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Old 02-02-2012, 11:09 AM
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Default My surgery with Dr. Panine

My story is not an unusual one I like many other men I was sold by all the advertising by Bosley Medical Group. Back in December 2010 I went in to have a procedure by Bosley Medical Group in Chicago they supposedly did over 3000 grafts. I had gone back there a few times for them to evaluate my results and asked them how they felt my results were for 3000 grafts and they kept telling everything looked good. 10 months after my surgery I did not look much different then prior to my surgery and I told them the exact same thing that I did not look much different and they kept assuring me that is what the result should look like after 3000 grafts and that I just needed an additional surgery. I kept thinking to myself if these are the results after one surgery I am going to need at least 5 more surgeries to get to where I want to be. I spent a lot of money $15,000 and another $700 medications to be exact, for very poor results. I then consulted with several doctors who confirmed my thoughts that my results after 3000 grafts were not where they should be. I decided I really needed to do something since I wanted to improve my appearance. After meeting with several Dr. I decided that Dr. Panine would be the best doctor for me. Dr. Panine spent a lot of time with me going over how he would perform my procedure and what would give me the best result with what he had to work with. I felt very comfortable with him and after speaking to several of his patients I felt he was the best doctor for me. I had my procedure 2 weeks ago. Dr. Panine was able to get 3,074 grafts which he concentrated on the frontal ? of my head. He felt it was better to pack them all into the frontal ? to give me as much density as he could and then explained that he would be able to do another procedure about one year from now and then he could address the back. The surgery went great, but it was a long day, I was there for 12 hours and it kind of made me think, my first procedure with Bosley was only 6 hours for 3000 grafts. After seeing how much time Dr. Panine spent on me I started think how did Bosely finish my procedure in only 6 hours did they not really give me 3000 grafts or did they just rush through the procedure to try and get me out of there so they could get home. After my strip was removed I never saw the doctor again. Dr. Panine was there through my whole procedure he was even placing the grafts, which I do not think most doctor do. Bosley did not even want to see me the next day for a checkup. Dr. Panine made it mandatory that I come back the next day so he could see me. I did not see my doctor until 8 months after my procedure and when he saw me the first thing he looked at was my scar and said the scar looked nice. Then I said my concern is not the scar it is my results with the productivity of the grafts, I don’t think there are anywhere close to 3000 grafts, but more like 1000 hairs and he said that is what 3000 grafts should look like. I figured I am not going to get anywhere with this conversation so I stormed out of his office. Best advice I can give anyone is stay away from Bosley they charged me a fortune for poor results. The pictures I have posted are my ones prior to the surgery with Dr. Panine and after 3000 grafts with Bosley plus my grafts right after surgery with Dr. Panine.
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Old 02-02-2012, 05:42 PM
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Congrdulations, don't worry about Dr. Panine he takes great pride in his work and believe me the results will be great. He does sections so each area has time to heal, and to evaluate the results. Good luck Marcushair.
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Old 02-02-2012, 08:28 PM
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Dr. Panine should be a Coalition doctor. He is that good!
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Dr Panines results have come a long way!!! He is top notch!!
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