Background

Dr Anil Sharma runs the Canadian Hair Transplant Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, which the site says was formerly Sharma Skin & Hair Surgery 1. His bio calls him the founder and sole physician of the centre 2. The clinic's team page instead presents Dr Quinton Chivers, a plastic surgeon, as the centre's founder and medical director 3. The bio says he chose early in his career to focus only on hair restoration surgery 2. It says he has over 15 years of experience and over 1,000 procedures across Alberta 2. It lists an MB ChB from the University of Glasgow and surgical training in the UK's Northwestern Deanery 2. It says he is licensed to practise in Alberta, England and Scotland 2. The clinic is at Suite 304, 7609 109 St NW 1. His ISHRS listing still gives an older Edmonton address 4.

Procedures and techniques

The clinic offers FUE, FUT and no-shave and long-hair FUE 1. It also offers beard, moustache and eyebrow transplants, female hair transplants, corrective work and hairline lowering 1. The pricing page says Dr Sharma makes all recipient sites, sets the angles and density and designs the hairline 5. His bio says he performs every extraction 2. The pricing page says graft implantation is typically done by trained team members 5. The clinic says it uses motorised FUE devices with 0.6-0.8 mm punches 6. It says donor density is measured with TrichoScan before graft planning 2. It says its facility is approved by the CPSA as a Non-Hospital Surgical Facility 6.

Pricing

The clinic publishes a graft-based price table in Canadian dollars, the same for FUE and FUT 5. It runs from $3,400 for 400 grafts to $15,000 for 3,000 grafts 5. It says prices exclude GST (5% in Alberta) 5. A no-shave procedure costs 20% more 5. Post-operative care and a one-year follow-up are included 5. The page says this pricing is only for Canadian citizens and permanent residents 5. The same page also says procedures start at $4,600 and per-graft pricing starts at $8.00, which does not match the table 5.

Booking and aftercare

The bio says the first consultation includes a TrichoScan scalp assessment with Dr Sharma 2. Out-of-province patients can start with a virtual consultation 7. The clinic asks patients to book consultations at least 3 months before the desired surgery date because of scheduling delays 7. Travelling patients arrive the day before surgery, and the procedure takes 4-8 hours 7. There is a mandatory check 24 hours after surgery and a virtual check at 7–10 days 7.

Credentials and memberships

He is an ISHRS Full Member, a member since 2016 per his listing 4.

Sources

What patients say on reddit

1 people shared their experience with Dr. Anil Sharma across 2 reddit threads between 2022 and 2023. Every graft count, price and verdict is linked to the original thread.

  • u/Bone-Head-J patient account since 2022
    male 2,500 grafts surgery 2021
    • result worse than when he started source ↗
    • unnatural hairline, hairs grow in different directions source ↗
    • areas did not grow in source ↗
    • surgeon seemed like a really nice guy source ↗

    Bone-Head-J had an FUE with Dr. Anil Sharma (Sharma Skin and Hair Surgery, Canada) in 2021, told it was 2,500 grafts, and says he paid almost 12k (currency not stated). At 11 months he reports an unnatural hairline, hairs growing in different directions, different colour hair and areas that did not grow in, saying he paid for nice hair and it is worse than when he started. He describes the surgeon as a really nice guy but says he does not appreciate what was done to his head, and plans SMP rather than letting the clinic fix it.

    1 thread they wrote in
    1. Apr 2022 Bad hair transplant. Need advice please. ↗