UPDATE!

Meet Skip. He is nice enough to share his story in the hope that others will avoid making the same mistakes he made. Skip will allow us to document his story and share his progress.

This is the result from Skip's first procedure with another doctor who offered to do 4000 grafts for $6,000 dollars. The doctor is a graduate of Yale University and board certified in Plastic Surgery. On paper it looked like a no brainer. Unfortunately, the results were poor with little or no impact in achieving a hair line. Skip has good coverage (no hair loss) in the crown(back) area but was sparse in the frontal area of the scalp. Even after the first procedure there was no noticeable improvement to the hair line. The first doctor tried to impact the frontal area and create a hair line and was not able to do that. The procedure was a failure.

UNFORTUANTELY, MANY OF OUR PATIENTS CAME FROM OTHER DOCTORS IN A REPAIR MODE http://www.greathairtransplants.com/before_after_corrections.html  Click here to see how Dr. Bolton fixed many of our patients by doing more in one procedure then all their combined prior procedures.

Skip has now decided to have a procedure with Dr. Bolton. Dr. Bolton did his "Maxharvest" procedure which is unique in that the maximum amount of donor hair is used for the procedure. This is how Skip looked during the procedure after Dr. Bolton made his recipient sites.

This is Skip immediately after Dr. Bolton finished the procedure and all the grafts are placed into the recipient sites. You will get to watch as Skip will finally get a substantial result like our other patients who went to other doctors and got minimal results. We look forward to watching Skip's progress.

5 weeks Post-Op

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This will be a great outcome the hair is literally on the head where you can see a substantial impact.

7 solid months of improvement to come.  I am very happy for Skip as he was so discouraged from his prior procedure in Beverly Hills.  Way to hang in there Skip.  It is paying off!

Skip already has more hair at 4 months then he did from his last procedure in Beverly Hills.  There is no question in my mind that Skip will finally get a nice result this time.  His trip into our office has definitely paid off and now he has 8 solid months of growth to come.  We are very happy for you Skip.

Here is Skip's story in his own words: Hi Josh, Per our conversation, here is my hair transplant story: Skip, Chicago, IL Age 45 I began to notice my hair receding in my mid 20s. The recession continued through my 30s and I started to wear my hair combed forward in a "ceasar" style to try to hide the recession. I realized at about 38 that the best thing to do was to cut all my hair very short. I decided at age 44 to explore hair transplant surgery. I shopped around online and found a doctor in Beverly Hills that had offered three things that I THOUGHT were important: 1. Best price for highest number of grafts=Cost effective 2. Yale trained surgeon=Qualified 3. Beverly Hills location=Must have a lot of experience, because based in LA. A year later I had a sparse result and a scar line that could be seen on the back of my head. The experience itself and the care that I received were fine. I paid $6000 and got more hair than I had at the start, but I did not look much different and I did not achieve a frontal hairline. I learned several things: 1. I never saw photos of the doctor's previous work=Big Mistake! 2. A Yale education, doesn't equal a lot of hair or an undetectable scar. 3. Best price doesn't always yield best results. I researched Dr Bolton for about 6 months, as I knew at that point that my first precedure was not going to yield the results that I wanted. I spoke to Josh and saw all of the pics on Dr Bolton's website, and I scheduled my procedure for Feb 10, 2012. Attached are 3 pics(jpg 15,16,17) from the day of the surgery and 3 pics from third day (jpg 18,19,20) , Feb 13, 2012. Please note, that I had Dr Bolton shave the area, because he said it would be easier to work on the area. Also, please note that I do have some swelling in my face and under my eyes in the day 3 pic, which is normal. Lastly, please note the pic of the back of my head, as there is NO VISIBLE incision line and I actually have a 9" sucture hidden under my hair. I will be adding pics as I heal.

UPDATE!

8 Months Post-OP

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11 Months

9 Month Update

9 Month Update: I think Dr. Bolton gave Ryan too much hair, too! Why would anyone go anywhere else when Dr. Bolton is getting these incredible one procedure results before even one year after the procedure?

These incredible results are impossible to get anywhere else! The reason is Dr. Bolton is: 1. Uniquely talented and skilled from fifteen years of specializing in hair restoration. 2. Dr. Bolton uses a method of doubling grafts together to get his patients substantial results in just one session. 3. Dr. Bolton takes more hair but leaves the smallest of suture line scars. Dr. Bolton has examples of over 50 patient's donor scars http://www.greathairtransplants.com/hair_transplant_scar_videos.html and even with very short hair you can't see them. 4. Exclusivity with Dr. Bolton and his staff. There are not multiple procedures occurring while his patients are having their procedure. You are the focus of Dr. Bolton and his staff's attention. 5. Dr. Bolton's philosophy is to give the most hairs possible, leave the smallest donor scar, maximize density, and complete the procedure in less then five hours. Unfortunately, you cannot find this elsewhere and Dr. Bolton's prices are more then competitive with other quality doctors. You should demand this from any doctor who does your procedure. The reason you will not find many doctors with this philosophy is because it is not as profitable as the prevailing methods that are being used by most doctors today.

9 Month Update!

9 Month Update! I think Dr. Bolton gave me too much hair! HaHa! Thank you Magic Man, Dr. Brett Bolton! Ironically, I thought I did pretty well with my four prior surgeries elsewhere until I started to see what Dr. Bolton was accomplishing for his patients.

 

Long video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwwUVaVD2YU

Medium video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdZnDKI8ePU

Short video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keaBhtVEsq8

Pick any of the above links to see a video time line of my results from the day of my procedure through the first 11 months.

UPDATE!

UPDATE One Year Follow-Up: 

You can see more of Mike's situation by scrolling through this site.

This Patient Had His Procedure Elsewhere at a Discount Doctor's Practice (Not Dr. Bolton's Patient)

This unfortunate patient was lured by a practice that advertises that they are the cheapest practice to have your procedure done. He still paid $6,000. That is a lot of money to get a bad result. His doctor's strategy was to cover his whole head. What they neglected to tell him is that an area that large cannot be filled in one procedure with any consistent density. The doctor failed this patient and left him with a big scar in the donor area and not enough of a result to grow his hair out without looking sparse and unnatural.

Now Contrast the case above with the case below. Both have large areas that need to be filled. Look how Dr. Bolton's strategy was to focus on the frontal zone first so that he can get a substantial result and then 8 months later have the patient return to do the crown.
This way at the very least the patient has a result that is life changing in a positive way. He now has the option to return and transplant into the back area or just enjoy the restoration and enhancement of the frontal hair line. He paid a bit more for his procedure then the young man above but he got a tremendous value because it was done properly.

From the front the patient has an excellent result. The patient has just returned for his second procedure to transplant the crown. You are looking at a picture (below) immediately after Dr. Bolton completed his case.

This enabled Dr. Bolton to put just as much hair in the crown as he put in the frontal hair line. This patient had to have two surgeries if he wanted to cover his entire head from front to back. This is the proper way to approach this case. Dr. Bolton was upfront and honest in explaining that he needed two surgeries to cover the entire area. The patient got tremendous value because the first procedure was a benefit to him that he is enable to enjoy and now it is just a matter of months to he has total coverage to his entire scalp.

Case Study: Why Aldo Chose Dr. Bolton

Aldo as you can see in his video testimonial went to a few different doctors to get their opinions and prices for his hair restoration procedure. This is the choices Aldo had from Clinic A (Dr. Bolton) and Clinic B.

Clinic A (Dr. Bolton)
All the procedures on the Greathairtransplant.com website are the direct result of Dr. Brett Bolton and his staff. The staff is the same and doesn't change.

Clinic B
The photos on the website are a combination of many doctors who have contributed to the gallery over many years. There is no guarantee that the doctor you choose at this clinic has even one of his patients on the site. The turn around on the high volume practices is very high and the chances of having a technician who worked on the case of the best examples presented on the site are very low.

Clinic A (Dr. Bolton)
Dr. Bolton guarantees his patients in Fort Lauderdale that when they have the procedure with him he will not be simultaneously working multiple procedures. This means less discomfort for the patient and staff and that your grafts will have a higher growth rate.

Clinic B
These high volume practices have a large advertising budget and have to bring in a lot of revenue to offset the costs of fancy offices, high salaries for CEO's, and other high costs. They have to do many surgeries per day to make a profit. Aldo was not interested in being one of ten surgeries for the day.

Clinic A (Dr. Bolton)
Aldo liked the fact that for a fixed price, Dr. Bolton would move as many hairs as possible in one procedure. Aldo also liked the fact that Dr. Bolton doesn't average 2 hairs per graft like all the follicular unit doctors. Dr. Bolton would average over 5 hairs per graft thus enabling Aldo do get more then double the density that would be possible with Clinic B and any other doctor who does follicular unit transplants(99% of all doctors doing hair transplants). Aldo realized that most doctors charge by the graft and they have a financial incentive to keep breaking the grafts down smaller and smaller because it maximizes their revenue without giving you more hair. Imagine someone trying to sell you a 14 inch diameter pizza with 16 slices instead of 8 slices. Would you pay double for that pizza? Of course not. Dr. Bolton will put micro grafts in the frontal hair line and the larger grafts for density behind the hair line.

Clinic B
Aldo was advised he needed 4,000 grafts at $4 per graft. $16,000 for one procedure and they said he would have to come back another time or two to get complete coverage. Aldo realized that he would get more grafts but less hair and didn't want to lose the inherent density his type of hair quality possessed. Aldo would have been on the hook for over $48,000 and his results would have taken him years to get and he still would have fallen short of what Dr. Bolton was able to achieve in just one session.

Clinic A (Dr. Bolton)
Dr. Bolton gives a fixed price and doesn't add any other additional costs to the procedure.

Clinic B
Aldo was told there was an additional charge for a post-operative package of products that he could buy in the drugstore for $75 and they were charging $750. They also wanted to sign him up for laser treatments and offered his wife a discount on Botox.

Needless to say Aldo is pretty happy with his choice. It is hard to believe anyone else wouldn't make the same choice.

CLICK BELOW TO SEE VIDEO'S OF ALDO FROM WHEN HE FIRST WALKED IN TO DO HIS PROCEDURE THROUGH THE FIRST 11 MONTHS

http://www.greathairtransplants.com/patients/p82.php