Dr. Japhlet Aranas
One of two hair transplant surgeons at North Shore Hair Transplant Specialists·North Shore Hair Transplant Specialists
Arlington Heights, United States
$8,100 for 2,500 grafts ≈ €8,600 rough estimate for 3,000 grafts Patient reported, Jun 2025 · Cost detailsBackground
Dr Japhlet Aranas is a hair transplant surgeon at North Shore Hair Transplant Specialists in Arlington Heights, Illinois 1. The clinic is at 2010 S Arlington Heights Road and offers only hair restoration 12. The site lists him and Dr Richard S. Keller as its doctors 1. It does not say who owns the practice 12. His page says he did a family medicine residency at Loyola University - Cook County Hospital 1. It says he holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Doctor of Medicine degree from De La Salle University 1. No graduation year is given 1.
Procedures and techniques
The clinic offers FUE, FUT and non-surgical treatment of hair loss 2. His page says he trained in microscopic FUT and FUE 1. The clinic says FUE grafts are taken with micro-punches smaller than 1.0 mm under local anaesthesia 3. It says the surgeon creates the recipient sites, with single-hair grafts along the front hairline 3. It says its surgeons manage every step themselves, including graft extraction and site placement, rather than delegating to technicians 2. In FUT, the strip is dissected into grafts under stereomicroscopes 6.
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Sources
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What patients say on reddit
1 people shared their experience with Dr. Japhlet Aranas across 1 reddit threads between 2020 and 2025. Every graft count, price and verdict is linked to the original thread.
- male 2,500 grafts surgery 2024
Silver_Tough_9962 had 2,500 grafts by FUE with Dr Aranas in Chicago in August 2024 for $8,100. He says the doctor did the procedure himself with four assistants, without saying which steps each did. At 9 months post-op he posted before and after photos and titled the post "a curl fell on my forehead today, best feeling ever". He mentions no complications.
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