I Counted The Touches to My Scalp During the Hair Transplant

Hi Dr Rassman,

I received a front hairline transplant back in December of 07′ by a NYC transplant physician. He recommended 2100 grafts for good density. After cutting the donor area and microscopically separating the grafts I ended up with 2168 grafts so they say. During the actual procedure there were three doctor assistants applying the grafts within the incisions(cut by the doctor) in my scalp. One assistant was on the left side the other on the right and one was stationed from behind. I decided to count the number of times my scalp was touched by the transplanting instruments. During the entire procedure I came up with 220 in a period of two hours with a break in between. How could I have received 2168 grafts. A graft consists of 1 -4 hairs. If each graft contained 4 hairs which is very unlikely that adds up to 880 hairs. I think I got ripped off. What is your opinion? I am thinking about taking legal action.

As I’ve said many, many times before, you must have a good doctor/patient relationship before venturing into a permanent cosmetic procedure like a hair transplant. Counting the touches during surgery sounds like you had trust issues.

You had anesthesia which numbed your scalp, so I can not imagine how you could count what I would expect you could not feel. I obviously do not know the circumstances of your surgery, but before thinking of legal actions you should consider discussing your issues with your surgeon. Get a second opinion and let the second doctor look at the transplanted area. A second doctor should tell you if you got what you bought.