Dr. Raphael Meyer

Dr Raphael Meyer is the medical director of the Clinique de la Croix d'Or in Geneva, Switzerland, and works in hair surgery and aesthetic medicine 1. The clinic runs its hair work as a separate hair centre with its own site 2. His bio says he qualified in medicine at the Lyon Faculty of Medicine in 2010 and specialised in general internal medicine 1. It lists a diploma in hair surgery from Lyon in 2014 1. The clinic says (in French) that he performs the surgery himself in its hair centre, including FUE and FUT transplants, eyebrow work and beard transplants 2.

Besides transplants, the hair centre offers mesotherapy, PRP injections and photobiomodulation, the site says (in French) 2. Its FUE page says the doctor extracts grafts with a punch of 0.8 to 0.9 mm after shaving the donor area 3. It says the doctor makes the recipient incisions and grafts are placed one by one with micro-forceps 3. It says a session moves 500 to 2,000 grafts and one or two sessions may be needed 3.

The clinic publishes indicative "from" prices by graft band 4. It lists 200 to 500 grafts from 1,900 Swiss francs, 800 to 1,500 grafts from 4,400, and 2,000 grafts or more from 8,500 4. It gives no figure for exactly 3,000 grafts and does not say what the price includes 4. A first hair consultation costs CHF 180 for 45 minutes 4.

The hair centre asks patients to fill in an online assessment with photos first 2. It says Dr Meyer reviews each file personally and emails initial advice and a price proposal, which can take up to 7 working days 2. The site does not state an aftercare period 2.

His bio says he became an ABHRS diplomate in 2021 1. It also says he is a member of the ISHRS, the World FUE Institute and the FMH 1. Registry records list him as an ABHRS diplomate at the clinic's Geneva address 5.