Authority-verified surgeon

Venkat Center for Skin, ENT & Plastic Surgery / Venkat Charmalaya

Vijayanagar, India

Dr. Venkataram Mysore ✓ verified

4.7 composite score 1,200 reviews · 1 platform low confidence

Venkat Center for Skin, ENT & Plastic Surgery / Venkat Charmalaya is a hair-transplant clinic with an authority-verified surgeon in Vijayanagar, led by Dr. Venkataram Mysore (verified in an authority-body directory). This clinic does not publish its own price; the market-level estimate for the region is Market average: $0.37–$2.1/graft. Cross-checked against 6 independent sources; ratings below are shown per platform, unblended.

You can't pay to be listed here 6 independent sources Honest negatives kept, not hidden

4.7 Google 1,200 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 riskNot enough data

ISHRS / authority memberYes, directory-verified

Years in hair restorationNot stated

Named surgeonYes

Doctor performs incisionsNot disclosed

Doctor performs extractionNot disclosed

Surgeon involvementNot disclosed

Technician involvementNot disclosed

Procedures per dayNot disclosed

Revision rateNot disclosed

Surgeons

Dr. Venkataram Mysore verified

MBBS (Univ. of Mysore, 1981), DVD (1985), DNB (1987), MD Dermatology (1988), DipRCPath London (1995), FRCP Glasgow; FISHRS — ISHRS Fellow Member (profile #46408); AHRS India Board of Governors BOG/12, past president (2013)

Dr. Aniketh Venkatram verified

MS, MCh (Plastic Surgery); AHRS India member P/103/2019, listed at The Venkat Centre for Skin and Plastic Surgery, Bangalore

What patients say (per platform)

Google Business Profile ("Venkat Center for Aesthetic Health") 4.7★ (1,200) source ↗

“The doctors were patient, professional, and took the time to explain everything clearly (5★)”

“Visited this clinic hoping for a genuine solution for my pigmentation concerns, but the consultation felt more focused on promoting expensive treatments (1★, critical)”

“It has been a long time since I encountered a clinic so unprofessional... A disgraceful response (1★, critical)”

Pricing

Market average: $0.37–$2.1/graft (~$850–$4,200 all-in for ~2,500 grafts). Clinic-specific price not published. not confirmed on the clinic's own site · source: graftcost market estimate (country-prices.js, 2026-08 sourced research pass, high confidence, country average)

Market-level estimate for the region, not this clinic's own published price. Source: graftcost market estimate (country-prices.js, 2026-08 sourced research pass, high confidence, country average)

Contact

Website	www.venkatcenter.com
Phone	+91-8008004586 (site); 91-80-23392788 (ISHRS profile)
WhatsApp	+918008004586
Email	[email protected]
Google Maps	View on Maps
Accreditations	ISHRS — Fellow Member (#46408), AHRS India — Board of Governors BOG/12; past president (2013)

Notable

The strongest academic profile in this pass: Dr. Mysore has a Wikipedia biography, 90+ peer-reviewed papers and four books including 'Hair Transplantation' (2009), and has presided over three national bodies — Association of Cutaneous Surgeons India (2010–13), AHRS India (2013) and IADVL (2015). Awards include the ASDS International Leadership Award (2013), ILDS Leadership Award (2017) and the AHRS Lifetime Achievement Award (2022). ISHRS-confirmed address: 3437, 1st G Cross, 7th Main, Subbanna Garden, Vijaya Nagara, Bangalore 560040.

Sources & verification

Compiled into the 2026-08-14 dataset build. No separate re-verification date is recorded for this clinic. Placed by verification, never by payment.

Editorial note: Tier 1. IMPORTANT SCOPE CAVEAT KEPT AND SHARPENED: this is a broad dermatology / plastic-surgery centre, not a dedicated hair-transplant clinic. The 1,200 Google reviews and both critical quotes concern general dermatology (pigmentation, acne, peels), so the 4.7 is NOT a hair-transplant-specific signal and must not be presented as one. Read the credential record, not the review volume. THREE DOMAINS in play for one practice: venkatcenter.com (live), bangalorehairtransplant.com (on the ISHRS profile) and venkatcharmalaya.com (on the AHRS India roster) — flagged, not resolved. A '[email protected]' string on the homepage is a form template placeholder, not a real address, and was discarded rather than published. No price published — null. Independence note: Wikipedia and the AHRS roster are counted as independent of the clinic; the clinic's own site is supporting detail only.