Dr. Leila Bloch

Dr Leila Bloch is a dermatologist in São Paulo, Brazil, who founded Clínica Bloch in 2010 and is its medical director 2. She studied medicine at the University of São Paulo 2. Her ISHRS profile gives 2002 as her graduation year 8. The clinic's site says (in Portuguese) that she did her dermatology residency at Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, from 2003 to 2006 2. It says she holds a PhD in health sciences on hair from IAMSPE 2. The clinic says it specialises in hair transplant surgery 3. Four other dermatologists are listed on its medical team 6.

The clinic offers FUT (strip) and FUE 54. The FUE page says grafts are taken with a punch of 0.7 to 0.9 mm and placed with implanters 4. It says the clinic is able to offer robotic transplants 4. The site describes a long-hair technique in which the hair is not shaved before surgery 3. The FAQ says assistants dissect the grafts under microscopes while the doctor closes the donor area 5. A procedure takes 6 to 8 hours under local anaesthesia and light sedation 5. The FAQ says most patients need one session, and a second session in advanced cases is planned a year later 5. Her ISHRS profile says she works with a team of seven assistants 8.

The clinic does not publish prices 5. Its FAQ says a medical council rule forbids publishing procedure prices on websites or by email 5.

The FAQ says each case is assessed at an in-person consultation 5. The first hair wash is done at the clinic the day after surgery 5. The clinic takes follow-up photos at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months 5. The clinic is at Rua Joaquim Floriano 72, in the Itaim Bibi district of São Paulo 6.

She is an ISHRS Fellow Member, listed at the Itaim Bibi clinic, and joined in 2011 8. Her site says she is a specialist in dermatology through the Brazilian Society of Dermatology 2. It lists memberships of the Brazilian Society of Dermatologic Surgery, the North American Hair Research Society and the Brazilian Association of Hair Restoration Surgery 1.