Stevie, I think the article is wrong:
it says that dr. Reddy charged Rooney 2,5GBP per follicle, but it also says that the complete job was 30.000GBP in 2 days. This would mean 12.000 follicles.
This is oviously wrong. It is 3k GBP not 30k.
The error could be intentional.
Because they compare 30k, 2 days (Dr. Reddy) against 4k-8k, 10hours (Dr. Gho).
The article gives the impression that dr. Gho is cheaper and faster than dr. Reddy, which is oviously false.
Also dr. Gho says that he penetrates just 2 or 3 mm deep to extract the follicle. I think this is a total lie.
Dr Reddy practises an advanced version of the FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) technique, the one that Rooney opted for.
Unlike more traditional strip method - where skin from the dense hair area at the back of the head is cut away before being placed onto balding sections - FUE uses tiny needles to transfer individual follicles to where they are needed, without scarring. Reddy, who charges £2.50 per hair follicle transferred, says demand for this treatment is “humongous”.
At the Hair Science Institute’s London clinic, the waiting list for its HST procedure (hair stem-cell transplantation) currently runs up to February 2012.
“If he had opted for our technique, Wayne would have avoided looking like Quasimodo,” says the institute’s Dr Coen Gho, referring to a picture that Rooney tweeted of his new hairline saying, “Hi all, there’s my head. It will take a few months to grow. Still a bit bloody too but that’s all normal. #hairwego.”
“HST extracts the hair, rather than the entire follicle, meaning we penetrate no more than two to three millimetres deep. The dentist is worse,” says Gho.
However, a hair transplant will take much longer and cost considerably more than your average filling.
Rooney reportedly booked in for a two-day, £30,000 procedure at the Harley Street Hair Clinic last Thursday. Dr Gho says patients will need to have a spare 10 hours and £4,000-£8,000 for a HST at the Hair Science Institute’s London clinic.
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