Hi Grav15,

It was the Newcastle Studio and the consultant was a Mr Kia Darbin.

5teve...

Hi Persistent,

I am just wondering if you got a refund from those snakes. They offered me about 60% of my funds back a few weeks ago and still no cheque. They are lucky I am not taking them to court for the full amount plus the cost of shaving my head bald.

Hi Grav15 and Steve - It sure looks like the AHS problems are worldwide. Here in Australia its quite bad and it looks like the UK is not much better. How on earth do these shady businesses last for so long??? They have caused us so much greaf. I am still concidering taking them to court for a FULL refund. They will not return my calls of emails. I keep getting different stories. The whole things makes my hair stand on end lol!!!

Hi Grav15,

I have already signed a gagging order 2 weeks ago but still no cheque received. Is it too late to take them to court? Is it costly to file a case?

Thanks.

Hi Grav15,

I have sent my letter recorded delivery to the address you supplied.

I have purchased a new unit from a different company just before xmas, paid ??500 for it and consider it to be a 100% markup in quality than that of the unit supplied by Advanced.

I have checked the unit from advanced and inside at the back i have found a stamp which reads:
Glen J 22/2/06
PO 115054B

Would you say this is the name of the person it was designed for?

Hi Mr Hair,

I still didn't get my money back. They bluff till the very end, but I'm preparing my case for the court.

I also encourage you to do so. I've seen you got a wig with someone else's name on it - go for it!

Good luck and don't be shy. Your shyness is their weapon.

Hi all,

in particular fellow Australians,
Australian Competition and Consumer Commision is aware of the issue. But they don't address individual disputes.

If there is a group of people having the same kind of dispute with an organization, then it's all different.

Take some time and go to www.accc.gov.au
Have your say. Complain. That is the way to fight for your rights.

Cheers!

Due to baldness my self esteem has plummeted so badly that I physically cannot bring myself to leave my home without a hat on, I am aware my baldness has made me agoraphobic.

I got so fed up of not feeling able to leave the house without my "old faithful" hat, that I would have to down 8 lagers in the pub before I had the dutch courage to go to the toilets to take my hat off in a cubicle and then go back to the bar. I found myself falling into a trap where I would chat to strangers at the bar (both women and men) in this state in the hope that they would react positively to my baldness.

So I bought a Advanced Hair Studio "Tricho" unit for ??3000 too. I was so niave at my initial consult that I thought replacement hair "grew" from the membrane. I felt it looked mostly natural when I got it (the odd person noticed), it acted as a band aid to my confidence levels but I had a disagreement with someone whilst out on the town and they pulled it off in the middle of a packed pub on a saturday night. I was too "merry" at the time to be THAT embaressed, but the experience damaged the unit and now it's on it's last legs I cannot affored to replace it. (I could never totally enjoy the experience of having it, because of it's expense). Whilst I have now recognised I fell into a dangerous cycle of behaviour, I know I will never be free of it until I can find the right kind of transplant with the right UK surgeon. If anyone in the UK has had a positive transplant experience (from a state of total male pattern atrophy) I would love to know who/ where and how much?

Sorry to hear about your experience and the depression that you have over your hairloss.

It would be best to post photos for us in the question section and you'll get a lot of feedback.

From what I understand there aren't really any good HT surgeons in the UK. There might be some in Ireland and Holland but your best bet will be to travel overseas. For the most part it is not going to cost that much more.

Do keep in mind that it depends on your level of hairloss but with a HT you will never be able to get the density of hair like you had as a youth. It is also going to cost quite a bit of cash but atleast the currency rate exchange will be in your favor coming from europe.

Provide some photos and you will get a lot of feedback from us here and we will send you in the right direction.

Thanks for your practical response, I will post a photo or 2 soon.

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