Carolina Hair Surgery (Michael W. Vories, MD)

Mount Pleasant, United States

Michael W. Vories, MD ✓ verified

4.7 composite score 3 reviews · 1 platform low confidence

Carolina Hair Surgery (Michael W. Vories, MD) is a hair-transplant clinic with an authority-verified surgeon in Mount Pleasant, led by Michael W. Vories, MD (verified in an authority-body directory). This clinic does not publish its own price; the market-level estimate for the region is Market average: $3–$12/graft. Cross-checked against 7 independent sources; ratings below are shown per platform, unblended.

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4.7 Google 3 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 involvementdoctor full procedure — performs all extractions and places every graft himself; single assistant limited to graft counting and loading implanter pens

Technician involvementone surgical assistant only, restricted to counting/collating grafts and loading implanter pens; clinic elsewhere cites techs averaging 7+ years experience

Procedures per day1 procedure/day (6-8 hour day; large cases split over two consecutive days)

Revision rateNot disclosed

Surgeon

Michael W. Vories, MD verified

MD; ABHRS VERIFIED DIPLOMATE — certification year 2007, ten-year recertification 2017, listed in the ABHRS physician registry as 'Carolina Hair Surgery, 498 Wando Park Blvd Ste 400, Mount Pleasant SC 29464' with email [email protected]; ISHRS Full Member carrying the 'ABHRS Diplomate' badge on his ISHRS directory profile; IAHRS accepted member; appears in ABHRS's own 'Choosing A Certified Doctor' video

Verified profile ↗ (https://carolinahairsurgery.com/about-us/)

Real patient discussion

Independent forum threads and community posts we found while verifying this clinic. Read the unfiltered patient experience, not just the marketing.

Pricing

Market average: $3–$12/graft (~$8,000–$20,000 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.carolinahairsurgery.com/
Phone	+1 843-884-1258
Email	[email protected]
Google Maps	View on Maps
Accreditations	ABHRS Verified Diplomate (cert. 2007, recert. 2017), ISHRS Full Member with ABHRS Diplomate badge, IAHRS accepted member

Notable

The only ABHRS-Diplomate-led dedicated hair surgery practice found in the Charleston / coastal South Carolina market during this pass. Verified across three separate authority bodies — ABHRS, ISHRS and IAHRS.

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 RAISED 2 to 1 ON CREDENTIALS, WITH THE NEGATIVE RECORD KEPT INTACT. Verification is now confirmed at three authority bodies rather than asserted: the ABHRS registry record (cert. 2007, recert. 2017) and the ISHRS profile with ABHRS badge were both pulled directly this pass, and he is in the live IAHRS member list. EMAIL ADDED from the ABHRS registry ([email protected]) — authority-sourced. HONEST BALANCE REQUIRED and preserved: multiple r/HairTransplants users report disappointing outcomes, and commenters state he was REMOVED from the Hair Transplant Network approved-surgeon list after a publicly posted multi-hair-graft hairline. That delisting claim remains COMMUNITY-SOURCED AND UNCONFIRMED — it must be published as an unverified patient-forum allegation, never as fact, and the critical quotes must not be tidied away. No Google rating/count was returned by Serper Places across passes for either GBP at this address, so no Google row is asserted. Two Google Business Profiles exist at the same address — duplicate listings for one practice, not two clinics. The 'Ape to Gentleman' and 'Spex Hair' seals on the clinic site are media/blog badges, not accreditations, and are excluded. No price published.