Dr. Robert Dorin
Founder & Medical Director·The Hair Loss Doctors by Robert J. Dorin (formerly True & Dorin Medical Group)
New York, United States
Background
Robert J. Dorin is Founder and Medical Director of The Hair Loss Doctors by Robert J. Dorin, formerly True & Dorin Medical Group.1 He began working with Dr. Robert True in 2002 after his own hair loss led him to a hair restoration with True.1 The clinic's homepage says True later retired, leaving Dorin to carry on the practice, with headquarters in Garden City, New York, and clinics in Short Hills, New Jersey, Boston, Massachusetts, and New York City.2 Dorin holds a D.O. from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine.1
Procedures and techniques
The clinic offers FUE, FUT, PRP therapy and medical hair loss treatment.2 Dorin says he personally performs every FUE excision, not technicians or a robot, using punches sized 0.75 to 1.00mm, and creates receptor sites by hand with microblades sized 0.7 to 1.3mm, which the clinic says allow densities up to 50 grafts per square centimeter; technicians then place the grafts.4 Its "Zone Shave FUE" option harvests grafts without cutting hair, or by shaving only narrow hidden bands, which it says a robot cannot do.4 FUT takes three to six hours via a donor strip.2 FUE is also used for body and facial hair restoration.4 For patients unhappy with results elsewhere, the practice offers revision work softening old "plug" hairlines.2
Pricing
Dr. Dorin charges a $175 consultation fee, credited toward the cost of surgery if a patient proceeds.3 The clinic does not publish per-graft or package pricing; cost depends on desired hair thickness, degree of hair loss, and grafts harvested, plus optional add-ons like PRP.3 Financing is available through CareCredit and Cherry Financing.4
Booking and aftercare
Consultations, in person or online, typically last 30 to 60 minutes and cover goals, a density exam, and a graft plan, after which patients get written cost and care materials.2 It historically preferred in-person visits but says online consultations can now fully assess candidacy before the procedure day.2 The clinic describes an "open door" policy inviting prospective patients to meet former patients.1
Credentials and memberships
Dorin is a Diplomate of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery and lists membership with the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, the International Alliance of Hair Restoration Surgeons, the American Osteopathic Association, and the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians.1 He also appears in the IAHRS's member directory.5
Sources
Facts on this page were compiled from these pages, checked July 2026. Archived copies are kept for every citation.
What patients say on reddit
58 people shared their experience with Dr. Robert Dorin across 103 reddit threads between 2014 and 2026. Every graft count, price and verdict is linked to the original thread.
- NW3-3V 1,558 grafts surgery 2025
- recovery much easier than expected source ↗
- worth paying to avoid international travel source ↗
- surgeon is expensive and very conservative source ↗
- first transplant left a thin bald spot source ↗
- reasonable when addressing the bald spot source ↗
- density only decent, not amazing, at 7 months source ↗
JamesKPolk130 had an FUE hair transplant with Dr. Robert Dorin, originally planned around 1500 grafts but ending up at 1558, done around July 2025 for about $7/graft, choosing Dorin specifically to stay local rather than travel internationally. He called the recovery 'much much much easier than I anticipated' and the procedure 'terrific (but expensive),' and at 7 months described density as 'pretty decent... not great, not amazing.' By his most recent update he called the overall result underwhelming, saying his first HT left 'a huge thin/bald spot' he considers 'a bit of a failure,' though he noted Dorin was 'very reasonable' when he raised the issue — he's now weighing a second procedure with a different surgeon.
13 threads they wrote in
- May 2026 Has anyone used Dr. Bhumik Shah in Haddonfield, NJ? ↗
- Mar 2026 Recs for a doctor in the Northeast US ? ↗
- Jan 2026 What Surgeons do you believe have earned the right to be added to the Draft of list of surgeons you can scout? ↗
- Jan 2026 24F hairline transplant ↗
- Nov 2025 How many grafts do I need ↗
- Oct 2025 Do it or Don’t- Doctors Ready ↗
- Oct 2025 Help find a surgeon ct/nyc ↗
- May 2025 NYC surgeons are so disappointing. ↗
- Apr 2025 Dr. Dorin NYC ↗
- Mar 2025 1750 FUT grafts with Dr. Dorin- 1 week post op ↗
- Dec 2024 Will I be happy with a single 1200-1500 FUE procedure? ↗
- May 2024 US/NYC Consultation (Dr. Dorian) - any recent patients? ↗
- Apr 2024 Dr. Dorin in nyc or short hills nj. Does it matter? ↗
- NW6 2,625 grafts surgery 2024
- surgeon conservative, avoids overharvesting source ↗
- anesthesia far less painful than feared source ↗
- donor area looked impeccable at day 5 source ↗
- highly recommends Dorin and his staff source ↗
- growth slower than expected at 4 months source ↗
- density disappointing at 5.5 months source ↗
Awkward-Afternoon-62 had a combined scalp-and-beard FUE procedure with Dr. Robert Dorin around August 2024 (roughly 2625 grafts, 1825 scalp plus 800 beard), paying $20,000. In the first days and weeks they were enthusiastic, calling him 'amazing,' praising 'clean work,' painless anesthesia, and donor areas that looked 'impeccable' at day 5. By 4 months they reported growth was 'really slow' and 'boring,' and at their latest update, 5.5 months out, they said they were 'kinda disappointed with density' and unsure if the front would ever be as dense as hoped.
10 threads they wrote in
- Jan 2025 5.5 months. 2625 grafts (800 were beard grafts) kinda disappointed with density and thought the front would be much denser ↗
- Dec 2024 Will I be happy with a single 1200-1500 FUE procedure? ↗
- Aug 2024 6 days post op removed scabs. When does shock loss occur if it were to occur? ↗
- Aug 2024 Would my beard be a good candidate? ↗
- Aug 2024 Day 5 post hair transplant dr Dorin 1825 scalp 814 beard grafts 2639 total grafts 4530 total hairs ↗
- Aug 2024 Anxiety ↗
- Aug 2024 Doctor Dorin hair transplant 2650 grafts 1825 scalp hairs and 825 beard grafts 4800 hairs total ↗
- Aug 2024 Hair transplant doctor Dorin ↗
- Jul 2024 Nervous about hair transplant ↗
- Mar 2024 6 months update ↗
- 1,750 grafts surgery 2025
- surgery day went smoothly source ↗
- zero pain right after procedure source ↗
- valued Dorin's personal communication source ↗
- Dorin a straight shooter, not pushy source ↗
Smart_Tomatillo_1124 had 1750 FUT grafts with Dr. Dorin on 2025-03-17, paying 13,125 USD, and chose him specifically to stay close to home in case anything went wrong. They called the surgery day itself smooth, and at one week post-op said they 'greatly appreciated' Dorin and team's communication. Earlier, in a 2023 comment, they described Dorin as 'a straight shooter' who 'doesn't feel like he's trying to oversell.' No complications were reported at any point.
4 threads they wrote in
- 1,700 grafts surgery 2025
- couldn't be more pleased with procedure source ↗
- doctor was super nice source ↗
- disappointed, hairline density unchanged source ↗
- overall thickness left pretty depleted source ↗
whymewhymewhymeee had a second hair transplant (FUE) with Dr. Dorin in New York in November 2025, reported as 1,480 grafts on the day-1 post and later referenced as 1,700 grafts, following a first transplant of 4,500 grafts in Mexico in 2023. On day 1 they said they 'couldn't be more pleased with the procedure and how it went.' By a July 2026 follow-up their assessment had turned mixed: they reported no density change to the hairline and thickness left 'pretty depleted,' summarizing that they were 'pretty disappointed because the doctor was super nice and has done some really great work.'
2 threads they wrote in
- 1,347 grafts surgery 2024
- numbing shots easy, like mild bee sting source ↗
- found entire process wonderful source ↗
- reported zero discomfort during procedure source ↗
- everybody at his office wonderful source ↗
- density not quite matching native hair yet source ↗
- very happy with outcome so far source ↗
Adept_Buyer_4699 had FUE surgery with Dr. Robert Dorin in Garden City, NY in December 2024, with Dorin personally doing the hairline design, numbing, extractions and incisions while his team placed roughly 1,347 grafts, for $13,000 including PRP and post-op spray. Early on they called the numbing 'a brief, mild bee sting' and found the 'entire process with him and his team to be wonderful'; about a month out they reaffirmed that view but couldn't yet judge results. At their latest update, nearly eight months post-op, they remained 'very happy with outcome at present,' though density wasn't quite matching their native hair yet.
3 threads they wrote in
- male 25 yo 1,580 grafts surgery 2022
- ethical, fantastic at donor management source ↗
- virtually no pain, just some tightness source ↗
- upfront and honest about expected results source ↗
- staff personable and great to work with source ↗
- density slightly less thick under harsh light source ↗
u/Strange-Cold-5192 had about 1,580 grafts with Dr. Dorin in NYC around August 2022, paying roughly $8.50/graft (~$13,430 total) plus extra for PRP. From their pre-op consult through an 11-month update, they consistently called Dorin ethical, 'fantastic at donor management,' honest about realistic expectations, and praised his personable staff and a nearly painless recovery, summing up at 11 months that 'Dr. Dorin was fantastic throughout the process, and I think the result speaks for itself.' Their only caveat was that density looked a touch less thick under harsh light as texture normalized. No complications or negative outcomes were reported, and a 2024 comment reaffirmed they were still happy with the choice.
13 threads they wrote in
- Jun 2024 Hair transplant- 2 surgeries one in 2016 and one in 2019 resulting in the second pic- around 3,400 grafts in total between the two surgeries. Done by Dr. Dorin in NYC. ↗
- Sept 2023 If you had to pick between these doctors who would you go with personally ↗
- Jul 2023 Been awhile since my last update. 11 months post-op w/Dr. Dorin — 1580 grafts ↗
- Apr 2023 Thinking about my 2nd hair transplant 1st was 2011 Dr Dorin NYC ↗
- Feb 2023 6 month update - about 1580 grafts with Dr. Dorin ↗
- Feb 2023 New york city ↗
- Oct 2022 NY looking to get a hair transplant but trying to find best options. ↗
- Sept 2022 11 days post op, all scabs off! Loving this peak at my future hairline ↗
- Aug 2022 Immediately after surgery and 3 days post op. About 1600 grafts ↗
- Aug 2022 Looking for Hair transplant near Philadelphia. Before I go to turkey I want to get a local opinion, but want to avoid a bosley type place. ↗
- Aug 2022 Do you think 1700 grafts will be enough? ↗ removed on reddit
- Aug 2022 Stigma ↗
- May 2022 12 month result! Before and after pics. ↗
- 1,650 grafts surgery 2024
- pretty happy with the whole experience source ↗
- zero complaints, experience was great source ↗
- back to normal life by day 10, donor fine source ↗
- second-guessing if temple points were worth it source ↗
- hairline marks normal, dismissed alarm at 40 days source ↗
- staff called amazing, professional and kind source ↗
OcelotDAD (NYC) had a ~1650-1660 graft procedure with Dr. Dorin in June 2024, paid via CareCredit (amount not stated); he chose Dorin as a 'more with less' surgeon who avoids oversized single-day sessions, accepting upfront that a second procedure might eventually be needed. Early on he called the experience great with 'zero complaints' and was 'pretty happy with the whole experience' by day 12, with a fast recovery and donor area that 'feels great too, like nothing even happened.' At 40 days he brushed off commenter concern about hairline marks, saying Dorin told him it was normal and 'the hairline is fine.' By his 6-month photo updates he posted no explicit new verdict, though commenters were split — some called the result dense and natural, others thought it looked thin or under-lowered.'
7 threads they wrote in
- Dec 2024 6 months progress, 1650 grafts with Dr Dorin ↗
- Dec 2024 6 months. 1650 grafts, Dr Dorin ↗
- Jul 2024 Is this normal? (40 days post op) ↗
- Jul 2024 Nervous about hair transplant ↗
- Jun 2024 12 days post op, Dr Dorin (NYC) 1660 grafts ↗
- Jun 2024 Temple points, good idea or am I cooked? (1650 grafts with Dr Dorin, day 1 post op) ↗
- Jun 2024 Just had the procedure done with Dr Dorin, 1660 grafts ↗
- 1,650 grafts surgery 2023
u/Annual-Cantaloupe-40 had a second hair transplant, 1650 FUE grafts, with Dr. Dorin in Long Island, NY in 2023, after an earlier 1800-graft procedure at another clinic (Maxim) where OP says 80% of the grafts died. OP chose Dorin after "good reviews about him in this forum," and reports Dorin said shaving wasn't required for the procedure. Across three posts tracking the result, OP never gave an overall verdict on Dorin, saying only "I'm so nervous after reading your messages" when commenters questioned whether 1650 grafts would give good density, and never returned to answer the repeated "update?" requests that followed into 2025.
3 threads they wrote in
- Jan 2024 What do you guys think? ↗
- Jan 2024 What do you guys think? ↗
- Dec 2023 1650 grafts done by Dr. Dorin ↗
- NW3 2,000 grafts surgery 2012
u/Subject_Extreme_2356 had a 2000-graft FUT procedure with Robert Dorin in 2012, targeting a thin patch at the back of his scalp (then Norwood 3) along with the temple and hairline; he later had a second, separate 2000-graft FUT procedure with Glenn Charles in 2023. He says he is "extremely happy with both results" and that without the two surgeries he'd be in "shave it off territory." No cost, complications, or aftercare details specific to the Dorin procedure are given, and photos discussed in the thread are from the later Glenn Charles surgery, not Dorin's.
- 800 grafts surgery 2023
- loves Dr. Dorin, calls him so honest source ↗
- suspected shock loss made hairline barer source ↗
- chose Dorin over cheaper options for trust source ↗
This was OP's second procedure with Dr. Dorin: a small no-shave FUE session of close to 800 grafts added to the hairline in 2023, paying $7,500 (including PRP and liposomal spray), following a ~2,300-graft FUT with Dorin in 2019 for $12,000. Posting about three weeks post-op, he noted he 'had some shock loss in the hairline' that made it look barer than before surgery. Despite that, he called Dorin 'so honest' and said 'Love Dr. Dorin,' citing trust that his donor area wouldn't be overharvested as his reason for choosing Dorin over cheaper overseas options.
1 thread they wrote in
- 3,000 grafts
- thrilled with the result source ↗
- kept all grafts, no further loss source ↗
- chose Dorin very carefully, still confident source ↗
OP had a front-hairline-only HT with Dr. Dorin in NYC about 10 years ago (3,000 grafts, paid $20,000), on Dorin's advice to leave the crown untreated. Now 120 months out, OP says he is 'thrilled with it' and that Dorin 'was great!!!', reporting all grafts kept and no further hair loss since. Considering a second procedure, OP reaffirms he 'chose Dr Dorin very carefully' and 'still think[s] he did [a] great job.'
1 thread they wrote in
- Jan 2025 Second Time Around ↗
- 1,500 grafts surgery 2021
- very happy with results source ↗
- late bloomer, no growth until month 10 source ↗
- results are an illusion of density up close source ↗
- Dorin is ethical and conservative source ↗
- clinic is pricey source ↗
- now recommends Bloxham more for donor conservation source ↗
Patient had a 1,500-graft transplant with Dr. Dorin at True and Dorin in 2021, paying about $11,500, and posted 12- and 18-month updates in May 2022. They described themselves as a "very late bloomer" with no good growth until month 10 and results only fully in by 18 months, and noted the density was somewhat an "illusion" visible only under close inspection — but concluded "I am VERY happy with my results," also calling Dorin "very ethical and conservative in his philosophy" while flagging the clinic as "pricey." In a later comment (2024), after also having a separate FUT procedure with Dr. Bloxham, they said Dorin was "definitely more conservative, but was still very happy with his results," though they now recommend Bloxham more for long-term donor-hair conservation.
5 threads they wrote in
- May 2022 12 month result! Before and after pics. ↗
- May 2022 12 month result, see past post for details. Will add comment for more explanation. ↗ removed on reddit
- Nov 2021 Doctors in New York ↗
- Nov 2021 First procedure always thin/low density? ↗ removed on reddit
- Sept 2021 Dr. Recommendations for the NYC Tri State area? ↗
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