Chairman and Chief Hair Transplant Surgeon, IHT Clinics. The only Indian surgeon to have served as President of ISHRS (USA), President of AAHRS (Asia), and President of AHRS India - leading the field nationally, regionally, and globally.
MBBS, MS | Chairman & Chief Hair Transplant Surgeon
Past President: ISHRS (USA) · AAHRS (Asia) · AHRS India | Diplomate, ABHRS
The first and only Indian hair transplant surgeon elected as President of ISHRS (USA) - the world's foremost body for hair restoration surgery. Dr. Kapil Dua brings over 25 years of surgical experience, more than 5 million follicles transplanted, and an internationally respected approach to every case he handles.
With a medical practice defined by surgical precision, long-term patient planning, and meaningful contributions to global hair restoration science, Dr Kapil Dua is widely considered among the most credentialed hair transplant surgeons practising in India today.
Credentials at a Glance
Dr Kapil Dua is the Chairman and Chief Hair Transplant Surgeon at IHT Clinics, with more than 25 years of clinical experience in hair restoration surgery and planning. His experience spans all stages of surgical hair restoration, from carefully designed hairlines in early-stage cases to complex, multi-session planning for advanced Grade 6 and Grade 7 baldness, which demands a high level of donor management expertise and long-term strategic thinking.
He is widely recognised as one of the early adopters of FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction), the stripless hair transplant method, in India, having begun work with the technique in 2007 at a time when it was largely unfamiliar to practitioners in the country. His early focus on mastering FUE, combined with a commitment to refining the procedure through ongoing clinical research and international collaboration, placed him at the forefront of the technique's adoption across South Asia.
In 2022, he became the first Indian surgeon ever to be elected President of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS), USA, the world's most respected organisation for hair restoration surgeons, and served in that role through 2023. In 2024, he was appointed President of the Asian Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons (AAHRS), making him the only surgeon from India to have held the top leadership position in national, regional, and global hair restoration bodies at different points in his career.
What sets Dr Kapil Dua apart is not only the number of procedures he has performed or the leadership roles he has held, but the way he plans each case. Whether it is a 1,500-graft hairline case or a complex Grade 7 revision with a limited donor area, every case is assessed carefully with a focus on long-term results.
He practices at IHT Clinic locations in Delhi, Ludhiana, and Bangalore,. Many patients travel from different cities and countries to consult him because in advanced hair transplant cases, the surgeon’s experience, judgement, and donor area management can make a major difference to the final outcome.
Dr. Kapil Dua's academic foundation combines formal surgical training, an international fellowship under one of Israel's most respected hair transplant surgeons, and ongoing contributions to published research and medical education in the field. His credentials span clinical practice, board certification, editorial leadership, and international research.
Dr. Kapil Dua is among the few Indian hair transplant surgeons to have held leadership roles across national, Asian, and international hair restoration organisations. These organisations play an important role in advancing hair restoration by developing educational programmes, promoting research, encouraging scientific collaboration, and supporting high standards of patient care worldwide.
Dr. Kapil Dua has delivered lectures, conducted live surgery demonstrations, and served as faculty at international conferences in China, Thailand, Dubai, the United Kingdom, Panama, and across India. He has participated as a speaker and faculty member at multiple consecutive ISHRS Annual Scientific Meetings and contributed to the scientific development of FUE surgical technique standards through peer-reviewed publications and collaborative research.
Professional Memberships & Affiliations
Over the years of clinical experience, Dr Kapil Dua and his team at IHT developed Bio-FUE as a trademarked hair transplant procedure built on the principles of FUE, with an additional focus on graft protection, survival, and long-term results.
Bio-FUE combines customised extraction tools and addresses the two most common causes of graft compromise. The technique also incorporates bio-therapy as part of the overall treatment protocol to promote graft viability and healing.
By addressing some of the common factors that can affect graft survival, Bio-FUE aims to maximise the viability of transplanted follicles and has demonstrated success rates of up to 95% in suitable candidates when performed with appropriate surgical planning and post-procedure care.
Dr. Kapil Dua's practice is built around a structured, case-specific approach where every decision, from hairline position and graft count to donor management and session planning, is made with the patient's long-term picture in mind. Patients travel from across the country to consult him at IHT Clinics, including those from Chandigarh, Gurgaon, Noida, and Mohali, who visit IHT Clinics for their hair transplant specifically because of the level of surgical expertise and planning discipline available here.
Every hairline Dr. Kapil Dua designs is planned around the patient's facial anatomy, current age, expected hair loss progression, and long-term donor capacity. Angle, direction, depth, and density are all mapped before any surgical step begins. The goal is a result that looks right not just at one year post-op, but across decades.
Dr. Kapil Dua is internationally recognised for managing Grade 5, 6, and 7 baldness cases. These require a level of donor planning, graft calculation, and realistic expectation-setting that most clinics are not equipped to handle. He takes on complex cases through careful evaluation and, where necessary, staged surgical planning that preserves donor area health for future sessions.
Patients who have had unsatisfactory results elsewhere - pluggy grafts, unnatural hairlines, mismatched density, or over-harvested donor areas - consult Dr. Kapil Dua for revision work. These are among the most demanding cases in hair restoration, requiring thorough assessment before any corrective procedure is planned, and he approaches them with the same structural discipline as primary transplants.
Hair in different areas of the face and body grows at unique angles, textures, and rates. Dr. Kapil Dua customises the extraction and implantation approach for each specialised restoration, whether that involves beard transplant, eyebrow restoration, or body hair procedures, ensuring growth patterns look natural within the specific zone being treated.
The donor zone is a finite resource. Dr. Kapil Dua is deliberate about how grafts are extracted and at what density, ensuring the scalp does not show signs of over-harvesting and that future sessions - if ever needed - remain viable. This conservative approach is one of the key differences between results that hold up over 10 to 15 years and those that begin to look sparse and patchy.
Patients from the UK, Middle East, Southeast Asia, and other countries travel specifically to consult Dr. Kapil Dua at IHT Clinics. Within India, patients from cities without a local IHT clinic, including those from Jalandhar, Jaipur, and Meerut, also travel to the Delhi, Ludhiana, or Bangalore clinic for treatment, choosing the surgeon over proximity when results matter most.
Consult Dr. Kapil Dua for an honest, expert assessment of your hair restoration options.
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