What is being a hair transplant surgeon about?

“Hi Bill! I really feel remiss for not checking in with you sooner after my last procedure, but somehow during the 6 month period that followed there was not much to say other than that the recovery period was pretty much text book and as you described it, would be; and I didn’t want to bore you with minor stuff. During that first period, the growth of some new hair was there, but not that much, so there was nothing exciting to talk about. However, around the first of December 2016 (approx. 7 ½ months. after the procedure) my wife and I went to South America and returned at the end of the year. Between the time we left for South America and now, my hair growth has been remarkable. It looks almost as good as when I was 18 years old, quite unbelievable! The really unbelievable part is how you can do this and make it look so natural. Thanks again for your great work and the special care you gave to make this situation turn out so well.

If you have the time in the near future, I’d like to come by the office to let you see the results.”

I have always felt gratified in taking care of people and helping them with their problems. Hair is just one of them as is shown above comments from one of my patients, but the scope of satisfaction goes well beyond my role as a hair restoration surgeon. I remember many of my patients going back to the 1970s. One, I remember clearly, came from Vermont (where I was a surgeon) just to visit me, at my home in Hawaii. He was 95 and she 96 (I treated him for colon cancer and her for breast cancer 10 years earlier). The surgery is not the challenge once you master technical aspects of performing it, but the people that I have taken care of and the unique relationships I have developed with each of them, has made me a better man and it gave me the feeling that my life as a physician has and continues to be fulfilled. My patients know that they can call me about anything that bothers them, anytime and every one of my patients have my cell phone to reach me. I have responded to a myriad of health and social problems brought to me by my patients. I have modeled by career after my family doctor whose office was in his home and it was his wife, who enhanced the link between he and I.