Many physicians claim to be true pioneers in advancing hair transplantation. But no informed person would dispute that Dr. Bill Rassman is a true pioneer in refining and widely advocating the adoption of Follicular Unit Hair Transplantation.
For his significant contributions to the advancement of hair restoration surgery Dr. Rassman was awarded the highest honor in hair restoration surgery in 2004 – the “Golden Follicle Award”.
The innovations that he fought for, such as microscopically prepared follicular unit grafting, are now widely accepted and practiced. Myself and all other patients who today benefit from natural follicular unit hair transplantation owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Rassman, directly or indirectly, for fighting the good fight to make this procedure the acknowledged “Gold Standard in Hair Transplantation”.
Dr. Rassman has always been willing to point out when the emperor had no clothes even when it made him unpopular with his colleagues. He was willing to put himself in the line of fire for what he believed in as a major in Vietnam. As a hair restoration physician he once again stood up under fire and was finally awarded the Golden Follicle Award.
Dr. Rassman has also been a true pioneer in using the Internet to educate patients about cutting edge hair restoration techniques. His New Hair Institute website is an incredible resource for any person considering a hair transplant. Today he continues to be on the cutting edge of online patient education and authors the most popular and respected hair restoration blog on the Web – the Balding Blog.com.
In addition to embracing and promoting follicular unit grafting, Dr. Rassman defied the skeptics by pioneering the Megasession in 1992-4. He was the first to do 2000 grafts, 3000 grafts and 4000 grafts in single sessions. To those who over a decade ago said it couldn’t be done he replied –
“Those who say it can’t be done should not stand in the way of those who are doing it every day.”
– Dr. Bill Rassman
Today large and high density sessions are almost common. On the day I visited Dr. Rassman and his staff were performing such a larger megasession of 4,000 plus follicular unit grafts. The patient had extremely high laxity in his donor area, which enabled Dr. Rassman to remove a very large donor strip that was 29 cm long by 2.1 cm wide.
He used a single blade to remove this strip and he then did a trichophytic closure to minimize any visible scarring. The technicians then trimmed this strip carefully into 4,185 one, two, three and four hair follicular unit grafts, which were then placed across the top of the patient’s entire balding area. The entire procedure, including lunch, took only seven hours.
To see the highlights from this impressive surgery, click here.
Given Dr. Rassman’s long standing reputation for doing high quality megasessions of follicular unit grafting, both the quality of the work and the speed in which it was completed were not surprising. Dr. Rassman’s reputation truly precedes him and his surgery and patient results confirm this.
Dr. Rassman is an elite member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians. Learn more about Dr. Rassman and the New Hair Institute.
Pat Hennessey, Publisher of the Hair Transplant Network and Hair Loss Learning Center
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