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Dr. Thiago Bianco Leal

Founder and lead surgeon·Thiago Bianco Clinic (legal entity: Bellegarde & Bianco Medicina Capilar Ltda)

Brazil

Background

Dr. Thiago Bianco Leal is a general surgeon who, per an independent ISHRS bio, trained in Europe to learn FUE before it was practiced in Brazil and was among the first Brazilian surgeons to offer it 1. His clinic site echoes this, saying he studied FUE in Spain and introduced it in Brazil afterward 2. The clinic, legally Bellegarde & Bianco Medicina Capilar Ltda, is based in Alphaville, Barueri, in greater Sao Paulo, and states that Dr. Thiago personally performs every transplant himself 3. He describes the goal of surgery as: "We want to bring back your self-esteem, not turn you into someone else" 2.

Procedures and techniques

The clinic's core offering is FUE delivered through what it calls the Thiago Bianco Method: proprietary mapping software calculates how many follicles the donor area can supply before extraction, and Dr. Thiago designs the hairline himself during planning 4. It reverses the usual order, cutting recipient-area micro-incisions before follicles are extracted, to shorten their time outside the body 5. Its Ultradensity option reaches up to 90 to 100 grafts per cm2 depending on donor profile, which Dr. Thiago attributes to customizing his own blades and buying a hyperbaric chamber 2. The clinic also offers beard and mustache transplants for correcting bald patches or designing a facial hairline, no-shave eyebrow transplants using donor hair from the scalp or elsewhere, female pattern transplants, and non-surgical hair restoration run by its trichologists and nurses 3.

Booking and aftercare

The published process opens with an evaluation consultation for feasibility, followed by preoperative exams (blood count, coagulogram, serology, electrocardiogram with cardiologist clearance); the clinic's own trichologist can address hair conditions beforehand if needed 5. Surgery lasts 8 to 10 hours 5. Afterward, patients go to a recovery area for a light meal before release the same day, with instructions to shower without washing the head and sleep on the stomach 5. Patients return the next day for a first hair wash, and those with high-density grafts are sent to a hyperbaric chamber to speed recovery 5. Follow-up visits are scheduled at 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year 5.

Credentials and memberships

Dr. Bianco graduated in medicine from the University of Marilia 4. His clinic states he is a full member of ISHRS and the World FUE Institute 4. ISHRS's own directory, though, lists him as Associate Member, joined 2012 1.

Sources

Facts on this page were compiled from these pages, checked July 2026. Archived copies are kept for every citation.

  1. 1. https://ishrs.org/doctor/51017/
  2. 2. https://thiagobianco.com/en/home-en/
  3. 3. https://thiagobianco.com/en/services/
  4. 4. https://thiagobianco.com/en/learn-more/
  5. 5. https://thiagobianco.com/en/steps/

What patients say on reddit

38 people shared their experience with Dr. Thiago Bianco Leal across 87 reddit threads between 2021 and 2026. Every graft count, price and verdict is linked to the original thread.

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