Hello everyone,

Well just arrived back in the UK today from my surgery at Great Neck, New York with Dr Feller.
I have been a silent member on here for a couple of months now and have been using this site for the last 18months doing my research gaining fantastic knowledge along the way. I never wanted to write on here til I had my op with Dr Feller.
I had an op almost 4 yrs ago with the Hospital Group in the UK, the results i got where nothing like I was expecting and my confidence dropped even more than prior to my first HT due to the fact that now I was paranoid about not just losing my hair, everyone around me now knew i had a bad HT as well. Compared to alot of the op's that you read about on here from guys in the UK, I got away quite lightly as it was only 1000 grafts but still enough to produce a very pluggy look along my hairline with a scar that was too high up at the back in a frown shape rather than the happy smiling face if you get what i mean.

Fortunately i came across spex on here and the rest as they say is history. The man is a total legend, supporting me like the other guys from the UK and supporting me step by step right up to the day of my Op. I spent most of this year in Afghanistan and Spex was kind enough to sort everything out for me as I was a little busy over there.

I flew out on the 27th Oct from the UK for my op on the 28th with Dr Feller, and will now set my own web page up and keep an account of my journey and hopefully give something back to the community that have supported me over the last 18 months and helped me make what i believe to be a very good choice in having my second HT with Dr Feller.

The day itself was fantastic from being met at the door by Dr Feller to the staff ordering my cab to get me safely back to the hotel. You could see this was a well oiled machine, Dr feller certainly has a good bed side manner and put me at ease straight away. He knew my history with hospital group and made sure that every step that was conducted through the day was explained to me in full. The techs were fantastic as well during the day, we always seem to praise the doc's but the techs do a fantastic job as well.

I've been feeling abit under the weather since I got back but will endeavour to add some more at a later date.

Spex, thanks again for sorting everything out. Definately made a good choice with Dr Feller, he was a top bloke.

Just like to thanks everyone on here for all the info I have been able to sieve from the site.

Now comes the hard part, i'm not the best with technology, I think I have set my web page up as a signature block so pics so far should be attached to it. I will also speak to spex, as the Doc said he would forward the pre and post pics he took during the course of the day.

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irishsailor,

Welcome! Thank you for sharing your experience with Dr. Feller. He is a master of his craft and I'm looking forward to following your transformation.

Happy Growing!

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Welcome to the forum Irishsailor

Nice write up...

We both have a few things in common;
Both UK lads, both had a strip surgery with The Hospital Group 4 years ago, both of us ended up with a higher than normal strip scar, both of us took a confidence knock and finally we both had a HT with Dr Feller.......

Oh, and not to forget that we are both mediocre on the technology front!!!

Couple of quick questions if I may,

1) did Dr Feller manage to use the same donor scar or have you got another bearing in mind that your
scar was higher that the norm, albeit just inside the safety zone if it's anything similar to mine.

2) what surface area was covered. It looks like quite a large area, going by the pics, for 2500 grafts. What density were you provided with?

3) what was the graft breakdown: singles, doubles, trebles etc.

Welcome to the forum and all the best to you mate.

Until anybody has suffered at the hands of the Hospital Group or similar, it's difficult trying to comprehend the psychological turmoil. But all credit to you for mustering up the confidence to move on and put your faith in someone else.

All the very best,

Jessie

Taking the plunge,

Thanks for the kind words.

Jessie1.

Yeah there seems to be a view of us on here that had bad experiences with the Hospital Group. To answer your questions.
1. Dr Feller was able to get rid most of the scar that was made by the hospital group, i wasn't too worried about having 2 scars as i can get away with a buzz 3 normally back and sides.
2. I'm waiting for the results and breakdown of grafts from Feller, just got back yesterday so will post the results when I have them.
3. It was a large area covered, but I did have a lot of native hair in the area, it's just my head was shaved down and looks like I had no hair there to start with. When I receive the pre and post pics taken that day I shall post them with all the breakdown of the grafts.

Thanks again.

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Thanks for sharing your story. Everything looks great and you were certainly in great hands with Dr. Feller. Heal well and keep us posted.

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Hello Irish Sailor. Where you from in the UK and where did you get your previous transplant in UK?

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2 poor unsatisfactory hair transplants performed in the UK.

Based on vast research and meeting patients, I travelled to see Dr Feller in New York to get repaired.

Orlhair,

Thanks for taking the time to read, thanks

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Hi Chrisdav,

I'm living over in Surrey now. My previous HT was with the Hospital Group in the UK
Certainly made an error in judgement, but with HT this time i did my research and believe i have made the right choice in Dr Feller

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Yes, you have made an excellent choice. I had my surgery about 17 days agao with Dr Feller and had poor surgery in the UK from Norton and Fueclinics.

Has your head scabbed much?

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2 poor unsatisfactory hair transplants performed in the UK.

Based on vast research and meeting patients, I travelled to see Dr Feller in New York to get repaired.

I almost went to Norton, i have been shocked by the work they carried out on some of the guys on here. Well seems like we got it right in the end. Eh?
My head hasnt scabbed that much, followed to instructions and have washed my hair as per the instructions, so far so good

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