د. هيثم سالم

About Dr. Haitham Salem

Dr. Haitham Salem is a plastic surgery specialist and hair transplant specialist at HairX Clinics in Egypt. He plans from measurement rather than from ready-made packages: the donor area is counted, the pattern of loss is graded, and the number of grafts is whatever those two things allow — not a round figure chosen to fit a price list.

What he works on at HairX

• Hair transplantation with FUE, DHI and Sapphire techniques
• Restoring receding hairlines and thinning crowns
• Beard and eyebrow transplantation
• Medical hair loss treatment and PRP for cases that are not surgical

What your consultation looks like

Expect a direct conversation. The examination establishes how advanced the loss is, how much the donor area can safely give, and whether a single session is enough or the case is better staged. You will see the proposed hairline drawn before you commit, and you will be told which parts of the result depend on your own hair characteristics rather than on the technique used.

FUE, DHI and Sapphire: how the technique is chosen

All three techniques used at HairX move individual follicular units from the donor area at the back and sides of the head to the areas that have thinned. They differ in how the grafts are placed. In FUE, the grafts are extracted one by one and placed into small channels that are opened beforehand. In DHI, each graft is loaded into an implanter pen and placed directly, so extraction and implantation are closer together and the surrounding hair can often be kept longer. In the Sapphire method, the channels are opened with sapphire blades, which allows a finer incision and closer placement where density is the priority.

Because Dr. Salem plans from what the donor area can safely give, the technique is chosen to make the best use of that supply. Where a receding hairline needs precise placement, where a thinning crown needs coverage over a wider area, and whether the case is better done in one session or staged, all shape whether FUE, DHI or Sapphire is proposed. You are also told which parts of the result depend on your own hair characteristics rather than on the technique, so the choice is not oversold.

Seeing the result before you book: the 12-month AI preview

Before any consultation, in person or online, you can use the free AI hair analysis on this site. You upload five photographs of your scalp, taken in daylight with dry, unstyled hair: the front, both sides, the crown from above and the donor area at the back. The report shows how your hair could look at day one, month three, month six and month twelve, rendered on your own photographs rather than on a stock model, and it estimates the number of grafts each zone would need: hairline, temples, frontal area, mid-scalp and crown, each with its own figure and a total. You keep it as a PDF whether or not you ever contact the clinic.

The preview is a planning aid, not a diagnosis. Photographs show that donor hair is present, but they cannot measure how many follicles per square centimetre are really there, and that number sets the ceiling on every plan. They also cannot tell whether the loss has stopped. Dr. Salem reads the report as a starting point for the conversation and checks it against the examination, which is where the graft count is confirmed or corrected.

Booking and follow-up

Appointments are available at HairX in New Cairo, Giza and Beni Suef, Open daily, 10:00–23:59. Patients coming from abroad can use the free AI hair analysis on this site first — it returns a graft plan per zone and a visual timeline — then hold the consultation online. The clinic can arrange accommodation and transport, and follow-up during the first month is available in person or online.