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Dr. Sara Wasserbauer

Own practice·California Hair Surgeon (Sara Wasserbauer MD)

Walnut Creek, United States

$18,000 for 2,800 grafts Patient reported, Jul 2021 · Cost details

Background

Dr Sara Wasserbauer runs California Hair Surgeon, a hair restoration practice in Walnut Creek, California 12. The practice says it is devoted exclusively to hair 1. Her bio says she studied Classical Archeology at Dartmouth College and earned her medical degree from the Medical College of Ohio, now the University of Toledo 3. It says she trained in internal medicine before moving to hair restoration 3. Her ISHRS profile lists an ISHRS fellowship with Dr Matt Leavitt in 2005 to 2006 4. The site does not give a graduation year 3. Besides Walnut Creek, the practice lists offices in San Francisco and San Jose where consultations are by appointment 2. The site does not say surgery takes place at those offices 2.

Procedures and techniques

The site says she performs strip harvest (FUT), FUE, long-hair FUE and robotic FUE 5. The site also lists limited-shave FUE, eyebrow restoration, transgender hairline feminisation, scalp micropigmentation and hair follicle banking with HairClone 36. The practice says it also does scar and plug revisions 7. Its surgical policy page says the doctor draws the hairline, makes the recipient incisions and scores and excises the donor grafts 8. It says the doctor places grafts when sharp implanters are used 8. Medical assistants pull the scored grafts, trim and count them, and place grafts with forceps or dull implanters 8. The FUE page says she harvests an average of 1,500 to 1,800 grafts per session 5. The homepage gives a different FUE average of about 2,727 grafts 1. The limited-shave page says most men needing over 1,500 grafts will need shaving 6. The practice says only one hair transplant procedure is performed at a time 9.

Pricing

The practice does not publish its own prices 9. Its costs page gives national figures of $4 to $12 per graft and $4,000 to over $20,000 per session 9. It says FUE usually costs more than FUT 9. It says the price it quotes is all-inclusive 9. Financing is offered through Cherry, Prosper Healthcare Lending, Lending Club and CareCredit 9.

Booking and aftercare

The costs page offers a complimentary consultation by phone booking 9. An online consultation form is answered by a patient coordinator with Dr Wasserbauer's evaluation 10. The contact page says private consultations can be arranged at a patient's office or home 2. For FUT, the site says stitches are removed after one week to ten days 11. It says significant growth is expected within six months and full growth within 9 to 12 months 11. No guarantee, waiting time or aftercare period is published 9.

Credentials and memberships

The ISHRS lists her as a Fellow Member, a member since 2006 4. Her ISHRS profile also lists her as an ABHRS Diplomate 4. Her bio says she is a Fellow of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery 3. It says she serves on the ISHRS Board of Governors and is a past president of the American/International Board of Hair Restoration Surgery 3. The homepage says she chaired the ISHRS World Congress in 2022 1.

Sources

Facts on this page were compiled from these pages, checked October 2026. Archived copies are kept for every citation. Something wrong or out of date? Suggest a correction.

  1. 1. https://californiahairsurgeon.com/
  2. 2. https://californiahairsurgeon.com/contact-us/
  3. 3. https://californiahairsurgeon.com/about-us/
  4. 4. https://ishrs.org/doctor/sara-m-wasserbauer
  5. 5. https://californiahairsurgeon.com/hair-procedures/follicular-unit-extraction/
  6. 6. https://californiahairsurgeon.com/hair-procedures/limited-shave-fue-procedure/
  7. 7. https://californiahairsurgeon.com/about-us/why-we-are-different/
  8. 8. https://californiahairsurgeon.com/privacy-policy/california-hair-surgeon-surgical-policy/
  9. 9. https://californiahairsurgeon.com/patient-financing/hair-transplant-costs/
  10. 10. https://californiahairsurgeon.com/contact-us/online-consultation/
  11. 11. https://californiahairsurgeon.com/hair-procedures/follicular-unit-hair-transplant/

What patients say on reddit

5 people shared their experience with Dr. Sara Wasserbauer across 12 reddit threads between 2017 and 2026. Every graft count, price and verdict is linked to the original thread.