The confidence behind the high performance success…

Luxury car builder Cane Taleski has many reasons to jump for joy.

The City Beach man, who builds replica Lamborghinis at his Malaga factory for a boutique market, enjoys strong demand for his high performance cars.

Mr Taleski’s company, Supercars Australia Pty Ltd, builds around 10 custom made replica Lamborghinis for clients in Australia, New Zealand and Asia each year.

Selling for around $100,000 each, the Supercars replica Countach, Roadster and Diablo 6.0, represent a relative bargain to the $600,000 price tag normally attracted for these cars.

The continued success of the 2002 formed company is testimony to Cane’s unique craftsmanship, acute eye for detail and business acumen.

Mr Taleski said he also attributed his success to the new found confidence he gained after being successfully treated for a condition which had long been a source of vexation to him.

He said a meeting with renowned hair restoration physician Dr Jennifer Martinick ended a decade long search to cover up scars left by previous scalp reduction surgery.

Mr Taleski, who is among the millions of Australian men with hair loss, said the scalp reduction surgery he had during the early 1990s was a futile attempt to cover up hereditary baldness.

The experience left him very wary of the hair restoration industry.

However, after a lot of time and research and an eventual meeting with Dr Jennifer Martinick, whose research into hair replacement techniques was making a positive difference for many burns victims and others with scalp damage, his faith in the ability to treat his condition was restored.

The rest as they say is history and he no longer has any signs of the former scars and baldness which affected his confidence.

Mr Taleski, who has had three 1000 graft hair transplant procedures, is among the thousands of Australian men to benefit from Dr Martinick’s award winning hair restoration surgical procedures.

Her pioneering surgical techniques, which have seen her honoured in New York for being the best in her field, draw on a unique combination of artistry, meticulous attention to detail and optimal placement of the transplanted hair follicle to ensure a completely natural looking hair transplant.

Mr Taleski said the confidence regained since having his hair restored had translated into many other areas of his life.

“I feel a lot more confident about meeting people in both business and social situations.

“People should never underestimate the link between confidence and success.

“Everyone who knows me and my work is building replica Lamborghinis will tell you that I do not settle for anything less than perfection.”

Dr Martinick Hair Transplant Review

It’s not often that a bad hair cut is cause for celebration.

However, in Ryan Gaw’s case an irritating incident over a really bad hair cut was short lived after he reminded himself that such an experience wouldn’t have been possible a few years earlier.

Ryan, 31, who spent a big part of his late teens and twenties trying to conceal his hair loss, is mindful that unlike baldness, a bad haircut can be grown out within a few weeks.

“I recall being pretty upset about a bad haircut,” Ryan says.

“But by the time I’d gotten home and had another look in the mirror I started to see it as a good thing.

“I was actually grateful for the experience. A few years earlier I would’ve been hiding my hair loss with a hat or shaving it at home with my clippers.”

Ryan, who became affected by androgenetic alopecia during his late teens, sought medical help for his condition with renowned hair restoration physician Dr Jennifer Martinick in 2008.

Having since had two hair transplant procedures – a 2,000 graft and 1500 graft hair transplant – he no longer shows any signs of the hair loss that once affected his self-esteem and interaction in social and professional situations.

Motivated by personal experience and a passion for helping others (men) whose self-esteem has been affected by hair loss, Ryan trained to gain employment as a consultant for Dr Jennifer Martinick in February 2009.

Ryan says his career path, which has seen him undertaking further training to work as a technician and assistant in surgery since March 2011, couldn’t be more perfect.

Having endured years of feeling bad about his thinning hair, he is keen to share the positive life changes that can occur when patients are counselled toward proven medical treatments.

“I’ve heard lots of stories from patients about how they’ve wasted money on (inappropriate),” Ryan says.

“The level of empathy for someone affected by hair loss is obviously very high when one has had the same experience.

“I’ve built a lot of close relationships with patients. They say they appreciate being able to speak to someone who has been through the same thing.

“In particular, a lot of men are deeply affected by hair loss, but don’t share their feelings because they think their concerns will be trivialised.

“But the fact is there is a real way to treat the condition and enjoy all the benefits that come from renewed self-esteem.

“It really means a lot to people to be able to look in the mirror and feel good about what they see.”

Ryan says like many of the people he has consulted, his own life changed considerably after he had a hair transplant with Dr Jennifer Martinick.

In the three years since having a hair transplant, he has met his partner, started a new career and is moving forward with other life goals.

“My lifestyle has also improved significantly because I’m no longer restricted by a former preoccupation with covering up with a hat.

“I have greater self-esteem and this is reflected in my relationships, because I now have the confidence to relate to people on a deeper level.”