And remember, hair and cosmetic surgery are a luxury item. It is important for the patient to understand the risks and limitations, known and potentially unknown(as I speculate above on healing).

Whereas with many disease processes, surgery must be done regardless of whether HIV status may or may not alter healing. An example is that patients with organ transplants are immunosuppressed (not too dissimilar to HIV) and as a result they often get more skin cancers. I have taken oodles of skin cancers off of a handful of transplant patients. Anecdotally, I have observed variations in healing in patients whose transplant meds were "not as in control" as the same patients at other times. So I am convinced, but can not prove, that immune compromise can alter healing; and in hair which takes so long to grow in, I am not sure that it can't make or break a case result.

Dr. Lindsey McLean VA

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Dr. William Lindsey is a member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians

Great points Dr. Lindsey, thanks for sharing.

It goes to show that without the missing details, drawing any conclusions, especially on a case like this would be premature.

Best wishes,

Bill

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I am not a medical professional and my words should not be taken as medical advice. All opinions and views shared are my own.

Well said, Dr. Lindsey; very good points, indeed.

On a side note, anyone know why "swim" suddenly erased all of his many posts in this thread?

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*A Follicles Dying Wish To Clinics*

1 top-down, 1 portrait, 1 side-shot, 1 hairline....4 photos. No flash.

Follicles have asked for centuries, in ten languages, as many times so as to confuse a mathematician.

Enough is enough! Give me documentation or give me death!

I didn't want to aid the doctor nor the plaintiff. I said more or less what Dr.Lindsey said.

Bill contacted me and told me that my conduct of removing them was not proper. I see his point and I leave it up to him to restore or not my posts. I give him my consent to do so if he thinks that is in the interest of this forum.

I shall avoid controversial topics in future and swim up stream.

My regards

Swim