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Some dishonest doctors suggest that you try a few hair transplant
grafts to see if you like them. They may suggest that a few grafts do
not commit you to a complete course. This is not true. Like it or not,
as you progress in your hair loss process, a small number of grafts
are likely to create a medical oddity at some point in the future. The
following is a list of rules to follow when looking for a hair transplant
physician:
• Avoid doctors who use salesmen or non-medical people
with no experience or formal training.
• Avoid doctors who use promotions or pressure you into
making a decision.
• Avoid doctors who do not spend enough time to listen
to your needs and understand your goals.
• Avoid doctors who quote you unrealistically low or
high amounts of work, time, or money.
• Avoid doctors who tell you that their patients will
not show off their results.
• Avoid doctors or salesman who tell you only good stories.
Are they trying to hide something? Do they have the rapport with their
patients that they claim? There are always down sides to any surgical
procedure and these must be part of the information relayed to you.
Are your doctor and his staff honest and forthright about the potential
downside? Proper informed consent is required by law.
• Avoid doctors who specialize in minigrafts and recommend
performing monthly sessions. If subsequent transplants are performed
before the previously transplanted hair grows, the previous grafts
may not be identified and could be damaged.
Until recently, anyone trying to find accurate information about
hair replacement has faced a confusing and difficult task. Much of the
literature about various hair restoration options aimed to sell you
something. Deliberately confusing advertising from wig salesmen, surgeons
experimenting with new techniques, and charlatans who scrub clogged
pores to cure balding, were some of the obstacles one had to deal with.
There is often a fine line between ignorance and incompetence in the
hair restoration field, so the buyer of these services must exercise
careful judgment when reviewing the material.
Doctors or scientists usually announce advances in medicine
to their peers in medical or scientific journals. The public finds out
about them later via mass media. This has not always been the case with
hair restoration advances, as promotions by physicians often create
false impressions of what is possible in terms of treatment.
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Recommended
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- Ask questions and get information on Hair Transplants
in our Men's
Forums and Women's
Forums!
- Information provided courtesy of the New
Hair Institute, taken from "The Patient's Guide to
Hair Transplantation" William R. Rassman, MD and Robert
M. Bernstein, MD
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