Get a Free Second Opinion Before Your Hair Transplant!

It is unfortunate in these times to see the profiteering by some hair transplant doctors who:

1. Create fears of balding in young men
2. Perform unnecessary surgery on people who are gullible and believe what doctors tell them without question
3. Charge for grafts that they will not deliver (see this previous post)

For nearly 5 years now, BaldingBlog has been a site where you’ve been invited to ask questions about a variety of hair loss topics, and some have reflected upon the honesty of their doctor’s calculations and indications for surgery. As a surgeon, I think I like those questions the best… and to continue this path, I am volunteering the services of myself and Dr. Pak to help you not get caught in the quagmire of inappropriate surgery or recommendations that will not help you.

What does that mean, exactly? Well, have you gone to a doctor or clinic and were told you were a perfect candidate at 19 years old? Or do you have a Norwood Class 2 hair loss pattern and were told you needed 3000 grafts in the frontal hairline? Or maybe you’ve never actually met with a doctor, but a man in a white lab coat (a salesman getting paid to sign you up) shook your hand and booked you for surgery? There are so many ridiculous moves like those examples that I keep hearing about, and I’m drawing a line in the sand!

Call to action!

We’ve given you the information to help you research before a surgery… now it’s time to put it to use. If you think something is fishy with your hair transplant doctor, we’re going to help you. Dr. Pak and I are honest people… and it’s time someone called out the shysters. These hard times are driving some doctors to abandon whatever integrity they may have had just to make a buck and some patients have a poor understanding of what is happening to them. If you may have sought consultation with a doctor who (1) wants to find out how much money you can spend, (2) wants to know that you can get the money, (3) identify your credit cards to cover the surgery and determine the number of grafts based upon how much money you have, then the number of patients recommended for surgery goes up along with his/her income, (4) sell you substantially more grafts than you need (very common practice), putting grafts into areas that do not need them. Many people do put money aside for a hair transplant or use credit cards to cover the costs, but sharing this information should come after you and your doctor bonded, you understood the plan that you doctor put before you and have developed realistic expectations that the hair transplant will achieve your goals. I would rather tell a patient that a hair transplant is something that should be postponed because he does not have the money, than to get him to go into more debt to save his look. I’m personally sick and tired of seeing people getting ripped off for unnecessary surgery or hearing that a doctor or his sales staff promised you a full head of hair. Let me help you. You can consider this a free second opinion in the case you are doubting that what you are being told is really in your best interests. There are many honorable doctors who do not engage in such practices and if you are comfortable that you found one of these doctors, then you will not need to take advantage of a free ‘second opinion’.

Get a 2nd opinion!

Email your story along with clear, concise photos to secondopinion@baldingblog.com and we’ll do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.