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thanks for the feedback, I have no choice but to wait to see if the grafts ever grow in but I am not holding my breath. I actually think I am a bit thinner up front then when I started. I will not ask Dr. Bauman directly for a refund because I do not want to be accused of extorting money, I don't want him turning this around on me.

At this point I am sure most of you know my story. I just wanted to give an update on my last procedure I had with Dr. Bauman, it was a FUE NEOGRAFT procedure. I have been taking pics and here are my six month results. I wish I had my own pre op photos but I don't, I will just use Dr. Bauman's pre op pics. At this point I am not sure if I have had any growth, I still feel thin up front and I can not tell the difference between my pre op or six month post op photos. My 4th HT I received 1500 grafts for $20,000 and 751 single grafts for $7,510 on 11-18-2009 according to my invoice, I did 4 hyperbaric chambers and the total cost of my invoice was $28,530.62.

Dr. Bauman did respond publicly one time, Here is his response: Since this response he has not communicated. This thread is located at: (promotional link removed) *************** NK, My staff and I were quite surprised by your posting, considering the consistently good communication we've shared and the care we have provided over the course of more than five years and four procedures, including your most recent FUE procedure we performed for you within the past ninety days and the recent contact you've had with the office this month. For your first procedure in 2005, we opted for a linear harvest as opposed to FUE due to the numbers of grafts we anticipated needing for the frontal and crown area. With each subsequent medium-sized procedure, we discussed the pros and cons of harvesting hair vs. removing previous scar tissue from your donor area and the FUE option. The choices we made together were a result of weighing the goals of achieving the hairline, frontal and crown coverage against the risk of additional scars. Though not an easy decision, if you remember our discussions, in each case we agreed to harvest in a 'new' area because: 1. The removal of a previous scar would certainly decrease the number of follicles we'd be able to also harvest during that procedure. (Removal of scar plus transplantable follicles typically yields far fewer than 1000 grafts.) 2. From our discussions, your hairline/coverage goals always took precedence over additional scars or scar revisions. 3. Your hairstyle has always easily covered the scar tissue. As we just recently discussed, while you were here in the office just recently, there is more than adequate donor hair available to camouflage the scars if that is a goal in the future as well as to touch-up areas of future thinning, if needed. Additionally, I'm confident that all of the hair we harvested was from healthy, permanent areas of donor. In the meantime, as we discussed today, remember that areas of visible scar can be 1. Camouflaged in the short-term FUE recovery-phase by using products like Toppik or Derm-match 2. Possibly reduced using a scar-revision procedure to reduce their size in the future, or 3. Eventually camouflaged using FUE/NeoGraft. My staff and I all understand that you are going through the cosmetically awkward 'in-between' time. Waiting for the growth of the recent transplants and the coverage of the donor scars to occur can be difficult, so patience is needed and we are here for assistance and support 24/7--as we always have been for you over the years. Please let me know any questions or concerns you have. Sincerely, Alan J. Bauman, M.D. Medical Director Bauman Medical Group ***************

I find this comment highly inaccurate, I saw Dr. Bauman on all of these shows, DATELINE is the one that convinced me he is a top notch doctor. All I can say is I have had 4 HTs with Dr. Bauman, I can assure you he is very charismatic and he says all the right things and has all the right plaques on the wall, THAT IS WHY I KEPT GOING BACK TO HIM (not an excuse). At the end of the day all that matters is results, not a PR campaign,4HTs, 7500+ grafts and over $55k later and I have 3 scars on my head because he convinced me that it was the only way to get the results I wanted. I'm still not where I would like to be with my hair goals and I was never even bald to start with. I have had both linear and FUE by him and I am speaking from 1st hand knowledge.

on a separate note, Has anyone seen the results of Nalts NeoGraft procedure with Dr. Bauman? I saw the live HT on youtube (those videos are everywhere) and there are websites but Nalts had the procedure in August and I have yet to see any pics or results of him. All the Neograft pics I see are of post surgery up to 8 days, I can't find anything with actual results so I was wondering if anyone knew, I was curious if anyone knew anything.

WOW very well said. i agree 100% I have been reading this post and all I can say is I have had 4 HTs with Dr. Bauman, I can assure you he is very charismatic and he says all the right things and has all the right plaques on the wall, THAT IS WHY I KEPT GOING BACK TO HIM (not an excuse). At the end of the day all that matters is results, not a PR campaign, trust me because I have first hand knowledge, I have only been with Dr. Bauman, 7500+ grafts later and over $55k later and I have not achieved my hair goals. I will start a new post showing my FUE procedure soon. I am at almost 5 months now. I will just post my results from my $28k FUE procedure I had in November.

did you ever hear anything back or make any progress with Dr. Bauman.

I did have the NeoGraft FUE procedure and I was told the same thing, it is scarless etc... Since I joined this forum early this year I have looked up top FUE doctors and they don't charge anything close to what Bauman charged me for a FUE procedure and they don't use a machine. Make sure you do your research so you don't end up in the same situation I am in. Here is Dr. Baumans prices he sent in an email to me. This is the original email. Hello Nate: Thank you so much for the additional emails- I really appreciate you forwarding those to me. The FUE NEOGRAFT is priced a bit differently than a traditional linear harvest mainly because of all the additional benefits such as; no scar, no down-time, quicker healing process, no stitches to remove, etc. The 1st 500 grafts is $10,000 and each graft thereafter is $10. For ex: a 1000 graft session size would cost $15,000 . I hope this information helps and I look forward to following up in August. Thank you and have a great weekend! Tara Sikes Patient Services Coordinator Bauman Medical Group, P.A. - Boca Raton, Florida Hair Restoration, Body Contouring & Facial Rejuvenation for Men & Women

I also saw Dr. Bauman on a Dateline special, that is how I initially found out about him. He was also on CNN, CBS and other shows, not to mention he is all over youtube. He is recommended on all kinds of boards and even in a well known book. If forums like this did not exist then other potential HT patients would never know how his clinic conducts themselves.

wow, that is a harsh response from a doctor. At least he has responded to you. It took weeks for him to ever respond to my initial concerns, he only responded after I posted my story in this forum and others, then he finally emailed me and called me but after I turned down his free FUE procedure and told him that I didn't believe he had my best interest in mind he never replied to me again.

I have been asked by a couple of people in different forums or by individual email if the 4th HT price was a typo. That is the correct pricing according to my invoice. Further more here is the email I received from Dr. Bauman regarding his FUE pricing. Hello Nate: Thank you so much for the additional emails- I really appreciate you forwarding those to me. The FUE NEOGRAFT is priced a bit differently than a traditional linear harvest mainly because of all the additional benefits such as; no scar, no down-time, quicker healing process, no stitches to remove, etc. The 1st 500 grafts is $10,000 and each graft thereafter is $10. For ex: a 1000 graft session size would cost $15,000 . I hope this information helps and I look forward to following up in August. Thank you and have a great weekend! Tara Sikes Patient Services Coordinator

I just received the pics from Dr. Bauman so I wanted to share them with you to be fair to him. This pic Dr. Bauman sent me is from 2005-2009 (before any HTs until after HT 3, around 5400 grafts), I must remind you that as Bill stated I do not know the results of my 4th procedure at this time. I am only a few months post op. I have also updated my original post to include more pics he sent me. Thank you