October 1998 - "THE LANE REPORT - Regarding Hair Transplantation..."

After only two weeks, Jack Pattie (local radio personality) is pleased as punch with his new hair transplant. “My head still looks like a road map,” he laughs, “but, you know, that’s what ball caps were made for!”
Dr. Randolph Waldman, Pattie's plastic surgeon, gave the deejay the most common hair transplant procedure. The hair-bearing scalp was divided into several hundred smaller grafts (745 for Pattie), then inserting these into tiny slits in the scalp, placing them in the direction of the hairs natural growth.
The days of transplanting pencil eraser-size plugs of hair are gone. Single-strand grafts give the front hairline a more natural appearance, progressing on the back the head to two-strand and multiple-strand grafts. It takes three to six months for hair to begin to grow naturally, but then its permanent.
Pattie took Waldman's advice, choosing a fairly high hairline, one appropriate to his age. “Some men my age want the hairline of a 25 year-old,” said Pattie. “I just want to look like a 46 year-old who didn’t go bald.” After having the same procedure repeated in six months, hell be finished.

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NBC National News report about hair loss. Included in the video is Dr. Waldman talking about Hair Replacement Surgery.

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