somebody Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 Does anyone have any experience with http://www.bermanmd.com in Palo Alto, CA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Robert_ Posted November 4, 2005 Senior Member Share Posted November 4, 2005 somebody, Welcome to the Hair Restoration Research forums. I transferred this post from the other forum that you had posted in to a more appropriate one. The Hair Transplant Network recommends several skilled and ethical hair restoration physicians that are located in California. You can view these recommended physicians here. To view the physicians' profile, their previous patient photos, and their contact information, simply click on their image. Another useful feature located on each physicians' recommendation page is option of sending in your information quickly and confidentially for an initial diagnosis via email by clicking the "Free Online Consult" button on the left. You can even upload photos to recieve a more accurate estimate via email. -Robert ------------------------------ Check out the results of my surgical hair restoration performed by Dr. Jerry Cooley by visiting my Hair Loss Weblog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member baldcasanova Posted November 4, 2005 Senior Member Share Posted November 4, 2005 looks like they want to be all things for everyone ____________________________ 630 FUT - 8/27/03 2200 FUT - 5/20/05 2000 FUT - 12/15/07 "i haven't been this bald since.... well... since I was born!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member spoon Posted November 5, 2005 Senior Member Share Posted November 5, 2005 First of all, if you're going to get a hair transplant you absolutely need to make sure that the clinic specializes in transplants. This clinic does every cosmetic procedure under the sun. If you needed heart surgery you would go to a heart specialist, not a doctor who dabbles in heart surgery part of the time, and some other kind of surgeries the rest of the time. Same thing with hair surgery. Second, from the website: "While the patient watches a video, Dr. Berman anesthetizes the back of the scalp and harvests strips of hair-bearing skin, using the latest multi-bladed instrument." Multi-bladed instruments are NOT GOOD. Keep researching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Pat - Community Publisher Posted November 6, 2005 Administrators Share Posted November 6, 2005 Spoon, You're right on about the multibladed knife for donor harvesting. This method of removing the donor hair transects hair follicles unnecessarily and can cause undue damage to the tissue and nerves in the donor area. In my opinion surgeons using a multibladed knife are doing what is easier for them rather than what is right for the patient. The proper way to remove a donor strip is to use a single bladed knife, while carefully controlling the depth and angle of the cut to avoid transecting follicles or harming the underlying scalp tissue and nerves. The strip of donor tissue should then be carefully slivered (cut into smaller sections which are then trimmed into follicular unit grafts) under a microscope. Careful slivering of the donor tissue under microscopes minimizes the transection of the follicles so that the patient will get the optimal number of viable grafts from their limited donor area/strip. The multibladed knife is the silent killer of tens of thousands of precious follicles each week. No surgeons who uses this method would even be considered for recommendation on this site. Never Forget - It's what radiates from within, not from your skin, that really matters! My Hair Loss Blog Sharing is what keeps this community vital. Please join in. To learn how I restored my hair and started this community, click here. Follow our Community on Twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayzimmerman Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Spoon, You are correct about the multi-bladed knife issue. This is an old technique and is not used any longer. Just to clarify, the Berman Skin Institute actually currently uses the Personna Surgical Blade as a single bladed knife to carefully harvest our grafts for transplantation. This minimizes transection of hair follicles as well as provides an exceptionally sharp edge to minimize crush injury to tissue while cutting. This helps in wound healing. -Jay Zimmerman, MD Berman Skin Institute Originally posted by spoon:First of all, if you're going to get a hair transplant you absolutely need to make sure that the clinic specializes in transplants. This clinic does every cosmetic procedure under the sun. If you needed heart surgery you would go to a heart specialist, not a doctor who dabbles in heart surgery part of the time, and some other kind of surgeries the rest of the time. Same thing with hair surgery. Second, from the website: "While the patient watches a video, Dr. Berman anesthetizes the back of the scalp and harvests strips of hair-bearing skin, using the latest multi-bladed instrument." Multi-bladed instruments are NOT GOOD. Keep researching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Dewayne Posted August 11, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted August 11, 2008 Originally posted by jayzimmerman:Spoon, You are correct about the multi-bladed knife issue. This is an old technique and is not used any longer. Just to clarify, the Berman Skin Institute actually currently uses the Personna Surgical Blade as a single bladed knife to carefully harvest our grafts for transplantation. This minimizes transection of hair follicles as well as provides an exceptionally sharp edge to minimize crush injury to tissue while cutting. This helps in wound healing. -Jay Zimmerman, MD Berman Skin Institute Doc, I believe I would've let this thread remain buried in 2005, and started totally anew and then address if it came up. But, that's just me. Glad to see the clinic has evolved. Are you related to Robert Zimmerman, aka Bob Dylan? 100? 'mini' grapfts by Latham's Hair Clinic - 1991 (Removed 50 plugs by Cooley 3/08.) 2750 FU 3/20/08 by Dr. Cooley My Hair Loss Website - Hair Transplant with Dr. Cooley Current regimen: 1.66 mg Proscar M-W-F Rogaine 5% Foam - every now and then AndroGel - once daily Lipitor - 5 mg every other day Weightlifting - 2x per week Jogging - 3x per week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill - Seemiller Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Dr. Zimmerman, Welcome to our forum community. I'm also pleased to hear that you have evolved to using a single bladed knife to harvest the donor strip. Feel free to post some examples of your recent work on our forum for our members and guests to see. Best wishes, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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