Dr. Melvin Mayer

Dr Melvin Mayer is a Bosley-affiliated physician who, according to Bosley, has practised hair restoration surgery in San Diego for more than 20 years 1. His ISHRS listing says he received his medical degree from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 1973 2. Bosley says he ran a family practice near Orlando for 17 years before moving into hair restoration 1. It says he completed an ISHRS fellowship in 1992 and joined Dr Matt Leavitt as a founder of Medical Hair Restoration, opening its surgical offices in Seattle, Denver, Las Vegas and San Diego 1. Bosley's San Diego office is at 501 A Street; his ISHRS listing gives an address on El Camino Real 32.

His ISHRS listing names FUE, FUT, female hair restoration, ethnic hair, eyebrows, beards, burned scalp reconstruction, facelift hair revision, scalp reduction and scar revision 2. Bosley also offers a combined FUE and FUT procedure it calls DUO-MAX 4. Bosley's FUT page says the physician makes the recipient incisions and the surgical team places the grafts 5. Its FUE page says trained technicians prepare the grafts 6. These are descriptions of the Bosley chain, not of Dr Mayer's own cases 5. Bosley says candidates must generally be in good health, have enough donor hair and have an established hair loss pattern 7.

Bosley says it prices transplants per graft but publishes no per-graft rate 7. Its chain-wide cost page says a transplant typically costs $4,400 to $12,000, and elsewhere that most procedures cost $6,000 to $12,000 7. It says it cannot give an exact estimate online or by phone 7. These figures are for the chain, not specifically for the San Diego office 7.

The San Diego office offers a free hair loss analysis, in person or by video 3. Bosley's FAQ says consultations last around 30 minutes and are led by a Bosley Counselor 8. Bosley offers to replace non-growing grafts free of charge at least 12 months after the procedure, provided the patient has enough donor hair and meets its conditions 9.

He appears in the ABHRS diplomate register as Melvin Mayer, MD 10. His ISHRS listing says he became a diplomate in 1998 and was recertified in 2008 2. Bosley says he served as ABHRS president in 2007 1. He is an ISHRS Fellow Member, a member since 1993 per his listing 2. Bosley says he won the ISHRS Platinum Follicle Award in 2004 1.