Currently this subreddit is experiencing over crowding and at times your post may not make it to the front page, similar to how on large subreddits where posts first appear in the 'new' section. If this happens to you, or your post needs more attention, feel free to also submit to:
/r/HairRestoration
Which is a lesser crowded version of this sub.
Quick list of surgeons that tend to have higher number of reviews and may be in good standing with the hair transplant community. THIS IS NOT COMPREHENSIVE, it's shortened to fit in the sidebar,
Also, THIS ARE NOT RECOMMENDED SURGEONS, THESE ARE REVIEWABLE SURGEONS. These are just surgeons with a very high number of reviews that someone can search through and do a deep diligence dive into their qualifications, flaws, and strengths.
We implore you to see our full list here and editors notes here
And keep in mind that any list should be approached with high skepticism.
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Dr Abdul Muttalip Keser [Turkey]
Dr. Gokhan Gür [Turkey]
Dr. Dogan Turan [Turkey]
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Dr. Kongkiat Laorwong [Thailand]
Dr Kaan Pekiner [Turkey]
Dr. Luis Nader [Mexico]
Dr. Ximena Vila [Spain]
Dr. Felipe Pittella [Brazil]
Dr. Bruno Pinto [Portugal]
Dr Bruno Ferreira [Portugal]
Dr. Rafael De Freitas [Spain]
$ $ $
Dr. Juan Couto [Spain]
Dr. Christian Bisanga [Brussels]
Dr. Bijan Feriduni [Belgium]
Dr. Sever Muresanu [Switzerland]
$ $ $ $
Dr. Ron Shapiro [Minnesota]
Dr. David Josephitis [Minnesota]
$ $ $ $ $
Dr Sahar Nadimi [Chicago]
Dr. Raghu Reddy [London]
Dr. Carlos Wesley [New York]
$ $ $ $ $ $
Dr. Raymond Konior [Chicago]
Dr. Munib Ahmad [Netherlands]
For general hair loss issues, please checkout our sister subreddit
/r/HairLoss
Rule 1:
No spam
Rule 2:
Don't be a dick to any hair transplant patient, even those not on our subreddit. There is much more leeway to public figures, influencers, and people in positions of authority, but this doesn't mean you can random insults, what you say must be grounded in a specific critique. But you can insult the moderator WallabyUpstairs, who believes in total leeway for any criticism against him, as he feels that there should be high leeway to criticize people in authority. This exception does not apply to any other moderator.
Rule 3:
Any financial conflicts of interests must be disclosed if they're related to any advice given, including multiple degrees of separation. Our subscribers absolutely have a right to know of all biases for any advice given, and anyone caught circumventing this may receive a permanent ban. Financial conflicts of interest must be disclosed in the 1st or 2nd sentence.
Rule 4:
No direct commissions. We allow representatives of a business or clinic granted that they follow rule 2. But receiving a direct commission incentivizes the worst type of behavior and advice.
Rule 5:
If you're going to name a clinic in a update or review title, you must name the specific surgeon that worked on you. If there was no doctor involvement, you must name the head technician. Updates without anything being named is ok. If a clinic refuses to list the doctor on their website, then the clinic can not be named in the title.
Rule 6:
If you work in the hair transplant industry, you need a flair to indicate that. Reach out out to the moderators to get your flair established.
Rule 7:
Do no speculate on anyone's mental health. Not even a person in authority or influencer. No loopholes, don't even give an implication or 'sentiment'. Yes we have high leeway for people in positions of authority but not for this. But this does not apply for the moderator WallabyUpstairs, who believes in total leeway for criticizing him.
Rule 8:
Absolutely no 'thirst' comments against female members of the hair transplant industry. Don't even try. Don't try any plausible deniability or faux ignorance. No, your way of doing it is not 'classy', 'charming', or 'high minded'. You're not different. Exercise some impulse control. Sexualizing female members of the hair transplant industry on other forums will also results in punishments. Just don't do it.
Rule 9:
If you are a clinic, supplement, pharma company, or any other type of marketer, do give unsolicited messages to our users. If you receive an unsolicited message, we would appreciated an alert, and you can also report them to the admins by clicking on the 'report' button at the button of their message, or by pressing the flag in the chat.
Rule 10:
Generally no results and other posts by clinics/surgeons. Though we don't have anything against surgeons posting their results in theory, our front page is already crowded from patient postings, so we generally don't allow postings by clinics. Though there may be instances where its good for our community, such as important info. But self advertising type posts are definitely not allowed. I'm trying to develop a subreddit where clinics can make posts freely including their results here https://old.reddit.com/r/HairTransplantDoctors/ Although its not officially launched, they can start posting results or any other posts there. Doctor ARE free to comment here, please dm the mods to obtain an industry flair.
Here are our extended list or surgeons you can scout
THESE ARE NOT RECOMMENDED SURGEONS, THESE ARE REVIEWABLE SURGEONS
These are surgeons that just have a decent number of independent reviews that you can do a very thorough search and DO YOUR HOMEWORK if they are good and good for your.
More details here
https://www.reddit.com/r/HairTransplants/
Dr. Munib Ahmad [Netherlands] $ $ $ $ $ $
Dr. Raghu Reddy [London] $ $ $ $ $
Dr. Sever Muresanu [Switzerland] $ $ $
Dr. Luis Nader [Mexico] $
Dr Chiara Insalaco [Italy]
Dr Fares Seffen [Tunisia] $ (reviews on French forums)
Dr. Taleb Barghouthi [Jordan]
Dr Abdul Muttalip Keser [Turkey] $
Dr. Ozlem Bicer [Turkey] $
Dr. Ron Shapiro [Minnesota] $ $ $ $
Dr. Felipe Pittella [Portugal] $ $
Dr. Erkan Demirsoy [Turkey] $
Dr. Christian Bisanga [Brussels] $ $ $
Dr. Fas Arshad [UK]
Dr. Emorane Lupanzula [Brussels]
Dr. Sergio Camacho [Colombia] $
Dr. H. Rahal [Toronto]
Dr. Kongkiat Laorwong [Thailand] $
Dr. Raymond Konior [Chicago] $ $ $ $ $ $
Dr. Glenn Charles [Florida]
Dr. Ximena Vila [Spain] $ $
Dr Bruno Ferreira [Portugal] $ $
Dr Kaan Pekiner [Turkey] $
Dr. Jerry Cooley [North Carolina]
Dr. Kyriakos Maras [Greece] $
Dr. Rafael De Freitas [Spain] $ $
Dr. David Josephitis [Minnesota] $ $ $ $
Dr Sahar Nadimi [Chicago] $ $ $ $ $
Dr. Juan Couto [Spain] $ $ $
Dr. Robert Dorin [New York]
Dr. Bijan Feriduni [Belgium] $ $ $
Dr. Mike Vories [South Carolina]
Dr. Carlos Wesley [New York]
Dr. Michalis Georgiou [Cypress] $
Dr. Steven Gabel [Portland]
Dr. Gokhan Gür [Turkey] $
Dr. Bruno Pinto [Portugal] $ $
Dr. Robert Haber [Ohio]
Dr. Dogan Turan [Turkey] $
Dr. Edward Ball [London]
Dr. Jorge Cortez [Mexico] $
Dr. Resul Yaman [Turkey] $
Dr Espinosa Custodio [Spain] $ or $ $
Dr Hans Heinicke [Spain] $ or $ $
Dr. Scott Alexander [Pheonix]
Dr. Tsvetalin Zarev [Bulgaria]
Dr. Manish Mittal [London]
Dr. Parsa Mohebi [Los Angeles]
Recommended Subreddits
r/Hairloss
r/HairRestoration
r/HairTransplantReviews
r/HairTransplantation
r/HairTransplantDoctors
r/HairTransplantMemes
r/Baldness
r/HairTransplantQandA
/r/HairTransplants Moderator Code of Conduct
Code 1
There is total leeway to criticize moderator WallabyUpstairs1496 . People should be given high leeway to criticize people in authority position. I, the person who is writing this, WallabyUpstairs1496, can set boundaries for myself, but not other moderators. Please treat all other moderators with the same respect you would give anyone else. But for critiquing moderator WallabyUpstairs1496, you have total leeway. As for other authority/influencer/moderators off this subreddit, you have very high leeway, but not total leeway. Don't speculate unflattering things about their private life or mental health or anything like that.
Code 2
No financial favorers or gifts. This is not only a subreddit rule, it's a reddit-wide rule https://www.reddit.com/r/HairTransplants/comments/14rtbuq/full_disclosure_a_clinic_reached_out_to_me_asking/
Code 3
Anyone we criticize has a right to give a statement for whatever criticism we give. If we can fit it in within the character limit, we'll edit it into the post where we criticized such entity.
Here is an example where Spencer Stevenson "Spex" was banned from this subreddit for purposefully being deceptive about disclosing financial conflicts of interest, and then feigning faux-ignorance about it. He has led many people to a path of not the best hair transplant experience since he has people on his list that are not in good standing with the veteran class of the hair transplant community. Many people with 0 number of full journey independent reviews, and even a hairmill operator. But despite that, we included a statement from him after he was banned.
Here is another example where Melvin Lopez and Patrick Hennessey kept recommending one of the most horrific surgeons known to the community, Dr Diep, while taking a monthly fee from him, despite them full knowing the full extent of his horrific practices and horrific results in patients, even going so far as to lock and remove meta threads discussing Dr Diep.
