Bosley – Hair Restoration

Restored some of my hair loss where I feel it looks much better.

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If you are considering them for a hair procedure, please please please do your homework first. Don’t make the biggest mistake of your life, as I did. I’ve learned the hard way that Bosley is one of the last and worst places an informed person should consider for a hair procedure. My experience is further below, and these articles touch on the tip of the iceburg about the real story of this very sleazy and shady company. Stay miles away from Bosley.
The previous poster, Carlos. How much is Bosley paying you? Seriously, it would not be anything out of the ordinary, business as usual for Bosley. You mention them being in business 30 years. Television advertising is the only reason they’ve been in business that long, period. Bosley is nothing more than factories or mills, with salesman.
The best places to go for hair transplants are smaller individual doctors with good reputations. They can be found on the internet.
My experience. I had a HT at Bosley Chicago in 2000. It was a so-​called simple transplant of 400 grafts to fill in front hairline. It caused more of my original hair to fall out than actually grew in, but I couldn’t care less about that. Its the trauma in the donor area that has basically left me crippled. Below is the letter I sent to Mr Bosley, which they responded to by recommending a prescription medication for nerve damage that hasn’t worked. They can offer no other help or suggestions.
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Dr Bosley,
I had a procedure in your Chicago office in Feb of 2000. I have talked to and seen the Chicago office several times since then. I wanted you to be aware of the situation. Since the day of my procedure after the anesthesia wore off, there has been an extreme sensation of tightness and pulling of my scalp originating from the donor area, affecting the whole head and scalp. The problem hasn’t let up or gotten better over time, as your employees told me it would. It’s been the same since the procedure, and I’m not sure who to turn to or what to do. A doctor in the Chicago office advised me that there are some nerves cut in the donor area. I don’t know what happened or what the hell they did to my head. All I know is my life hasn’t been the same, and I am not the same person, since the procedure. I was a pretty normal’ person the first 27 yrs, and without exaggeration or hesitancy to say so, the last 8 have been a living nightmare.
My theory is they cut too big of an incision in my head for the donor hair. My incision is almost 4 inches in length. (I had no idea it was going to be that long. I was told it would be 2 inches)
If the size of the incision is the cause of what happened, I would say it makes sense. I also maybe realize that my head/scalp’s reaction to the procedure is rare. I just wasn’t meant to have the procedure. After almost 8 years of living with it, I still don’t know how to accurately describe it in words. All I know is the very disorienting feeling in my head. There is a definite feeling of injury to the head. If you can think of your own head and that your scalp is very loose and malleable. Picture taking your hand and grabbing a handful of your scalp on the back of your head, pulling the scalp tight and creating extreme tension in the rest of your head and scalp. Imagine how your face and scalp would feel. Then imagine having that feeling every minute of your life for 8 years. That’s a decent description of what I feel. I feel trapped inside my head and scalp, for lack of better words. This is a very, very, debilitating feeling. There is constant tightness and pulling, my head can never relax. Constand stress is the result and my nerves are about shot. My balance and equilibrium is way off, and I have very little sense of well being anymore.
This makes me extremely self-​aware, always thinking about myself ²⁴⁄₇. For someone who used to think mostly about others and not myself, this is enough to make anyone crazy. Since the day of the procedure, I stopped developing as a person, and have gone completely in the opposite direction.
I basically am unable to physically live in this state of being much longer. I’ve gotten thru the last 8 yrs on the hope that this will be gone when waking some morning.
I’m seeking any help you can offer. Thank you.

Very informative people! No wonder they have been in business for over 30 years. Believe it or not, I brought my wife in (thinking they would «sell» us hair) and the Doctor recommended she NOT do the procedure. I was amazed. We were there for over an hour and received alot of information and even spoke to the Doctor. Wonderful and friendly staff!