Authority-verified surgeon

Farjo Hair Institute

Manchester, United Kingdom

Dr Bessam Farjo ✓ verified

4.7 composite score 59 reviews · 2 platforms high confidence

Farjo Hair Institute is a hair-transplant clinic with an authority-verified surgeon in Manchester, led by Dr Bessam Farjo (verified in an authority-body directory). Cross-checked against 13 independent sources; ratings below are shown per platform, unblended.

You can't pay to be listed here 13 independent sources Honest negatives kept, not hidden

4.6 Trustpilot 50 reviews 5 Doctify 9 reviews

Surgeon & safety signals

What Reddit and forum users actually argue about: who does the work, and whether it's a "hair mill". We state only what's verified; the rest is honestly marked not disclosed.

Hair-mill riskLow

ISHRS / authority memberYes, directory-verified

Years in hair restorationNot stated

Named surgeonYes

Doctor performs incisionsYes

Doctor performs extractionYes

Surgeon involvementSurgeon-led. Doctors (Drs. Bessam & Nilofer Farjo, Greg Williams, et al.) perform donor prep/extraction and create the recipient sites (micro-slits); experienced in-house technicians place the grafts under direction.

Technician involvementSkilled, in-house nurses and technicians handle graft placement (ISHRS Centre of Excellence; ongoing tech training program)

Procedures per dayNot disclosed

Revision rateNot disclosed

Surgeons

Dr Bessam Farjo verified

MB ChB BAO LRCPSI; FISHRS (Fellow & Past President of ISHRS — 15th President, 2007-2008, 1st European President); ABHRS Diplomate; Founder Member & Past President of BAHRS; FICS; GMC-registered. Lead hair restoration surgeon, Manchester. Trained Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland; hair fellowship Toronto.

Verified profile ↗ (farjo.com staff page (clinic own team page) — byte-validated 200 image/jpeg)

Dr Nilofer Farjo verified

MBChB; FISHRS — verified in ISHRS member directory (doctor/37155, joined 1994, Fellow Member, active); ISHRS President 2021-2022 (29th President; 3rd female and 1st UK/European female President); ABHRS Diplomate; BAHRS; FICS; GMC-registered. Co-founder.

Verified profile ↗ (ISHRS member directory profile (authority body, doctor/37155) — byte-validated 200 image/jpeg)

Dr Greg Williams verified

Plastic surgeon; ISHRS Fellow. Leads the London (152 Harley Street) clinic team. Listed on Farjo staff page (current).

Dr Rachael Kay

Listed on Farjo staff page (current). Not independently authority-body verified on this pass.

Dr Zayn Sattar

Listed on Farjo staff page (current). Not independently authority-body verified on this pass.

What patients say (per platform)

Trustpilot 4.6★ (50) source ↗

“Farjo Hair Institute, a leading UK hair transplant clinic led by Dr. Bessam Farjo.”

Google source ↗

“GBP confirmed via Serper Places (70 Quay St, Manchester M3 3EJ; phone 0333 370 4004); numeric rating not surfaced on this pass.”

Doctify 5★ (9) source ↗

“Excellent planning, surgery and aftercare”

Surgeon experience & credentials

Sourced E-E-A-T signals for the lead surgeon. Self-reported figures are marked; everything else is cited below.

Fellowship / board: FISHRS (Fellow of the ISHRS); completed a hair restoration surgery fellowship in Toronto, Canada in 1993
Years performing HT: 33+ years
Publications: 120+ hair/scalp presentations and publications across 80+ meetings; over 50 peer-reviewed papers and 12 textbook chapter contributions (self-reported); ongoing hair research collaborations with Universities of Manchester, London, Bradford, Durham and Unilever since 2000
Conference / society roles: 15th President of the ISHRS (Oct 2007 – Sep 2008); one of only ~9 doctors to have attended every ISHRS Annual World Congress since the first in 1993

Pricing

Not multi-source verified

Contact

Website	www.farjo.com/
Phone	+44 333 370 4004
Google Maps	View on Maps
Accreditations	ISHRS — Bessam (Past President 2007-08) & Nilofer (Past President 2021-22, verified in directory) both Fellows (issuing-body level, strongest), ABHRS Diplomates (both), BAHRS founder/past-president (Bessam), GMC-registered, Purpose-built Manchester surgical/teaching facility (opened 2012), CQC registered (location 1-645958490), ISHRS, ABHRS, BAHRS

Notable

Among the most credentialed hair-restoration practices in the UK — two ISHRS Past Presidents under one roof; recognised teaching/research institute.

Sources & verification

Last verified 2026-07-12 · placed by verification, never by payment.

Editorial note: Tier 1: principals verified at the strongest possible level — Nilofer Farjo confirmed in the ISHRS issuing-body directory (doctor/37155, active Fellow) with a directory photo byte-validated as image/jpeg; both are ABHRS Diplomates; Bessam Farjo's own team-page photo also byte-validated. Independent corroboration: ISHRS authority body + Google Maps/GBP (Serper) + Trustpilot live profile + multiple press (MedEsthetics ISHRS-presidency coverage) (>=4 independent). Price not published on site (consultation-based) — left null rather than invented. Greg Williams confirmed via Farjo staff page + 152 Harley Street roster. Two junior staff (Kay, Sattar) flagged unverified.