Lam Institute for Hair Restoration (HairTX)

Plano, United States

Samuel M. Lam, MD, FACS, FISHRS ✓ verified

4.7 composite score 70 reviews · 1 platform low confidence

Lam Institute for Hair Restoration (HairTX) is a hair-transplant clinic with an authority-verified surgeon in Plano, led by Samuel M. Lam, MD, FACS, FISHRS (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 70 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 does hairline design, donor harvesting (FUE/FUT) and recipient incisions; in-house team places grafts

Technician involvementfull-time in-house team assists with graft placement

Procedures per dayNot disclosed

Revision rateNot disclosed

Surgeon

Samuel M. Lam, MD, FACS, FISHRS verified

ABHRS diplomate & Past President (2021); ISHRS FISHRS and Board of Governors member (Chair, ISHRS 33rd World Congress); triple board-certified facial plastic surgeon; ISHRS Golden Follicle Award 2022; authored 4 hair-restoration textbooks incl. the only FUE textbook

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: ISHRS Fellow (FISHRS); ABHRS Diplomate (President of ABHRS in 2021)
Publications: Authored numerous peer-reviewed articles (Dermatologic Surgery, Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America, Clinics in Plastic Surgery) plus multiple textbook chapters
Conference / society roles: ISHRS Annual Meeting lecturer; ISHRS Basics Course Director (2013) and Workshops Chair (2015); founder/national director of the Hair Transplant 360 Course
Awards: ISHRS Golden Follicle Award (2022); AAFPRS John Orlando Roe Research Award (2002)

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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.hairtx.com/
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Accreditations	ABHRS (Past President 2021), ISHRS (FISHRS + Board of Governors), FACS, AAFPRS

Notable

Plano, TX practice (6101 Chapel Hill Blvd). Dr. Lam is one of the most decorated US hair-restoration educators — ABHRS Past President, ISHRS Golden Follicle Award 2022, and Chair of the ISHRS 33rd World Congress.

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: VERIFIED — one of the strongest US listings. Principal confirmed in ISHRS directory (doctor/48954, active FISHRS + Board of Governors), ABHRS directory, ABHRS Past-President records (2021), AAFPRS profile, plus Yelp and Birdeye (73 reviews). Original candidate record was truncated in the input; reconstructed from independent verification. All authority-body claims (ABHRS past president, ISHRS BoG, Golden Follicle 2022) confirmed.