Dr. Marc Dauer

Dr. Marc Dauer is the medical director of Dauer Hair Restoration.1 The practice has offices in Los Angeles and New York City.2 The clinic says its practice is dedicated exclusively to hair restoration.1 Planning is described as deliberately conservative, treating baldness as a lifelong progressive condition and designing transplants to look natural into a patient's older years.3

The practice offers Follicular Unit Transplantation (strip harvesting) and Follicular Unit Extraction, along with eyebrow, sideburn, and facial hair transplants and treatment for scarring hair loss.1 Dr. Dauer personally performs all FUE extractions himself, using a punch tip of about 0.8-0.9mm scored to roughly 3mm depth so the follicle separates from the surrounding connective tissue.4 The clinic says FUE is not scar-free, leaving small dot-scars that typically stay hidden only if donor hair is kept at 1-1.5mm or longer.4 Most patients complete a transplant across one to three sessions, capped around 3,000 grafts to limit donor-scar risk.3

The clinic describes its pricing as moderate by industry standards and offers CareCredit financing.5 One FAQ page quotes $6 to $15 per follicular unit graft.5 A separate FAQ page on the same site answers the identical pricing question with a lower range of $4 to $10, an inconsistency the site does not resolve.6

The clinic offers both in-person and virtual hair transplant consultations, reachable by phone, email, or form.1 Out-of-town patients can email photos ahead of a phone or Skype consultation.3 The clinic tells patients a transplant typically moves only 12,000 to 18,000 hairs, versus the 30,000 to 50,000 the scalp originally had.7 It recommends ongoing Propecia and Rogaine afterward to slow further progression.7 The clinic says Dr. Dauer is reachable directly by email after hours and responds in a timely manner.7

Dr. Dauer is a Diplomate of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery and a member of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery.1 The clinic states he is recommended by the International Alliance of Hair Restoration Surgeons and the American Hair Loss Association, and separately that he is a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners.1