I've always like dr. rassman's advice on hair transplantation.. however i've felt his results aren't very impressive.. I remember reading about his doing a transplant on a patient that won " the great american dream"

I was curious to see his results compared to the photoshop.. i'd say he was a little off.. I found this youtube clip taken about a year after his surgery..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzOooSLhiFg

if that really is the final result one year after surgery ---Id say its a collosal failure.

http://www.baldingblog.com/200...llow-up-with-photos/

.........wow...that is awful..I've read rassman charges like $10 a graft for the first 2000 and then like $8 per graft after that. For results like that, no way in hell is that worth it.

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The result is not that good, but the kid was EXTENSIVELY balding before Dr. Rassman got to him, and there is only so much you can do in a situation like that. I'm not arguing that the result is good, but how many patients do you see who are that bald with good results? (that's not rhetorical, I would really like someone to post some for comparison sake)

If you take Dr. Rassman at his word that the patient had very poor hair characteristics, what more could you ask for? The good thing about this result is that if this guy had not been on TV, I highly doubt that any of us would ever see the after pictures. You do have to give Dr. Rassman some credit for putting himself in a position where he knows that whether the surgery turns out great or poor, people will eventually know.

My final point is that I'm a little surprised that this kid was a candidate for hair transplantation. He is a full blown NW6 at 22 AND had poor hair characteristics. I know I've said that I won't tell anyone to do with their own head, but if that were me, I would have shaved down. I think for younger patients like that they look better with a shaved head than with a thin hairline and a bald back 2/3rds.

Yeah, that guy should have shaved it down for sure. Yikes.

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I wouldn't expect some thick lion's mane, but this looks pretty poor for nearly 6000. The documentation, as usual, is lacking, as well. H+W pump out cases like pez w/ similiar (if not lower) graft totals with end-results that dwarf this; several from SMG, Feller, and Konior, too, come to mind with far superior, far more natural-looking results.

Totally agree that he should not have gotten a HT, and I'm surprised that if his hair charachteristics are as bad as Rassman says that he even operated on him. I find it very hard to believe this kis is truly happy with where his hair currently stands and his future prospects for now his *3rd* surgery.

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Rassman states in the article PGP linked:

A coarser hair will have three or four times the volume (visual effect) than a fine hair with less bulk to it.

I think it would be fair to say that a lot of photos of "great results" are with patients whose hair is not fine.

IMB .
Your exactly right. Take a look at most of the homeruns clinics provide .
Those patients had alot of grafts with super thick donor hair shafts .
It makes a HUGE difference in density.
I dont care how bad your donor is 6000 grafts should produced a much better result then this

i have yet to see a rassman ht that has impressed me....

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