Dr. Ragini Ghiya

Dr Ragini Ghiya is a dermatologist and one of three named hair transplant practitioners at Sinclair Dermatology's hair restoration service in Melbourne 2. Her clinic bio says she completed her MBBS in 2003 and an MD in dermatology in 2008 in India 1. It says she was an assistant professor of dermatology at Meenaxi Medical College, practised privately as a dermatologist in India from 2011 to 2023, and then moved to Melbourne 1. The clinic describes her as a Fellow of the Australasian College of Dermatologists 1. Her bio claims more than 4,000 hair transplant surgeries over 13 years of practice 1. Other clinic pages give her experience as over 15 years 2.

The clinic says it practises FUE 4. Its FUE page lists three forms: shaven FUE, where usually only the donor area is shaved, non-shaven FUE and long-hair FUE 3. It also offers body hair transplants when scalp donor hair runs out 3. Her practitioner profile lists FUE, long-hair and non-shaven FUE, and eyebrow, beard and moustache reconstruction as her specialties 2. It says she is closely involved in every stage of each procedure, from planning to execution, but does not say which steps she performs herself 2. The clinic's hair restoration site says every procedure is surgeon-delivered and dermatologist-led 5. Women are also treated 4. A procedure takes 6 to 8 hours according to the FUE page, and 8 to 12 hours according to the main hair transplant page, depending on the number of grafts 34.

The clinic does not publish prices 4. It says the cost depends on the number of grafts and the method used, and that an estimate is given at the consultation 4. Its package page names three program tiers without prices 7. The clinic says a cosmetic hair transplant does not usually qualify for a Medicare or private health insurance rebate 4.

Consultations are booked as a "Hair Restoration Consultation" through HotDoc 6. Consultations take place at the clinic's hub at 29 Royal Parade in Parkville, and procedures and aftercare at 2 Wellington Parade in East Melbourne 7. The clinic says it monitors patients throughout the first year after the procedure 6.

AHRS India (Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons, India) lists her as a member, number P/92/2019, still at a hair transplant centre in Surat 11. ISHRS lists her as an Associate Member in Victoria, Australia 12. Her clinic pages say she is a member of the ISHRS 1.