Dr. Epameinondas Bonaros

Epameinondas Bonaros leads a Glasgow hair transplant clinic that describes itself as an independent practice, not a franchise or a group employing outsourced doctors.1 He graduated medical school in 2005, specialised in general and internal medicine, then trained in hair restoration in Greece before practising as a surgeon in Scotland from 2016.2

Treatments include FUE hair transplant, body hair transplant and beard restoration, plus a two-day full-head procedure combining any two of crown, hairline, temples or mid-scalp treatments.3 Trichoscopy before surgery assesses hair direction, angle, curl and shaft diameter to guide equipment and strategy, and extraction uses micro-punches sized 0.6mm to 1mm chosen per patient.4 The clinic states it uses the WAW Duo FUE system's Hybrid Tornado Punch, which both cuts and protects the follicle.5 Grafts are stored in chilled HypoThermosol solution, which the clinic frames as an investment over cheaper options like saline, and states Bonaros personally performs every step, including implantation.4 The clinic states surgery is generally not recommended for diffuse unpatterned alopecia or alopecia areata, and frames donor density of 80+ grafts per cm² as excellent, under 40 as poor.6

The clinic states its own price is roughly £4 per graft, within a Glasgow range it cites of £1 to £5 per graft.1 Total-procedure bands run £3,000-£10,000 for a single-day, 2,000-plus graft session, and £6,000-£15,000 for a two-day, 3,500-4,000 graft session.1 Finance runs through partner Chrysalis Finance: 0% instalments over 6, 10 or 12 months, or longer terms up to 60 months at 14.9% APR; the practice is a credit broker, not a lender.7

Consultations are offered face-to-face at the Glasgow clinic or online, and the clinic states Bonaros works with patients to diagnose their condition and create a personalised treatment programme.8 Patients leave with tailored post-operative instructions for graft care in the following weeks.4 The clinic states about 5% of patients return for a second transplant, usually for new goals or further thinning in areas left untreated the first time.4

Bonaros is registered with the General Medical Council, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery, and is an affiliate member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.2 The clinic states he is Scotland's only full member of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, a full member of the British Association of Hair Restoration Surgery who serves on its Executive Committee, and a member of the Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners.9