The pro FUE website and forums I'm referring to can be found below

Hair Loss Help

One of the most popular threads is: (promotional link removed)

This site has a similar style to this one, though it's definitely appears to promote FUE as a preferred method, contrary to most information on this site.

Makes me realise that sponsorship plays the most important role in which type of procedure any site favours.

Garet,

You'll find plenty of information on this site regarding the FUT verses FUE debate. This site isn't biased toward FUT, it's just been around longer and proven more viable in a larger group of patients. As the managing publisher of this community, I certainly believe that FUE has a place in hair transplantation. However, in my opinion, it's a viable option for a smaller, select group of candidates than FUT. I believe anyone seriously considering hair transplant surgery should research and discuss with leading physicians the possibility of both options. At the end of the day, the choice is the patient's.

Best wishes,

Bill

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Garet,

I just responded to your last post and explained how we recommend surgeons. Frankly, your posts are beginning to sound like accusations.

Every hair loss forum that "recommends" or allows doctors to advertise their services collects a fee from them. The primary difference between our community and Hair Loss Help is that we only recommend those we believe do quality work while Farrel Manne takes money from any doctor who wants to advertise on their site.

At the end of the day, you have the ability to choose a surgeon based on your own research. You can also believe what you want. But if I see you peddling an agenda to discredit our community based on nonsense that we recommend doctors and procedures primarily on their willingness to pay, I'm going to show you the door. This statement is totally false and an intent to discredit the hard work we do in prescreening surgeons.

Bill

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One more thing Garet...

The publishers of this community provide a discussion forum for members to discuss relevant topics to hair loss and hair transplantation. While we do provide information we've acquired by prescreening surgeons and researching state of the art surgical hair restoration procedures and non-surgical treatments, it's up to the adult members of this community to draw their own conclusions based on all the information available - including, by speaking to other members who aren't affiliated with this or other hair loss sites.

There are thousands of disussion topics on this forum and others with members sharing their genuine experiences and opinions. We do not force members to accept everything we say, but instead, encourage them to do their due diligence in researching surgical hair restoration and physicians. If a single discussion on this or another forum seems biased toward one procedure or another, it's because the members on that topic share a similar opinion. There are certainly times I agree and disagree with what's posted and sometimes I'll share what I've learned to add food for thought. The adult readers can then decide for themselves what to believe and pursue whatever avenue they've decided is best for them.

Bill

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I have already met Dr. Damkerng pathomvanich in Thailand. I m not impressed . I have visiting his office. Its not this kind as i expected. I went his office thinking this , that he is a superstar surgeon in Asia. He has not 11 assistants. In his office lack of modern instrument. May be 1 or 2 stereo microscope to dissection. His assistant is not as much as trained . He is working with dr. only from 8 month. Dr. path doesnt carefuly listen patiens question . May be he does HT in old strip procedure. I have seen his patients
image after surgery & this images r not very clearly close & convincing. I wanted to met his former HT patient but he aviod it. Didnt give any patients reference. I m confused about his work. If u search net u will find everyone is praising about him. I dont think his technique of HT is world class.

farhana,

While we do welcome all genuine opinons and experiences, I find it hard to believe you're being sincere. Maybe you weren't impressed when you visited Dr. Pathomvanich....but you also sent me a message saying that you don't like my hair transplant. Clearly your expectations are too high.

You also either have no understanding of what state of the art hair transplant surgery is or are blatantly lying about Dr. Pathomvanich and hi staff. What lack of modern instrumentation is he lacking? Where is your proof?

To learn more about Dr. Pathomvanich and patient results, visit his recommendation profile. You can also find a number of his patients posting on this forum along with their displayed results.

For the record, follicular unit hair transplantation (strip surgery) is still state of the art. Only a handful of physicians are performing follicular unit extraction (FUE) and most agree that it's still relatively new and lacks the consistency strip does.

I'm sure if you ask Dr. Pathomvanich for references that he will provide you with them. But frankly, if you don't think his technique is state of the art, then you have a lot to learn about hair transplantation.

Best Regards,

Bill

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I will say that this site does seem to lean strip, but I think that is the users and not really the "site." That said, this is also a pretty open site and the moderations seems fair. If you talk crap, make unsubstantiated claims, etc...you will get called out on it. But it is a fair site. I trust this site over others, even though I am leaning towards an FUE and thinking about not even going to one of the docs this site....there is a lot of good knowledge here and I think there are honest intentions on this site.

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Spanker,

To be clear, I do believe FUE is a viable alternative to strip for some patients and in many cases can produce excellent results. Both proceduers (FUT and FUE) has its benefits and drawbacks and as long as a patient understands these, he/she can make an educated decision along with a qualified physician as to the procedure that's best for them.

If you haven't already read through it, you may be intereseted in reading the "Highlights of the Annual 2010 ISHRS Scientific Meeting in Boston" in which FUE and various tools (amongst many other important topics related to hair restoration) were discussed by leading hair restoration physicians in the field.

Best wishes in your research and in selecting a procedure and physician that best suits you,

Bill

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Just wondering is there a list anywhere on the site of all the clinics that were declined coalition membership for 1 reason or another?

Also if a Surgeon is recommended by this site, does that mean he is recommended for both the FUT & FUE Method, if he offers both?

What is the Protocol for when a new clinic is opened? (do you wait a few years before considering the clinic for membership?

HairHunter,

We do not list the physicians we've chosen not to recommend on the Hair Transplant Network for one reason or another nor do we provide a blacklist of doctors. Rather, we choose to focus on those who have met our high standards for recommendation.

While many physicians recommended by our community perform both FUT and FUE, the vast majority perform more FUT procedures than FUE. Thus, it's imperative that prospective patients research and consult with each physician they're considering to get an idea of their experience and expertise with both procedures and learn which procedure best suits them.

Brand new physicians/clinics are not considered for recommendation. Only physicians who can present a sufficient portfolio of results demonstrating the quality of their work can be considered for recommendation.

I hope this helps.

Bill

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