Dr. Michael Meshkin
Hair restoration surgeon at Meshkin Medical·Meshkin Medical Hair Restoration
Newport Beach, United States
$3.50 ≈ €9,300 rough estimate for 3,000 grafts Per graft · Cost detailsBackground
Dr Michael Meshkin is a hair restoration surgeon at Meshkin Medical, which has offices in Newport Beach and Glendale, California 1. The practice says it is dedicated exclusively to hair restoration and has over 30 years of experience 2. It says it is led by Michael Meshkin and Alister Meshkin, the second doctor on its provider list 23. His bio says his interest in hair restoration began in 1979, while he was a student at UCLA volunteering at a plastic surgery clinic that did hair transplants 1. It says he has performed thousands of hair transplant procedures 1. The Newport Beach office is at 2121 San Joaquin Hills Road 3.
Procedures and techniques
The practice offers FUT and FUE, plus beard, eyebrow, eyelash and body hair transplants 2. Its surgical page says Dr Meshkin closes FUT donor wounds with a trichophytic closure 4. It says grafts are dissected under high-powered microscopes and recipient sites are made with small, customised needles 4. The page says FUE is not recommended for young patients, patients with curly hair, advanced hair loss or limited donor hair 4. The site also lists hairline lowering, PRP, ACell therapy and Propecia 2.
Pricing
The cost page says the practice charges $3.50 per graft for FUT and FUE 5. It says typical procedures range from $3,500 to $10,000 depending on graft count, with an average close to $7000 5. The specials page lists, for a limited time, FUE at $3.50 and FUT at $3.00 per graft for 2,000 grafts or more 6. The cost page says post-op care products and the post-op prescription cost extra 5. A $1,000 booking deposit is deducted from the total, and the balance is due on the day of surgery 5. Financing is offered through CareCredit and PatientFi 56.
Booking and aftercare
Credentials and memberships
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 Something wrong or out of date?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://www.meshkinmedical.com/provider/michael-a-meshkin-md
- 2. https://www.meshkinmedical.com/
- 3. https://www.meshkinmedical.com/providers
- 4. https://www.meshkinmedical.com/content/surgical-treatment
- 5. https://www.meshkinmedical.com/content/cost-and-financing
- 6. https://www.meshkinmedical.com/specials
- 7. https://www.meshkinmedical.com/service/fue-hair-transplant-cost
- 8. https://ishrs.org/doctor/michael-a-meshkin/
What patients say on reddit
10 people shared their experience with Dr. Michael Meshkin across 12 reddit threads between 2019 and 2026. Every graft count, price and verdict is linked to the original thread.
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- conflicting info on finasteride when spending money source ↗
illustrious_handle0 consulted with Dr. Meshkin in California and says he told them he doesn't recommend finasteride but has his own serum. They called this conflicting information when you are spending money on an operation. They did not say they had surgery with him and give no result, price or verdict.
1 thread they wrote in
- male 2,000 grafts surgery 2021
He had a 2,000-graft FUT hairline procedure with Dr. Meshkin in Newport Beach, California in 2021, paying $7,000, which he says is the doctor's list price for FUT (FUE would have been $14,000). He chose a California surgeon over cheaper options because he said the doctor would fix any problem at no charge. At 4 months he said he was happy that the doctor convinced him to keep the hairline natural.
2 threads they wrote in
- Sept 2021 4 Months Progress . FUT 2000 graphs. Dr Meshkin , California. Any thoughts or feedback? ↗
- May 2021 DAY 9 FUT. Any feedback or tips I should know about? Had 2000 grafts in hairline Dr. Meshkin Newport Beach. Today is Day 9 and just seeing if any feedback on everything looking good and where I should be? I go for follow up On Tuesday but constantly freaking out :) . Thanks! ↗
- surgery 2022
They posted a 9-month update with photos of an FUT done the previous year (2022) by Dr Meshkin at Meshkin Medical, after losing most of their hair around age 24. They give no overall verdict, graft count or price, and say they are considering a second transplant for extra density because only a few hairs remain in the crown and mid scalp.
1 thread they wrote in
- Sept 2023 9month FUT update/ ↗
- male 2,500 grafts surgery 2021
- nothing needed correcting after first surgery source ↗
- surgeon seemed less present after extraction source ↗
- upsold PRP and shampoos source ↗
- given drowsy pills on arrival source ↗
Few-World-5363 had a 2,500-graft FUT with Meshkin in 2021, and a second 2,500-graft FUE with Dr. Brandon Ross (La Mesa) in January 2024; no price is given. Writing about four years after the FUT, he says nothing needed correcting after the first surgery, but describes Meshkin as seeming less present after the extraction and says he was upsold PRP and white-labelled shampoos. He prefers Ross ('Prefer La Mesa.') and wishes he had used him for both surgeries.
2 threads they wrote in
- 2,500 grafts surgery 2020
- doctor was really good source ↗
- numbing worst pain, then felt nothing source ↗
- donor scar not as bad as feared source ↗
They had a 2,500-graft FUT with Dr. Meshkin in Newport Beach, California in late December 2020, choosing FUT because they live in California, did not want to travel abroad, and FUT is cheaper. At the 4-week update they had shed most of the recipient area and the donor scar was still a little pink. They said the numbing was the worst pain, that they then felt nothing, and that their doctor was really good. No price is given.
1 thread they wrote in
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- both recommendations seem questionable source ↗
CuriousSD1976 had not had surgery. They asked why one Los Angeles area clinic recommended 1600 grafts while a second recommended 3000, later naming the Glendale doctor as Meshkin and the Pasadena doctor as McAndrews, without saying which gave which number. They called both "questionable" because the younger one's specialty is anesthesia, and were getting a third opinion.
1 thread they wrote in
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sonna-2, a Norwood 2, was deciding in January 2022 between Dr. Meshkin and Dr. Cortez and had not reported surgery with either. For Meshkin they listed as pros that he is close, American and priced at $7k + tax for FUT, and as cons the linear scar and an estimated 2000 grafts that might not be enough. They had been on finasteride for 7 months and wanted more density and a lower hairline.
1 thread they wrote in
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- seemed okay at consultation source ↗
In a February 2024 comment, this person says Meshkin seemed okay when they went in. They have not reported surgery with him and give no price or result.
1 thread they wrote in
- male
Shaved-extremes, who had a transplant with another surgeon in 2002, said in February 2019 that he recently had a consultation with Dr Michael Meshkin in Newport Beach. Meshkin told him he would need 2 surgeries of 2000 grafts each plus roughly 1,500 more for the crown, 5500 grafts in total. He did not have surgery with Meshkin and gave no verdict, price or result.
1 thread they wrote in
- Feb 2019 Hair transplant patient ↗
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- very happy with results source ↗
AdditionalStorm5639, commenting in a 2021 thread about an FUT with Dr Meshkin in California, says they went to Dr Meshkin and are 'very happy with my results!'. No graft count, price, technique or timing is given.
1 thread they wrote in