LOL typical transparent liberal, I love it! You view the world in terms of a dichotomy of two camps: Victims & Oppressors, and of COURSE you always fall into the former of the two categories.

Poor you! You just want a cheap/free ht from THE best in the world, but all of the hard working people who have invested their time, money, sweat and tears ACTUALLY have the audacity to charge you a free market value price! And again, your such a poor victim, you don't even understand the words expressed to you; perhaps we should feel guilty about that too?

Grow up and enter the real world. Under a system *you* would want, we would have never had the innovation or foresight to pass plugs and into mega sessions and fue, because there would be absolutely no fruits to benefit the cost of the investment and creativity, so why bother with the investment? Your ideology absolutely STIFLES competition, and thus innovation, because no one is paid for the fruits of their labors; instead, EVERYONE is entitled.
"From each according to his abilities to each according to his needs"- - - KARL MARX
what a lovely, productive system THAT created!

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WOW..what the hell is wrong with you guys. I mean would you act this way to my face? Think not as id floor you pretty quick.

Feller would still be able to afford his nice home and cars at $8 as he does at $10, I assure you he isnt hurting. He has a line at $10 so this is what he charges. Fine, I just dont like the line of guys on THIS website who cant seem to remove their heads from his teet long enough to realize maybe $10,000...let me repeat $10,000 only gets your temples filled in.

I wont say you make me sick or try to figure out your political persuasion. But I will say some of you guys are really vicious the way you come across the internet. I also notice the complete lack of anyone agreeign with me...so either I must be completely wrong about supply/demand dollar/value or this site is stacked with reps who only posts things like "looks great!", happy growing..until you mention ONE thing about their employer and then the dogs are let loose.

hahaha....you guys kill me..qouting me karl Marx and saying I make you sick or dont understand economics. "YOU LIE!"

Come one bud..where did I say this or even imply this? Whenever people start to throw out things that are completely false to prop up their beliefs thats when i stop arguing...

Cymru1980, Sorry about your topic turning into this

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It is a shame - maybe i will start a new topic in order to hopefully share my story without people attacking me for getting my HT done by the best FUE guy in the business who gave me a load of free grafts.

Don't look at me.. I was the second poster but kept it on subject.

There has been a variety of opinion regarding the price that Dr. Feller charges for FUE. Some people think his prices are too high and some feel that you are paying for his "skill." Actually, when you go to a doctor who has a good reputation, that you get for free. Physicians rise to their own level of competency in their chosen medical specialty not because of how much money they charge or get paid, it's because of internal factors and motivations. I should know, since I am one of them! The remuneration may be reward that behavior,and foster it's continuation, but the motivation is from within. If you watch some videos of some of the coalition members you see a common thread-that hair transplantation they view as a challenge and immensely satisfying for them from a professional perspective. You would get the same effort (one would certainly hope!) if market forces drove his prices lower.
Speaking of market forces, Dr. Feller charges that amount because he feels it's a 'fair' price. How does he determine it's fair? Well he does that by looking at his expenses, knowing he must pay them (Long Island is NOT inexpensive) and he needs enough money to bring home to accomodate the lifestyle he desires. Pure and simple. He may charge it, and if he has enough satisfied clientele, word of mouth, advertising, etc, to bring in enough new business then he will continue to charge that rate. One might suggest that if he were to 'drop' his fees let's say 20 percent, and he may get 50 percent more business and bring in more money overall, but that depends on whether he seeks more patients. It depends on the busy-ness of his current schedule and his own personal work ethic!
Lastly, you can't look at a piece of steak in a steakhouse and say "wow they are charging me $35 for this steak and I saw the same piece of meat for $10 at the supermarket!" You have to add in all the other expenses before you can determine a 'fair' price to charge. It's distinctly unfair to begrudge a professional their fee when you have the perfect right, opportunity, and prerogative to seek cosmetic procedures anywhere you please.

Guys,

I'm going to go against the flow and side with "notjustyet" here. Honestly, many of you have ridiculed him for expressing his genuine opinion and concern about FUE pricing. Frankly, I share his concerns. Other than consistency in growth yield, price is still one of the primary reasons why FUE will never replace FUT via strip.

Though I would never begrudge a professional their fee, "notjustyet" makes a valid point that other leading surgeons have started to charge less for FUE. Some physicians who've recently designed new and innovative tools have even alluded to faster and more effective FUE procedures leading to lower costs. Isn't it the hope and dreams of patients to be able to get the best work at an affordable price? Why are some of you crucifying "notjustyet" for his opinion, which I happen to share?

It's totally up to Dr. Feller as to what he wants to charge. However, there's nothing wrong with a member expressing his opinion that Dr. Feller's costs seem too high. Let's not assassinate him for it.

Now...let's get this thread back on topic. If you want to debate the fees of FUE and the doctors who offer it, I started a new topic to continue this discussion. You are welcome to respectfully continue this debate by visiting "Are Costs for FUE Reasonable?"

Now let's give forum member Cymru1980 back his thread ok?

Bill

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Thanks for the story Cymru. I thought it was interesting because we're the same age with very similar hair loss. For me right now I can't really justify the money for the HT and trip down to the US. I found it very interesting tho that Dr. Rahal was there, because I'm actually from Ott. I hope this means he's getting into FUE.