About MHR
Medical Hair Restoration (MHR) was established in 1992 with the goal of providing artistic and technically sophisticated hair restoration and hair loss solutions to the growing number of people affected by hair loss. Dr. Matt Leavitt, a Board Certified dermatologist with vast training and experience in hair restoration, founded the practice and now almost two decades and tens of thousands of successful procedures later, MHR has grown to become a world leader in hair loss with more Doctors that are Diplomates of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery and more Surgical Centers than any other practice. To ensure the quality of surgery performed at MHR, Dr. Leavitt established a fellowship program to train other doctors in the practice of hair restoration. He wanted to hand pick doctors he felt were cut from the same cloth to train under the fellowship. He looked for specialists, usually dermatologists and plastic surgeons, with an innate artistic ability that could be further developed and improved upon. Today, this fellowship program is one of only a handful of formally recognized hair transplantation training fellowships in the world. The MHR program accepts only a few of the hundreds of physician applicants received each year because of the extensive, specialized training offered.
In 1995, the group started the Live Surgery Workshop, an intense combination of live hands-on surgical
training and demonstrations as well as comprehensive presentations and lectures. Its goal from inception was to promote understanding and education of hair transplantation procedures. The Workshop has since grown to receive national media coverage and international recognition from many medical associations, including the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery. Still hosted by MHR, it is the preeminent meeting in the hair restoration industry, bringing together the worlds’ foremost experts in hair loss to discuss the latest in instrumentation, techniques and research. Today, MHR has over 60 consultation and surgery offices from coast to coast, with 22 hair restoration surgeons—making it the second largest hair transplantation practice in the country. A leader in total hair loss solutions, MHR has performed hair transplant procedures and provided REVVup Hair Therapy products for thousands of men and women from more than 40 countries.
As one of the founding physicians of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery, Dr. Leavitt has appeared internationally as a medical expert on hair loss with the media as well as lecturing on hair loss to medical associations worldwide. In October of 2002, he was awarded the Golden Follicle, presented by the International Society for Hair Restoration Surgery for his significant contributions to the field. Dr. Leavitt’s dedication to hair restoration has fostered an unsurpassed team of doctors, clinical assistants and administrative staff. This in turn has fueled the practice with pioneering spirit, resulting in continued growth every year of its existence, which is validated only by the satisfaction of the patients MHR is here to serve. Following are a few notable achievements of Dr. Matt Leavitt and the surgeons of Medical Hair Restoration:
- Performed the first televised hair transplant, and first live Internet hair transplant
- Edits medical journals and authors chapters in textbooks on hair restoration
- Leaders and advisors for medical organizations and pharmaceutical companies
- Host of the most respected national workshop in hair restoration
- Trained more hair restoration surgeons in the last 10 years than any other practice
- Participates in several research trials with companies such as Merck and Pfizer
- Received numerous awards from the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery including the prestigious Golden Follicle and Platinum Follicle Awards
- Developed innovative hair transplant instruments, including the Leavitt-Minde Scalpel and the Leavitt-Bonn Forceps
