I agree. With the advent of the Internet and having so much info at your fingertips, there should be no excuse for someone to be deceived like this.
In the early nineties, I started to lose my hair and I walked into a couple of "hair clinics". I knew absolutely nothing about hair loss, but when they tried to sell me snake oil, I ran out the door.
I can understand being young and desperate, but this kid should go with his gut, not with what his mom is telling him.
The young guy who goes through the hair transplant procedure seems to have a more interesting story. I don't know how he's going to feel in five years---when he has lost even more hair.