Dermatologist vs. Plastic Surgeon for HT ?

[Explorer]

Pls. suggest is it better to go with a dermatologist or a proper Surgeon for HT ? Someone told me that safer in the hands of palstic surgeon comapred to dermatologists...pls. suggest

[hsrp10]

Go with a licensed surgeon who has been practicing hair restoration surgeries for many years with numerous published results on this forum.

[Louisjams]

IMHO, plastic surgeons are not the type HT surgeons most people should go to. For most of them it is a side-gig from what they really want to do and trained to do i.e. breast, facial, and abdominal cosmetic surgeries. These are the kind of doctors who often use neograft (which in and of itself is fine) but use techs sent in by third party companies and the docs themselves have little, if anything, to do with your HT.

 

Some of the best HT docs in the US are dermatologists, but many are other kinds of doctors.

[pkipling]

I would focus on finding a hair transplant surgeon whose primary focus and line of work is in performing hair transplants and who has a long history of producing consistent, quality results. Use the list of recommended surgeons on this forum as a starting point and narrow down your choices from there, or look at the list of International Alliance of Hair Restoration Surgeons (IAHRS) and go from there. If you use either of these lists as a starting point, chances are you'll end up right where you belong and find the doctor that's right for you.