Dr. Nilofer Farjo

Dr Nilofer Farjo is Founding Director and a hair restoration surgeon at the Farjo Hair Institute 2. She graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 2. Her ISHRS profile says she specialised in hair and scalp surgery in Toronto, Canada in 1992 1. With her husband, Dr Bessam Farjo, she started practising in Manchester and later added a surgical facility on London's Harley Street 1. ISHRS lists her at the clinic's Manchester site on Quay Street 1. Her profile says she has a research interest in hair genetics and tissue engineering 1. She is Medical Director of HairClone Limited, according to the clinic 2.

The clinic offers FUE and FUT hair transplants 5. For FUE it uses punches of 0.8mm to 1.1mm, and says extraction is done by one or two doctors, including the patient's designated doctor 6. Technicians and nurses then insert the grafts into sites the doctor has made 6. The clinic says any step that cuts the skin is done by its GMC-registered doctors 5. It says up to 2,500 grafts can be moved in one FUE session, with two sessions on consecutive days possible 6. It generally advises against surgery for people under 25 with early hair loss and a family history of significant baldness 4.

The clinic's list price is £3 per graft plus a booking fee of £3,000 in Manchester or £3,750 in London 4. Its FUE page gives the example of 2,000 grafts costing £9,000 in Manchester 6. The clinic says the exact total depends on factors such as the doctors involved 4. A first consultation with a medical professional normally costs £120 8.

Patients start with an online assessment form, after which the clinic gets in touch to arrange a consultation 8.

ISHRS lists her as a Fellow Member who joined in 1994 1. Her profile gives her as President of the ISHRS in 2021-22 1. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery 2. The clinic says she is a founder member and past president of the British Association of Hair Restoration Surgery, and a member and past treasurer of the European Hair Research Society 2. She was Program Chair of the ISHRS World Congress in Chicago in 2015 and co-editor of Hair Transplant Forum International from 2011 to 2014 2.