Tough Job Market and Hair Transplants
Friday, May 1st, 2009
Someone just forwarded me an interesting article from the LA Times that was recently published. The author was visiting one of the open houses of a hair transplant surgical clinic recently and was amazed to see a good crowd despite of the current recession and financial slow down that has caused patient volume in cosmetic-surgery facilities to fall by a third, according to the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery. The author found a waiting room full of guys who were willing to spend as much as $20,000 a piece to restore what nature was taking away.
He says: “…increasingly these days, another incentive for men to undergo hair-transplant surgery is a desire to be more competitive in a challenging job market.” The article quotes Dr. Rassman as: “Society discriminates against bald people. If you have two people coming in for a job, and one of them is partly bald, you’ll think that the one with hair has more youth and vitality.” He continues as “Many full-headed people have a hard time understanding the problems of balding people.” The author talks to several balding men requiring hair restoration information at his hair transplant clinic. One of the patients said, a more youthful appearance would definitely improve his chances if one had to start looking for work — which he hopes won’t happen any time soon, but you never know with the way things are.
The article continues as: With hair-transplant surgery, healthy hair is removed from the back of the scalp and replanted up top. Sometimes it grows in nice and evenly. Other times, you have to grow it long where it takes root and settle for a comb over. And other times, judging from some websites out there, things can go very wrong and you’re worse off than when you began. Potential patients will want to shop around carefully. Rahul Gupta, 28, works as a mechanical engineer for a company he’d rather not name. (”We do a lot of defense work,” he explained.) Like David, he’s mindful of how a hirsute appearance can influence one’s career prospects.
I found this article interesting and I have to say, I personally had many patients whom have visited me as soon as they heard that they are being laid off from their job. The job market is tight now, but there are plenty of opportunities in getting what you want at a discounted rate. For example, we came up with a standby program to help people who can be flexible with their schedules fill our openings and get discounts on their hair transplant cost. If you are competing with a lot of qualified candidates that just lost their job, you need to use any help you can possibly get to become more competitive.


