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Consultant Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon
Mr Log Murugesan.
A UK-trained Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon and hair restoration surgeon, listed on the General Medical Council's Specialist Register for plastic surgery and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.
At a glance
- Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at City Clinics, 82 Harley Street, London
- GMC-registered: GMC number 6145557 (listed on the GMC register as Logendra Murugesan); GMC Specialist Register, plastic surgery
- MBChB · MSc · FRCS (Plast)
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
- Hackett Memorial Prize, British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), 2018
- Fellowship-trained in aesthetic surgery and reconstructive microsurgery, London and Toronto
- 20 years in practice; has taught anatomy at St George's, University of London
Mr Log Murugesan is a Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon (GMC number 6145557) with 20 years in practice, who performs hair restoration surgery at City Clinics, 82 Harley Street, London. He is listed on the GMC Specialist Register for plastic surgery, is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and received the BAAPS Hackett Memorial Prize in 2018.
Mr Murugesan in numbers
Why a plastic surgeon for hair restoration and hair transplant surgery
Hair restoration is cosmetic in its purpose and surgical in its reality. A plastic and reconstructive surgeon is trained to judge proportion, how a hairline sits against the forehead, brow and temples, and to work with tissue in fractions of a millimetre under magnification. Mr Murugesan pairs a microsurgeon's precision with a plastic surgeon's feel for facial proportion, and with the restraint that keeps a result looking as if it was never needed.
His interest in hair restoration began in 2010, while he was caring for burns patients at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. It grew through his plastic surgery training in London and his fellowship work in aesthetic surgery and reconstructive microsurgery.
Plastic and reconstructive surgery is the surgical specialty concerned with repairing, rebuilding and reshaping tissue. Reconstructive microsurgery, one of its subspecialties, works on very small blood vessels and nerves under magnification, and aesthetic surgery is concerned with proportion and natural-looking results. Both build habits a hair transplant relies on: respect for tissue, control of scarring and judgement of how a feature sits within the whole face.
How Mr Murugesan works at City Clinics
- He assesses every patient personally. If Mr Murugesan is to perform your procedure, your consultation is with him, not a patient adviser.
- He designs every hairline by his own hand. Your KE-Bot 360° scan maps your scalp first; he reads the data and draws the plan.
- He takes one patient a day. Design, extraction and placement stay in the surgeon's hands, and his attention is not divided.
- He follows you up. The surgeon who performed your procedure reviews you at two weeks, three, six and twelve months, as part of the £2,000 aftercare programme included in every price.
Hair transplant and hair restoration experience
Mr Murugesan's hair restoration experience covers hair of all types and for all genders, including scalp, eyebrow and beard transplantation and hairline lowering, using FUE. Which procedures he performs for you is confirmed at your consultation.
Training and qualifications
- Medicine: MBChB, University of Manchester
- Plastic surgery training at leading London teaching hospitals
- Fellowship training in aesthetic surgery in London, under experienced aesthetic surgeons
- Subspecialist training in reconstructive microsurgery, including head and neck and breast reconstruction, at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto and at The Royal Marsden, London
- Postgraduate: MSc in Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, University College London; research and thesis in regenerative biology at the Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, awarded with distinction
- Specialist qualifications: MRCS and FRCS (Plast); listed on the GMC Specialist Register for plastic surgery
Career timeline
2010
While caring for burns patients at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, he develops his interest in hair restoration.
2015
Co-authors ‘Percutaneous blunt needle reduction of bony mallet injuries’ in Techniques in Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery.
2016
Contributes a chapter on wound closure to the Textbook of Penile Cancer (Springer).
2018
Receives the Hackett Memorial Prize from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons.
12 May 2023
Listed on the GMC Specialist Register for plastic surgery.
Today
A Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon performing hair restoration surgery at City Clinics.
Research and publications
Mr Murugesan has published peer-reviewed work in hand and reconstructive surgery and contributed a textbook chapter on wound closure. These papers are in reconstructive and hand surgery; they are not studies of hair transplantation. Each is summarised here in plain English.
- Percutaneous blunt needle reduction of bony mallet injuries. Miranda BH, Murugesan L, Grobbelaar AO, Jemec B. Techniques in Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery, 2015;19(2):81–83. A technique for improving the reduction of a bony mallet finger injury, a fracture at the base of the fingertip bone. A blunt needle tip is used under image-intensifier guidance to guide the fragment into position. The paper reports a prospective case series of 12 patients and presents the method as a less invasive option that does not rule out surgical fixation if it is needed. doi.org/10.1097/BTH.0000000000000083
- Basic principles and surgical techniques for wound closure in advanced penile cancer. Murugesan L, Lloyd-Hughes H, Mosahebi A. In: Muneer A, Horenblas S, eds. Textbook of Penile Cancer. Springer; 2016, chapter 12. A textbook chapter on the principles and techniques of closing the wound after surgery for advanced penile cancer. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33220-8_12
- Intra-medullary cannulated headless compression screw for bone graft fixation in metacarpal fractures. Kolaityte V, Murugesan L, Chan JCY. Journal of Hand Surgery (Asian-Pacific Volume). A report on securing bone grafts in a metacarpal fracture with bone loss using an intramedullary headless compression screw. In the reported patient, bone grafts bridged defects in two metacarpals, and the fixation allowed early active movement with good range of motion. doi.org/10.1142/S2424835522720468
Awards and recognition
In 2018 Mr Murugesan received the Hackett Memorial Prize from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) for research on reducing complications in aesthetic surgery. BAAPS awards the prize for research presented at its annual meeting.
Teaching and education
Mr Murugesan has taught anatomy at St George's, University of London. He takes part in scientific meetings, conferences and courses as a speaker, teacher or delegate.
Credentials, registration and memberships
- GMC-registered, GMC number 6145557: GMC register entry for Mr Log Murugesan. His entry on the register appears under the name Logendra Murugesan.
- GMC Specialist Register: plastic surgery, since 12 May 2023
- Qualifications: MBChB, MSc, MRCS, FRCS (Plast); Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
- Memberships: British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, UK Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery
- Experience: 20 years in practice
Check his registration yourself
Anyone can print a certificate; what matters is a name you can verify. You can check Mr Murugesan's registration on the GMC's public register using his GMC number, 6145557; the entry appears under his registered name, Logendra Murugesan. Doctors on the GMC Specialist Register have completed approved specialist training, and his entry is for plastic surgery.
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Questions about Mr Murugesan
Who is Mr Log Murugesan, consultant plastic surgeon in London?
Is Mr Murugesan on the GMC Specialist Register?
What qualifications and memberships does Mr Murugesan hold?
Where did Mr Murugesan train?
Has Mr Murugesan won any awards?
Why does a plastic surgeon perform hair transplant surgery?
What hair transplant and hair restoration experience does Mr Murugesan have?
Will Mr Murugesan design my hairline?
Has Mr Murugesan published research?
What is reconstructive microsurgery, and why does it matter for a hair transplant?
Does Mr Murugesan teach?
How do I book a consultation at City Clinics on Harley Street?
Glossary
Plastic and reconstructive surgery
The surgical specialty concerned with repairing, rebuilding and reshaping tissue.
Reconstructive microsurgery
Surgery on very small blood vessels and nerves under magnification, used to rebuild tissue.
Aesthetic surgery
Surgery carried out to change appearance and proportion.
GMC Specialist Register
The General Medical Council's list of doctors who have completed approved specialist training.
MRCS and FRCS (Plast)
Membership and fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons; FRCS (Plast) is the specialist qualification in plastic surgery.
BAAPS
The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons.
ISAPS
The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
ISHRS
The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery.
FUE (follicular unit extraction)
A hair transplant method that removes follicular units one at a time from the donor area.
Hairline lowering
A procedure that moves a high hairline lower on the forehead.
Where this information comes from
Everything on this page can be checked at source:
- The GMC register entry for GMC number 6145557
- The three publications, through their DOI links above
- The BAAPS Hackett Memorial Prize page
- The websites of the institutions named above
- City Clinics pages: Technology, Aftercare, Quality & Governance
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82 Harley Street · London
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