Hi All,

I'm thinking of having a HT done with DR Bernstien
at the NY office and wonder if any body has their HT done with him before ??

Any information will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Danny

Hi All,

I'm thinking of having a HT done with DR Bernstien
at the NY office and wonder if any body has their HT done with him before ??

Any information will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Danny

I was also thinking about using him.I am thinking about the Fort Lee office. He was featured on the Discovery Channel. The website is very impressive. Let me know what you here and good luck

guys,i had an ht done by dr. b 6 weeks ago.he
is very skilled and very confident in his approach
to the fut procedure.i had 1300 grafts placed in
the front and at the 6 week point am happy so far.
not because at 6 weeks i have all my hair back,but
because things are much easier than i had thought.
this was my 1st ht and i had alot of anxiety and
worry prior to doing this,and am so relieved that
it is such a simple procedure.there was virtually
no pain,no swelling and everything so far is right
on schedule.at 6 weeks i have shedded 80% of ht
hair and look the same as i did prior to ht,which
is a good thing,some of the ht hairs are still hanging in there growing everyday,but it is a mere
waiting game here on out ,if it bothers you that
much than go for it,it's a piece of cake.i'm more
than happy to answer any questions you may have
good luck> [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

Hi Figsy,

Thanks you so much for the reply. I'm having a consultant with him soon and i'm appreciated if you could answer me the following question .

- How many nurses has they assign to work on you ??

- How much time did DR. Bernstien spend working on you during the procedure ??


Thanks,

Danny

danny

i'll give you a brief overview on what you can
expect as this will answer your questions.when
arriving the day of procedure,a nurse will give
you some pills to relax you,shortly after you
will go into the room of the procedure and the
nurse will begin to give you the injections all
around your head front and back,as this is the
most unpleasant part of the procedure,it is not
that bad so don't have too much anxiety over this.
somewhere in the area of 10 -20 minutes later dr
b will come and go over the ht area with you,and
without me even knowing or feeling he had excised
the donor strip,i remember saying to him are you
going to take out the strip soon,and he replied
its done and your stitched up,funny cause i remember him behind me momentarily yet i felt
nothing,not even a prick.at that time he gives
the strip to the techs to dissect and get the grafts ready for placement,shortly after dr.b
will start to make the recipient sites for the
grafts to be placed.he will do this several times
as obviosly there is a small degree of bleeding
that needs to be blotted and cleaned each time
he makes recipient sites.once he is through making
the sites,the techs will begin graft placing which
is the most time consuming of the procedure.there
were about 5 techs rotating the placement of the
grafts.dr. b does all the cutting and the techs
place all the grafts.the cutting ofcoarse depicts
how the ht will turn out and that is what he does.
as far as seeing alot of him that day,he is usually doing 2 or 3 procedures at once at least
in fort lee he is equipped to do more than one at
once.during my ht,i had 1300 grafts while another
was getting 2600 grafts.but once the cutting is
done it's virtually 4 - 6 hours of placement by
the techs,which is probably more tedious than skill as far as that goes.definately go to a seminar and see actual patients and if possible
i actually saw a procedure taking place which
to me was a tremendous help in relieving my
tension about the procedure,you actually talk to
a patient as the grafts are being placed,amazing
how neat and clean the whole thing is.you can check back with me if you have any other questions
my advice,if it really is starting to get to you to
the point where you can't stand looking at yourself than go for it,it really was much easier
than i had thought and i am eagerly awaiting the
final result.your in good hands,go for it! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif[/img]

Dear figsy:

Could you tell me if Dr B. used microsurgical scalpel to make the incisions or a stick device. And, was he making the incisions very fast or was going at a slow pace.

thank you
al

al

he uses an instrument the size of an 18-20 gauge
needle and he goes very fast in making them.i
thought he was bionic,he was going so fast,he'll
do this several times,allowing a few minutes
between each round as he makes the recipient sites.they do seem like little slits as they are
being made and you actually hear them being done,kinda like a crunching sound,but it is painless as he does this. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

hey figsy,

what you are describing is exactly what I experienced. The "crunching noise". Bionic man is an accurate description. I think that is why the tissue trauma is minimal and the recovery so fast.

thanks again

Hi figsy,

I will be having HT done with DR Berstien next week and would you to give me some inside info.

1. how long it take your donor scar to heal ?

2. How long did all the recipient scar fall off

3. Do you have any experience of shock fall out ?

thanks,

Danny