Dr. Carlos Puig

Dr Carlos Puig runs Physicians' Hair Restoration Center in Houston, Texas, at 5373 West Alabama in the Galleria area 12. The clinic says he has performed hair restoration surgery since 1973 1. It says he began doing hair transplants as a part-time job while an Army physician 1. The clinic says his practice is hair restoration surgery only 3. His ISHRS listing names him as Carlos Puig, DO 4.

His ISHRS listing says he performs follicular unit transplantation (FUT), FUE, several kinds of scalp reduction, scalp lifts and Frechet Triple Flap crown closure 4. The listing also names eyebrows, eyelashes, beards, body hair transplants, burned scalp reconstruction and scar revision 4. The clinic says every case is designed, reviewed and approved by Dr Puig 1. It says he works with a small, consistent surgical team and does not perform every procedure alone 1. A second physician, Dr Hays, trained in the practice's fellowship programme and performs select procedures 1. The clinic says Dr Puig works with a small group of patients in HairClone's clinical research programme, which it describes as investigational 5.

The clinic publishes no prices 6. It says grafts are priced with a bulk discount and that an accurate quote comes only from an in-person evaluation 6. It offers financing through Cherry and CareCredit 6.

The clinic offers free consultations 1. It says Dr Puig is personally involved in every treatment plan 3. The office is open Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:30pm 2.

He appears in the ABHRS diplomate register as Carlos J. Puig, DO 7. He is an ISHRS Fellow Member, a member since 1993 per his listing 4. The clinic says he is a founding member of the ISHRS and a former president of both the ISHRS and the ABHRS 1. It says the ISHRS gave him its Golden Follicle Award in 2012 1.