Author: Dr. William Rassman

Only part of my my hairs are white — the tip is black, the root is black, only 2-3mm of the hair near the tip is white. It’s odd. I assume it’s the part of the hair that was growing from the root around the time of the transplant. Does that make sense?

Yes, I believe your analysis is probable.

The official publication date for this new patent titles “HAIR HARVESTING DEVICE AND METHOD WITH LOCALIZED SUBSURFACE DERMAL FLUID INSERTION” (Patent number #9,259,236 B1) was officially published by the U.S. Patent Office on February 16, 2016. It describes a method to inject fluid into a localized area of the hair follicular unit, to make FUE easier and better to perform with greater accuracy and less transection or damage to the grafts. This is the 17th US patent issued to Drs. Rassman and Pak in the hair transplant field.

Drs. Rassman and Pak continue to find a better way to do everything that most people take for granted. Our motto is: “There is always a better way” and with out quality focus on hair transplant technology, this is just another small ‘baby step’ to making the field better for all doctors administrating such services.

Many times people want to know what they will look like after their hair transplant surgery, so here is one man that shows just what was asked. Nothing to see yet. Of course, there is no growth yet but I would expect growth in 5 months and in 8 months for the hair to grow to styling length

I was prescribed 0.25mg oral minoxidil for hair loss. I stopped taking Finasteride and topical Minoxidil. I lost much of the benefits I had, including my gains from my previous treatments such as my frontal hair, my temples, and the hair in the crown, which had regrown with the topical Minoxidil. I regret ever switching the original treatment approach.

The problem I see in this patient is not only what appears to be excessive FUE depletion of the donor area, but that FUE extractions went well beyond the donor area into the crown and even the upper neck. Much of the hair extracted was too high in this man’s head or too low near the neck, which will not be permanent hair.

This man lived under a hat and rarely went out for 14 years after he got the disease Alopecia Totalis. The Scalp Micropigmentation we did freed him up completely.

Dear Dr. Rassman: Had the 2nd of my three procedures today. Almost like a sculpture, it really now has started to take shape. Sure, I’ve looked at photos and seen real live guys at your Open House shows who’ve had this process, but there’s nothing like having SMP done to your own challenged head.

Once again, Kudos to the technicians who worker harder than stainless steal and have the patients of angels and Dr. Pak who stepped in mid-way and said: “Now it’s time to mail down your front hairline” which he did with the precision of a rocket shop landing on the moon.

But I do have one regret… which I expressed to your staff openly: “Where were you guys 40 years ago when I first coulda used this?

Dr. Rassman’s comment: This man started his hair transplant process too many years ago. He is now in his 60s and shaved his head for the procedure. He will eventually allow his hair to grow on top of the SMP. This type of comment occurs almost every day in our office. Scalp MicroPigmentation is one of the most satisfying procedures we have ever offered.

This is courtesy of Dr. Bradley Wolfe and he comments as I do, that many, many men are similar to this man with great reversal of their hair loss without side effects from finasteride.