| Let me take a minute to share some of my history | | | | were given a great room and at the great Granville |
| with you. As of this writing I am 39 years old and I live | | | | Hotel on Granville Island in Vancouver. My wife and I |
| in Los Angeles. My hair loss started at the age of 22 | | | | decided to make it a short holiday for ourselves. |
| and slowly progressed. All of the younger guys reading | | | | When we arrived at Vancouver in mid 2004 we went |
| this, trust me, I know how you feel and believe me | | | | directly to our hotel at the Granville. We unpacked and |
| when I tell you that there is hope for a good set of hair | | | | had brunch, and since I insisted to meet Dr. Wong in |
| on most of you. Anyways, I always was self | | | | person for a face to face consultation before the |
| conscious about my receding hair line and in the early | | | | surgery, we then left for Hasson and Wong a day |
| 90's started to interview doctors within the general Los | | | | before the surgery. My wife and I met with Joe Tillman |
| Angeles Area. You name them, I can tell you I had | | | | and Dr. Wong that afternoon which turned out to be |
| interviewed them, I have been to Bosley, Dr. Wolf, Dr. | | | | more that what I expected. We talked about how the |
| Meshkin, Dr. Rassman, Medical Restoration Center, and | | | | surgery will take place, the donor scar, my donor |
| many others which I do not recall. Looking back, I was | | | | density and so on. It was a great meeting which |
| so lucky not to have a surgery done at that time | | | | helped me to prepare for the upcoming surgery the |
| because If I had I most probably would have doll hair | | | | next day at 6:00am. My wife and I went back to our |
| plugs sticking out my head. | | | | hotel and had a great dinner and relaxed. |
| So at the age of 35 I got married and settled down | | | | On the day of the surgery, I really was nervous and |
| with my beautiful wife. I started to truly notice I was | | | | reality settled in. Believe me when I tell you right before |
| loosing my hair at the age of 36. It was pointed out to | | | | going in to have my donor area taken, I was having a |
| me by someone at my work since he was my | | | | panic attack, my heart was beating and I was telling |
| upstairs neighbor looking down at my crown area. | | | | my self , if this goes wrong I will be scared for life. |
| I decided then and there to stop my hair loss and | | | | Nobody knew this was happening, except my wife |
| change my appearance forever, to the better. So, | | | | and she calmed me down by telling me that she had |
| again I started my research online for months. I read | | | | absolutely no doubts that the procedure would be |
| articles, visited websites and talked to patients. In my | | | | done correctly. So I laid down in the chair and Dr |
| research one name came up over and over again, | | | | Wong walked in gave me some anesthesia and |
| "Hasson and Wong" based out of Vancouver Canada. | | | | started to cut my donor area out. Now let me tell all, I |
| . In almost every forum they had positive reviews over | | | | have a low tolerance of pain and I can honestly say |
| and over again from patients who had transplant | | | | that going to the dentist is more painful, I personally did |
| procedures done by either Dr. Wong or Dr. Hasson. | | | | not feel any pain whatsoever when Wong was cutting |
| After 4 months of research I decided that Hasson and | | | | my donor area. After the donor area was taken, I was |
| Wong was the one for me. Why did I decide on | | | | stapled up and taken to another room for harvesting. |
| Surgeons out of the United States? Simple, they were | | | | They had some 6-8 nurses, not including Dr. Wong |
| one of the best, if not the best in the entire world and | | | | harvesting the implants which took 10-12 hours. We |
| a Hair transplant is a life changing surgery. You cannot | | | | started at 6:30am and were done by 4:00pm. I |
| hide a hair transplant, once it is done thats it, your stuck | | | | watched 2 dvd movies, "The Lord of The Rings" |
| with it for life. So, traveling 3.5 hours from where I lived | | | | ,talked to Dr. Wong, talked to the nurses, my wife and |
| to their office to have transplant work done by the | | | | had sushi for lunch. I did all that as the implants were |
| best was a no brainer for me. I would travel to China if | | | | being harvested. There was absolutely no pain. After |
| the best doctors were located there. | | | | the surgery was complete I was given some pain |
| But which physician, Dr. Wong or Dr. Hasson? | | | | killers, given a hat, paid, thanked everyone for their |
| Everywhere I read they both had equally good | | | | precision and professionalism and went back to the |
| reviews, one did not stand over the other in their skills | | | | hotel. We left for Los Angeles the following morning. |
| or practices as a surgeon. One day, I read Jatronics | | | | The next day my face swelled up due to Anesthesia |
| blog, who is a past patient of Dr. Wong's and who also | | | | medication which was inserted in my head to numb |
| works for Hasson and Wong presently. On his site he | | | | the transplant area. |
| described in detail his own hair loss experiences and | | | | This swelling lasted 1 day after which the transplanted |
| why he chose Dr. Wong and his entire transplant | | | | area was red for about 2-4 weeks. This redness of |
| procedure with Dr. Wong. After reading that post, I | | | | the transplanted area depends on individuals skin |
| decided Dr. Wong was the one for me. I made my | | | | completion. If one is white and pale skinned like myself, |
| first contact to Hasson and Wong by email, actually | | | | the redness lasts longer, if one is tanned and dark |
| my entire hair transplant consultation was done online. I | | | | skinned the redness may not even be noticeable. All |
| sent in a couple of photographs of my current hair loss | | | | donor transplanted hair fell off within 10 days. The next |
| status and Dr. Wong made an educated guess as to | | | | phase which lasts approx 3-6 months is the resting |
| how many grafts I would need and how much the | | | | phase. I started seeing hairs pop out in around the 4-5 |
| total cost of the surgery would be. I told him I wanted | | | | month mark which was amazing for a guy who |
| the maximum possible, which we agreed on to be | | | | before this was going bold every year. By the 8-10 |
| approx 3800 grafts the cost at that time was approx | | | | month I noticed a whole new me with a whole new |
| $11,000., which to me was o.k., since most surgeons | | | | set of hair, absolutely amazing. For the first time in 10 |
| here in Los Angeles where double that amount, Also, | | | | years I can use a brush not a comb to brush my hair. |
| the airfare and hotel where also included. Hasson and | | | | Visit my website for before and after pics. |
| Wong pay for 2 full days of room and airfare. We | | | | |