Dr. Ricardo Mejia

Dr Ricardo Mejia is a dermatologist and hair restoration surgeon at Jupiter Dermatology & Hair Restoration in Jupiter, Florida 12. His ISHRS listing says his practice is dedicated to hair restoration 3. It says he has over 25 years of experience; the clinic site says over 20 years of hair restoration experience 34. His ISHRS listing says he studied biomedical engineering at Tulane, earned his MD at UT Southwestern and trained in dermatology at the University of Kansas Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in hair transplantation surgery 3. The practice lists a second hair restoration surgeon, Dr Luciana Takata 25.

His ISHRS listing names FUE, FUT, female hair restoration, eyebrow, eyelash, beard and body hair transplants, burned scalp reconstruction and scar revision 3. The clinic site has pages on FUE and on eyebrow, beard and eyelash transplants 6789. For eyebrows it offers no-shave and long-hair FUE 7. The FUE page says Dr Mejia proposed the term "follicular unit excision" in the Hair Transplant Forum and that the ISHRS adopted it 6. The clinic says he has taken the ISHRS pledge to personally perform the surgery and not delegate 4. It does not say who places the grafts 4. The FAQ says the average transplant needs 1,500 to 3,000 grafts and a session takes from a few hours to a whole day 10.

The clinic does not publish prices on the pages we checked 2.

The site invites patients to book a consultation with Dr Mejia but gives no fee or format 8. The FAQ says full results can take from 6 months to over a year 10. The clinic says Dr Mejia offers a free hair transplant to a patient with poor results from a clinic where the doctor did not perform the surgery 4.

He appears in the ABHRS diplomate register as Ricardo Mejia, MD 11. The clinic says he is board certified in dermatology and dermatologic surgery 1. He is an ISHRS Fellow Member, a member since 2000 per his listing 3. His ISHRS listing says he was ISHRS President from 2024 to 2025 3. The clinic site still calls him the current President 2. His bio lists him as a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology 1.