Dr. Vance Elliott

Dr Vance Elliott leads Advanced Hair & Skin Surgery, a clinic in Sherwood Park, next to Edmonton, Alberta 1. The clinic says it has served Edmonton and Sherwood Park since 2004 2. His bio says he earned an MD with distinction at the University of Saskatchewan and did his family practice residency in Regina 3. It says he worked in intensive care, coronary care and emergency medicine at Regina General Hospital before moving into hair restoration 3. The clinic also offers injectables, skin and vein treatments 2. The site says he had a hair transplant himself 4.

The clinic says it uses follicular unit grafting, including combination grafting and multi-unit grafts (MUGs) 4. It says Dr Elliott offers long hair transplants, a method he learned from Dr Marcelo Pitchon of Brazil, in which existing hair length is kept during graft placement 4. Transplants are done under conscious sedation with local anaesthetic and usually take several hours 4. The site lists hairlines, the crown, temples, scars, beards, eyebrows, moustaches and sideburns as areas treated, and offers transplants for women 4. It has a separate page on correcting earlier transplants 1. The team includes a clinic manager described as a hair transplantation professional and a transplant technician 5. The site does not say which surgical steps the team does 5.

The clinic does not publish prices 6. It says the cost is set at the consultation, together with the treatment plan 6. Financing is available through a third-party lender, Beautifi 6.

A consultation is required before a hair transplant 7. The clinic says the consultation includes a medical assessment, a treatment plan and a pricing discussion 2. Follow-up visits monitor healing, and PRP may be recommended after surgery 4. The clinic's phone number is 825-450-3394 2.

The ISHRS lists him as a Fellow Member who joined in 1996 8. His ISHRS profile also shows him as an ABHRS diplomate 8. Registry records list him as an ABHRS diplomate (Vance W. Elliott, MD FISHRS) 9. His bio says he has held editorial roles at Hair Transplant Forum International 3.