Dr. Samuel Lam

Dr Samuel (Sam) Lam is a hair transplant surgeon in Plano, in the Dallas area of Texas 1. His site calls him the director of the Lam Institute for Hair Restoration 2. It says he is the practice's only surgeon, with one team that works only for him 3. His ISHRS profile says he qualified in medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in 1995 4. The site says he trained for six years in head and neck surgery at Columbia University and then did a fellowship in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery 2. It says he founded the Hair Transplant 360 training course in 2009 and has written several hair transplant textbooks, including volumes on FUE 2.

The site says he performs both FUE and FUT and chooses between them case by case 5. It lists male and female transplants, transplants for different ethnic hair types, repair of earlier transplants, scar repair, eyebrow and facial hair transplants 6. The FUE page says he uses only hybrid FUE punches 5. It says FUE is done under IV sedation in a Joint Commission-accredited facility and takes about 8 to 10 hours 5. The male hair transplant page says he designs the hairline, gives the anaesthesia, does the FUE harvesting and makes the recipient sites, and supervises graft placement 6. The FUE page goes further and says he does every step himself with no technicians 5. The manifesto says the clinic performs one surgery a day 3. It also says he does not operate on about a third of prospective patients because they are not suitable candidates 3.

The clinic does not publish prices. The FUE page says he does not charge per graft, that fees depend on case complexity, and that pricing is discussed at the consultation 5.

The manifesto says patients meet Dr Lam at the consultation, not a sales consultant 3. The contact page offers in-person and virtual consultations 7. The FUE page says most patients are presentable after about a week 5. A travel page for out-of-town patients lists hotels and transport near the clinic 8.

Registry records list him as an ABHRS diplomate 9. His site says he was certified by the ABHRS in 2008, recertified in 2019, and was its president in 2021 2. The site says he is also certified by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology 2. He is an ISHRS Fellow Member, listed at the Plano clinic, and joined ISHRS in 2004 4. The site says he won the ISHRS Golden Follicle Award in 2022 2.