Managing Patient Expectations After Hair Transplant

Posted by Sarah Sweetz Akhza On 4:05 PM 0 comments

Here's a great example of why managing patient expectations is really important. Per this picture, I'm seeing my regular hair growing out pretty fast. But the transplant area (and other thin areas) aren't growing out as fast or as dense.

Some people are saying, "dude your transplant didn't work." But Dr. B explained that post-transplant you don't see immediate results. In fact, even in 6 months I'll only see half the benefit.

But in a year, we'll see most of the improvement. As they say, "it takes a while to lose hair, so growing it back isn't overnight." They also say "I wish martini glasses had higher edges so they didn't spill in the bus." I think the latter is more funny.

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Bald Guy Gets Followed Around Internet

Posted by Sarah Sweetz Akhza On 3:56 PM 0 comments

Yeah, it's called "site retargeting." You do a web search for hairloss, balding or something related. Or maybe you buy a hair-loss book or visit a Bosley website.

Suddenly days and weeks and months later, everywhere you go on the web you get reminders of your sad fate. Here's a Bosley ad that appeared while I was searching Super Mario Galaxy 1 (hint: you don't need the 1).
Coincidence? I think not. Embarassing? Maybe for some, but not for a guy who did hair transplant live on the web. Smart marketing? I'd say yes.

Of course super smart marketing would be excluding guys that are already "hearting" their current surgeon... surgeonofnalts.