Dr. Miriam Garces

Dra Miriam Garcés Tejeda is one of the two doctors at Kbapel Microinjerto Capilar, a hair transplant clinic in the Anzures district of Mexico City 26. The clinic's site says (in Spanish) that she qualified in medicine at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional in 2004 2. It says she worked for more than four years as a first assistant in plastic surgery 2. It says she has done FUE in Mexico since 2005, after training at the DHI clinic in Greece 2. It says she was medical director for hair restoration for more than six years at an earlier FUE clinic in Mexico 2. The clinic says it has specialised in FUE for men and women for 18 years 3. The other doctor on the team is Dr Mario García Carmona 2.

Kbapel performs FUE, beard, moustache and eyebrow transplants, female hair transplants and scar restoration, and offers medical hair treatments 13. The FAQ says it uses punches of 0.75 to 1.0 mm, with no stitches, and extracts about 10% of the donor area 5. It says chest hair can also be used as a donor source 5. The clinic says a doctor gives the local anaesthesia, extracts the grafts and implants them, while the nursing team prepares the grafts 4. It does not say which of its two doctors operates on a given patient 4. A session usually takes 5 to 7 hours, under local anaesthesia with a muscle relaxant 5. The clinic says it has treated more than 5,500 patients 4.

The clinic does not publish prices on its site 1. It says a doctor gives the cost of the procedure at the free assessment 6.

The assessment is free and includes a trichoscopy; patients who cannot attend can send photos for a virtual assessment 46. The clinic is open Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 18:00, and Saturday, 9:00 to 14:00 6. Its branches page lists only the Mexico City clinic 7. The FAQ says most patients return to their activities within about 24 hours 5. The clinic advises no exercise for two weeks, no swimming for a month and no direct sun for three months 4. It says follow-up visits continue until the result at about 14 months, and promises lifetime follow-up 4.

She is an ISHRS Full Member and joined ISHRS in 2013 8. The clinic's page still describes her as an associate member 2. Her ISHRS profile says she teaches FUE at the Instituto Panamericano en Medicina Estética, on a course endorsed by UNAM 8. The clinic says she is an active member of the Ibero-Latin American hair transplant society (SILATC) 2.