Meshkin Medical Glendale

The practice says its focus is hair restoration and that it also offers a set of aesthetic treatments. The Newport Beach office is open on weekdays, while the Glendale office sees patients by appointment only. The practice says it serves patients from Irvine, Los Angeles and across Southern California.

The practice says it has more than 30 years of experience in hair transplant surgery and hair restoration, and that it has performed thousands of procedures. Its two physicians are Michael Meshkin, MD, a hair restoration specialist, and Alister Meshkin, MD, who works in aesthetic medicine. Both use platelet-rich plasma for hair loss and for aesthetic concerns.

A visit usually starts with a free consultation, which can be done in person or by phone. The team looks at what is causing the hair loss and whether it can be reversed before recommending an approach. For transplants, the practice says ideal candidates have thinning hair and a stable donor area, and the cost is quoted only after a detailed evaluation that considers the degree of hair loss and the donor hair available.

For surgical work, follicular unit extraction removes individual follicles and places them in thinning or balding areas, and the practice says it leaves no linear scar and has a faster recovery. Follicular unit transplantation suits patients who need a larger number of grafts and is listed at $3 per graft. Body hair transplants cover the beard, eyebrows and eyelashes, and hairline lowering is also offered. The practice describes its method as customized incision work, microsurgical technique and regenerative medicine.

Non-surgical options include PRP injections into thinning areas of the scalp, usually given monthly for three months and then every three to six months, with improvement expected around three months in. ACell therapy can be combined with PRP, and Propecia is offered as an oral option. Costs are also set out plainly: typical transplants run from $3,500 to $10,000 depending on grafts, with an average near $7,000, and post-op care and pharmacy prescriptions are extra. A $1,000 room reservation fee, collected once a surgery date is set, is deducted from the total, and a deposit confirms the date while the balance is due on surgery day. Financing is through PatientFi or CareCredit, since the practice does not offer in-house financing, and seasonal, student and traveling discounts are available.

The practice evaluates the cause of hair loss and whether it is reversible before recommending a plan, and it describes its hairline design as combining customized incisions, microsurgical work and regenerative medicine.