Dr. Harshit Ranpara

Dr Harshit Ranpara is a dermatologist who runs Adiva Centre for Skin & Hair in Rajkot, Gujarat 1. The clinic says he received an MD in dermatology from NHL Medical College in 1997 1. It says hair transplantation is his main area of expertise, that he started offering it in Rajkot in 2002, and that he has performed more than 6,000 hair transplant operations 1. Adiva is a general skin and hair clinic that says it treats more than 50 concerns 2.

The clinic says he began with strip surgery and now performs FUE only 1. The same page says he has done only FUE for the last 27 years, which would predate the 2002 start it gives 1. He is said to specialise in FUE, female hair transplants and body hair transplants, and also beard, moustache, eyebrow and eyelash transplants 1. The FUE page says a team of doctors performs the treatment, without saying who does which step 3. It says FUE is often done in sessions of 2 to 4 hours over several days, and rarely as a 10 to 12 hour mega session 3. The clinic runs paid fellowships in which trainee doctors do hands-on extraction, slit making and implantation 4.

No hair transplant price is published 1. The clinic asks patients to get in touch for the cost 1.

The clinic says it usually has a waiting time of 15 to 30 days for treatments 1. It does not say whether this applies to hair transplants specifically 1.

Registry records list him as an ABHRS diplomate 5. He is an ISHRS Full Member, listed at the Rajkot clinic 6. His own bio says he used to be a member of the international society and is now a member of the Asian and Indian hair restoration societies 1.