I had 2 FUE sessions with Armani 5 years ago. Poor yield and he jacked up the hairline even the second time when I told him I wanted more in the crown and mid area. He only made the holes for the grafts. The techs did the rest. They used a drill from Home Depot to yank out/extract the grafts.

Classic Joe, telling it like it is.

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2008 Dr. G – presumably 1,000 grafts / 2,142 hairs
2009 Dr. Paul Shapiro – 2,348 grafts / 4,258 hairs
2011 Dr. Paul Shapiro – 1,999 grafts / 3,624 hairs

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Bloody hell that sounds like you had fun. Did you ask him why he decided to switch to fue? It did seem to be the switching to fue that sent his results downwards.

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Bonkerstonker!

http://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com/blog/home-page.asp?WebID=1977

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

Bonker, Mo' $$$$. That's why.

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HT #1: Karamikian Unknown # of grafts Sept.2006

HT#2 Nov.23rd, 2007
Dr.Feller
Almost 3200 grafts via strip

HT#3 April 2010
Fue 200/side into temple points

HT#4 February 2011

My Hair Loss Website - Hair Transplant with Dr. Feller

Probably the biggest mistake he ever made then was because he got greedy.

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Bonkerstonker!

http://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com/blog/home-page.asp?WebID=1977

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

He told me he thought it was a better procedure for the patient, but I'm sure making perhaps 3 times the amount than strip was a factor. There were probably a lot of patients that got good FUE results from him, and it's likely he really thought he was getting the same results as with strip. The more megasessions that were done, the more cases of poor yield, like mine, arose.

Greetings, im a 22 year old male having genetic baldness

i'm considerin an hair transplant after consecutive treatment failures with the wrong people the recent being ADVANCED HAIR STUDIO

i would like to go for an strip surgery rather an FUE

could you place recommend an good surgeon around INDIA or ARABIA

i would like to go for an strip surgery rather an FUE

could you place recommend an good surgeon around INDIA or ARABIA

It's interesting to see people changing their stance..
First the shift from strip to fue and now back to strip.
Whatever ne1 may say, wastage is certainly more in fue.

I would stay away from Armani. Some patients of his have experienced total donor depletion from excessive FUE. His hairline designs are attractive, I will give him that. But reports of poor yield and exhausted donor are a big no no for me.

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