Cole,

Thanks for keeping us posted on what you plan on doing moving forward. I trust that Dr. Siporin will do all that he can to provide you with the best results and meet your goals.

I hope you'll document your next hair transplant with us as well so that we can follow your progress.

All the Best,

Bill

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was there ever an update regarding this case?

Cole,

I realize that I’m late coming to this thread; however, I think this is an important case that merits the attention of the community.

As per your result, I must say that I haven’t seen a donor scar as severe as yours in a while. It’s really wide and is clearly noticeable even with a full head of hair 14 months post-op. It also has a jagged appearance to it, but perhaps that is just the photo quality misleading me…

What I don’t understand is how the doctor allowed you to go that low in the hairline with so few grafts? I had 1,700 in my hairline alone. The only difference is that I was going for about half the coverage that you were. I don’t understand how anyone could expect 1,700 grafts split between the hairline and crown to give you any semblance of coverage. In fact, your result is exactly what I would expect from so few grafts over so much coverage. From your pre-op photos, it appears to me that you would need a minimum of 2,000 grafts in the hairline alone.

Even if your doctor did discuss it with you at length prior to your procedure, in my opinion, it’s the doctor’s responsibility to put the breaks on and refuse a patient request if the patient has unreasonable goals or is too ill-informed to know what to reasonably expect.

To me, it’s clear that anyone who has done their due diligence in researching HT, could not expect so much coverage in the hairline and crown from only 1,700 grafts. So if that is what you were expecting, it should have sent off alarm bells to the doctor that you had unrealistic expectations or were ill-informed.

In any event, I’m glad to hear that you are satisfied with the doctor’s response and plan of action moving forward. I, however, would not be. I’m of the opinion that a full refund or complimentary procedure is due to you.

My reasoning is that even though physiology may have played a role with your poor yield, the donor scar is simply unacceptable! Not to sound harsh, but based on the photos you posted, it’s one of the worse that I’ve seen coming from a HTN doctor.

Further, not to sound insensitive, but it’s a rare case that a patient’s head of hair and hairline looks better before the HT than after. No offense, but I definitely prefer your pre-HT head of hair to the after—hopefully, a second procedure can correct this.

I feel for you Cole. I'm glad that you're staying positive. I hope that it works out for you in the end. Keep us updated. We’re all cheering for you here, good luck bro.

Corvettester

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It's been a year since cole decided to get a cheaper ht 2 now so i wounder how this went? any idea bill?

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bonker,

Patients are always encouraged to update this community with their progress and how concerns were resolved. However, I have not heard from this patient. You are certainly welcome to send him a private message since he may not be monitoring this topic anymore given its age.

Best wishes,

Bill

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