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RHODE ISLAND HAS ANY NUMBER
OF WELL-KNOWN COMPANIES,
CVS, HASBRO, UNTIL RECENTLY,
38 STUDIOS, BUT SOME
SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES NI
UNDER THE RADAR AND PONG
THEM PICERNE MILITARY
HOUSING WHICH HAS ADD NEARLY
300 JOBS NATIONWIDE DESPITE
THE DOWNTURN AND HONORED BY
FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA
FOR ITS CHARITABLE WORK ON
BOW HALF OF SOLDIERS AND
THEIR FAMILY.
THIS WEEK ON THE FIRST
HALF.
THE PICERNE MILL MILITARY
HOUSING CEO JOHN PICERNE AND
THEN, WES WALKER HAS A LOT
GOING FOR HIM BUT HIS HAIR
WAS NO MATCH FOR TEAMMATE
UNTIL RECENT VISIT THE THE
LEONARD HAIR TRANSPLANT.
WE GET A SCOUTING REPORT ON
THE BUSINESS OF HAIR
RESTORATION WITH OUR SECOND
♪
♪
SUITE.
I AM TED NESI.
WANT TO START WITH AN
APOLOGY TO OUR GUEST JOHN
PICERNE WHO HAS A HARD C
INSTEAD OF A SOFT C.
I APPROXIMATELY GUISE THAT.
NOW THAT WE KNOW HOW TO SAY
IT PROPERLILY.
WHAT DO YOU DO AT PICERNE
MILITARY HOUSING.
SIMPLY PUT, WE DEVELOP,
BUILD AND MANAGE THE HOUSING
FOR THE UNITED STATES
MILITARY AND WHAT WE DO IS
ON IN THAT LATIONS, THE ARMY
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE HAS ABOUT 20 TO 30%
OF THEIR ACTIVE DUTY
MILITARY MEMBERS LIVING ON
INSTALLATIONS.
WE ARE TALKING INSTALLATION,
ABSOLUTELY.
YEAH.
LARGE IN THAT LATIONS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
WE ARE IDENTIFYING MEN AND
WOMEN SERVED AND TRAINED AND
PREPARE FOR WAR AND WHAT HAD
HAPPENED OVER THE COURSE OF
SOME YEARS WAS THE STRESS ON
BUDGET AND THE STRESS FOR
SPENT.
MONEY WAS PRIMARILY SPENT ON
THE, THEY CALL GUNS VERSUS
BUTTER.
BUTTER BEING HOUSING AND
INFRASTRUCTURE.
GUNS WE KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE,
SO THEY HAD A REALLY, THEY
HAD A HUGE BACKLOG OF WORK
THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
MAINTENANCE ON THE
HOUSING STOCK, MAINTENANCE,
REVITALIZATION, MODERN
HYDRATION.
CONDITIONS.
FOR HE IS IF YOU CAN THINK
BACK TO AROUND THE TIME
NAVAL STATION OR DOWN IN NEW
PORT NAVAL STATION YEARS AND
YEARS AGO WHAT THAT LOOKED
LIKE.
WAS DEPLORABLE.
THE WAY THE MILITARY MEN AND
WOMEN LIVED WAS JUST NOT,
NOT FOR THE STANDARD I THINK
ANYONE OF US WOULD WANT.
IN.
THAT IS WHERE WE COME
WHAT THEY DO.
THEY GIVE US A GROUND LEASE
FOR 50 YEARS.
WE ACTUALLY TAKE OVER ALL OF
THEIRON POST HOUSING STOCK.
WE COLLECT RENT INDIVIDUALLY
FROM THE SOLDIERS WHO WANT
TO LIVE THERE AND WE THEN
RAISE A LOT OF MONEY AND
BUILD OUT NEW HOUSING AND
HOUSING.
I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST
KEYS TO OUR SUCCESS IS NOT
ONLY ENHANCING THE QUALITY
OF LIFE, BUT TO SUSTAIN THE
ASPECT SO IN THE NEXT 50
YEARS.
THE G. KNOWS AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE KNOW
THAT'S THE HOUSING WOULD BE
KEPT UP AT HIGH LEVEL VERSUS
STATE.
SCALE.
IT WAS AMAZING.
I READ THAT 21,000 HOMES
HERE IN CHARGE OF 65,000
BEDROOMS.
10,000 ACRES OF LAND
NATIONWIDE BUZZ THIS WAS NOT
ALWAYS HOUSING STOCK WAS RUN
IN THE MILITARY SO EXPLAIN
HOW YOU CALL IN IN THE
PRIVATIZATION OF SOME OF
THESE HAPPENEDNA, WELL YOU
KNOW, AS I SAID, A MINUTE
AGO, IT WAS A LOT OF BARROW
FROM PETER TO PAY PAUL TYPE
OF A SYSTEM WHERE IF IN
STALITION HAD SOME EXTRA
MONEY THEY PUT NIGHT HOUSING
TO FIX IT UP.
THE MIND SET WAS, WELL,
FREE.
WHEN IN REALITY THEY REALLY♪♪
WERE NOT.
AND WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING
WAS, LIKE I SAID, THE
HOUSING REALLY FELL INTO
TERRIBLE DISREPAIR.
WE CAME IN.
WE HAVE SPENT AS YOU SAID
THE NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING.
BUT WE HAVE SPENT JUST
UNDER $2 BILLION WORTH OF
CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT
WORK REPOSITIONING IT, A LOT
OF THAT MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT
LOCALLY IN THE MARKETS.
WE GO FROM MARYLAND OUT TO
THE WEST COAST.
AND IS A SAID, ODD
INSTALLATIONS, ABOUT 21,000
HOMES.
ABOUT 21,000 FAMILIES AND
THOSE FAMILIES TURN OVER
EVERY YEAR OR EVERY COUPLE
OF YEARS.
THEY MOVE OUT.
WE HAVE TO TRANSITION TO PUT
NEW PEOPLE BACK IN.
BUT IT IS, IT IS, YOU KNOW,
IT IS A GOOD BUSINESS BUT
EVEN MORE SO.
I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME.
THAT FOR ME, AFTER 9/11.
THIS BECAME MORE OF A
VOCATION THAN A BUSINESS
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, SEEING THE
WHICH OUR MILITARY MEMBERS
LIVE.
THE AMOUNT OF DEPLOYMENTS,
BEG IN IRAQ, BEING IN
THAT.
SEE THE STRESS IT PUTS ON
THE FAMILIES.
ONE OF THE THINGS I AM
ROUD.
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD OVER AND
OVER AGAIN.
WE PROVIDE A PIECE OF MIND
TO THE SOLDIERS WHEN THEY
ARE IN PLACES LIKE AFGHAN
TAN, BUT NOT WORRYING ABOUT
WHAT HOUSING LOOKS LIKE.
YEARS AGO, WHEN A SOLDIER
WOULD DEPLOY LIKE IN DESERT
STORM, BACK IN '90.
WHEN THEY WERE DEPLOYED, THE
STORE IS ARE WERE, THEY
WOULD CALL BACK HOME ONCE A
MNT OR ONCE EVERY COUPLE OF
WEEKS OR SO AT BEST.
THEY WOULD LISTEN FOR 20
HOUSING WAS.
PLUMBING.
THEY COULDN'T GET
ELECTRICITY.
THAT PUTS TREMENDOUS STRESS
ON YOU.
AND NOW, HEN THEY CALL
BACK.
THEY GET SPEND 20 MINUTES
TALKING ABOUT KIDS AND
YEAH.
LIFE.
YOU ADDED ABOUT 297 JOBS
SINCE '07 NATIONWIDE.
27 HER AT THE HEADQUARTERS
IN EAST GREENWICH.
WHY IS CONCERN ABLE TO GROW
NOT.
I WAS SURPRISED CONSIDERING
THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
SEEING A DRAWDOWN BETWEEN
IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.
WELL, I THINK, I THINK
THERE IS A COUPLE OF THINGS
THAT REALLY PLAY INTO THIS.
FIRST OF ALL, THE MILITARY
ONLY HOUSES INSTALLATION
UPWARDS OF MAYBE ABOUT 30%.
SO WE'RE HAVING MILITARY.
HOUSING.
WE ARE PROVIDING A MUCH
BETTER PRODUCT TODAY THAN IN
THE PAST SO OUR DEMAND
CONTINUES TO INCREASE SO THE
POLICE LIKE FT. BRAGG.
WE HAVE OVER 1,000 PEOPLE ON
THE WAITING LIST EVERY DAY
LOOKING FOR HOUSING, SO I
THINK WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
WITHSTAND KIND OF THE
ECONOMIC WOES AND WHEN I GET
TO THE BUSINESS I WAS LOOK
FOR A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE
VOCATION.
I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING
RESISTANT.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS SUCH
A THING AS RECESSION PROOF.
I FOUND A BUSINESS.
YEAH, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
REALLY WITHSTAND AND
ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GROW.
CONTRACTS WITH THE
SYLVANNIANS IN '07.
YEAH.
OPPOSED TO EACH OTHER.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE YOU KNOW
INTERESTING ENOUGH, WE HAD A
LOT OF FOLKS, IT IS KIND OF
SAD, TOO.
WE HAVE A LOT OF MILITARY
FOAL KS WHO LIKE OTHERS WENT
OUT AND BOUGHT HOME ON THE
HOPE THAT'S THE HOUSE WAS
GOING TO INCREASE IN VALUE
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THEY HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES,
SO MU, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
A PLACE TO RENT.
THESE MARKETS ARE NOT
NECESSARILY CAPABLE OF
PROVIDING HIGH-VALUE RENTALS
TO ALL OF THESE FOLKS, SO WE
SEE OUR DEMAND THAT HAS BEEN
INCREASING WHILE THE WOES OF
THE OUTSIDE ECONOMY HAS GOTP
ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE TO TAKE BREAK.
-WE COME BACK.
WE TALK ABOUT WHAT IS COMING
STAY WITH US.
SUITE.
SWEET.
I AM TED NESI.
OUR GUEST THIS WEEK PICERNE
MILITARY HOUSING IN EAST
GREENWICH AND CEO OF THE NEW
PARENT COMPANY WHICH IS WHY
TODAY.
TELL ME ABOUT THE GROUP AND
ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH WITH
THE COMPANY.
WELL, WE HAVE DEVELOPED
INTERESTING.
IT IS A MADE-UP WORD BUT IT
WORDS.
OF YOUR HEART.
WE DID A MARKET RESEARCH AND
PEOPLE SAID THAT OUR
DEC DECISION-MAKING
PROCESS WAS REALLY ONE OF A
HEART FELT PROCESS VER SAUCE
PURE ECONOMIC PROCESS, 10
THE NAME SEEMS TO BE GREAT.
THAT RIS WE HAVE DEVELOPED
GROUP REALLY WAS BUILT
BECAUSE WE WANT TO EXPAND
OUR BUSINESS MODEL AND THE
IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO GIVE
BACK AND DO GOOD THING FOR
THE MILITARY SEEMED TO MICK
A LOT OF SENSE IN LOOKING
OUT ACROSS THE HORIZON TO
SEE WHERE ELSE WE MAY BE
ABLE TO DO THE SAME THING.
LE AND BEHOLD AFTER RESEARCH
WE FOUND THAT UNIVERSITIES
WERE SUFFERING FROM A LOT OF
THE SAME CHALLENGE THAT'S
THE MILITARY DID.
THIS IDEA OF CONSTANTLY DEAL
WITH SHRINKING BUDGET AND
WHERE DO WE PUT MONEY AND
LET'S FACE IT.
THE CORE MISSION OF THE
DEFEND THE COUNTRY.
THE CORE MISSION OF SCHOOLS
IS TO EDUCATE STUDENTS NOT
NECESSARILY HOUSING.
HOUSING IS A BI-PRODUCT OF
DEVELOPING THE SCHOOL OR
DEVELOPING A MILITARY BASE,
SO IF YOU GO AROUND THE
COUNTRY WITH YOU WILL SEE
QUITE A FEW UNIVERSITIES
THAT HAVE SOME NEW BUT
MOSTLY OLD AND RUNDOWN AND
REAL CHALLENGED HOUSING
STOCK.
I WASN'T, IT WAS NOT LONG
AGO WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL.
MY DORMS WERE NOT ALWAYS IN
THE BEST SHAPE.
YEAH, I WAS MENTIONING TO
YOU EARLIER.
A FRIEND OF MINE TOLD ME THE
STORY.
HE DROPPED HIS SON OFF AT A
LARGE UNIVERSITY LAST YEAR.
THE SON WENT TO THE SAME
25ER WHY AGO.
THE DORM LOOKED THE SAME 25
YEARS LATER.
I THAT IS COMMON STORY , SO
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO
UNDER THE CAMPUS LIVING IS
TO PROVIDE THAT SAME LEVEL
OF CARING AND PARTNERSHIP
WITH SCAMS WHERE WE CAN TAKE
OVER THE ENTIRE HOUSING
STOCK AND WORKING WITH THEM
DEVELOP A NEW PROGRAM AND A
NEW PLATFORM FOR HOUSING FOR
THE NEXT 25-30 YEARS.
MY QUESTION RIGHT AWOULD
BE WHY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
THE FINANCIAL PRESSURES ON
THE SCHOOL, THE PUBLIC
SCHOOL AS WELL AS NOT FOR
PROFIT.
IS WHERE THE MONEY GOING TO
COME FROM TO HIRE YOU AS
OPPOSED TO KEEP DOING WHAT
THEY DO ARE NOT SPEND MUCH
MONEY AT ALL MAYBE.
SCHOOL FIRST OF ALL HAS
TO HAVE ESIR TO CREATE A
BETTER LYNNING ENVIRONMENT
WHICH THEY WILL DO.
THEN THEY HAVE TO BE WILLING
TO WORK WITH US WHERE WE
WILL ACTUALLY.
WE HAVE COME UP WITH A
SYSTEM IT IS OUR SECRET
SAUCE SO TO SPEAK WE COME UP
WITH A FINANCIAL SYSTEM
WHERE WE CAN TAKE THE
HOUSING OFF THE CURRENT
BALANCE SHEET AND TAKE THE
STUDENTS AND HAVE THEM RENT
FROM US THE SAME HOUSING,
HAVE THEM RENT FROM US
DIRECTLY AND WE CAN THEN
CAPITALIZE THAT INTO A
LARGER AMOUNT OF DEBT
DOLLARS TO RECONSTRUCT AND
REBUILD.
UNDER STANDING WE ARE ARE IN
EVERY DAY.
WE HAVE ECONOMIES AT SCALE
AND HAVE WAYS OF BIG.
OUR BUYING POWER IS
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT.
WE DO HOUSING EVERY DAY.
WE DON'T EDUCATE STUDENTS
EVERY KAY SO WE PROBABLY CAN
PERFORM AT LARGE PERCENTAGE
CHEAPER THAN THEY CAN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY CONTRACTS
YET INTO WE DO NOT.
WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS NOW.
WE HAVE TWO GOING ON LOCALLY
AND HOPEFULLY THE NEXT MONTH
OR SO.
1149 RESTAURANT IN SEA
***.
I AM.
WARWICK.
ANOTHER ONE.
YEAH.
ENTREPRENEUR.
SCRATCHING IT.
YEAH.
THE RESTAURANT IS DOING
QUITE WELL AND YOU KNOW,
AGAIN, I THINK, I THINK
RHODE ISLAND IS A GREAT
PLACE TO DO BUSINESS BUT IT
DOES TAKE, IT TAKES A LOT OF
ENERGY AND EFFORT I THINK TO
GET IT.
EXPAND ON THAT.
I THINK YOU KNOW, WE WERE
MENTIONING EARLIER ABOUT NOT
BEING ONE OF THE LESSER
KNOWN COMPANIES AND THERE IS
A REASON FOR THAT.
PART OF IT IS, I WISH I
COULD SAY THAT RHODE
ISLANDERS SUPPORTED LOCAL
BUSINESSES BETTER.
BUT WE SEEM TO NOT BE REAL
HAPPY ABOUT OTHER SUCCESS.
TO ME THAT IS INDIVIDUALS
GOVERNMENT?
I THINK, I THINK WE HAVE
GROWN AND I HAVE BEEN A
WHOLE LIFE.
WE HAVE GROWN TO BELIEVE
THIS ANYBODY WHO IS
SUCCESSFUL HAS TO HAVE AN
DEAL.
YOU HEAR THAT A LOT.
ITE JUSTICE NOT TRUE.
I THINK SUCCESS CAN COME AND
BUSINESS.
WE KNOW THAT.
YOU KNOW IT?
IS A TOUGH PLACE.
THERE IS A LOT OF LAND AND
REAL ESTATE.
NOT A LOT OF POPULATION
GROWTH , SO A LOT OF HEAD
WINDS AS THEY WOULD SAY
AGAINST THEM.
THEN THE OTHER CHALLENGE
THAT IS DON'T THINK THERE IS
A LOT OF GREAT SUPPORT FOR
LOCAL BUSINESSES DOING WELL
BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS LOOKING
AROUND FOR THE CONSPIRACY
AND LOOK WERE A FOR HOW DID
THAT HAPPEN.
HOW DID SOMEBODY GET.
IT IS UNFORTUNATE.
I THINK WE COULD REALLY DO A
MUCH BETTER JOB OF HELPING
TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND
SUPPORT.
WHAT IF THE GOVERNOR CAME
TO YOU AND CAME TO YOU AND
ASKED WHAT, WHAT COULD BE
DONE TO SUPPORT COMPANIES?
YOUR COMPANY IS GOING TO
HAVE A SOMETHING ELSEWHERE
BY NATURE OF THE BUSINESS.
WHAT COMES TO MIND.
WHAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT?
WELL, I THINK WE COULD
PRACTICES.
THINK WE COULD DISCUSS
THINGS AROUND SOME OF THE
UNION CHALLENGES AND THE
SIZES OF THE UNIONS AND I AM
UNIONS.
I THINK WE SHOULD DISCUSS
SOME MODERATE POSITIONS.
I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE
US HAVE AN OPEN DIALOGUE
AROUND A MODERATE PLATFORM
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND
THINK YOU KNOW WE TALKED ON
THAT TO NOT BE TOO
POLITICAL.
YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT
38 STUDIOS.
YOU KNOW?
EVERYBODY CAN SEE THAT NOW
IN HINDSIGHT OR RETROSPECT,
THAT ONE BIG INVESTMENT
SENSE.
I THINK A LOT OF SMALL
INVESTMENTS AND WIDESPREAD
MAKES MORE SENSE.
SO I THINK, THE MODERATE
PLAT FRM AND THE MOD RATED
MOVING FOR WAN IN DIALOGUE
AROUND THAT WOULD MAKE MORE
SENSE.
WE HAVE A MINUTE LEFT BUT I
WANT TO TURN BACK TO YOUR
COMPANY FOR A SECOND AND
ACTUALLY IT IS CHARITABLE
ARM WHICH WAS HONORED AT THE
TOP BY MICHELLE OBAMA AND
JOE BIDEN S. IT IS CALLED
FIRST FOUNDATION.
WHAT DOES IT DO?
WELL, PROBABLY THE
PROUDEST MOMENT OF MY CAREER
CAME THIS YEAR.
WE WERE HONORED BY THE FIRST
AND SECOND LADY OF THE
CHALLENGE OF GIVING BACK TO
FOUNDATION.
I STARTED A FOUNDATION BACK
IN 2006 GIVING SCHOLARSHIPS
TO COLLEGE BOUND MILITARY
KIDS.
MILITARY STUDENTS AND WE HAD
GIVEN OUT A LITTLE OVER
3.5 MILLION TOWARD THEM AND
ANOTHER 1 MILLION TOWARD
FRONTS TO SPOUSES.
THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY TO GIVE OUT GI
BILLS TO EVERYBODY ACROSS
THE MILITARY SO THE KIDS
KIND OF SUFFER AND FOR ALL
THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH WITH
DADS BEING DEPLOYED WE
THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT WAY TO
HELP.
WERE YOU HONORED FOR IT.
WE WERE.
IT WAS GOOD.
MOMENT.
BREAK.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH
US.
UP NEXT WE TALK TO THE MAN
SUITE.
I AM TED NESI AND I WANT TO
WELL COME OUR SECOND GUEST
OF LEONARD HAIR TRANSPLANT
ASSOCIATES WHO GOT MY
ATTENTION WITH A PRESS
RELEASE SHOWING WES WALKER
WITH YOU ONE OF THE FAVORITE
LAYERS AND HE HAS BECOME ONE
PATIENTS.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
WELL, LIKE MANY MEN WAS
CONCERNED ABOUT THE HAIR
ALSO AND HE SOUGHT ME OUT
FOR CONSULTITION AND I OFFER
FREE CONSULTATIONS AT MYSELF
VEIN OFFICES IN NEW
ENGLAND.
I TERM DETERMINED HE WAS A
CANDIDATE.
EXPECTATIONS WERE REL LAYS
IMPORTANT.
WE DECIDED TO SCHEDULE A ROW
SEED DURE WHICH HAPPENED
JULY A MONTH AGO.
PRETTY RECENTLY?
SEASON.
ECAN.
THATS WITH A CONCERN.
OBS HI, IT IS OF THE HEAD
AND THE MILLIONMENTS CAN BE
SNUG SO I WANTED TO MICK
SURE THERE WAS *** TIME
IN-BETWEEN FOR HIM TO BE
COMFORTABLE BECAUSE LAST
THING I WANT TO DO IS EFFECT
IN A NEGATIVE WAY.
WE'LL BLAME YOU NOW.
ADD THAT TO THE LIST.
ALL RIGHT.
SO WALK ME THROUGH WHAT WHAT
HOW DOES A HAIR TRANSPLANT.
PROCEDURE WORK?
WHAT DID HE DO.
WELL, I HAVE AN OFFICE.
SURGERY DAY.
WE UTILIZE LOCAL ANESTHETICS
SO THEY DON'T HAVE ANY
ANESTHESIA WHEN THEY ARE
KNOCKED OUT AT ALL.
PATIENTS CHOOSE A MOVIE.
WHAT DOW?
I REMOVE SKIN AND HAIR FROM
THE BACK OF THE HEAD WHICH
GROWS LIFE LISTENING AND WE
TRANSPLANTED THE TOP.
THE TECHNIQUE IS ONE WAY.
UP UP THE BACK.
I REMOVE A SMALL STRIP OF
SKIN THAT HAS FOG KELLS IN.
I DISSECT IT AND THEN THE
TOP IS NUMBED AFTER I DID HE
SOON THE HAIRLINE.
I MAKE LITTLE INCISIONS IN
THAT AREA AND THE
TRANSPLANTS TAKE PLACE.
WE SHAMPOO THE PATIENT'S
HAIR AND PUT ON A BASEBALL
CAP AND THEY EXO.
THEY CAN DRIVE THEMSELVES
AND WIDE AWAKE DURING
PROSATISFIED DURE.
IN THE END DOES THAT HAIR
THERE?
IT DOES.
WHAT HAPPENS IS, BECAUSE IT
GROWS LIFELONG.
WHEN THE TRANSPLANTS OCCUR,
THEY ARE VERY, VERY SMALL
PIECES THAT HAVE ONE, TWO
AND THREE HAIR.
THEY ARE TINE MY.
THEY PLANTED IN THE SHORT
WHEN THEY ARE SHORT.
THEY ARE SHAVEN LOW.
THEN THOSE ORIGINALLY HAIRS
AFTER TWO OR THREE WEEKS GRE
AND FALL OUT.
I GET PHONE CALLS SAYING I
GOT MY HAIR FALLEN OUT.
THAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.
THE OR FOUR MONTHS GO BY.
THOSE HAIRS GROW ONE QUARTER
INCH PER MONTH WHICH IS
NORMAL HAIR GROWTH RATE.
SO AROUND SIX MONTHS AFTER
THE TRANSPLANT IS WHEN
SOMEONE CAN SEE COSMETIC
CHANGE BUT 12 TO 18 MONTHS
IN.
YOU ARE BASICALLY GIVING
SOMEONE A HEAD OF HAIR THAT
THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO HAVE BEFORE.
BEFORE.
WITH A WE ARE DOING IN
AREAS, WHERE WE REPLEN SHALL
THE HAIR THEY LOST DUE TO
MAIL OR FEMALE.
THE BEAUTY THEY CAN CUT,
COMB AND COLOR.
IT IS NORMAL HAIR.
IT IS REMOVED BUT THEN IT IS
LIKE THE HAIR IT IS YOUR OWN
HAIR.
MOVE UPFRONT.
PLACE.
YOU WENT TO ROME, YOU WERE
THIS.
YOU ARE AN EXPERT OB IT.
HOW DANGER US IT.
CAN THERE BE COMPLICATIONS?
IT IS A LOCAL ANESTHETIC
SURGERY OF THE SKIN, SO IT
IS VERY LITTLE DANGER.
THE ONLY THING I TRULY WORRY
ABOUT IS THE PERSON HAVING
AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I SEE THE PERSON IN THE
20s AND OLDER THEY KNOW IF
ANYTHING.
OTHERWISE IT IS A SAFE
IT IS.
YOU HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS
FOR AWHILE NOW.
26 YEARS.
GROWTH?
HAS THERE BEEN INCREASING
DEMAND?
HAS THE TECHNOLOGY CHANGED?
WHAT HAVE YOU MEAN?
IT HAS CHANGED
DAYS.
THAT NATURAL.
THEY WERE CALLED THE OLD
PLUGS AND DONE SOMETHING
8Os.
1991 WAS THE LAST TIME DY
TRANSPLANT.
AND DURING THE DECADE OF THE
90s WHAT HAPPENED WE
MINIATURIZE AND WE WENT FROM
BIG GRAPHS TO TUNE NY GRAFTS
AND TODAY TRANSPLANTS ARE
UNDETECTABLE IF THEY DID ONE
SESSION IT IS STAN ALONE.
THEY DONE HAVE TO DO
MULTIPLE UNLESS THEY WANT TO
EITHER MAKE IT MORE FIXED
SOME DAY AND HAVE A SECOND
HEAD OF HAIR OR THEY LOSE
NON-TRANSPLANTED HAIR TO
REPLENISH THOSE AS TIME
GUESS BY.
NOW WES IS GOING TO BE
DOING ADVERTISEMENTS ARE THE
COMPANY.
I AM SUREAS.
HOW DID YOU DECIDE THAT
CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENT WAS
YOU.
HOW DID YOU DECIDE?
IT IS VERY MORNT PAUSE THEY
MOST MEM ARE PRIVATE.
EX ROOMILY SO.
AND WHAT I THOUGHT WAS
ESPECIALLY SOMEONE WHO LIKE
WES WHO IS REALLY ON DERFUL
HUMAN BEING AND PLUS A VERY
WELL-KNOWN PERSON IN THIS
REGION.
HE CAN SORT OF TAKE IT OUT
OF THE CLOSET.
HELP US CONTINUE TO TAKE IT
OUT OF THE CLOSET SO PEOPLE
CAN BE NOT EMBARRASSED BY
RESTORATION.
IT IS NATURAL.
IS THE GROWING HAIR.
NOT LIKE WE ARE PUTTING
HEAD.
IT IS THE HAIR.
SOMEONE LIKE HIM WHO CAN
CHOOSE ME WHICH IS WONDERFUL
AS WELL AND TALK ABOUT IT IS
EXCITING BUT IT IS ALSO, IT
IS HELPFUL BECAUSE WE CAN
HELP RAISE AWARENESS OF HAIR
LOSS AND THE PROPER MEDICAL
AVAILABLE TO TREAT.
NOW, I IMAGINE PEOPLE
SYSYING AT HOME SAYING, OH,
WITH IT A SECOND.
YOU MENTIONED BEFORE.
YOU LOOKED.
YOU SAID HE IS ELIGIBLE.
HOW DO YOU DETERMINE IF
SOMEONE CAN GET THIS?
WELL, NUMBER ONE IS
EXPECTATION.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE REALISTIC
EXPECTATIONS WITH ANY.
BUT IT DEPENDS ON HOW BALD
SOMEONE IS.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE SUPPLY AND
DEMAND.
PHYSICAL THE SEASONALLY CAN
MEET DEMAND THE SHAPES IS A
CANDIDATE.
I REALLY TALK ABOUT
EXPECTATION AS GREAT DEAL
DURING THE CONSUL TATION.
WE GO THROUGH THE PROCEDURE
AND THEY HAVE TO WAIT.
THE HARDEST PART OF THE
NOT SURGERY DAY.
IT IS WAITING THE HAIRS TO
GROW BECAUSE HUMANS WANT
EVERYTHING DONE YESTERDAY.
AND IT TAKES MONTHS.
IT IS NOT LIKE DAYS OR
WEEKS.
IT TAKES MONTHS TO SEE A
CHANGE BUT WHEN THEY COME
FOR THE SIX MONTH AND THEY
SEE HAIR THEY DIDN'T HAVE
AND SHOW THE BEFORE
PICTURES.
IT IS VERY EXCITING.
IT IS VERY EXCITING FOR THEM
AND ME.
I DON'T KNOW DO ANY
INSURERS COVER IT.
DO PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT
HEM HES.
IT IS COS MET I.
IT IS RARE WE HAVE ANYBODY
HAVE IT PAID BY INSURANCE.
I DO CASES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE
HAD RADIATION THERAPY AND
UNDER THOSE VERY UNUSUAL AND
OFTEN TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCES.
INSURANCE WILL PAY FOR
THOUGH PACE SHENS BUT THE
AVERAGE PATIENT COMES IN
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO LOOK
BETTER, BUT MER IMPORTANTLY,
FEEL BETTER.
HAIR.
AS THEY LOSE IT, SOMETIMES
THEY LOSE A LITTLE BIT OF
THEIR MOJO FRANKLY.
WE CAN GET IT BACK FOR THEM
SLOWLY BUT SURELILY.
A HOW EXPENSIVE.
TRANSPORTS RUN FROM 4500 TO
15,000 DENNING ON THE
TECHNIQUE AS WELL AS THE
SIZE OF THE AREA WE ARE
TRANSPORTING.
SMALLER AREA, SMALLER FEE.
LARGER AREA, LARGER FEE.
YOU HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF
FEEDBACK?
OH, YEAH.
COASTER.
WE HAD A GREAT DAY A COUPLE
OF MONDAY IS AGO WHEN WE DID
THE PRESS RELEASE MULTIPLE
TV STATIONS AND BLOGS ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
THAT WAS ON TMZ.
REALLY.
IT WAS FUNNY.
SO WE HAD GREAT.
IT HAS BEEN FUNNY?
HAS BEEN A LOT OF FUN.
I ENJOY THIS SORT OF ASPECT
OF MY LIFE AS WELL.
AM BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO
WHERE I AM IN MY CAREER BUT
ALSO THESE SORT OF THING
WHICH I THINK ARE REALLY
COOL.
WELL, WE'LL BE LOOK FOR
THE HAIR UNDER THE HELMET
TOUGH A START.
YOU CAN WATCH PRESEASON GAME
HERE AND MY BOSS WOULD WANT
KNOW TELL THAT YOU.
THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE
THIS WEEK.
WANT TO THANK BOTH OF OUR
GUESTS OF PICERNE MILITARY
FORTUNING IN HERE.
CATCH IT ON OUR WEB SITE.
EXECUTIVE SUITE.