Traveled from Glasgow to Jaipur for a 4,500 graft FUT with Dr. Sunit Soni based on a recommendation. The doctor was barely present, technicians did almost all the work, and my results one year later are terrible (empty crown, patchy front). When I returned for follow-up PRP, the doctor ignored my concerns, casually suggested cutting my scalp open for a second FUT, and left me waiting until I had to leave for my flight. All PR, no substance. Avoid.
Background & Pre-Op
I live in Glasgow, UK, and a good friend of mine originally from Jaipur recommended Medispa Clinic. I was specifically looking to get FUT rather than FUE, so I decided to book it during my annual visit to India.
The initial process was actually decent. I had an online consultation with staff, sent my pictures in, and was quoted 4,500 grafts. I also had an online call with Dr. Soni. When I arrived in Jaipur, the clinic provided a good room with good food, and the pre-op blood work was done professionally. I met with Dr. Soni the day before surgery and trusted him enough to say, “Do whatever you think is the best way to go forward.”
The Surgery: Red Flags & Ghost Doctor
The next day, I was taken into the OT and given an injection that knocked me out completely.
When I woke up, the strip extraction and the front transplant had already been completed. I looked around and saw only technicians. They then actually moved me to another floor in the next building to do the rest of the transplant on my crown area. This was done entirely by technicians. Dr. Soni was nowhere to be found while I was awake.
He only showed up at the very end of the procedure. His priority? Calling in his cameraman and asking me to shoot a promotional video saying good things about him. I was groggy and played along, but later, when I saw the final edited video, I laughed out loud. The video claimed I flew in from Canada**. These people couldn’t even be bothered to Google that Glasgow is in the UK.**
The Results (1 Year Later)
Honestly, I didn’t get the results I paid for.
My hair density is incredibly low.
One side of my frontal hairline is completely empty, which looks incredibly weird.
My crown area is still completely bald.
The Follow-Up: Humiliation & Apathy
Fast forward to this year: I went back to the clinic for a PRP session. I was hoping for a genuine explanation regarding my failed results and some corrective measures.
Instead, the very first thing Dr. Soni said when he saw me was, “Let’s do your transplant again.”
I was shocked. You sliced a strip out of the back of my head for FUT, the results failed, and your immediate reaction is to casually suggest cutting me open again without addressing what went wrong? He quickly brushed me off, saying he was “in surgery” and would meet with me later.
After my PRP session, I sat waiting for him for an hour. I knew he was just sitting in his office—not in surgery. I told the receptionist I had a flight to catch and begged them to ask him to see me early, but he completely ignored me. I finally had to leave to make my flight, feeling absolutely humiliated and cheated.
Conclusion: It’s a Hair Mill
They sold me on this procedure by boasting that Dr. Soni is a plastic surgeon and a master of FUT. The reality? It’s a hair mill.
He does 2 to 3 surgeries a day, claiming to extract 4,000–5,000 grafts per patient. It is mathematically and physically impossible for one doctor to do that properly. The technicians do the heavy lifting, the doctor does the PR.
A person who operates like this and has the capacity to humiliate a patient who flew across the world does not deserve a single customer.
please Do not go there.
Feel bad for this guy.
The video part especially, what the fuck. He was still groggy and they wanted him on camera saying how good the doctor was. Reviewing what exactly? He hadn’t even seen a result yet. Those surgery day videos mean nothing to me. But reading how he booked this, got a few questions. You’re living in Glasgow. Did you look at anyone closer to home before going all the way to Jaipur? I’d at least have looked into consultations with Dr. Bessam Farjo in Manchester or Dr. Edward Ball in Portsmouth. Not saying either would guarantee a perfect result but seems worth getting opinions before committing to hair transplant that far away.
A friend recommended the clinic based on what? Did he have a transplant there? If you’re going to India or Turkey for hair transplant why not compare a few surgeons there instead of stopping at the name your friend gives you? No idea what he paid but if saving money was a big part of it, I’d rather put it off and save longer than go ahead with things I wasn’t sure about. Why specifically ask for FUT, I’d have been looking at FUE first. Would need a bloody good reason to agree to a strip scar.
Does make me wonder if he’d done enough homework. Not saying he deserved any of this, he didn’t. And it’s still on the clinic to explain things properly. But the clinic choice, wanting fut, leaving parts of surgery plan open and then being surprised by what happened during surgery.
I care more about how a clinic actually works than the name on website. My preference would be a surgeon doing one patient that day with everyone’s role clear. Not somewhere trying to get several hair transplant cases through at once. I’d pay more for that. One patient a day doesn’t guarantee anything either. But I want to know whose time I’m paying for and who I can actually reach afterwards. Doctor supervises wouldn’t tell me enough. Supervises what exactly and how much of the day is he even in the room.