Hello I am 45 year old guy, new to this forum, and am going to share my experience with you; feedback is appreciated. I have my hair restoration surgery for scheduled next week with Dr. Jae Pak at New Hair Institute Los Angeles. Dr. Pak is the protegee of Dr. Bill Rassman, a pioneer in modern hair restoration, and awarded the highest honor in hair restoration surgery in 2004 - the "Golden Follicle Award." Being that this is my first cosmetic surgery, naturally I am a bit nervous, but also am confident is it's the right thing for me, and Dr. Pak has made me feel that I'm in good hands. I visted a couple of other medical practices before deciding on NHI (Bosley was one). A close friend of mine is an HT patient of Dr. Rassman, he now a great hairline, and Finastride has done wonders for him as well. I am flying into LA from Washington DC, so my consultation with Dr. Pak was over the phone after forwarding these ame photos. Dr. Pak comes off as a very personable, intellegent, and straight talking medical professional. NHI is currently running a special rate (for Dr. Pak $4/graft for first 2,500 and $2.50/graft after 2,500; fees are higher for Dr. Rassman) through the holidays for standby patients. In addition they are refunding up to 5% of the process cost to cover travel expenses, as well as paying for my hotel room. After seeing Dr. Pak's work on John Gosselin (John & Kate + 8 TV show
) and then speaking with him, I believe I have selected a world class surgeon at a very good rate. With my tight budget cost is a considerable factor for me, but it's still a far second to selecting the right surgeon. I also checked with the BBB and NHI has an A rating, zero complaints filed within their standard reporting period of 36 months http://www.bbb.org/greater-san...n-ca-66470#complaint
Here is my hair situation today, somewhere around an advanced Class IIA, to a begining Class III per the Norwood rating from what I've been told.
Here is a photo of my hair line nine years ago, Christmas day 2000, which is my target for restoration, to get in this neighborhood of density Dr. Pak will need to work some magic for me...wish me luck.
In a few days Dr. Pak will be restoring my hair line with 1,700 to 1,800 grafts. I started taking Finasteride this week too, and hope it will work well for me at the vertex by filling it back in, as well as helping me to retain my hair as much as possible. I will post again very soon to report my experience with the procedure, post operation, as well as my feelings about NHI and Dr. Pak. The real point of comparision will come in about 10 months, when I will be posting my final results on Labor Day weekend as my beautiful wife and I will be vacationing that week on South Miami Beach.
