Dr. Marco Barusco
Founder and Chief Medical Officer·Tempus Hair Restoration
Port Orange, United States
$8,500 for 1,000 grafts Patient reported, Aug 2024 · Cost detailsBackground
Dr Marco Barusco is the founder and Chief Medical Officer of Tempus Hair Restoration in Port Orange, Florida 1. The practice says it is dedicated exclusively to the diagnosis and treatment of hair loss 2. It says he has over 20 years of experience in hair restoration 2. Before Tempus he spent 12 years as a hair transplant surgeon and trainer at Medical Hair Restoration (MHR) 1. He lists a faculty post as Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine 3. The site says he is a hair transplant patient himself 1. The FAQ says he speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese 4. Surgery takes place at the Port Orange office 45. The site also lists consultation locations elsewhere in Florida, but its consultation form offers only Port Orange or a virtual consultation 2.
Procedures and techniques
The practice offers FUT, FUE, its own No-Shave FUE method and combined FUE and FUT 26. It also lists beard, eyebrow and body hair transplants, reconstructive work after burns or radiation, and non-surgical treatments 2. The site says Dr Barusco treats one patient at a time and performs every hair transplant personally 1. The FAQ says that for FUE he punches every graft himself 4. It says he creates all of the recipient sites 4. For FUT, his technicians dissect the strip, and he and three technicians place the grafts together 4. Patients receive oral sedation and local anaesthesia 4. The practice says most procedures take between 4 and 8 hours 7.
Pricing
The practice publishes no prices 2. It says pricing is set only after a one-on-one consultation with Dr Barusco 2. Third-party financing is offered, with 12 months interest-free or up to 60 months at low interest depending on credit 2. The FAQ says the balance is collected on the morning of the procedure 4.
Booking and aftercare
Consultations are free 4. The FAQ says patients meet a Patient Education Director and then Dr Barusco, who is the only one allowed to make a treatment recommendation 4. Follow-ups are normally at 4, 8 and 12 months, with no charge for follow-up visits 4. The site says patients get his personal cell phone number for follow-up questions 2.
Credentials and memberships
He appears in the ABHRS diplomate register as Marco N. Barusco, MD 8. His site says he was first certified by the ABHRS in 2001 and was its president in 2017 3. He is an ISHRS Fellow Member, a member since 2010 per his listing 5. His site says he is a Fellow of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery 3. The homepage lists him as 2026 President of the American Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ASHRS/AACS) 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. https://hairdoctorflorida.com/about-dr-barusco/
- 2. https://hairdoctorflorida.com/
- 3. https://hairdoctorflorida.com/certifications-and-awards/
- 4. https://hairdoctorflorida.com/faqs/
- 5. https://ishrs.org/doctor/marco-n-barusco/
- 6. https://hairdoctorflorida.com/hair-transplants/follicular-unit-extraction-fue/
- 7. https://hairdoctorflorida.com/hair-transplants/
- 8. https://abhrs.org/diplomates/
What patients say on reddit
9 people shared their experience with Dr. Marco Barusco across 8 reddit threads between 2018 and 2025. Every graft count, price and verdict is linked to the original thread.
- male 1,559 grafts surgery 2023
Dizzy_Jackfruit_7148 had a FUT with Dr Barusco in July 2023 and posted the day after. A commenter put the graft count at 1559; he says he was originally quoted 1800 but the donor area was not strong. He called it "a great experience" and would recommend it to anyone wanting to stay stateside. No growth result or price is given, and several commenters said 1559 grafts was low.
1 thread they wrote in
- Jul 2023 FUT- hair transplant ↗
- male 1,000 grafts surgery 2019
- Clinic very professional source ↗
- Really happy with the experience source ↗
- Wish I had gotten a better deal source ↗
danielcaillaux1 had a transplant with Dr Marco Barusco in 2019 and paid around $8,500 for 1,000 grafts plus $1,000 for a later touch-up. Writing about five years later, he said "Overall, I was really happy with the experience, but I do wish I had gotten a better deal." He found the clinic very professional and says he has since lost his remaining natural hair.
1 thread they wrote in
- male
- doctor is awesome source ↗
- knows several people with great results source ↗
- worth it not to travel abroad source ↗
El_Teej has not yet had surgery: he is booked for an FUE of 1000-1200 grafts for $10,000 with Dr Barusco at Tempus Hair Restoration in Port Orange, Florida, with an appointment in mid-September 2024. He preferred not to travel abroad, saying it is worth it to him not to travel halfway across the world. He says "my doctor is awesome" and that he knows several people who went to him with great results; no result of his own is reported.
1 thread they wrote in
- 1,500 grafts
- too much money spent for no results source ↗
Wanderer99887 commented in August 2024 in a thread on Florida doctors that they paid nearly 13k (currency not stated) for 1,500 grafts with Dr Marco Barusco and called it 'too much money spent for no results.' No date of surgery, technique or further detail is given.
1 thread they wrote in
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In an August 2024 comment, this person says Barusco quoted around $18k for 1800-2000 grafts. They have not had surgery with him and give no opinion.
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jjp16g had a consultation with Marco Barusco in Port Orange, Florida, and in 2023 said they "liked a him a lot". In August 2024 they said they were "really comfortable with him" at a consult a few years back. They report no surgery with him.
2 threads they wrote in
- surgery 2023
This patient had an FUE with Barusco a couple of months before a June 2023 comment; no graft count or price is given. They say they went pretty conservative because they are in their 20s, and that he was awesome. They called the one bad online review of him pretty wack.
1 thread they wrote in
- male
Skrongberry had a first consultation with Dr. Barusco at Tempus Hair in Florida in August 2020 and was quoted an estimated $10,097 for a proposed FUT of 1200-1500 grafts. He said "I was very comfortable with the Dr and everything he explained to me" and asked whether the price was fair. He had not had surgery with him.
1 thread they wrote in
- male 1,800 grafts surgery 2018
- procedure went smoothly source ↗
- chose him for his work and results source ↗
- given a useful aftercare kit source ↗
DrEIM had 1800 grafts by FUE with Dr Barusco in Port Orange, Florida in February 2018, under Versed sedation and local anaesthetic; no price is stated. He chose Barusco partly for location but "moreso due to his work and results" and a colleague's recommendation, and says the procedure went smoothly. At almost two months he wrote "So far it's good", with some transplanted hair growing and some shedding, and growth expected at 4-6 months. No final result is given.
1 thread they wrote in
- Feb 2018 FUE set for later this week! ↗