underwent an FUE hair restoration procedure using the ARTAS® Robotic System.
Dr. David Perez-Meza — Confirmed to me on Twitter. He had four strip (FUT) hair transplant surgeries between 1998 and 2007.
Dr. Ken Williams — Per his website, he is the recipient of five FUE surgeries since 2009. He had over 10,000 grafts transplanted into his Norwood 5-6 hair loss pattern.
Dr. Michael Beehner — There used to be some great before and after pictures on his site, but he might have retired now.
Dr. Christopher Pawlinga — On his old site, it mentioned that his partner at the time (Dr. Beehner) did his hair transplant in 1994.
Dr. Bradley Wolf — Was operated upon by the well known and highly respected surgeon Dr. Ron Shapiro. Dr. Wolf told me this when I met him once. Unfortunately, his website no longer has the before and after photos that it used to have.
Dr. John Satino — He mentioned this to me over the phone and you can read more about this interesting personality in my post on PRP and hair darkening. He had a number of scalp reductions and hair transplants decades ago from the famous Dr. Constantine Chambers. Prior to his demise at the age of 80 in 2025, Dr. Satino still had great hair.
Dr. Robert Jones — One of the case studies on his old homepage entailed his own hair transplant. He also wrote some interesting blog posts related to his own hair restoration procedures. This well known Toronto-based surgeon now seems to be retired.
Dr. Gary Hitzig — His old site used to have that information. It seems like he no longer has a website and might have retired.
Dr. Matt Leavitt — Founder of MHR (now merged with Bosley). His old site used to have his before and after photos.
Dr. John Gillespie — This Calgary-based surgeon used to mention it on his old site, but he is now retired.
Dr. Richard Rogers — Used to mention it.
Dr. Alan Feller — His old site used to have that information.
Dr. Robert Haber — I met him once and he told me that he had a hair transplant in the past.
Dr. Robert Dorin — His partner Dr. Robert True performed his hair transplant.
Dr. William Rassman — On his now defunct blog, he wrote a post describing his own crown hair transplant.
Dr. Jerry Cooley — I think his old site used to have that info based on my bookmark.
Dr. Brian Goertz — I met him in person once to get a Proscar prescription and he showed me his before and after photos. Now retired.
Dr. Dan McGrath — Mentions it on his site.
Dr. William Yates — His own hair transplant made a big difference in his confidence and life per his old site. A rare testimonial from an African American who hated his hair loss. He also got some beard hair to head transplants from Dr. John Cole.
Dr. William Reed — Mentions that he got two hair transplantation procedures in 1994.
Dr. Marc Dauer — I think his old site used to have that info based on my bookmark.
Dr. Raghu Reddy — Has an excellent write-up with photos of his own experience with hair loss: a bad first hair transplant (including shock loss); and later on a good second FUE hair transplant by his own technician.
Dr. Ken Washenik — Mentioned in the linked wired.com article. He is among the five most cited hair loss spokespersons in the world.
Dr. Bessam Farjo — Scroll down the page for his thoughts on his unsuccessful hair transplants with old technology.
Dr. Alan Bauman’s Father — Dr. Bauman might never need a hair transplant himself, but he did operate on his father with great results. Link no longer works so I remove it.
Dr. Paul Spano — Mentioned it on an older site.
Dr. Bernard Arocha — Mentioned on his site.
Dr. Robert Leonard — In August 2014, after I wrote this post, Dr. Leonard posted photos on Twitter of his hair transplant. His partner Dr. Matthew Lopresti performed an FUE hair transplant on him using the ARTAS robot.
Dr. Michael Vories — Mentions that he was a hair transplant patient prior to becoming a surgeon.
Dr. Paul Cotterill — I read about him having had a hair transplant on a forum. Not disclosed anywhere on his site.
Dr. James Harris — A 2016 article on him mentions that he has had a hair transplant.
Dr. Resul Yaman — On his website, he discusses his own hair loss and hair transplant journey in great detail.
Dr. Paul Rose — Based on information I received from one of his colleagues.
Joseph Greco — Based on information I received from one of his colleagues.
Dr. David Josephitis — Based on information I received from one of his colleagues.
Dr. Marco Barusco — Mentioned on his website.
Dr. Mark Berkowitz — Mentioned on his website.
Dr. Manu Gujrati — Works with Dr. Parsa Mohebi, who performed the hair transplant.
Dr. Koray Erdogan — Had 2,000 grafts at his own clinic.
