There’s no denying it. If you’re a regular in the modern Roman Forum you know that hyperbole is the lingua franca – and that’s the politest way I could put it. What’s more, if you’re a business person from the western side of the pond in the land of the free or the land of free health care then your aptitude for exaggeration is likely heightened. I’ve been told by our foggy friends in London Town that our usage of adjectives like “awesome” and figures of speech like “mind blowing” is a tad over the top, even insincere.
I can’t say I disagree. But when Tammie Holt, the CEO of More Hair for You, says that her team “changes lives,” there is only sincerity and pride guiding her voice. “It is very much a life-changing procedure,” Tammie calmly explained from the medical practice’s Halifax, Nova Scotia-based clinic when she spoke with Spotlight on Business in early May. “Hair loss, for anyone male or female, is often very debilitating in terms of how it impacts your confidence, your social life, your network. It affects how people portray themselves in the workplace or school and I feel that we’re changing that for so many people.” Since 1996 Dr. Robert Wadden, a graduate of Dalhousie University Medical School, has performed over 2100 permanent hair transplant procedures in Canada’s Ocean Playground. “We’re considered to be in the top five percent in all of North America,” Tammie said. “Dr. Wadden is a diplomate certified of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery, the ABHRS, and a member of International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, the ISHRS. Those kinds of accreditations are not very common for hair restoration physicians in Canada and here in Halifax and it attracts patients from all over North America.”
By David MacDonald W orld class medical doctors aren’t the only thing attracting permanent hair transplant patients to Halifax, Nova Scotia – and no I’m not talking about bagpipes, fishing, lighthouses, lobsters, poutine, donairs (look it up if you’re unfamiliar with this local delicacy), or Sidney Crosby. More Hair for You services patients from all over North America “because of both our accreditations and the affordability of Halifax,” Tammie explained. “It’s significantly more affordable here in Halifax than it would be to have the same procedure done in Boston or New York. We often put travel packages together for people and fly them in from places like New York who sometimes bring
their families along for a vacation. We provide transporta- tion, accommodations and essentially whatever the patient needs or wants – that’s what we do. You’re getting a team in the top five percent and it allows for additional confidentiality. Sometimes people want to come in discretely. Because you don’t necessarily leave with more hair – or less hair; simply the root planted, you have the choice. Sometimes people opt to not even tell their families.” It is whatever the patient wants.
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MAY 2018 • SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE
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