Dr. Vito Quatela

Dr Vito Quatela founded the Quatela Center for Hair Restoration at 973 East Avenue in Rochester, New York 12. The centre is the hair restoration side of his facial plastic surgery practice 3. The clinic describes him as a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon 1. It says he has performed hair transplants for more than 25 years 1, and elsewhere for more than 30 years 2. It says he studied at the University of Rochester and took his medical degree at Northwestern University 1. Two other facial plastic surgeons at the centre, Dr Heather Lee and Dr Alex Montague, also perform hair restoration 2.

The centre offers FUE and FUT (strip) transplants, eyebrow transplants, hairline lowering, repair of old hair plugs and PRP 2. For FUE, it says its surgeons use the WAW system, a handheld punch worked by a foot pedal, rather than suction-based devices 4. It says its hair transplant specialists place the grafts one at a time 4. For FUT, it says technicians divide the strip into grafts under magnification 5. The site does not say how many of the centre's procedures Dr Quatela performs himself 4.

The centre publishes no prices 6. It says it quotes a price at a free consultation, and that the fee includes the procedure and six months of follow-up care 6. It offers financing 4.

Consultations are one-on-one with Dr Quatela, Dr Lee or Dr Montague 7. The centre helps out-of-town patients with travel and accommodation 8. Its FAQ says a procedure can take 6 to 10 hours 6.

He is a diplomate of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery, per his clinic and his ISHRS listing 13. He is an ISHRS Full Member, a member since 1993 per his listing 3.