Dr. Craig Barton
Chief Medical Officer·AlviArmani Salt Lake City
United States
From $12,000 Per procedure · Cost detailsBackground
Craig Barton is a hair-restoration surgeon specialising in FUE who serves as Chief Medical Officer of AlviArmani International and Medical Director of AlviArmani Salt Lake City 1. Before hair restoration, his background included a degree in Chinese, fluency in Mandarin, and work in construction, landscape design and woodworking, which the clinic says shaped his sense of symmetry 1. The clinic describes him as a former AlviArmani patient 7. He trained in advanced FUE at AlviArmani Beverly Hills under the late Dr. Baubac Hayatdavoudi 1.
Procedures and techniques
Barton practices Vitruvian FUE, the clinic's branded facial-ratio hairline-mapping technique, with no-shave options such as Executive Line and Executive Buzz 6. He performs Maximus FUE mega-sessions of 4,000 or more grafts for suitable candidates 1. The current bio page says he handles treatment design, harvesting and recipient-site creation and participates in implantation, with staff supporting graft preparation and placement 1. An older bio page instead says he performs all harvesting and incisions himself 2. Procedures use local anesthesia 7.
Pricing
The clinic's cost page says FUE procedures generally start at $12,000, a clinic-wide figure not stated as Barton-specific 3. The price includes preoperative planning, the procedure, operative supplies and anesthesia, AMP-T PRP and Ampligraf operative solutions 3. AMP-T PRP is also offered on its own at $1,500 per session, with the clinic noting it is not FDA-approved for hair growth 3. Financing is available through CareCredit and an in-house AlviArmani plan, with qualified applicants eligible for a 12-month 0% interest program 3.
Booking and aftercare
Consultations can be virtual or in person 1. The clinic says it can also assess candidacy from emailed photos without a full consultation 5. The initial consultation is typically run by a member of the AlviArmani team rather than Barton himself, covering candidacy, graft range, timing, recovery, pricing and risk; Barton then confirms the final surgical plan 1. The quoted price includes postoperative instructions, postoperative care and follow-up as applicable 3.
Credentials and memberships
AlviArmani's memberships page lists affiliations including IAHRS, the American Hair Loss Association, ASHRS, AACS, IAHTS, IAHCP and Aesthetic Everything at the clinic level, not as credentials held personally by Barton 4.
Sources
Facts on this page were compiled from these pages, checked October 2026. Archived copies are kept for every citation. Something wrong or out of date? Suggest a correction.
- 1. https://www.alviarmani.com/craig-barton-md/
- 2. https://www.alviarmani.com/hair-surgeon-craig-barton-md-salt-lake-city-utah/
- 3. https://www.alviarmani.com/hair-transplant-cost/
- 4. https://www.alviarmani.com/memberships/
- 5. https://www.alviarmani.com/hair-transplant-faq/
- 6. https://www.alviarmani.com/fue-hair-transplant/vitruvian-fue-hair-transplant/
- 7. https://www.alviarmani.com/salt-lake-utah/
What patients say on reddit
6 people shared their experience with Dr. Craig Barton across 8 reddit threads between 2021 and 2026. Every graft count, price and verdict is linked to the original thread.
- 2,600 grafts surgery 2025
milogoestomars had 2,600 grafts with Dr. Craig Barton in Salt Lake City in 2025 and posted a 3-month update and an 8-month update (with a video). They did not state any overall opinion of the surgeon or the result, and no price, technique or complications are given. They mention starting oral finasteride and topical minoxidil after surgery.
2 threads they wrote in
- male 2,900 grafts surgery 2024
- felt awesome hours after surgery source ↗
- surgeon and staff amazing source ↗
- phenomenal experience overall source ↗
- slight numbness on crown source ↗
This user had about 2,900 grafts with Dr Craig Barton at Alviarmani in Salt Lake City, and says they paid right around 13k USD. All their reports come within about a week of surgery, so no growth result is stated. They called the surgeon and staff "amazing" and the process "phenomenal", with only slight numbness at the crown, and said he could "garuntee you will be happy if you go to him".
4 threads they wrote in
- Jan 2024 Where to go? ↗
- Jan 2024 8 hour post-op, Dr. Barton ↗
- Jan 2024 Questions about first hair transplant? ↗
- Aug 2023 Vegas or SLC hair transplant recommendations. ↗
- 2,800 grafts surgery 2024
Whiteshirtblackpant reported a 2,800-graft FUE procedure with Dr Craig Barton in July 2024 and shared photos through day 18; no price was stated. They said local convenience mattered, and that the initial consultation left them confident in the team’s track record, Dr Barton’s training/lineage, and the proposed approach. At day 18, they said heavy scabbing came off remarkably easily with very little effort; no complication or later outcome was reported.
1 thread they wrote in
- Jul 2024 Day 18 Update ↗
- NW5
- First consult went pretty well source ↗
- Clinic was very nice source ↗
- Felt pressured on deposit decision source ↗
FibbinUp was considering Dr. Craig Barton after a first consultation on 2023-11-11 for Norwood 5 balding. They were recommended 3,500 grafts and quoted $18,000, with no surgery or outcome reported. They said the consult “went pretty well” and described the clinic as very nice, but noted pressure to decide on a deposit.
1 thread they wrote in
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Guilty-Date-7468 reported being post-op with Dr. Craig Barton at AlviArmani in Salt Lake City. They characterized the place as “great”; although they found it expensive, they said they had no complaints.
1 thread they wrote in
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- Very pleased so far source ↗
u/CharliePagilio reports having undergone a hair transplant with Dr. Craig Barton; no procedure date, graft count, technique, cost, or recovery details were stated. They said they were “Very pleased” but that it was too early to see final results.
1 thread they wrote in