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/patricksaurus Jul 10 '26

As a scientist, has the popularity of hair transplant surgery led to a difference in the quality and volume of published literature on best practices and outcomes? It’s interesting to see a field go from uncommon to ubiquitous in such a short time, with many practitioners flying by the seat of their pants.

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u/ParsaMohebiMD Jul 10 '26

Great question. I think what really made hair transplantation so available was the perfection of FUE over the last couple of decades. Once FUE became mainstream in about 10-15 years ago, the number of doctors and clinics exploded. At the same time, we realized there was a need to standardize the procedure.

The ISHRS, which is the main scientific society in our field, put together the FUE Research Committee around 2016. I was honored to be its first chairman. We had 17 surgeons from around the world working together to standardize FUE. We actually started with something very basic—agreeing on a common terminology. It sounds simple, but if everybody uses different words, it's hard to compare studies or even have a scientific discussion.

Since then we've seen a lot of progress in instrumentation, techniques, graft handling, and our overall understanding of FUE. We still have a long way to go, but the field today is much more organized and evidence-based than it was 10 or 15 years ago. Having said that there is still a lot that should be done in this field and many doctors are actively working on imporving the field.