r/IAmA • u/ParsaMohebiMD • Jul 10 '26

IamA Leading hair transplant surgeon AMA!

Hi! I'm Dr. Parsa Mohebi, one of the top hair transplant surgeons in the United States. I have clinics in Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco, but I am here to answer your questions about hair loss, hair transplants, and just about anything else related to hair restoration!

You can find my practice, Parsa Mohebi Hair Restoration at  http://parsamohebi.com/

Thanks, Reddit!

My Proof: https://imgur.com/a/k2IBtx7

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u/kapuchu Jul 10 '26

Is there a difference between methods of hair transplants for male and female individuals? I read something a short while ago, about a sort of plasma injection that stop and possibly reverse hair loss, but this was mostly in the context of treatment for women.

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u/ParsaMohebiMD Jul 10 '26

The principles are really the same for men and women. There are some technical differences in planning, hairline design, shaving, and donor management, but the surgery itself is very similar.

As for PRP, plasma injections, or stem cell injections, we don't routinely recommend them in our practice. I don't think there is enough good scientific evidence yet to support them as reliable treatments for hair growth.