Background
Craig Barton is a board-certified physician 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. Candidates must be at least 23 without a secondary cause of hair loss, and the clinic does not treat alopecia areata or trichotillomania 5.
Pricing
The clinic's cost page quotes FUE typically ranging from $7,500 to $40,000 or more, though the same page elsewhere gives $12,000 as a starting price 3. A separate FAQ instead states $8,000 to $30,000 5; neither figure is stated as Barton-specific. AMP-T PRP is included with every procedure, and priced separately 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. Aftercare includes prescribed medications, a postoperative fluid, a recovery kit and donor-site ointment, plus an optional day-after wash and check-in 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 July 2026. Archived copies are kept for every citation.
- 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
8 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.
- 2,900 grafts surgery 2024
- Could not be happier with choice source ↗
- Calls surgeon and staff amazing source ↗
- Feeling awesome post-op source ↗
- Reported slight crown numbness source ↗
SMILEFXR007 reported receiving 2,900 grafts from Dr. Craig Barton at Alviarmani in Salt Lake City in January 2024 and stated they paid right around $13k. At eight hours post-op, they said they were feeling awesome, with only a little numbness on the top of their crown. At about one week post-op, they characterized Barton as incredible and said they could not be more happy with their choice.
3 threads they wrote in
- Jan 2024 Where to go? ↗
- Jan 2024 8 hour post-op, Dr. Barton ↗
- Jan 2024 Questions about first hair transplant? ↗
- u/u/milogoestomars patient2,600 grafts surgery 2025
u/milogoestomars posted an eight-month update after 2,600 grafts with Dr. Craig Barton at AlviArmani in Salt Lake City, Utah; surgery was in 2025. They provided no written assessment of the surgeon or result, and stated no complications, price, technique, or revision information.
1 thread they wrote in
- 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 ↗
- 2,600 grafts surgery 2025
milogoestomars reported a 2,600-graft procedure with Craig Barton in 2025. Their latest supplied update was at three months post-op; they said they started oral finasteride and topical minoxidil after surgery. They did not state an overall judgment of the experience or result.
1 thread they wrote in
- 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
- u/u/CharliePagilio patient
- 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
- u/u/SMILEFXR007 patientsurgery 2023
- phenomenal experience source ↗
They reported having a hair-transplant surgery with Dr. Craig Barton in August 2023. They described it as a "phenomenal experience."
1 thread they wrote in