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Dr. James Slusher

Primary hair transplant surgeon at a clinic with more than one surgeon·We Grow Hair / Nashville Medical Group

Brentwood, United States

$8,000–$16,800 Per procedure · Cost details

Background

Dr James Slusher is the primary hair transplant surgeon at We Grow Hair / Nashville Medical Group in Brentwood, Tennessee, in the Nashville area 1. The clinic says he has practised hair restoration exclusively since 2014 and performs an average of 15 procedures a month 2. It says he has done over 4,000 hair transplant surgeries 2. It says he studied medicine at the University of South Florida, did his residency at the University of Louisville and a fellowship at the University of Miami 2. It says he began training in the clinic's High Density Hair Grafting (HD/HG) technique in April 2021 2. The clinic also lists a second surgeon, Dr Pawlinga 2. Dr Slusher previously had a profile at Ziering Medical; that page now redirects to a surgeon list that does not name him 3.

Procedures and techniques

The clinic offers two types of hair transplant, FUE and HD/HG, plus several non-surgical options 4. Its FAQ describes HD/HG as a strip method that keeps naturally occurring multi-hair grafts intact, and also offers ARTAS robotic FUE 5. The clinic says its surgeons design the hairline, give the anaesthetic, make the recipient incisions and harvest the follicles, while technicians implant the grafts 2. Its FAQ says a good candidate is generally over 30, in good health, with healthy donor hair, and not completely bald 5.

Pricing

The clinic says a hair transplant can cost from $8,000 to $16,800, depending on the scope and number of procedures 6. It does not price per graft; it says it uses "Levels" based on the number of hairs and the area covered 5. Its FAQ says ARTAS costs more than its HD/HG and hand-held FUE procedures 5. No price for a set number of grafts is published 7. Financing is offered 6.

Booking and aftercare

The clinic advertises a free consultation 1. It says the consultation is held with a patient care medical consultant and lasts about 45 minutes to an hour 4. Consultations can be virtual or in person 7. Its enquiry form also offers a "Comprehensive Physician Assessment ($350)" 6. The FAQ says the HD/HG procedure is backed by a guarantee if an area does not grow and post-op instructions were followed, which "may or may not include a $2500 fill-in fee" 5.

Credentials and memberships

Registry records list him as an ABHRS diplomate 8. He is an ISHRS Full Member, listed at We Grow Hair in Brentwood, and joined the ISHRS in 2020 9. The clinic says he is double board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology, without naming the boards 2.

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. 1. https://wegrowhair.com/
  2. 2. https://wegrowhair.com/hair-transplant-surgeon/
  3. 3. https://zieringmedical.com/ziering-hair-transplant-surgeons-2/
  4. 4. https://wegrowhair.com/hair-transplant-consultation/
  5. 5. https://wegrowhair.com/hair-transplant-faqs/
  6. 6. https://wegrowhair.com/hair-transplant-cost/
  7. 7. https://wegrowhair.com/cost-per-graft/
  8. 8. https://abhrs.org/diplomates/
  9. 9. https://ishrs.org/doctor/james-slusher/

What patients say on reddit

4 people shared their experience with Dr. James Slusher across 5 reddit threads between 2023 and 2024. Every graft count, price and verdict is linked to the original thread.

  • u/Sea-Menu4471 patient account since 2024
    2,034 grafts surgery 2024

    Sea-Menu4471 had a 2,034-graft FUE at Ziering Clinic in NYC with Dr. Slusher in 2024, posting on day 1. They were quoted nearly 11k before a summer promotion brought it down, and chose to stay stateside rather than go to Turkey. They said Slusher did the extractions and incisions while three techs implanted by hand, over a day running from 7 AM to 7 PM. They called it a great experience and said they were very satisfied; no longer-term result is given.

    1 thread they wrote in
    1. Jul 2024 Ziering Clinic, Day 1 Post-Op, 2034 Grafts (Afro Hair) ↗
  • u/BushidoBrownWuzHere patient account since 2024
    3,000 grafts surgery 2024

    BushidoBrownWuzHere paid $10k for 3,000 grafts done as FUT at Ziering Medical in NYC with Dr. Slusher on 30 September 2024, chosen for maximum yield. Writing at 2.5 months into recovery, they said they had a great experience and no regrets so far and recommend them, while stressing it is early and final results are not yet seen. They also had an 18k quote for about 3k grafts as a two-day FUE from another NYC clinic, where they did not meet a doctor.

    1 thread they wrote in
    1. Dec 2024 US surgeons that actually do great work ↗
  • u/Longjumping-Site-833 patient account since 2023
    male surgery 2023
    • explosion of growth by week 23 source ↗
    • very excited to see final result source ↗
    • excellent FUT extraction, techs implanted well source ↗
    • heavy shedding of old and new hair source ↗

    Longjumping-Site-833 had a first FUT in June 2020 at WeGrowHair Indianapolis and a second FUT with Dr James Slusher in January 2023 to increase density; no price or graft count is given. At 20 weeks he reported good density again after heavy shedding of old and new hair, which worried him, then an explosion of growth by week 23. He said both doctors did excellent FUT extraction and the techs implanted well, and he was very excited to see the final result.

    2 threads they wrote in
    1. Jun 2023 Week 20 2nd FUT Results Update ↗
    2. May 2023 6 month update ↗
  • u/lebspassat patient account since 2023
    surgery 2023

    lebspassat commented in a June 2023 thread that Slusher had done their procedure the day before and that they got just over 9k hairs. No opinion, price or technique is given.

    1 thread they wrote in
    1. Jun 2023 Week 20 2nd FUT Results Update ↗