Cranston, Rhode Island – A quick look at political figures worldwide shows that many high profile leaders have had hair transplants to avoid baldness -- some less successful than others.
“Hair loss is no laughing matter, and a bad or patchy hair transplant can have serious repercussions,”
Take Democrat Vice Presidential nominee, Senator Joe Biden of Delaware, for example, who famously underwent hair plug surgery and was widely referenced for it during the Anita Hill senate hearings. He is being criticized again today now that he is back in the political spotlight.
“The results of hair plug restoration techniques of yesteryear are not always pretty. Senator Biden’s procedure was very obvious back then – and is still evident to the naked eye today, which is not reflective of today’s hair restoration capabilities,”
“In contrast, there are many men, including politicians, who have had successful procedures. I just returned from a hair restoration workshop in Italy, where Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has had great results with new hair restoration procedures,”
Today there are new procedures that involve transplanting grafts of hair-bearing skin that contain only one to three hairs, a large improvement from the abandoned “hair plug” method where 25 to 30 hairs per graft were transplanted.
Dr. Robert Leonard has treated men and women with hair loss for over 22 years and recently co-directed the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery’s (ISHRS) first-of-its-
For more information on Dr. Robert Leonard or Leonard Hair Transplant Associates, call 1-888-284-9558 or visit www.hairdr.com.
