Dr. Apostolos Karalexis

Dr Apostolos Karalexis is a dermatologist and the owner of Derma Hair Clinic in Athens, Greece 97. The clinic's site says he qualified as a dermatologist-venereologist in January 2000 1. It says he did a fellowship in dermatology and dermatologic surgery at Tulane University in New Orleans from 2002 to 2003 1. The clinic says he has specialised in surgical and medical treatment of hair loss since 2002 7. It says he was for many years director of the dermatology clinic at the Naval Hospital of Athens 2. His Greek site, karalexis.gr, also offers general and cosmetic dermatology 8.

The clinic offers FUE, FUT, body hair transplant, and FUE eyebrow and beard transplants 146. Its FUE page lists repair of scars from trauma, burns and earlier FUT surgery among the uses 3. The clinic says it uses the UGraft Zeus FUE system 7. Each package on the homepage lists the sapphire technique 1. The FAQ says he tries to leave part of the larger follicular units in place so the donor area does not thin 4. The homepage says Dr Karalexis performs the surgery himself 1. The FAQ says the clinic does one procedure per day, under his supervision 4. It says a large session takes about 6 to 8 hours under local anaesthesia 4.

The clinic publishes no price figures 4. Its FAQ says the cost depends on the area, the number of grafts and the method, and is set only after an examination 4. The homepage shows three packages marked only with euro signs 1. The higher packages add hotel nights, airport transfers and a coordinator 1.

The FAQ offers a free consultation with Dr Karalexis 4. His Greek site offers a free 20-minute consultation for hair transplants 8. The packages include 12 months of follow-up, or 18 months in the top package 1. The clinic is at Papadiamantopoulou 4, Athens 5.

He is an ISHRS Full Member, listed at Derma Hair Clinic in Athens, and joined in 2016 9. The clinic says he is a founding member of the Hellenic Hair Research Society 2. The homepage gives his Athens Medical Association registration number as 036412 1.