UPDATE! - 3 MONTHS POST-OP!

We tell our patients to not expect anything at all for at least 4 months.

This patient has significant results at 3 months and has at least one year of continued improvement for the next year.  It is pretty amazing to see such an early result.  Even more amazing is when you see people in the news worth millions of dollars who don't get results close to what our patient got at three months.

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People are naturally skeptical and ask for the pictures that we don't post.

  Here is a picture I would not normally post because the patient does not want to be public with his results.   We can use the back shot because his privacy is assured.  He was thinning from front to back.  Dr. Bolton gave him a presentation of a full head of hair in one procedure.

This patient had a prior procedure elsewhere and Dr. Botlon was able to more then double his results.  Not only did he get a full thick hair line but was also able to totally fill in his bald spot in the crown.

So when a prospective patient says I'd like to see the ones that don't make your site.  Here you go.

We try to be balanced and if you look on our site you will see some results are better then others.  That is because results vary depending on your donor density, budget, and quality of donor hair.  Also the amount of loss you have plays a big part.  The bigger the area to fill the more challenging the case.

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Out of Town Patient stops in for his 7 Month follow-up

Patient will continue to improve for at least 5 more months.

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UPDATE!

This is a very unfortunate case of a patient having two doctors who were unskilled for his two procedures.  One procedure was done in Poland and the second in England.  This is what everyone fears most.

The good news is that it can be fixed or made much better.  The patient saw over 100 examples of Dr. Bolton's donor area post operative and made the decision to go out of his way to have the best doctor possible help restore him.  Due to his prior bad experiences the patient was not interested in a hair transplant.  He just wanted his scars fixed.  He was kind enough to let us use his story to help others who are going through the trauma of a bad result.

Two prior procedures done in Europe

Dr. Bolton removed totally the top scar and transplanted into the bottom scar.

Dr. Bolton even had enough to put into the hair line just to help it look more natural.

 

The goal of the surgery was just to excise one scar as that is the limit for one procedure.  Dr. Bolton not only removed the top scar but was able to transplant hairs into the bottom scar and have enough left over to impact the frontal hair line.

If the patient desired, Dr. Bolton, could have also transplanted a good amount of hair into the frontal hair line but due to the patients prior bad experiences he was not interested.

This is an example below of FUE.  It is being hyped as a scarless surgery.  It is not.

Unfortunately, due to the obvious scars of some who have had hair transplants this type of surgery is easily marketed as a "scarless" procedure.  It is not. It is a very limited procedure and results in more scarring then you would get with Dr. Bolton's Maxharvest Plus procedure.

This is what Dr. Botlon's scar, below,  looks like with a shaved head one year later.

This is a patient who went from Norwood 5 to full head of hair in two procedures.

We shaved his head to do his second procedure.  The original scar will be removed and thus only one scar will remain after two surgeries.  With the hair grown in nobody will ever see the scar.

Compare the two areas.  The patient below will be able to yield  approximately 7,000 hairs on his second surgery.  The same amount as his first.  The patient above who had FUE only got approximately 3,000 hairs and will not be able to get that amount again in the same area.  Thus rendering his donor area greatly impacted in a negative way in just one procedure.

This is the amount of loss prior to the procedure

One Year later and the patient elects to do one more

His donor area is not impacted and he has options for the future should he ever want to do more.

The yield of a strip when done properly by the right doctor is far superior then FUE and has much less scarring to the donor area.

This is after almost 2 years and two procedures.  There is total coverage from front to back with excellent density throughout the transplanted area.  This is impossible to get with FUE and it costs much less.

FUE claims that it is non surgical, yet you have to have anesthesia for the duration of the procedure which usually  takes twelve hours per day and may be over two days.  The maximum duration for Dr. Bolton's procedures are typically  5 hours.   The top yield for Dr. Bolton can be 11,000 hairs for the  right patient.  FUE's top yield over 2 days may be 5,000 hairs.  Dr. Bolton's method will leave the donor area pristine.  The FUE will have thousands of pitted pockmarks.

FUE also claims you can go back to work the next day.  They don't tell you that they have to shave the entire donor area to access the follicles leaving you more noticeable the next day.

They claim the FUE is an advanced method that is superior to a strip procedure.  This is not true and the limited amount of examples they provide of men with advanced hair loss should be a warning of its effectiveness.

In fact FUE is more similar to the old plug method in that the removal method is very similar.  The difference is in the size of the instrument to pull out the follicles.  That is it.

If you doubt any of these claims just ask to see 100 donor areas of a FUE doctors work

and then the finished results a year later.  The one procedure results you see Dr. Bolton achieve are impossible to get with FUE.

UPDATE!

6 Months Post- Op

The patients own testimonial below

This has been quite the journey so far! I am now 33 and I noticed a slow thinning of my hair about 6 years ago and I didn’t think anything of it at the time. Unfortunately genetically I don’t have much going for me in that department. I was able to hide my hair loss quite well. It is typically in my family and in the cultural background that I have to thin from the back forward. That was the case for my father. Like me he has most of his original hairline. In my case from the front I looked good, but behind my hairline it was quite thin. So I would grow my hair out and comb it back. Thankfully though I was able to find a solution so I wouldn’t have to be a bald guy. I’m no expert nor am not out of the woods yet, but  I realize this is a process. I’ve been more than happy with the professionalism and service from Dr.Bolton’s clinic and his team, and especially to Josh. I’m thankful that I found him out of all of the choices out there. I was glad to see that Dr.Bolton and all of his male staff that I met have had procedures done on themselves so they have first hand experience with the devastation and emotional down that can come from losing one’s hair. I am only at 6 months and I am going to stick it out the full year. So far I cannot believe it. For the first time since I was in my early twenties I am able to actually comb my hair forward which for me was something I missed. Already seeing great results and I’m only about 50% there. Yes the first 4 months are not the best, at least in my case. After that I started to notice some new hairs; very exciting. Dr.Bolton was clear with me about expectations and long term planning in all aspects of my hair loss to date and moving forward. I did have the Maxharvest procedure and I will likely have another to cover the parts of my head and to touch things up. I will continue to provide updates to Josh as to my progress and success.

Patient flew in from Canada

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Patient had diffuse loss throughout his scalp from front to back.

The Patient will continue to see improvement at least for 6 more months.

The patient sent in these after photos so we can post his results and help others in his situation see what Dr. Bolton was able to do for him.

Patient Follow Up - UPDATE!

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Background information supplied by patient

• Hair loss noticed at age 18
• 1st procedure at 20 
• 2nd procedure at 22 
• 3rd procedure at 24 

First 3 procedures were NOT done by Dr. Bolton

• 4th procedure at 26 (Bolton)

The patient was kind enough to share his information and send us his photo.

I have known the patient now for almost ten years.

First met him at 20 and he was showing signs of loss.

The reality is when you are losing hair at such a young age you are destined to lose a lot.

One procedure is not a cure as it doesn't stop your other hair from falling out.

Patient said he was considering shaving his head after the prior procedures as he felt he didn't want to do it anymore.  I told him about Dr. Bolton and what he was able to do with patients who had a similar history as his.  It was not unusual for Dr. Bolton to do more in one session then the other doctors were able to accomplish in all their prior procedures combined.

Here is another example of Dr. Bolton doing that for his patient.

Here are a lot more examples

http://www.greathairtransplants.com/before_after_photos.html?pass_tmpstr=correction

UPDATE!

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One Procedure Results!

UPDATE!

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After a Year

Professional Hair Stylist that was shown Dr. Bolton's work and after 30 years of considering doing a procedure was finally convinced by Dr. Bolton's consistent quality results to do a procedure.

UPDATE!

7 Months Post-Op

Results speak for themselves.   At least 5 more months of improvement to come!