A second-hand car salesman from Shannon has been ordered to pay 17,000 euro for the balance of a hair transplant.Michael McKey, a 49-year-old second-hand car dealer from Shannon, was sued by one of Ireland's top hair transplant doctors, who he went to for a new head of hair. According to the BBC, Mr McKey visited Dr Maurice P Collins at his consultation suite at the exclusive Blackrock Clinic in Dublin in 2005, where he treats singers, actors and celebrities to hair replacement transplants.
Mr McKey was told he needed transplantation of about 2,000 hair follicles from the back of his head to the front. The treatment is anything but cut-price, with each hair costing an average of just under 10 euro. Mr McKey paid 2,000 euro initially, but later claimed to be unaware that the entire cost of his new hair was to be 19,000 euro.
Dr Collins sued, but Mr McKey counterclaimed, saying he was unhappy with the treatment. Dublin Circuit Civil Court heard how Mr McKey was surprised at receiving a bill for 16,900 euro about three weeks after getting his new hair, apparently thinking it was wrong. But the judge ruled in favour of the doctor, who she commended on having carried out an excellent job.
