Dr. Andreas Finner

Dr Andreas Finner is a dermatologist and hair surgeon who heads the Trichomed practice in Berlin, Germany 1. The practice is at Kurfürstendamm 37 2. His bio says (in German) he studied medicine in Greifswald and Lübeck until 2000 and trained at the Charité hair centre in Berlin from 2001 to 2005 1. It says he did a fellowship in hair and hair transplantation at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in 2005-2006 1. His ISHRS profile says he has specialised in hair medicine and hair transplantation since 2000 3. The bio says he founded the Berlin practice in 2008 1. His ISHRS profile gives 2007 3. He says he has treated several thousand patients with hair transplants 4. The practice also offers general dermatology 5.

The clinic says (in German) it performs FUE and FUT, and combinations of both when many grafts are needed 6. It says Dr Finner moves the FUE handpiece by hand himself and makes the recipient channels himself, and the team places the grafts with fine forceps 6. It says it does not perform DHI with implanter pens, unshaven FUE or sapphire blade incisions, citing a higher risk to the grafts 6. It lists contraindications such as scalp diseases, alopecia areata and poor general health 6. Its FAQ says 3,000 grafts are not the right amount for receding temples and that about 1,200 grafts would typically be sensible 6. The site also has pages on eyebrow transplants and on transplants for women 5.

The clinic publishes no prices 6. It says the cost is estimated after the pre-examination and that self-paying patients are charged under the official German fee schedule 6. Its FAQ says the number of grafts determines the price and that payment in instalments is possible 7.

The clinic says the first step is a pre-examination with Dr Finner in person 6. It says the pre-examination, all surgical steps and aftercare are done by Dr Finner personally with his permanent staff in Berlin 6. He also holds pre-examinations in Leipzig at the Lanuwa clinic, booked through Lanuwa 8. The FAQ says the operation takes a single day under local anaesthetic 7. The aftercare it lists includes a special shampoo, measures against swelling, a follow-up assessment by Dr Finner and, on request, PRP treatment 7.

He is an ISHRS Fellow Member, and his profile gives 2006 as the year he joined 3. His bio says he became a Fellow in September 2017 and was co-editor of the ISHRS journal Hair Transplant Forum International from 2016 to 2019 1. It says he passed the European Board exam in dermatology and venereology in 2007 and was recognised as a German specialist in dermatology the same year 1. The English page says he is an International Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology 9. The site's imprint names the Berlin medical chamber (Ärztekammer Berlin) as his chamber 10.