Dr. Antonio Ruston

Dr Antonio Ruston is a Brazilian plastic surgeon who runs a hair transplant clinic in São Paulo 2. His site says he has worked only in hair transplantation and hair loss since 1997 2. It says he has lectured and performed live surgery at congresses since 1999 2. It says he wrote a book on hair transplantation in Portuguese, published in 2011 2. The clinic opened its headquarters in the Cidade Jardim district in 2011 8.

The clinic performs FUE, taking follicular units one by one from the donor area 3. The site says Dr Ruston performs the surgery under local anaesthesia, with a team of eight assistants 34. The clinic does one hair transplant a day 1. Sessions of up to 6,000 follicular units are possible, though he prefers sessions of 4,000 to 4,500 2. The site says he prefers to treat extensive hair loss over several sessions 2. Finer hairs are placed along the front of the hairline 3. The site says he has performed more than 6,000 surgeries 2. The clinic has a surgical centre with ten microscopes 8.

The clinic does not publish prices 5. It says each quote follows an evaluation, and depends on the number of follicular units, the number of sessions and the technique 5.

Patients start with a virtual consultation by sending photos and their history 5. The plan and quote are confirmed at an in-person consultation with Dr Ruston 5. After surgery the clinic gives instructions, holds follow-up visits and takes photos over the following months 6. The clinic is at 60 Engenheiro Oscar Americano Avenue, Cidade Jardim, São Paulo 1.

He is an ISHRS Full Member, listed at the São Paulo clinic, and joined in 1999 7. His site says he is a full member of the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery, the Brazilian Association of Hair Restoration Surgery and the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2. It says he is the current president of the World FUE Institute 2.