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Dr. Maurice Collins

Founder and consultant surgeon·Hair Restoration Blackrock (HRBR)

Dublin, Ireland

Background

Dr Maurice Collins is the founder of Hair Restoration Blackrock (HRBR), a hair transplant clinic in Blackrock, Dublin 1. The clinic lists five doctors, with Dr Collins as consultant surgeon 1. His profile says he studied medicine at University College Dublin and holds surgical fellowships in general surgery (FRCSI), ear, nose and throat surgery (FRCS) and head and neck surgery (FRCSEd) 1. It says he practised as a consultant surgeon at the Blackrock Clinic for over 20 years 1. It says his interest in hair transplant surgery started over thirty years ago 1. The clinic is at Samson House, Sweetman's Avenue, Blackrock 2.

Procedures and techniques

The clinic offers both strip surgery (FUT), which it calls Ultra Refined FUT, and FUE 3. It says it has carried out nearly 4,000 FUT procedures and that strip grafts are dissected by technicians 2. For FUE it says it uses a 1mm punch 2. Its procedure FAQ says most operations take 6 to 8 hours under local anaesthetic, with a team of 18 assistants, nurses and technicians 4. The site does not say which surgeon operates on a given patient 4. The FAQ says men under 25 are often offered medication first 5. The clinic also lists repair work, beard and eyebrow transplants, scar treatment and a dermatology clinic 2.

Pricing

The clinic does not publish surgery prices 6. It says surgery fees are based on the number of follicular units transplanted, and patients pay only for the grafts actually placed 6. An initial consultation costs €350 and an annual review €200 6. Scar, eyebrow and repair work are quoted case by case 6.

Booking and aftercare

Post-operative clinic visits are free for 18 months after surgery and cost €100 after that 6. Fees are payable on the day of surgery 6. The FUE FAQ says most patients return to work three days after surgery, and FUE patients may want one to two weeks 7. The clinic's phone number is +353 1 209 1000 2.

Credentials and memberships

The ISHRS lists him as a Full Member who joined in 2002 8. The clinic says he became an ISHRS Fellow in 2025 1. The clinic says he is registered with the Medical Council of Ireland 1. It also says he is a Fellow Member of the World FUE Institute 1.

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