Hi, i'm new to this forum and it's actually the first time i've spoken to anyone about hair transplants....

my current situation is: i'm 17 years old but i've been losing hair since late 15/early 16, very early i know! At the moment my hair is very thick and curly on the sides but getting quite thin on the top/crown area.

i've heard about DHI hair restoration that's available in Dublin. Some of the results on the website are fantastic, but i know that websites CAN be misleading.

i'm just wondering, does anybody know anything about DHI hair restoration? good reviews? bad reviews?

i do plan to go for a consultation but i came here because i think some neutral views would be very helpful too.

thanks!

oh by the way, i believe the chief surgeon in ireland is Dr. Patrick Treacy if that helps in any way...

I'd posit 3 things:

One, DHI has very poor patient feedback (I know of but a couple satisfactor cases, and even then there were serious ?s).

Two, I would be shocked if any half-way good clinic was willing to operate on you at 17, and I'd still be quite surprised even if most poor clinics would work on you.

Three, look into getting on rogaine foam 5%, nizoral 2% shampoo, and inquire about finasteride. Doing this is essential to try to stabalize your loss, and it will also accelerate the time it takes for you to be a viable candidate for a HT.

Also, post some pics if you can.

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You are too young for a ht and need to see your Gp first and then consider using meds imo.

ah thank you for the advice... even if it isn't great news!

i was wondering if age would be a barrier alright... though i always thought that because i am very physically mature for my age and i my hair loss started about a 1 1/2 - 2 years ago which might increase my chances of being able to get it done.

but i will definately take advice from both of you and look into any other ways that i can accelerate the process of becoming a viable candidate.

as for DHI, chucky i see you got a HT with DHI? how was your expereince with them? sorry to see you did not get the results you hoped for, and must say i'm surprised! one thing that attracted me to them in the first place was where they said "100% guaranteed hair loss treatment"...

Emanruse you ask strange questions and contradict yourself so imo you may not be who you claim to be.If i`m wrong i apologise now but i will not be replying to this post anymore.

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Some of the results on the website are fantastic, but i know that websites CAN be misleading.

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sorry to see you did not get the results you hoped for, and must say i'm surprised! one thing that attracted me to them in the first place was where they said "100% guaranteed hair loss treatment"...

To me this post stinks and thats my honest opinion.

If you are true,just search on here and you will see there is only Petresman who is quite happy with them.

In my opinion they are crap.

Emanruse,

Do yourself a big favour and stay away from dhi.

ok....not sure about the hostility there chucky, i'd say take a chill pill man! I am most definately 'who i claim to be'. And in fact my 'contradictions' were merely pointing out the contradictions on the DHI website, a case of seemingly false advertising (as nobody seems to be very hsppy with them at all!) The fact is i came here for advice as i don't know anything about HTs. Given my situation I've only recently been looking into it and haven't really talked to anybody about it as of yet. So apologies for the post 'stinking' through my ignorance!

To be honest we don't really have much to offer in terms of HTs in Ireland, and very little outlets to find out about it. DHI were one of maybe three HT clinics i could find, the other two (Dr. Kiely and.... i can't remember the other persons name) not receiving great reviews themselves! But thanks to everyone for the advice, I'll definately take note of your warning about DHI. Probabaly have to look abroad...

Peace and love

HI emanruse,
I'm not concerned as to your identity, the advice is the same.
There is no clinic in Ireland that will give you a first class HT. research some more before making any decisions. As has been pointed out in the posts so far you are far too young to even be thinking of a HT and if someonr tells you they will give you a ht it should be a red flag to stay away from them.
post some pictures and get some good advice from the members here. PM me if i can help in any way.
regards
IH

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chucky,

I appreciate you looking out, as there are certainly some times where there are reasons to be skeptical. But I think we (including myself) ought to give members some benefit of the doubt while remaining vigilant.

In my opinion, nothing emanruse said has triggered any reason for me to doubt he is just a seeking patient looking for real information.

emanruse,

I encourage you to continue your research. You can also use the "find" feature by searching for "DHI" as well to see what their patients have been saying.

Best wishes,

Bill

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