Dr. Sean Behnam

Dr. Sean Behnam is the sole surgeon at Dermatology & Hair Restoration Specialists, a solo Los Angeles practice branded on its site as Hair Restoration Los Angeles 1. He performs only one surgery per day, stating this keeps staff from feeling rushed 1. Per the clinic, after his medical training he trained further in hair restoration at the Distefano Hair Restoration Centers 1. The clinic states he has performed FUE since 2008 3.

The practice offers FUE, FUT/strip harvesting, and megasessions of 4,000 to 7,000-plus grafts, with a stated record of 7,300 grafts in one session 4. Dr. Behnam says he personally performs every extraction punch insertion rather than delegating it to a nurse or physician assistant 3. He also states he alone creates recipient sites and sets planting angle, while technicians dissect the strip's grafts 2. Punches run about 1mm with a stated transection rate of roughly 0.9% to 2.1%, and because grafts curl under the skin, the clinic says he curves his punch during extraction to remove them without damage 3. Surgery uses local anesthetic only, and patients leave wearing just a headband 2. Candidates with generalized, diffuse thinning are turned away because the donor area is also affected 6. Coverage is planned with a stated formula of roughly 25 to 35 grafts per square centimeter, plus about 400 grafts for a new hairline 6.

The clinic states total procedure cost generally ranges from $10,000 to $17,000, varying by procedure type, travel costs and graft count, with no published per-graft rate 5. It offers 0% financing for up to 24 months through CareCredit, plus a discount for flexible, short-notice scheduling 5.

Pages give differing consultation lengths: the megasessions page cites one hour, Monday through Friday, for a $100 fee credited toward the procedure 4. The consultation page instead calls it a 45-minute session with Dr. Behnam himself 6. The visit covers hair loss education, microscopic hair analysis, density calculation and hair mapping 6. Afterward, patients are given Dr. Behnam's direct cell number, and he says he prefers to see patients multiple times over the following two weeks at no charge 1.

Per the ABHRS diplomate registry, Dr. Behnam is a board-certified diplomate of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery 8. The IAHRS registry lists him as well 9. The clinic states he has been an active ISHRS member since 2007 7.