Doug Monty

Lets be honest here, this site and others has been pretty Anti-NeoGraft from the start. You have several well respected coalition doctors creating their own tools and who also have a tenacious core group of people who circle the wagons quite effectively, if anything comes up which projects anything less than 100% agreement with their views or challenges the status quo (not that there is anything wrong with that). This by and large is an agenda driven web site, albeit with the overall goal to inform the hair transplant patient of all the possible outcomes and best practices. Each one of us in here has our own personal agenda as well as the agenda to provide the absolute best procedures, options and education for the patient and Hair Transplant Doctors. I guess you can call them ???debates???, but people were debating a machine which they have never seen perform a live surgery, and no matter how much miss-information was being spouted there is no way that anything from the Pro-NeoGraft side would have made any difference. As with all tools and technology they have evolved over time, the NeoGraft is no different. The technology behind NeoGraft has been around in three earlier versions, with the basic concept being the same, using rotation and gentle suction to harvest the graft. As with all companies Continuous Improvement is essential to continued success and because of this the NeoGraft was completely redesigned several years ago to take advantage of the latest technology available and improvement ideas from physicians and engineers. Surgeons who are use to performing FUE procedures can expect to have a 5% or less transaction rate the first time using the device. We have had cases which had zero hairs transected. Comments that NeoGraft generates any Torsion, Traction, Compression or Overheating are just not the case and are coming from people who have not seen a procedure done live. We are in the process of producing another video which was done in South Florida which will show the ease of use at harvesting High Quality grafts at a very fast rate. LT, Sorry about any delays from the corporate office, since the Rachael Ray Show they have had a hard time getting back to everyone in a timely fashion. Also I am not on this web site that often, so sorry that I was not able to respond faster. Best Regards, Doug Monty

B-Spot, Sorry to call you out on this, but you flat out do not know what you are talking about. I am sure your views will change if and when you see a procedure and even more so if the doctor you work for purchases a system. The only thing which you are correct in identifying is that FUE is hard and tedious and the NeoGraft is more expensive than other tools on the market. Another thing which is also correct is that the NeoGraft was not designed by a Coalition Member. Like all tools used to help improve the FUE process, the NeoGraft is an extension of the Doctor's hand. It is a very light weight angled tool which allows for easy harvesting of 1, 2, 3 and 4 hair High Quality grafts using a 0.8mm or 1.0mm punch. Yes, the NeoGraft will allow people to become very proficient at FUE Harvesting High Quality Grafts in a lot less time than it took you to do the same with the a manual FUE tool. Sorry if this rubs you the wrong way. Yes, this will allow other hair transplant centers to catch up to whatever level you are currently performing at, at a much faster rate. This is what technology does; it advances what once had to be done by hand using a $200 tool. We now use $300,000 lasers in surgery which once was done with a $50 scalpel. You think a surgeon wants to spend that kind of money? But good surgeons know that they do not want technology to pass them by and have the doctor down the street be the first one on the block to offer the procedure. I am sure people will be singing a different tune once one of the Coalition members gets around to getting a system. But until that time we have to dance around the 'whose got the best tool game'. By the way I am sure you may see a bump in FUE inquires since the Airing of the Rachel Ray show. We had close to 1000 inquiries to the home office since the airing of the show and this number continues to grow. There is a very large untapped demand for FUE procedures. The more FUE procedures which are performed the more business will be generated for Strip Procedures. By most accounts there is less than 5% of the US market which is tapped for hair transplants. Where would this industry be if that number was 10% or 15%? Best Regards Doug Monty NeoGraft Be wary of clinics who must use smear tactics to gain business.

Hi Bill, Each one of your recommended surgeons started off with Zero experience at some point. I have seen skilled doctors have difficult time removing grafts using a standard FUE punch tool, not all Grafts come out easy when using a manual tool. There really is no comparison between the two methods. Technology has enabled advancements in all types of surgical procedures. The NeoGraft is just another advancement along these lines. What we are saying is that any medical trained professional can become very proficient at the harvesting and implanting of High Quality Grafts using the NeoGraft system in a very short time. You can argue that artistry will only come with experience but the fact of the matter is all Hair Transplant doctors have to start with ???One??? Patient and if they are going to be performing an FUE procedure it would make it easier on them, the patient and the grafts, if they had a device which would make the procedure as easy to perform as possible. As far as Doctors just starting out, they may not have a ???dedicated team??? meaning ???Full Time??? employees dedicated only to the insertion of Follicular Units. With the NeoGraft, the surgeon is able to perform the entire procedure by themselves. Or to use one Tech to help them sort out the Follicular Units into 1,2,3 or 4 hair grafts. It would be nice for patients only to see doctors who have performed 5,000 Surgeries, but we have new doctors completing their residency requirements each year. And these new doctors are going to be the experts of tomorrow, but will need to perform surgeries today. Try not to think that this machine is going to take the place of anything, just getting from point A to Point B with better faster results. Think of it this way, would you rather drive cross country on a bus with a driver with 1,000,000 miles under his belt or would you rather fly cross country with a ???qualified??? first time pilot in a state of the art jet. Your comment about that ???automation promotes laziness??? is actually quite the opposite. You are making an assumption that a better faster tool will create a work environment which is less than ideal for surgical conditions. Think of it this way, if you are performing a manual FUE procedure and you constantly have grafts which are being very difficult to remove and you are on Graft 10 with 790 to go, I would use the words ???Tedious and Frustration??? to describe the thoughts of the doctor performing the manual FUE and if this is the case, this is not in the best interests of the patient. I am not really sure why you think using the NeoGraft will have any negative effect on the ???creativity and artistry??? of a procedure, it is still the doctor who will be making the slits with their standard tool. The NeoGraft System is a device which is able to consistently harvest high quality grafts at fast rate when compared to the current Manual FUE methods/tools on the market today. Let me know if you would like to see a procedure live. There is a big difference between hearing input from people who have never seen it/used it, seeing results from a ???our??? video and actually seeing it ???Live???. Thanks Doug

Future_HT_Doc, We will actually have a better video coming out shortly which will provide better views of grafts being removed. The video was shot during a seminar in Florida which had over 500 grafts harvested at a zero percent transection rate. This new video will show that there is actually very little rotation taking place prior to the graft being removed. And your right, mentioning RPM along with the device may not have been the best descriptor of what is actually taking place with the removal of the grafts. As you know all surgeons are different; and while the machine is very easy to use, it does require a small amount of skill, some surgeons use a one step approach while others use a two step, where the graft is punched (using either a 0.8mm or 1.0mm punch) and then raised up with the suction and then tweezers are used to remove the follicular unit. Some doctors who are looking to get into hair transplants (such as yourself) may not have the case load to be able to maintain a full time staff of skilled hair transplant techs. With the inclusion of the Implanter hand pieces, this provides another option to the surgeon or staff to aide in the completion of the procedure. Also the Implanters really do help with the placement of single hair grafts. The same angles can be achieved using the implanter or tweezers. If you have a skilled hair tech team they may be more comfortable placing with tweezers. As with anything new, if someone is not used to a technique it will take time. Again it is an option. All surgical procedures cause trauma, as with any surgical procedure the least amount of trauma the better; whether it is punching, squeezing, digging, cutting etc??¦. NeoGraft Technology provides a lot less trauma than the current manual FUE method, I have personally seen some experts perform manual FUE 'Live' and it was quite the opposite of the results which you can expect to achieve with the first time use of the NeoGraft System. Now compare the trauma associated with the standard 'Strip' Surgery, the cutting, squeezing, shaving and handling by multiple people. When it's all said and done the argument could be made that a NeoGraft surgery provides the least amount of trauma to the patient or the grafts themselves. NeoGraft Technology has been around a long time and the suction does not cause any damage to the hair nor have any impact on the overall result of the procedure. Send me a message and I might be able get you to see a procedure live. We have quite a few doctors across the country who now perform FUE procedures with the NeoGraft system. Trust me there is no one on this web site or any other web site who can just 'dismiss' the value of the NeoGraft System. Consistently harvesting High Quality Grafts, at a fast rate, with very little skill, while providing patients an alternative to 'Strip' surgeries is very hard to dismiss. There are many reasons why some doctors only perform strip surgeries. For doctors who do perform Strip Surgeries and FUE procedures you will find that the FUE procedures typically make up between 10-20% of their practice. So by the numbers there is quite a bit of demand in the market place for FUE procedures and this demand will only continue to grow. Some Doctors will be able to service this demand while others will not. When doctors see a procedure live, they usually end up wanting a system or changing their opinion.

The answer is Yes, for those of you calling about seeing the NeoGraft on the Rachel Ray show on Friday.

Bill, Thank you for allowing the thread. As with all surgical procedures, when effective new technology is developed, there will be some people who will grasp it right away and others who will be resistant for various reasons. It's no secret that the bulk of Doctor's practices have been mostly dedicated to the 'Strip Method' for a long time. And Doctors who have been performing mostly FUE have got their procedures down to an Artistic Science. The NeoGraft Automated Hair Transplant System expands the playing field both to Doctors and Patients who want to explore larger cases with an Automated FUE or for Doctors to start to offer FUE in the first place. Over the course of the next year we will have training centers set up across the country so that physicians who are interested in seeing a live surgery will have the opportunity to see for themselves the effectiveness of the NeoGraft System. We (Doctors) will proudly post pictures or more Video's of surgeries to better inform the public. Of course since I work for NeoGraft I am biased toward the equipment, much like other posters on this Web Site who have something they believe in; be in procedures, techniques, tools or Physicians and want to promote the results and inform the public. Again I thank you for the opportunity. Doug Monty NeoGraft

For those patients who are weighing the options between the benefits and limitations between the standard 'Strip Method' and a 'Manual FUE' procedure: The below patient educational video shows the entire procedure (in under 3 minutes) using the NeoGraft Automated FUE Hair Transplant System. http://app.talkfusion.com/fusi...asp?NDMxNjY1_2835785 or NeoGraft Patient Educational Video Fast Facts - Regarding the benefits of a NeoGraft FUE Procedure: ' Capable of performing 2,000+ Graft Sessions using the same time as Strip Method ' No linear scar - Hair can be worn short ' No invasive cutting to the scalp or suturing ' Less risk for complications ' Minimal pain ' A NEOGRAFT procedure is the least invasive hair transplant procedure ' Less trauma to the grafts than with current "Manual FUE" - There is no squeezing or pulling with tweezers to removed the grafts - gentle suction with the NeoGraft System easily removes the grafts. ' NEOGRAFT is an FDA approved hair transplant machine ' NEOGRAFT is the only device that automates the procedure of hair transplantation. ' NEOGRAFT is the product of ten years research and development, 1000's of procedures have been performed in Europe with excellent results ' Now available in North America ' The same results can be expected when using the NeoGraft System for Body Hair Transplants. With the bulk of the Body Hair all being Single Follicular Unit Grafts, the NeoGraft System greatly improves the speed of the Harvesting while maintaining Consistent High Quality Grafts. Whether you want the 'Strip Method', 'Manual FUE', 'Automated FUE with the NeoGraft System' or some combination of the group, information is your best tool to getting the best possible outcome for your hair transplant procedure. Please feel free to ask any questions... Good Luck with your information search. Doug Monty NeoGraft

Will do, I am new to this site. I was wondering about the linking and infomercial stuff as well, but figured this was ok seeing how it was in keeping with the topic. I guess I could explain the procedure but as they say pictures are worth a 1000 words.

FUE or FUT that was a pretty easy question a few years ago. It is easy to see which method is favored; by the ratio of doctors who perform the Strip Method over FUE. But for those who are not familar with the NeoGraft Automated FUE Hair Transplant System (see video link) (promotional link removed) This brings new attention to large session FUE procedures. And offers the patient more options when considering which way to go. Within the next year or two this method of Hair Transplants will be more widly known, talked about and copied. If anyone would like any more info let me know. Thanks Doug Note: I work for NeoGraft

Since this topic is about improving the FUE Hair Transplant process. There is nothing as advanced on the market today than the NeoGraft Automated Hair Transplant System. The below video takes you though the entire surgery from start to finish. http://app.talkfusion.com/fusi...asp?NDI5ODI3_2724005 If anyone would like any more info please let me know. Thanks Doug Note: I work for NeoGraft

Have you tried using a Therapeutic Laser to help with the healing?