Dr. Michael May

Dr Michael May is the Medical Director and Principal Surgeon of the Wimpole Clinic, a hair transplant group headquartered on Harley Street in London, United Kingdom 1. The GMC register lists him as Michael Walter May, GMC number 1642315, registered with a licence to practise 2. It shows he qualified in 1973 with an MB BS from the University of London 2. The clinic says he qualified at St Bartholomew's Hospital and later became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons 1. It says he entered private practice and hair surgery in 1982 1. The clinic says he has more than 35 years of experience and has done over 10,000 hair transplant procedures 1. His older ISHRS profile gives a figure of over 6,000 operations 3.

The Wimpole Clinic has several surgeons and many sites in the UK, the United States and Switzerland 4. Its London clinics are at 2 Harley Street and 18-22 Queen Anne Street 5. His bio does not say at which sites he operates 1.

The clinic says he performs FUE, FUT with lateral slits, and eyebrow, eyelash, beard and sideburn transplants 1. It also lists burns and repair work 1. His ISHRS profile adds scalp reduction, scalp flaps, scar revision and female hair restoration 3. The clinic says he was instrumental in developing the follicular unit transplant (FUT) technique 1. It says he sees prospective patients at consultation and carries out many of the clinic's procedures 1. The group has several other surgeons 4.

Wimpole publishes clinic-wide prices, not prices for Dr May 6. FUE and FUT start from £3,499, and the clinic says the average cost is between £3,500 and £7,000 6. It says prices include pre-care, surgery, aftercare and medication, with no added VAT 6. No price for 3,000 grafts is published 6. Finance is offered with a deposit of typically 10% 6.

The initial consultation is free, in person or online 6. The clinic does not publish a waiting time or a guarantee 6.

The ISHRS lists him as a Full Member, a member since 1994 3. The clinic says he is a founder member and former president of the British association of hair restoration surgeons 1. It says he is a former president of the European Society of Hair Restoration Surgery 1. The clinic also says he became an ABHRS diplomate in 2002 1. He does not appear in our saved copy of the ABHRS diplomate list, and his ISHRS profile does not mention it 3. The GMC register shows he is not on the Specialist Register 2. His designated body for revalidation is the Independent Doctors Federation 2. The GMC entry showed no sanctions when checked in October 2026 2.