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Gino’s Hair Transplant Results

Patient Details

Gino DiMascio of Cranston, Rhode Island spent his career as a professional hairstylist. He knew what good hair could do, he knew when a hairstyle was trying too hard, and when his own hairline began receding, he knew something else just as quickly: a hairpiece wasn’t for him.

“I simply wanted to do something about my hair loss,” Gino said. “Wearing a hairpiece was not an option. Hair restoration surgery was a logical choice.”

Gino came to Leonard Hair Transplant Associates in 2002 after friends encouraged him to have his hair loss evaluated. Unlike someone still deciding whether thinning hair bothered him enough to take action, Gino arrived knowing what he wanted. After his receding hairline was evaluated, he was determined to be a candidate for hair restoration surgery.

For a man who made a living working with other people’s hair, one part of the decision mattered more than anything else. He wanted the hair on his head to actually be his.

His Own Hair Was the Point

Hair transplant surgery relocates a patient’s own permanent donor follicles into areas where hair has been permanently lost. Once successfully transplanted and grown, those follicles produce real hair that can be washed, cut and styled along with the patient’s existing hair.

That distinction was particularly important to Gino. A hairpiece could provide the appearance of additional hair, but that was never the result he wanted.

“It’s nice knowing that it’s your own hair,” he said. “That was very important to me.”

As his transplanted hair grew, Gino said people began noticing the difference without necessarily knowing what had changed. Some asked what he had done. Others commented on how natural his hair looked.

For a hairstylist, there probably isn’t a better review.

Gino also remembered the surgical experience as considerably easier than he had anticipated, comparing it to going to the dentist. He even recalled going home and cutting his lawn afterward. That was Gino’s individual experience in 2002 and should not be considered current post-operative guidance, but it captures how differently he remembered the day compared with what he had imagined beforehand.

A few months after his procedure, Gino described a change that went beyond the mirror.

“I feel like a different person,” he said. “I feel a lot more comfortable about myself. It makes you feel 10 years younger.”

Hair Transplant Surgery in Rhode Island Today

More than two decades after Gino underwent hair restoration surgery, the techniques and surgical planning used in modern hair transplantation have continued to evolve. Today, Chief Hair Restoration Surgeon Dr. Matthew Lopresti personally performs both FUE and FUT hair transplant surgery at Leonard Hair Transplant Associates.

Both procedures use the patient’s own permanent donor hair, but they obtain those follicles differently. With FUE, follicular units are removed individually from the donor area. With FUT, a narrow strip of donor tissue is removed and the area is closed with sutures before the individual follicular units are prepared for transplantation.

Choosing between FUE and FUT involves more than deciding which procedure sounds preferable. Dr. Lopresti evaluates the patient’s pattern and progression of hair loss, existing hair, donor density, hairstyle and long-term restoration goals before recommending a surgical approach. Permanent donor hair is finite, so the objective is not simply to address what looks thin today. It is to create a plan that can continue to make sense as the patient ages.

Dr. Lopresti performs hair transplant surgery in Warwick, Rhode Island and Newton, Massachusetts, treating men and women from Rhode Island, Greater Boston and throughout New England.

Gino’s procedure happened years before today’s FUE and FUT options at Leonard Hair Transplant Associates, but the reason he walked through the door remains remarkably current. He didn’t want something that looked like hair.

He wanted his own hair back.

Patient Profile

Patient: Gino DiMascio
From: Cranston, Rhode Island
Occupation: Professional hairstylist
Gender: Male
Primary concern: Receding hairline
Treatment: Hair restoration surgery
Procedure year: 2002

Gino’s goal

“I simply wanted to do something about my hair loss. Wearing a hairpiece was not an option. Hair restoration surgery was a logical choice.”