Dr. John Frank

Dr John Frank is a hair restoration surgeon with offices in Gahanna, near Columbus, Ohio, and in New York City 34. His site says he received his MD from Ohio State University and trained at Loyola University in Chicago 2. It lists training in otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, and facial plastic and reconstructive surgery 2. The site says he set up a plastic surgery clinic in San Francisco before moving east and opening his hair clinics in Columbus and New York 2. It says he has been restoring hair for over 25 years 2. It also says he has treated more than 20,000 patients for hair loss and performed more than 3,500 hair transplants 2. The bio says he played five seasons for the San Francisco 49ers before studying medicine 2.

The site offers FUT and FUE, eyebrow and facial hair transplants, and transplants for afro-textured hair 1. The bio says he also performs scalp reconstruction, including flap and reduction procedures and hairline lowering 2. The FUT page says Dr Frank plans the hair placement with the patient and cuts the donor strip himself 5. It says an FUT procedure typically takes 5 to 8 hours, and sutures come out after 14 days 5. The FUE page says the most common punch sizes are 0.8 and 1.0 mm, used under magnifying loupes 6. It says the practice prefers a rotating dull punch and has found no benefit in NeoGraft or the ARTAS robot 6.

The FUT page says scalp transplants by Dr Frank typically cost between $10,000 and $15,000, depending on the cause and extent of the hair loss 5. The practice says it does not price per graft 7.

Consultations are offered in person or virtually 1. The New York office is by appointment only 4. The FUT page says patients have several check-up appointments while the hair grows in, which can take up to 12 months 5.

He is an ISHRS Full Member, listed at the Gahanna office, and joined ISHRS in 2002 8. The site calls him board-certified but does not name the board 2.