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Real shit work

Rug, I thought he was referring to the photographer!

Nice photo. Is anyone capable of using a camera?

Nobody ever said getting a HT would make someone smarter.

Rug, why are you so impressed with 24 inches? It's really no big deal. Now when I get excited, that's another story . . .

TedGroves: How old are you? If over 80, I'm inclined to classify you as a bitter old man (see your other post directed at the webmaster).

Tsk, tsk, tsk, Ruggy. When you're this extensively equipped (ahem) you get to wait inside.

Untrue! I completely disagree with EastCoast regarding Dr. Gallagher's work and qualifications and his characterization that Dr. G.does "really shit work" since I know firsthand the high quality work that he does. My initial hair loss/transplant treatment was with another doctor who was incompetent and left me disfigured; this doctor's surgical treatment involved performing a scalp reduction in the crown area as well as some corn-field like grafts on the front. The result was that the middle of my head and back had several large scars, and the front looked like a corn-field. Needless to say that I was very disappointed with the results. Luckily for me, before this doctor could do more harm, I decided to get 2nd opinion and that's when I met Dr. Gallagher. Since my initial meeting with Dr. Gallagher, for the past 10+ years I have been under his care, and results have been fabulous considering how looked when I first saw him. Performing several transplant sessions (each transplant session involved hundreds of very small micrografts) and scar revisions, the top and front of my head looks natural and very decent.

Part of my successful treatment under Dr. Gallagher's care is due to the fact that he constantly improves his techniques by attending the annual conferences and learning from other physicians as well as innovating himself. For example, he was the first doctor to use microscope to harvest grafts, and this made it possible for him to harvest many more grafts from my limited donor area. His technique of using a microscope was featured on regrowth.com (link: http://www.regrowth.com/hairloss-remedy/hair_transplant...plant_news/micro.cfm

Most important of all, there are a number of doctors in the cosmetic hair transplant business who are in it for the money, and their main interest is not the patient. I know for a fact that Dr. G's main interest IS the patient, and I know that his diagnosis is always what is in the best interest of the patient. I say that because there have been more than one occasion when I wanted to get another transplant session done sooner (which would have made him more money) but he said no and wanted to wait 6-12 months so that my head could heal completely from the previous procedure Therefore, I would highly recommend Dr Gallagher to anyone who's losing his/her hair, and I must disagree and dispute EastCoast's negative comments about Dr. Gallagher.

dccapital, unless you post some pictures and document your transformation for all here to see, i have to say that your testimony is hard to take seriously. yours is the classic shill post--made the same day you registered on this site, confused as to whether you received micrografts (NOT the latest technology, btw) or true follicular units, outrageous in contradicting certain matters of fact (Dr. Gallagher was most definitely NOT the first doctor to use microscopes for dissection). if you're not Dr. Gallagher himself, i'm sure you must work for him. please prove to us that this isn't so....

Hello Dccapital and everyone,

For starters, this post is over 2 years old, just thought I'd point that out .

As nikkop23 said, many people come on here and give false testimonies to try to cheer on the doctor they work for which is why he is skeptical.

However, we'd all be happy to give you the benefit of the doubt if you are willing to share your experience, the number of grafts you received, when, how many HTs, and if you can share photos, etc.

Another of Nikkop23's concerns is also valid...the use of micrografts is outdated and the fact that you had many surgeries of only a few hundred grafts is an old and outdated philosophy and practice.

But I'll warn you ahead of time, if your goal is going to try to convince people that the use of micrografts and small session sizes for all cases is the way to go, then you're fighting against a tough crowd. If Dr. Gallagher or you can prove he is using the latest technologies, philosophies, and practices, then we'll gladly give kudos to Dr. Gallagher. But so many doctors are still behind the times and are trying to convince patients that old school technology (use of micrografts, small sessions for all cases, grafts spread far apart - or lack of dense packing) is the way to go, when most patients from the 90s (and before) are dissatisfied with their results, whereas most patients who have seen a doctor embracing the current trends of Ultra Refined Follicular Unit Transplantation are happy with their results.

However, all that to say...if you are satisfied with the work you have received from Dr. Gallagher, I'm happy for you.

Bill

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dccap-

I've not seen Dr. Gallagher's work (don't remember it anyway) before so you're welcome to post some pictures and show us what he does.

As Bill mentioned, this thread is 2 1/2 years old so unless you can prove your success it seems suspect that thread was dredged up to plug Dr. Gallagher.

Please feel free to post your progress for everyone here to see.

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