Sante Medical - Calgary

It is first time writing any type of review, but it is my oblige to share my best investment ever in my life.
I have got my hair transplant operation on July 24th, 2018.
Overall satisfaction level of operation, hospitality and professionalism of hair transplant team: superb, fantastic and extra ordinary/ Like x 100,000.

I got 1,336 grafts planted. Here, most important thing: During consultation, Sante medical clinic estimates the number of graft by range not by exact grafts. By level of baldness.
I got estimation of 1200 to maximum 1500 graft, with ARTAS Robotic operation and include PRP session, the cost was $9,500 but it was all inclusive (Even accommodation) for guaranteed result.
With the operation, it was figured 1,336 grafts were the exact number of graft to cover all my balding and thinning area.
I already had a consultation from one of plastic surgery clinic in Saskatchewan and paid for consultation fee but I decided to switch my clinic to Sante medical.
The only reason was that I felt their genuine care and sincere attitude toward patients from Adriana.

I am from Saskatchewan, Regina. Sante medical provided two nights of accommodation (Best western Plus) Breakfast included and very decent, pleasant hotel.
I checked in 23rd and had operation on 24th and checked out 25th with final check-up.


The operation

Pain level: I cannot stress enough - The operation itself is definitely NO PAIN at all.
I went to fishing last week and I forgot to take mosquito repellent and got numerous mosquito bites.. that night was more painful than operation itself.

Local anesthesia : Freezing needle (twice - one time before harvesting one time before planting) feels like pulling hair.
After you feel 3 or 4 times of pulling hair kind of feeling, You don’t feel anymore. You are completely numbed. Over planting and harvesting, you feel no pain at all.
I felt little bit of sting and I said "Adriana, I felt something. Right away she gives me another anesthesia shot and start feeling nothing again...

Took about 7.5 hours of operation including Lunch time (Sushi bento box: another pleasant experience) – Started 8:00 AM Done at 3:30 PM

1) 2.5 hours of harvesting
2) 0.5 hours of lunch
3) 3.5 hours of planting
4) 0.5 hours of PRP and post op instruction.

Upto the last minute, I am very very impressed with their professionalism and true care toward patients.


The operation costs me $9500+ GST.
This $9,500 is for PRP session and the satisfactory result, not only 1300 grafts or 1600 grafts.

What if I got estimated 1200 grafts but it is not enough? what an ‘oooopsss’ situation?
Overall, I feel I am very very lucky that I have chosen to go with Sante medical and met these nice people who genuinely enjoy their job with passion and professionalism.


Thank you so much, Adriana, Nafisa and Dr. Bobby Sreenivasan.

Hello all!

I am a 30 year old male who has been experiencing hairloss for roughly 5-7 years. As a teenager and young adult in my early 20s I had always prided myself on having a nice head of hair, so when it started to slip away from me it was all I could think about. I had spent the last three years periodically googling hair loss treatments, side effects, yield expectancies, graft counts etc and the longer I waited the more and more unrealistic I thought getting a hair transplant would be.

Finally about 6 weeks ago I took a plunge and visited Sante Medical clinic in Calgary, AB for a consultation. The entire staff was very friendly and happy to help, they know this is a big step for a person so they make you feel as comfortable as possible. I met with Dr. Bobby and Nafisa and they examined my hair loss and asked me about what kind of goals I would want to set. I told them I am getting married in roughly 14 months and I would love to have a head of hair again. Dr. Bobby went about resculpting a hairline for me and we came up with a game plan. At this point my hairloss had, for lack of a better word, grown to be a Norwood 5. Little hair on the crown, some in the midsection still remained and very sparse at the front. Dr. Bobby told me that since the hair loss was as bad as it was I wouldn't be a candidate for the ARTAS machine but I would be able to a candidate for the Max Growth (strip method). He said it would be a big procedure (at least 12 hours) and that we were looking at $12000. I was expecting it to be approximately $20000 so at that point I knew I was in. We scheduled an appointment for 2 days ago (Oct 10/17) which was about a month after the consult.

I arrived at the clinic the morning of the transplant and because everything had happened so quickly, it still hadn't sunk in what was actually happening. The staff made me very comfortable yet again, I was given my own room to change and keep my belongings, we went over the plan once again and we were off to the races.

The plan was to fill in my front section densely, use some grafts in the midsection to beef it up and then to put grafts into my crown so that it would mimic the midsection. I knew due to the the size of the procedure that full coverage was certainly off the table, the fact alone that we were going to put some coverage everywhere was good with me, I have dark hair and intend for it to not be too short so I could make it work. We probably got started around 8:45am and the crew of Dr. Bobby, Nafisa, Adrianna and Wilson got diligently to work.

I can't give enough praise to the entire team that worked on me. The positivity radiated throughout the room the entire day. This is a group of people that really love what they do. Adrianna and Wilson spent the majority of their day dissecting grafts with zero complaints. Everyone always made sure I was comfortable. Aside from lunch and 2 or 3 bathroom breaks it was full steam ahead for 14 hours. All-in-all my donor strip yielded more grafts than they had expected (4000+). They told me it was one of the bigger transplants they had ever done and they were so pleased, even after a very long day. I can't speak highly enough on how amazing they are and was referring too them as "rockstars" throughout the day.

All told my front section got filled in heavily, they had enough grafts to give my midsection and crown a lot of grafts and even resculpted my temples. It was even more of a success than I ever expected. The post-op care has been exceptional too, I went back yesterday for a first wash and check up and have subsequent appointments in a week and 10 days to check progress and have the staples removed from my donor area. Everything looks great!

I know it's still so early, and now the ball is in my court to properly take care of the transplant, be patient and hope for the best. But future results aside this team is amazing. I HIGHLY recommend going and getting a free consult from this team if you are thinking about a hair transplant and are in Alberta, Canada. These people have changed my life and I will be forever greatful. Thank you!

If anyone reads this and is interested I will post pictures throughout my year post-op