Dr. Bruno Pinto

Dr. Bruno Pinto Gonçalves is Clinical Director at Clinica O'Porto in Porto, Portugal, which the clinic describes as the only clinic in the country dedicated exclusively to hair transplant surgery 1. It states he focuses his clinical and academic work exclusively on hair transplant, working with clinics and academic institutions in Portugal and Spain 2. The clinic states he is registered with the Portuguese Medical Society under licence number 50509 2.

The clinic's core offering is FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction), which it describes as minimally invasive, with no linear scarring and a quick recovery 3. Follicular units, which the clinic says typically carry two hairs but can range from one to three or four, are extracted individually using micro-instruments between 0.65mm and 0.8mm in diameter, which it says lets it extract only the amount each patient needs, and it describes this extraction method as leaving follicular damage at a minimum 3. Implantation uses implanter devices that place follicles one at a time, which the clinic says gives control over the angle, direction and depth of placement 3. The same method is offered to repair previous transplants done elsewhere with older techniques, with the aim of increasing density and redefining the frontline 3. Beyond scalp work, the clinic also lists eyebrow transplant, facial hair transplant, and repair of previous transplants and scars among its procedures 1.

Prospective patients start with an online consultation form rather than an in-person visit, with each case reviewed by the clinic's medical team 4. The form asks for a detailed medical history, including current or past medical conditions, allergies to medication or local anaesthetic, and skin conditions such as a tendency to keloid or hypertrophic scarring 4. It also maps hair-loss history on both sides of the family against the Norwood scale, asks whether the patient has had a prior transplant or already consulted other clinics, and requests photographs from several angles 4.

The clinic lists him as a founding member and Deputy Chair of the Portuguese Aesthetic and Anti-Ageing Medicine Society, a member of the Iberian Latin American Society of Hair Transplant, and an Associate Member of the ISHRS 2. The ISHRS's own doctor directory, however, records his membership status there as Full Member 5.