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Dr. Anil K Garg

Director and hair transplant surgeon at the centre he runs with Dr Seema Garg·Rejuvenate Hair Transplant Centre

Indore, India

INR 50 ≈ €1,400 rough estimate for 3,000 grafts Per graft · Cost details

Background

Dr Anil K Garg is a plastic surgeon and hair transplant surgeon at Rejuvenate Hair Transplant Centre in Indore 1. The centre's other surgeon is Dr Seema Garg, and the site says procedures are performed by both doctors 2. His bio says he holds an MS in general surgery and an MCh in plastic and reconstructive surgery from SMS, Jaipur 1. It says he did fellowships in microvascular surgery in Taiwan and in peripheral nerve surgery in the United States 1. It says he has worked in plastic surgery since 1990 and also performs reconstructive and cosmetic surgery 1. His ISHRS profile describes him as the centre's director 3.

Procedures and techniques

His ISHRS profile says FUT, FUE and body hair transplant are offered, along with scalp micropigmentation, PRP and laser treatment 3. The centre offers what it calls a giga session, combining FUT and FUE to move more than 4,000 grafts in one sitting 4. The site says FUE uses a 0.7 mm or 0.9 mm punch and a vacuum-assisted extraction device that it says he invented 5. His bio says follicles are kept in autologous plasma and implanted with a "no touch to root" technique 1. His ISHRS profile says the surgeon does graft excision, strip harvesting and site making, and trained assistants implant the grafts 3.

Pricing

The clinic publishes a price of Rs 50 per graft plus GST, and a consultation fee of Rs 1,000 2. Another page says FUT, FUE and body hair transplant cost the same, that one PRP session is included free, and that GST adds 18% 6.

Booking and aftercare

The site says the procedure is a day case under local anaesthesia 7. It says a procedure of up to 3,000 grafts lasts up to 6 hours 6. Online consultations are sometimes offered to patients from other cities 6. The centre says it gives assurance of at least 95% graft survival, without stating the terms 6.

Credentials and memberships

Registry records list him as an ABHRS diplomate 8. He is an ISHRS Fellow Member, listed at the Indore centre, and joined ISHRS in 2011 3. His ISHRS profile says he is a past president of the Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons of India 3. It also says he is chief editor of the book "Practical Guide to Hair Transplantation" 3.

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