I’m often outspoken about the problems with ethics in our industry, and I know I just wrote about transplant failures a couple months ago… but I continue to see a large number of patients who are unsatisfied with the growth after their hair transplants. Part of me really hates writing these types of posts, because […]
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I just saw a man that had two hair transplant procedures done a decade ago and then a third procedure done at a clinic just south of Los Angeles, which caused major surgical complications like gangrene of the scalp. This was probably from the use of lasers during the surgery to make the holes, which […]
I saw a patient last week who had a hair transplant surgery from a local doctor. He went in for a 400 graft procedure and during the middle of the procedure (while under sedation), he was told that the doctor was able to remove about 1000 grafts more than he paid for. He was asked […]
A man of Chinese descent came into the office this week. He had a Norwood Class 4A balding pattern (see art below). He told me that in surfing the Internet, he found and contacted a couple of doctors, sending pictures of his balding pattern to them via email. Conversations with both doctors suggested that he […]
This week I met with two patients who reported having large transplant sessions, both with extremely disappointing tales I want to share. Patient 1: The first patient reported two surgical sessions totaling 4800 grafts both done in Los Angeles. He had a very low hair density and a moderately tight scalp based upon what I […]
I met with a patient last week who had a spectacular head of hair. On examination of the scalp there was absolutely no miniaturization anywhere, indicating that he had no genetic balding. He was an obsessive young man who wanted to be sure that he was not going to go bald, as some of his […]
As one might assume, I receive quite a few emails each and every day from prospective patients both through my NHI site and this blog. It seems that everyone knows the Norwood patterns of hair loss (that’s a good thing), so these emails fundamentally focus upon identifying where the person believes his hair loss is […]
Most hair transplant clinics do charge by the graft. I think the surgeon who made the above statement clearly believes session charges are less misleading and have a greater value than graft charges. At one time, I entertained the idea of doing a session charge rather than a per graft charge, but I ran into […]
This is in response to Unethical Graft Counting — Avoid the Scam! The question is really whether or not you always get what comes out of the head. Most hair transplant doctors will be close to the graft estimate when cutting the strip, but what if the doctor got more grafts than you paid for? […]
I do not know where to start. First, please review newhair.com, as I believe it is as a fairly complete directory for hair loss and hair restoration information (possibly the largest and most complete site anywhere on the internet). Then review this blog site, which now has over 1300 questions and answers to various problems […]
I have written extensively about the use of lasers as a hair loss treatment — and simply stated, they do not work as claimed. To tell a client they have a 95% success rate — well, it depends on how they define “success”. If only 5% of their customers ask for a full refund, perhaps […]
This is an article I wrote that was published in the Hair Transplant Forum International (volume 19, number 5), the official publication of the ISHRS. I’ve become more and more outspoken about the problem with ethics among some hair transplant doctors, and have written a number of posts about it on this site. I was […]
If this company told you they could take a hair from the back of your head and multiply it to 70,000 hairs, then transplant it as needed (and their site says without surgery?)… then they’re either from the future or someone was giving you a line of bull. My guess based on the photos on […]
About.com reviewed my new book, Hair Loss & Replacement for Dummies. Snippet from the review: Read the full article at About.com Nice review, and I’m hopeful that it’ll lead to more feedback one way or the other. As I write this blog post, the book is #1 on Amazon.com in the Hair Loss category, so […]
Fear of the unknown is natural, but one of the things that your doctor should be doing is educating you enough to manage this decision. A good decision today will be a good decision tomorrow. You should get another opinion if your doctor isn’t providing you with all of the information you’re seeking. Absolutely do […]
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