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2005 House Bill 2336 (Hair Transplant Regulations)

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  • Introduced by Rep. Margaret Anderson Kelliher on April 6, 2005, to establish state regulations requiring information be given to patients of risks associated with hair transplant procedures, whether the provider is certified, and who can be contacted as a reference among past patients.
    • Referred to the House Commerce and Financial Institutions Committee on April 6, 2005.

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Introduced by Rep. Margaret Anderson Kelliher on April 6, 2005. New Comment

1) Hair Transplants [by Anonymous Citizen on September 20, 2006]
What is all the fuss about? Why not regulate all cosmetic surgery? There are many non plastic surgeons masquerading as cosmetic surgeons? I think that doing liposuction or a breast augmentation is more invasive than hair transplant. Why not go after those doctors? My brother had a hair transplant 3 yrs ago and could not be more thrilled with the results. All surgical procedures have risks. Why do we need more regulations just cause some patients are stupid enough to think that risks don't exist.
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2) Regulations [by Anonymous Citizen on April 13, 2007]
I think all surgery should be regulated to some degree in the interest of public safety. But as cosmetic (elective) surgery has become more accepted/popular the incidents of unqualified Doctor entering the field and doing harm is greater.This is especially true of hair transplantation. Alas it is the only field that has absolutely no accountability what so ever. Governmental intervention in this case is warranted (unfortunately).
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3) Mr Wright [by Anonymous Citizen on March 16, 2006]
I send my good wishes to the progress of your much needed bill
Having discovered a combination of treatments, finasteride and more novel techniques, which is growing back alot of my long lost hair, surgery seems unnecessary. I would like to share my experiences with you good folks, to show that baldness can in some cases be cured with safe techniques. Thankfully, when I first began to go bald 20 years ago I met a friend of a friend who showed me the scarring from tuft grafting, which put me off going to a surgeon.
There are many other cons being perpetrated, which in any other field of endeavour would be offences at common law. It seeems to me that in many cases a charge of common assault could be argued, but police probably wouldn't listen, until there is definitive legislation.
Best wishes.
Mr Wright
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4) Fatalities [by Anonymous Citizen on September 12, 2005]
I had a dear friend commit suicide after being disfigured by a hair transplant doctor. It was a closed casket.I watched him suffer through three years of pain,he was never well after it happened.I hope he is at peace now. I called the doctor and the doctor said "he came to me and I delivered." He also threatened me with calling the police if I ever called again.I was shocked.These doctors need to be put on a short leash.
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5) Scam industry requires legislation [by Anonymous Citizen on September 7, 2005]
Legislation is needed because it's hard to get the medical boards to take action (the existing laws are too vague). Malpractice lawsuits are hard to win and cost prohibitive for most people. State and federal authorities need to step in to intervene, to prevent further abuses. Hair loss has always been a magnet for quacks and crooks, however with the advent of surgery the stakes are too high (lifetime disfigurement) to let the scams go on any longer. Many guys have ended up looking permanently worse than how they started, after a hair transplant. In many cases the hair transplant clinic that you trusted to help you, actually harms you. This cannot be allowed to continue.

For most types of surgeries, a legitimate doctor can give you an idea of the success rate and what the long term prospects for satisfaction are. The hair transplant clinics refuse to keep track of their patient's long-term results and will never agree to keep track of long term satisfaction, because most guys are actually disappointed with their long term results.

The entire industry is based around misleading clients with false claims, in order to make the first sale. After that the client is committed to additional surgery until he runs out of money or patience or donor hair. Very few guys achieve the goals they though they would achieve with hair transplant surgery, because the doctors and sales consultants will often initially exaggerate the benefits and downplay the negatives, in order to make a sale.

I hope Minnesota will ban doctors from using non-medical consultants (salesmen) to examine patients and schedule surgery, ban unqualified personnel from performing surgery (unlicensed medical "techs" actually do most of the hair transplant surgery), require the doctors to submit any legal disclaimers to the patient at least one week before surgery, and force doctors to fully disclose the known complications and risks.

This is a very crooked and corrupt industry. There is a lot of money at stake here, and that is the main concern (certainly not good medical care). The typical patient will spend 8 to 12 thousand dollars per surgery, and some clinics can squeeze in 2 or 3 surgeries per doctor per day. Don't be fooled by the fact that some of the main characters are doctors. A medical degree doesn't insure honesty and integrity (although in a perfect world it would). Some of the biggest crooks in the industry have long list of impressive looking credentials, and years of experience (Those credentials are usually 'ginned up' and meaningless, and some doctors were actually damaging more people than they helped, during those long years of 'experience').

I hope you will take action to protect residents of Minnesota. Please start by getting the salesmen out of the doctors' offices!

Good information here:
http://www.bosleymedicalviolations.com
This website concentrates on one specific medical clinic, however the violations they describe are standard practices in the industry.
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6) hairtransplantlawsuits.com [by Anonymous Citizen on August 23, 2005]
If Cosmotology has been established with as many regulations it has, why hasn't this industry. It's been so insulated for so long? Who's being paid under the table? It's about time that regulations have been created to protectthe public! The truth is there are hundreds of thousands of casualties from this (Business) and nothing or no one has stepped up to the plate to protect the public from these Monsters. Why? For more informations please check out hairtransplantlawsuits.com or hairtransplantregulations.com


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7) hairtransplantlawsuits.com [by Anonymous Citizen on August 23, 2005]
If Cosmotology has been established with as many regulations it has, why hasn't this industry. It's been so insulated for so long? Who's being paid under the table? It's about time that regulations have been created to the public! The truth is there are hundreds of thousands of casualties from this (Business) and nothing or no one has stepped up to the plate to protect the public from these Monsters. Why? For more informations please check out hairtransplantlawsuits.com or hairtransplantregulations.com


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8) I hope it passes [by Anonymous Citizen on August 20, 2005]
Its about time these doctors were regulated. I was mutilated 2 years ago in Massachusetts. I am now on disability. Not for the disfigurement but because of the neurological and vascular damage the doctor did to me.I asked him a least 6 times if there were any complications. He just replied no there are none.I tried to seek a legal remedy but with no laws or regulations he gets to keep doing what he is doing. Thank you for doing a public service.
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9) I hope it passes [by Anonymous Citizen on August 20, 2005]
Its about timr these doctors were regulated. I was mutilated 2 years ago in Massachusetts. I am now on disability. Not for the disfigurement but because of the neurological and vascular damage the doctor dod to me.I asked him a least 6 times if there were any complications. He just replied no there are none.I tried to seek a legal remidy but with no laws or regulations he gets to keep doing what he is doing. Thank you for doing a publis service.
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10) Hairtransplants [by Anonymous Citizen on August 16, 2005]
Great work.A someone who was decieved and damaged by this industry I am glad there is something to protect the general public.Too much has gone on for too long.Thanks
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