I found out about this yesterday too.
Big up Wayne Rooney for being THE MAN for not hiding it like all these hollywood pussies.
I hope his transplant turnes out to be successful one. We shell wait and see.

Fingers crossed Rooney!

I've always had this theory that the "rich and famous" don't perform their own research when it comes to what they consume. I feel as if they get to a point in life where they are so busy and requested that most of their daily activities are guided by a series of agents, managers, and assistants.

My guess is that when something like cosmetic surgery comes up, an assistant who probably doesn't utilize anything more advanced than Google, searches, finds what seems to be the "best" which, in many cases, is simply who advertises the best/is the most visible, and books an appointment.

Additionally, keep in mind that for the 1-2 cases of celebrity hair restoration cases we are aware of per year because they go through these high profile outlets, there are probably hundreds that go under the radar because they are performed discretely at world class clinics.

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One the one hand I want to applaud him for being so transparent and unashamed about it. On the other, it seems like hubris. He's gotten an HT from a place with a bad reputation and I doubt he's gotten approval from Man Utd staff to go on Propecia or Rogaine. His progress (regress?) will now be visible to the public in full-color and high-definition during each week's game. Interesting to see if he'll need to visit another surgeon in 3-5 years, and how proud and transparent he'll be about that when the time comes.

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People go to different clinics for all sorts of reasons but Rooney should be applauded for bringing hair restoration more in to the limelight.I am sure he will be happy with his outcome and in the end that is all that really matters.

Although it may be true that most major celebrities have their "people" do the groundwork.I can testify that some actually do their own research because we have treated at least two "personalities" who found us through researching on HTN.

BS whilst entitled to your opinion I do find your comment a little inflamatory and a bit disrespectful to HTN itself and it's selection process..Every recommended surgeon on here is vetted and has to produce work of the highest standard on a consistent basis.
This is somehing that we do on a daily basis and show it both here and at hair conferences worldwide.
If you like, e mail me and i will arrange for you to meet several patients in the flesh and if that does not change your mind, nothing will.

Mick

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I mean no disrespect to anyone Ive just said I don't think farjos is amazing i just hear a lot of people go on about the clinic as if it's amazing but im not influenced by anything without seeing it my self and from the results I've seen on here you've never really blown me away compared to most of the other clinics do to earn the massive respect they get but your clinic is definitely worth the place in the coalition. I appreciate you're in the coalition of drs which i respect a lot as i know its not easy to get into but that doesn't mean people can not say something slightly negative because that would make a mockery of the coalition if we were not allowed to be negative and would mean the coalition was simply a protection racket which I know it is not.

Having said that I've only seen a small margin of your work so I'm sure there probably will be some wow results somewhere I just go on the basis your best work would be on here. All though im not really anyone with your experiance or knowledge it is my own honest opinion at the end of the day and im not trying to damage anyone it's just what I think really. I admit farjo is without doubt the best clinic in the uk!

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i believe the farjo clinic can perform very good strip surgery but obviously they do not perform FUE, i still find it very strange why the UK is still years behind America, Canada and even Europe in the medical fields we even have one of the lowest cancer survival rates in the world. The country has such a large population surly one of the top docs from Europe is attracted by this country......oh hang on i almost forgot 50% TAX here in the sunny UK so that's why there not here!

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here is the first picture anyways

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...ransplant.html

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Well if you think about it, the number of surgeons in the world that can be endorsed, let alone enthusiastically recommended, is relatively low in comparison to the number of surgeons performing hair transplants. Even North America has quite a small number considering those things, so it's not too surprising that the UK has even fewer.

Also remember that as we have the luxury of the internet and the pool of worldwide knowledge and experience that it draws together, we've been exposed to the very best the industry has to offer and have become extremely demanding. Which of course is very good for the field of hair restoration.


Here's a pic of post-op Rooney.


Wayne Rooney tweets picture of his head after undergoing ?30,000 hair transplant | Mail Online

It's definitely going to be interesting to see how his growth timeline fits with training and the upcoming season. Yikes, for the first time ever I might actually tune into some games.

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Can anyone see what he's had done I'm on my iPhone but it looks like just the first cm back if his front hairline? If so it's pointless he's a nw5 diffuse but virtually all gone.

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Started losing my hair at 19 in 1999
I've been using propecia and minoxidil 10 years
Had 4 hair transplants equalling 8460 grafts by way of strip & fue

It's actually pretty hard to judge. Looking at how uniformly dark his head is, I think the grafts must be placed further back because he didn't have much hair behind the 'island'.

Hopefully we'll get better pictures. And a graft count. The irregularities created in the hairline look very... regular.

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