How to choose the best Hair transplant surgeon? This is one of the most difficult things to do especially when many surgeons write the same things on their websites. However, still you got to choose one. So, I think asking the following questions can help you to make up your mind in a better way. 1. Education &training: Is the doctor Board Certified?This is the first parameter which should be taken into account at the time of choosing the doctor. The American Board Certified or the Fellows of the ISHRS who have proven their hard work, dedication and commitment to the cause of hair transplantation in the professional examination format as well as amongst the peer group always hold an edge over the rest of the doctors. 2. Experience: For how long has the doctor been practicing Hair transplant?The longer the period, the more is the chance of his delivering the better results. But make sure that you ask about his experience of doing hair transplants and not just practicing medicine. 3. Is the doctor exclusively practicing hair transplant or doing it along with other procedures?A doctor who is exclusively practicing hair transplant is always better than the one who is doing it as just one of the procedures 4. Are you happy with the results put up on their website or brochures?Results are one of the most important criteria to select your doctor. But make sure that the pics are not photoshopped. Rather, it is difficult to morph the videos, so it is always better to judge the results from the result videos or the video testimonials. Then you should be able to appreciate the naturalness of the hairline, the softness, and coverage of the recipient area. Not only this, you should also see the donor area as most of the patients undergoing huge FUE sessions often land with moth eaten appearance of the scalp after surgery. 5. Does your doctor regularly attends the conferences and present his work in the conferences?A doctor who keeps on attending the conferences is more updated about the new advances in his field as compared to the other one. If he also presents his work regularly, then there is a fair chance that he is respected in his peer group and his opinion will carry more weightage 6. Does your doctor do the surgery himself?Nowadays, the number of hair transplant surgeries have increased but so has the number of shadow surgeries i.e. the surgery which is to be done by the doctors is being performed by the technicians. The surgeon just consults and doesn’t do the extraction or the slit making process as is recommended by the bigger associations of hair transplant like the ISHRS or the AHRS India. Just make it clear from your surgeon that who is going to do these two steps 7. Has your doctor clearly understood your concerns?According to me, if you have got a favorable answer to all the above questions, then it is most important to find out if your surgeon has clearly understood your concerns. You will not be satisfied if after transplant, you get a good crop of hair but this was not what you wanted. In the end, I would like to say that you should take proper time and do adequate research to make your choice because the “Hair once lost from the donor area will be lost forever”.