Dr. Rachael Kay

Dr Rachael Kay is an FUE hair restoration surgeon at the Farjo Hair Institute 2. She qualified as a doctor at the University of Manchester in 2003 2. The clinic says she worked in the NHS for over 10 years and joined the Farjo team in 2014 2. Before starting there, she spent a year in fellowship training in hair restoration with Drs Farjo in Manchester 2. She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Dermatology and still works part time in the NHS as a general practitioner 2. ISHRS and BAHRS list her at the clinic's Manchester site on Quay Street 17.

The clinic offers FUE and FUT hair transplants 5. Her ISHRS profile lists FUE, female hair restoration, body hair transplantation, ethnic hair and facelift hair revision among the procedures she performs 1. For FUE the clinic uses punches of 0.8mm to 1.1mm, and says extraction is done by one or two doctors, including the patient's designated doctor 4. Technicians and nurses then insert the grafts into sites the doctor has made 4. 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 4. It generally advises against surgery for people under 25 with early hair loss and a family history of significant baldness 3.

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

Patients start with an online assessment form, after which the clinic gets in touch to arrange a consultation 6.

ISHRS lists her as a Fellow Member who joined in 2013 1. Her ISHRS profile shows her as an ABHRS Diplomate, and her clinic page lists ABHRS among her qualifications 12. BAHRS lists her as a Full Medical Member Hair Transplant Surgeon 7. BAHRS says this category is for GMC-registered surgeons who regularly perform hair restoration surgery in the British Isles, defined as an average of one procedure a week over the previous year 8. The clinic says she is the current Secretary of BAHRS and a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners 2. In 2016 she taught at the ISHRS-sponsored European Hair Transplant Workshop in Manchester, and she writes the meetings review column for the ISHRS journal Hair Transplant Forum International 2.