ISHRS World Hair Transplant Repair Day

Every day, disfiguring hair transplants are fraudulently performed by Untrained and unlicensed personnel Globally

Are you the victim of an incorrectly performed hair transplant done illegally by unlicensed technician or do you know someone who is? Victims may reach out individually, as they choose, to listed participating physicians below for a chance to receive a pro bono restorative hair transplant on November 11, 2024. Contact with the physician does not guarantee participation and pro bono procedures are limited. Local laws and regulations may apply.

Join ISHRS World Hair Transplant Repair Day to help raise awareness against illicit hair transplants

November 11, 2024 | #Hairtransplantrepairday

Since its inception on November 11, 2021, members from the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) and members of an ISHRS Global Council Society assisted patients that have been a victim of hair transplants gone wrong from illicit clinics throughout the world. Hair transplant surgeons in various countries corrected problems that have occurred with the objective of increasing awareness about the art and skill of hair transplantation.

When performed by a qualified physician, a hair transplant is an excellent procedure for treating hair loss. However, many clinics operate illegally and fraudulently without proper knowledge or training, placing unaware patients at risk and jeopardizing patient outcomes.

The ISSUES at A Glance

  • Vulnerable patients are lured by cheap prices and false advertising with misleading information.
  • Hair transplant procedures are performed illegally by unlicensed technicians.
  • Clinics that operate illegally create disfiguring hair transplants.
  • Improper surgery poses serious increased health risk with serious side effects.

  • The irreparable aesthetic results include permanent visible scarring, infection, thin patches of hair, poor growth, patches of bald spots, and hair depletion from over-harvested donor areas.
  • Patients are at risk of misdiagnosis and the performance of unnecessary surgery.
  • Unlicensed technicians may not be covered by malpractice insurance.

Read the press release: ISHRS Fourth annual World Hair Transplant Repair Day

See Case Studies: Hair TRansplant RepairS


Participating ISHRS Members

Eleojo Achimugu, MBChB, London, United Kingdom

Konstantinos Anastassakis, MD, PhD, FISHRS, Greece

Hilda Alfaro Osterne, MD, Brasilia, Brazil

Juan Manuel Andrade, MD, Madrid, Spain

Julieta Peralta Arambulo, MD, FISHRS, Pasig City, Phillipines

Sunil Arora, MBBD, MD, MCh, Jaipur, India

Angel Sonny Bahena, MD, Guadalajara, México

Marco N. Barusco, MD, FISHRS, Port Orange, FL, USA

Arthur Barros, MD – Sorocaba, Brazil

Fernando Basto, MD, – Recife / Pernambuco, Brazil

Angelo Bellido Cabrera, MD, Lima, Peru

Francisco Castellon, MD, Santiago, Chile

Aly bin Alias Stephen Nah, MD, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Otavio Boaventura, MD – Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Laura Caicedo Albarello, MD – Valencia, Spain

Maxim Chumak, MD – Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA

Pablo Cirino, MD – Manaus, Brazil

Martha Gabriela Contreras, MD – Mexico City, Mexico

Georgina Curiel, MD – Tijuano, Mexico

Robert J. Dorin, DO, New York, NY, USA

Jorge Ariel Diaz-Ramirez, MD, Mexico City, Mexico

Kapil Dua, MBBS,MS, FISHRS, Ludhiana, India

Shady El-Maghraby, MD, MSc, FISHRS – Cairo, Egypt

Hanieh Erdmann, MD – Hamburg, Germany

Bessam K. Farjo, MBChB, FISHRS, Manchester, UK

Nilofer P. Farjo, MBChB, FISHRS, Manchester, UK

Vincenzo Gambino, MD, FISHRS, Milano, Italy

Augusto Filipe Guerreiro da Silva, MD, Lisboa, Portugual

Robert S. Haber, MD, FISHRS, Beachwood, OH, USA

Steffen Hofmann, MD, Malta

Rana M. Irfan, MBBS, FISHRS, Islamabad, Pakistan

Chiara Insalaco, MD, PhD, Rome, Italy

Inderjit G. Kaur, MBBS, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Antonio C. Khachfi, MD, Campinas, Brazil

Russel Knudsen, MBBS, FISHRS, Sydney, Australia

Ganesh Krishnan, MD, FISHRS, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Yi Yung Lin, MD, Taipei City, Taiwan

Alan Liu, MD – Taipei City, Taiwan

Nicolas Lusicic, MD – Buenos Aires, Argentina

Juan Carlos Maldonado, MD, Medellin, Colombia

Ana Maletic, MD, Zagreb, Croatia

Jennifer H. Martinick, MBBS, FISHRS – Perth, Australia

Mario Marzola, MBBS, Stepney, Australia

Vincenzo Masullo, MD, Napoli, Salerno, Italy

Ricardo Mejia, MD, FISHRS – Jupiter, Florida, USA

Raphaël Meyer, MD, Geneva, Switzerland

Marianella Arcelles Miñan, MD – Lima, Peru

Maria Estela Puglisi Munhoz, São Paulo, Brazil

Jose Mir-Bonafe, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Rubem Miranda, MD – Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Mohammad H. Mohmand, MD, FISHRS, Islamabad, Pakistan

Leoncio Moncada, MD – Caracas, Venezuela

Michael Mouzakis, MD, London, United Kingdom

Ruban S. Nathan, MBBCh, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Maria Estela Puglisi Munhoz, MD, São Paulo, Brazil

Masahisa Nagai, MD, FISHRS, Fukutu City, Japan

Bertram M. Ng, MBBS, FISHRS, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Mike Orie, MD – Breda, Netherlands

Ozgur Oztan, MD – Ankara, Turkey

David Perez-Mesa, MD, FISHRS, Mexico D.F., Mexico

Luiz Pimentel, MD, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marcelo Pitchon, MD – Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Furqan Raja, MB ChB, MRCS, Manchester & London, United Kingdom

Henrique Radwanski, MD – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Liliana Reina, MD – Cali, Colombia

Jose Rogerio Regis, MD – Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Alba Reyes, MD, FISHRS, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Alejandro Santana, MD – Mexico City, Mexico

Satya Saraswat, MBBS, MS, MCh, Sikandra, Agra, India

Marie A. Schambach, MD, FISHRS, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Ilhan Serdaroğlu, MD, Istanbul, Turkey

Cagatay Sezgin, MD, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Geza Sikos, MD, Budapest, Hungary

Jasvinder Singh (Dato’ Dr. JasG), MBBS, FISHRS, Kuala Lumpur, Malasia

Mauro Speranzini, MD, São Paulo, Brazil

Christopher M. D’Souza, MBBS, London, United Kingdom

Piero Tesauro, MD, Milano, Italy

Luis Roberto Trevellini, Asuncion, Paraguay

Robert H. True, MD, MPH, FISHRS, New York, NY, USA

Arthur Tykocinski, MD, FISHRS– Sao Paulo, Brazil

Francisco Le Voci -São Paulo, Brazil

Carlos Uebel – Porto Alegre, Brazil

Robin Unger, MD -New York, New York

Anastasios Vekris, MD -Athens Greece

Elson Viana, MD – Petrolina, Brazil

Sara M. Wasserbauer, MD, FISHRS, Walnut Creek, California, USA

Ummer Yaseen, MD, Srinagar, India

Members of ISHRS Global Council Societies Participating Physicians

Brazilian Association of Hair Restoration Surgery (ABCRC)

The following list of members of the Global Society who are participating. Please contact the ABCRC for communications with the members.

Drs. Thiagos Domingos, Adele Gozales, Vanessa Muton, Ito Meirelse Filho, Dirline Roth, Tales Sabia, Marta Zollinger, Marcio Volkweis, Tatiana Tournieux, Ivan Pereira, Octavio Frascareli, Leopoldo Duailibe Santos, Renato Perali, Tayronne Vieira, Carla Fernanda Yoshimo, Mario Prota, Absisio Lemos, Beatriz Jacomo, Larissa Starling, Flavia Basilio Silva.

This list of participating ISHRS members and members of the Global Society will be updated regularly.

Any ISHRS Physician Member or member of a Global Council Society may participate.

Please note that simply by being listed as a participating member, it does not constitute an endorsement or guarantee by the ISHRS. Consumers should do their due diligence when researching providers as with any medical/surgical procedure.

 British Association of Hair Restoration Surgery (BAHRS)

Please contact the British Association of Hair Restoration Surgery for members of the Global Society who are participating by sending an email.

 American board of hair restoration surgery (ABHRS)

Please contact the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery for members of the Global Society who are participating by sending an inquiry via their contact page.