Dr Ragini Ghiya

Dr Ragini Ghiya is a Fellow of Australasian College of Dermatologist (FACD), having completed a Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery in 2003 with a gold medal, and a Doctorate of Medicine with Honours in Dermatology in 2008 in India. Dr Ghiya was awarded a presentation scholarship for her research thesis by the American Academy of Dermatology in 2011 and presented her paper at the AAD annual scientific meeting.

As an Assistant Professor in Dermatology at Meenaxi Medical College, in the years after her graduation, Dr Ghiya also practised as a private dermatologist 2011 to 2023 then moved to Melbourne.

With 16 years practice as a dermatologist, Dr Ghiya has gained broad experience in treating a variety of dermatological conditions including skin cancers, cosmetic dermatology, dermato-surgical and hair transplant procedures and participate at international conferences and workshops.

Dr Ghiya is a member of ISHRS (International Society of Hair Restoration Surgeons) often attending scientific platforms, and presenting at numerous local and international conferences as she has performed more than 4,000 hair transplant surgeries over past 13 years of practice. She has developed her own unique way of performing hair transplant surgery to achieve higher hair densities, natural hair lines and the use of different body hairs.

Dr Ghiya has published articles in various domestic and international journals and authored a section of a leading textbook in the hair transplant surgery field. She has spoken at conferences on a range of subjects including: ‘How to minimize follicular transaction in FUE’, ‘Slit making for hair implantation’ for the World FUE Institute Conference in 2023, ‘Chest hair harvest’, ‘Anaesthesia in chest hair harvest in FUE’, ‘FUE in cicatricial alopecia’ amongst others, and you can follow Dr Ghiya on Instagram: drraginighiya