Thanks to those of you who've offered your input.

When considering a physician for recommendation, it isn't always easy knowing exactly how many examples of a surgeon's work should be presented before being able to draw a proper conclusion. Whereas some surgeons have been approved by this community after displaying only a couple examples, other surgeons needed to present several examples in order to win this community over.

However, based on all the positive responses on his presented albums, it appears that most of you feel he is doing impressive work. I happen to agree.

Additionally, Pat did visit and observe Dr. Simmons in live surgery and feels that he is doing excellent quality follicular unit hair transplant work.

Due to your feedback, I asked Dr. Simmons if he'd be willing to present a few more patient albums for your review. Dr. Simmons promptly responded to your requests and presented two more albums for your review.

4 Months After 2770 Grafts Including Donor Scar Picture

Female Hair transplant - 2093 Grafts

Kudos to Dr. Simmons for addressing the requests of this community and recognizing the importance of presenting several examples of his work.

I look forward to your feedback.

Bill

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I'm for recommendation.

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Thank-you all for your comments and suggestions.

As a result, I will add close-up hairline and donor scars as part of my routine at future follow-up visits.

Bill reported accurately but I have gradually changed my trichophytic technique since our interview.

I routinely measure the vertical scalp laxity and plan to keep the donor strip narrow enough to avoid undue tension. Particularly with simple closure for younger men, scars that are narrow at 1 month may stretch a bit in the next few months. Either using deep sutures in a 2-layer closure or undermining the edges a short distance just below the follicles (and well above the nerves and vessels) can reduce the forces that would tend to stretch the scar. Each method has its own benefits and risks. I have actually not used a 2-layer closure since October 3, 2008 but now routinely undermine at least one edge no further than the width of the donor strip (as per Dr. Frechet's technique.) I have adopted Dr. Rose's technique in taking a ledge off the bottom edge. Each doctor will find what works best and most consistently for them. Whatever works best for them is best. This technique is currently what works best for me.

I know that I will not be able to be as active as Dr. Feller in the forum but I will try to answer your questions.

Regards,

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Canadian Hair Transplant Centre,
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Dear Members and Guests,

Thanks to everyone who provided public and private feedback on the potential recommendation of Dr. Simmons.

After reviewing all the information we've collected including input we received privately and publicly from patient and physician members, we found the majority of responses to be overwhelmingly positive. Therefore, we are pleased to announce Dr. Cam Simmons has been approved for recommendation.

We believe Dr. Simmons' dedication to his patients and state of the art hair transplantation will serve prospective patients from Toronto and beyond very well. Click here to view his profile and to find his contact details.

Best wishes,

Bill

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after reading this post just now i clicked on "click here" link that Bill posted. there i saw that you also offer FUE. so from that page i clicked on link that goes to your website to find out more about the FUE work, but there, in the gallery section, you only have one example of it.

so +1 that you offer FUE at your clinic and i would love to see few more of your FUE work and if you don't mind sharing some examples on this forum.

GQ

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oh yeah and congratulations on being approved for recommendation!

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Thanks Mr. GQ

I do some FUE but I do much more FUT-T (Follicular unit transplantation with trichophytic closure.)

For FUE, I mostly use Dr. Harris' SAFE technique and do all the extraction myself. As with any skill, you need to do it well before you do it quickly. Speed comes after lots of practice. With closely clipped, straight hair, I can extract and transplant 1000 grafts per (long) day. With long, straight hair or short, very curly hair, I can extract and transplant 600 grafts per day. I am not the doctor to pick for FUE megasessions. My fees reflect the work required so a 1000 graft FUE session currently costs the same as a 3000 graft FUT-T session.

FUE can be a valuable tool to reduce bigger grafts and then reimplant the follicular units. I also find FUE useful if a small number of grafts are required, as in eyebrow or scar transplants. If someone wants to keep their hair very short, FUE scars may still be less noticeable than trichophytic scars (but I am working on that.)

I still encourage most patients with a significant area of hair loss to have FUT-T because it is much more economical, takes less time, and I have much more experience with FUT and more confidence in it. Most patients do not intend to shave their head after a hair transplant and modern trichophytic scars are easy to hide with hair as short as ?? to ?? inches long.

After all is said and done, if a patient chooses FUE over FUT-T, I will do it. So far, I have had good results. I still suspect that you won't see many FUE results in my photo gallery in the near future.

As paraphrased from Jim Collins' book 'Good to Great', one needs to focus on what they can do best but can't ignore other important technologies. I, personally, would rather be a world-class FUT-T doctor who can also do FUE than a world-class FUE doctor who can also do FUT-T.

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Canadian Hair Transplant Centre,
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