Posts Tagged: Hair Transplant Photos

Do You Use Digital Imaging to Forecast Hair Transplant Results?

November 25th, 2007

Q: Do you use computer type imaging to create the best way to insure you (or any hair transplant surgeon) have the same goal or target “picture” of the particular patient’s restoration as that particular patient has as his “picture?”

A: I prefer not to do imaging since it tends to oversell the hair restoration procedure.

In addition, the technology is unable to accurately represent what the hair transplant will really look like as there are many hair characteristics that it can’t take into account.

Seeing lots of actual photos of hair transplant patients is much more instructive – and more honest (if the photos are taken correctly). At the time of the consult I design the hairline and photograph it.


Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 6:33 am

Some Hair Transplant Photos Seem Too Good to be True, Are they Real?

June 12th, 2007

Q: I have seen some incredible photos on some websites. In some cases, they seem too good to be true. Are they real?

A: Evaluating results is more complicated than simply looking at photos – even if they are un-retouched and not studio shots.

For example, if 4,000 grafts were used to make a young person’s hair line look very dense, you might say that was a spectacular result. However, if he only has a total of 6,000 follicular units in his donor area (the average), then he is going to have many problems as he continues to bald, since there will be only 2,000 grafts left for the rest of his head.

Not only was too much hair used up in the front, but the high density of the frontal hair line will not look balanced as the person ages, as this density can not be sustained.

Similar problems occur when the frontal hairline is placed too low or is too broad. These look great in photos early on – and are great for marketing purposes – but become real problems as the person ages.


Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 9:31 am

Why Same Photos on Bernstein Medical Website and NewHair.com?

June 8th, 2007

Q: I was looking at the hair transplant photos on the Bernstein Medical website. I noticed that you and the NHI website have some of the same pictures. Did you both perform surgeries on these people?

A: All of the patients that appear on the Bernstein Medical website were operated on by me personally. My own staff assisted me in these procedures.

I worked with Dr. Rassman at NHI from 1995 to 2004. Photos of patients that I operated on during this period may therefore also appear on the NHI website.


Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 9:40 am






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