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Anonymous
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 03, 2001 - 10:51 am: | 
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In your page on hair transplants you mentioned an article by W. Lenihan. I read "So You're Going Bald." (I wish I would have read it two years ago.) In fact I read all four of his articles on hair transplant surgery. They were long! articles but once I started I couldn't stop. I wish I could read some articles by people who had a good experience with hair transplants, but maybe if thay had a good experience they would feel no need to write about it.
Have you read anything positive or negative about the Bosley Medical Group? Everywhere I turn on the TV or the Internet there it is. |
David W.
| | Posted on Friday, July 13, 2001 - 03:24 pm: |
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I've read those articles by Lenihan too. I don't know what to do now. There are so many vividly described negatives in the article that I feel uneasy about keeping the appointment I made for an evaluation. If I do keep the appointment, I'll have a lot of questions to ask and if I don't get some pretty persuasive answers it's out the door fast. By the way I am going to a Bosley office. |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Sunday, October 13, 2002 - 08:47 pm: |
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DON'T GO TO BOSLEY!! Their results are very inconsistent. I had the procedure done at New Hair Institute and am completely happy! I recommend you go to one or more of the NHI "open houses." You'll be able to see--up close and in person--at least a dozen or so guys who have had the procedure done! In fact, I went to four NHI open houses before making the decision to have the procedure. Refer to www.newhair.com for a scedule and locations.
Nothing any doctor can tell you or show you in photos is as good as personally seeing a bunch of guys who've actually had the procedure done!
You must remember that HT surgery is IRREVERSIBLE. Once it's done THERE'S NO GOING BACK!!! So be careful. I went to Bosley and thoroughly researched them on the net. I decided NHI was a much safer way to go. |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 09:26 am: |
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You sound like an advertisement for New Hair institute. Especially the part refer to www.newhair. I think you work for the company and your bashing a very legitimate outlet. Infact I never heard of NHI.
Anyway people should investigate all options and companies to be sure that they are doing what's best for them. If you feel quality work can be performed at NHI or Bosley that's what you do.
In the end your gut feeling will tell you what's right or wrong for you. Good Luck! By the way I did go to Bosley.... |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Sunday, August 29, 2004 - 12:29 am: |
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I had never heard of NHI neither. It does sounds like a scam.
Has anyone been to Bosley? how were the results? |
Vinton Harper
| | Posted on Monday, December 20, 2004 - 04:53 pm: |
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I went to Bosley, and I wish I never did.
A little background on me: I had had transplants already at Madison Hair Transplant Clinic with Dr. Gencheff, a really good Dr. That was in the early 90's. Well, at first it looked terrific. Then years later as more of my original hair began to "depart", the transplants did become slightly more noticeable along the hairline, especially to me. I do not fault Dr. Gencheff for this; he did not know how much more of my hair was going to fall out at the time, and I really hadn't had that many hairs tranplanted due to my money situation at the time.
Anyway, during this time I had moved out of Wisconsin and one year I decided to go to Bosley since they had a "consultation office" close by where we lived, and the Bosley clinic wasn't that far either.
Well, I decided to have it done. The first thing that happened when I got to the clinic was I was greeted by a "PR" person, who I originally thought was my Doctor for the procedure, but he apparently was just there to make me feel more comfortable about coming there and to make sure I didn't change my mind. Then when I met my Dr. he proceeded to put down my other Dr. first, and then he told me he wanted to lower my hairline about an inch lower than what Dr. Gencheff had(which he had put in my hairline sort of up higher to prepare for possible recession of my sides, which did happen). When I told the Bosley Dr. that I was happy where Dr. Gencheff had put my hairline, he seemed kind of put-off that I didn't bow down to his greatness and listen to every suggestion he made.
Then during the procedure I had to contend with about 5 girl "assistants" who were giggling and talking about their dates when they should have been concentrating on my grafts!
Now, all that would have been bearable had I gained more hair, but I swear that my hair looks the same as if I never had that surgery, and I had more grafts during this procedure than I had with Dr. Gencheff.
This is from personal experience, DO NOT GO TO BOSLEY!!!!!
I was suckered in by their infomercials and their proximity to where I lived, and the fact that I thought they must know what they are doing since of what I saw in all these commercials and such. Ha!!!
Listen to the suggestions from others on this site when looking for a hair transplant doctor, investigate; ask around; look at actual patients of that Doctor(and talk to them if possible); and above all, don't get suckered in by infomercials. Just because they SAY they know what they are doing, doesn't mean they really do.
BTW, I am now back in Wisconsin and will be going to Dr. Gencheff again when I save up enough money!
Good luck! |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 06:19 pm: |
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if you have not heard of NHI before then you should probably do your research before getting a HT. rassman pioneered modern day HT procedures. read about rassman or new hair on any hair site. |
michael barry
| | Posted on Thursday, March 03, 2005 - 12:00 am: |
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Vinton's procedure sounds like mine was. 4 young women "assistants" conducted my transplant after the doctor left the room for a bathroom break AND NEVER CAME BACK. They absolutely butchered me in his absence. They put hair down below where I had told the consultant I didnt want it (right at the edge of my existing temple hairline). They put 5-8 hair plugs as my frontal row when me and the salesman had agreed the first row was to be single hair implants. My donor scar was much bigger than I was lead to believe. I keep hearing that the Bosley hair transplant mill treats patients like the now-defunct outfit I went to. I really urge guys to go to a doctor and not a transplant mill like NuHart, Pierre Amelotte, Bosley, Medical Hair Restoration, Elliot and True Medical Associates, and the like. I keep reading about horror stories and butchered heads (like mine) on these sites. NHI and Saratoga hair use follicuar units, are run by and have consultations performed by the doctors themselves. Proaboably a much better alternative for a young guy considering.........If youre gonna be horeshoe bald someday though.....youre screwing up with a hairtransplant. |
Leonardo
| | Posted on Thursday, March 03, 2005 - 01:53 pm: |
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Michael Barry:
I have a question: - You are an unhappy Transplant patient (victim)- When and where did you get it done?- When you did - did you have this Follicular Units available or is this new technology?-
I know there is corrective surgery to the corn row patterns made in early transplants... Why dont you get one of those done?- Lets say that if the reason was the cost, consider that its not an issue. - Would you like to get one of those FUE transplants done?
I have seen a couple people that have had their transplants done - and they look good - I guess.- I cant actually lurk over there scalp to see but It looks better than having nothing I suppose.- I mean- If I didnt read so much about this topic I wouldnt know its a transplant.
I am just starting to receed but would be comfortable knowing that there is a solution and that baldness is not necessarily something you have to "just accept" - now that we are in the 21st century- dont you think? |
michael barr
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - 07:48 pm: |
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Leonardo, I had my transplant performed in 1995 at a place called Studio B Replancement clinic in Nashville. There were no follicular unit surgeries at that time. Propecia was the progenitor of me getting work done. It was not known, or not conceeded by Merk in the pamphplets about propecia (this is before most of us were online), that propecia isnt effective in the temples. I got 100 implants which was the least amount the salesman would let me have. I just wanted to "buff up" my temples, which had minutarizing hair, and figured Id never lose hair again. Well, Propecia isnt really very effective in the entire frontal lobe. To be honest, after a 4 year period where hair counts mid-anterior, and vertex increase.......propecia users typically see a very slight reduction in hairs per square inch for the rest of their lives. Proboably slowing eventual baldness down by 20 years or so. Anyway, the son of a bitch salesman said Id have single hairs in the front and 3-4 hair implants behind them to help buff up my temples. What I got were 5-8 hair plugs, 4 rows deep. It was done in such a way to ensure I'd get more surgery to disguise them later. The surgeon they flew in left the room 20 minutes into the surgery and his 4 hottie assistants butchered me. I was a sweet kid then, I'd have said something but I was very trusting at 25. .............
As far as you getting a transplant. Just be honest with yourself as what you think the eventual extent of your baldness will be. If your hippocratic wreath is gonna be a small one (look at your dad and maternal grandfather), you proboably should pass or at least let the surgeon know thats the case so he can plan on making you a Norwood 3. There are some good fellas doing the follicular implants. Ive exchanged emails with a Doc named Beehner at Saratoga hair in NY---nice man, the guys at NewHairInstitute seem like nice men also who wouldnt do a patient harm and would be very upfront about what transplantation can achieve for them. HairTransplantnetwork.com has docs and pictures of their work.
Ive considered repair work, but Im just electrolysing them out. Im NW 3 still due to propecia, Toms advice, lasercomb, etc.....If the dermabrasion runs into any scalp that just is too bumpy (micografting like I had makes your scalp bumpy), I could opt for another transplant that would be for a high receeded appearance that wouldnt take much donor hair. Y'know,,,the classic "M" shaped middle aged man's hair has. However, Im just hoping to get a buzz when this is finished and get the donor scar filled with FUE's from the fuller side of my rear scalp (I only have a 1 and half inch donor scar). I understand that a few guys get follicular units harversted the old way and go back and get FUE to cover the donor scar later as a more cost effective approach . If cloning comes out and I see the results and they are really good.....If Ive got the money and I can...you betcha'. Who wouldnt love a full head of hair like they had when they were young. However, I wanna see it and see it on some fellas first. By the way, my surgery is one that looks like bugs are crawling through about one square inch of temporal scalp. They at least didnt do em' in rows.
As far as the 21st Century and baldness being something that we dont have to accept. Im in limbo until science comes out with something. I know they can move body hair now, but its just prohibitively expensive due to how hard it is to harvest (which is too bad, my Pete Sampras-hairy legs have a full head of hair between em' considering that your leg hair is only in anagen phase 20% of the time, meaning the hair is actually 5 times thicker than it looks. Note:If our body hair was all in anagen at the same time like it gets to be when moved to the head, many hairy men would literally look like apes). It is just weird to me that baldness, which many men would HAPPILY donate money to for research to a reputable reasarch center to cure, is so low on the medical establishments radar. I mean if Johns Hopkins or Columbia came out in a press release seeking donations in a nationwide campaing to eliminate pattern baldness in males and females and asked for donations for their quality senior researchers to come up with something.....CAN YOU IMAGINE how much money they'd raise. Id chuck em' a hundred bucks....well have a good eve Leonardo and if you decide for surgery....please check out the docs work and consult with him/her beforehand and not a salesperson. |
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