Transitions International Group is a membership organization representing some of the most experienced independent hair restoration professionals in the world. Founded in 1990, we bring together a select network of clinics and studios whose principal work is helping men, women, and children navigate hair loss, whatever its cause, and whatever the right hair loss solution turns out to be.

We are not a franchise organization. Every Transitions member clinic is independently owned and operated, making its own decisions for its own clients. What unites our members is a shared commitment to excellence, ethics, and the belief that every person experiencing hair loss deserves honest, individualized guidance, not a sales pitch.

Transitions International Group was founded in 1990 by five independent hair restoration professionals who had each spent decades serving clients in their home markets and who shared a conviction that the field needed a higher standard of practice, education, and public accountability.

• Mike Mahoney — Positive Hair Restoration, Tyler, Texas
• Arnold Zimmerman — National Hair Centers, Phoenix, Arizona, established 1975
• Willy Campagnolo — Continental Hair Illusions, Bayonne, New Jersey
• Pierre Amelotte — PAI Medical Group, Ottawa, Ontario
• Mel Laudolff — Transitions of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, established 1965

These were not newcomers to the field. At the time of TIG’s founding, the founding members’ businesses had collectively been serving clients for well over a century. Several remain active today, more than 35 years later – a testament to the enduring relationships they have built with their clients and communities.

The founders were also instrumental in establishing the American Hair Loss Council (AHLC), the industry’s only not-for-profit trade organization, and have served in its leadership including as past presidents. That same spirit of organized, principled advocacy is what gave rise to Transitions International Group itself.

In the organization’s early years, Transitions members were widely recognized as leading public voices on hair loss and restoration. They served as expert sources for national broadcast and print media, including ABC’s 20/20, the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, The Wall Street Journal, and dozens of local outlets at a time when reliable, credible information on hair loss was genuinely difficult for the public to find. Transitions members helped fill that gap, and that commitment to public education remains central to what TIG does today.

Hair loss affects roughly 80 million Americans, yet the information available to most people remains fragmented, commercially driven, and often misleading. Surgical options are well-publicized. Non-surgical options, which are the right choice for many people, and the preferred choice for many more, are frequently misunderstood, underestimated, or dismissed.

Transitions members specialize in the full spectrum of hair restoration. Many of our clinics offer both surgical and non-surgical solutions and are therefore uniquely positioned to give clients honest, unbiased guidance, not guidance shaped by which services a particular provider happens to sell.

Our mission is straightforward: to advance public awareness of clinically proven, viable hair loss solutions, and to connect people experiencing hair loss with qualified, experienced professionals they can trust.

Transitions International Group members are among the most credentialed and experienced hair restoration professionals practicing today. On average, each member studio or clinic has been in business for more than 40 years.

Collectively, our members have:

• Helped found and lead the American Hair Loss Council, the industry’s primary not-for-profit professional organization
• Served as educators at national and international hair restoration conferences
• Contributed to peer-reviewed journals and medical textbooks, including Hair Replacement – Surgical and Medical (Stough/Haber, Mosby Publishing)
• Pioneered non-surgical hair restoration techniques and procedures now in common use across the industry
• Served as expert sources for major national broadcast and print media
• Received the industry’s most prestigious recognition for service excellence and professional achievement

Membership in Transitions International Group is competitive and selective. Candidates must demonstrate a sustained record of service excellence, professional knowledge, ethical practice, and financial stability. Once admitted, members agree to uphold TIG’s standards of quality and client care.

Membership is also exclusive by market area: only one member studio or clinic is admitted per Nielsen DMA (Designated Market Area). This structure exists for a specific reason. It allows members to share knowledge, techniques, referral relationships, and business practices with each other freely and without competitive concern. When a Transitions member in one city refers a client to a Transitions member in another, both professionals are operating from the same foundation of standards and values. For prospective members, it also means that TIG membership comes with genuine, protected market advantage.