Or have they stayed consistent? I know it's a hard question because there are many Doctors but has the general consensus changed? Are more grafts being extracted/used? Areas packed more densely? More liberal harvesting of donor hair(FUE and strip)? Lower hairlines? For good or bad? What are you opinions? Just thought it would be a cool topic to discuss.

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I don't think ethics have changed on the supply side i.e. the doctors and clinics. I define ethics as motive not message. They still push the boundaries, make tactical retreats, gamble, strategize, disappear, reappear, refine their gambit with the same underlying motivations as ever.

THe message has obviously changed, as the proliferation of social media and the new technologies have mingled to create a new and vast portal of information and choices for us HT consumers. Nowadays, they are aware that even a Bosley consumer will do a web search and stumble on a site like this. The HT clinics that have survived have done so because they not only adapt, they exploit these changes and all the doubts us mortal HT sods harbor.

But a doc is still a doc, a rep a rep.

I think the posters have changed. A shill used to be regarded like spam, but now he or she is more legit. The boundary is blurred.

I think it is a little of both.

Clinics like H and W are getting 10k grafts more often than before.

I do think that some clinics push the envelope and some stay pretty conservative. They are both available to those that do their research. It is a supply and demand kind of thing.

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2110 FUT grafts by DR. Raymond Konior on July 30th, 2012

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I know your questions were a bit more specific, but I think in general, ethics in hair transplantation have increased greatly in the past decade.

Not to "toot my own horn" here, but I really do think online hair restoration communities, the ability to widely spread information (online), and the ability to post results online has brought a new level of transparency and accountability to the field. Whether it was a natural progression or forced evolution, I personally think ethics have increased greatly in the past 5-10 years.

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I must concede, as much a I hate to, to a degree of transparency that has a good flow on effect. But is a punter just as likely to regret it today, as much as 30 years ago? Is that a fair question?

I honestly think that adapting to the new reality does not mean more honest ethically or even more accountable. I think accountable is relative.

I was turned away by a doc in 1983 at 19 for an HT because I was deemed to be too young and because 'i might regret my decision'. (Went back 5 years later)

Just think of the 2000 - 2010 period and the ethical 'imperative'

1) The laser comb
2) The Neograft machine
3) The trichophytic closure
4) The crusade to save us from the 'poison of FUE' *
5) Revivogen
6) The continuous denial of telegen hair loss in strips
7) The body hair scandal
8) SMP - and it's emerging profile
9) Nape hair use when it is prone to DHT
10) The ongoing trickiness required to participate online honestly
11) The cryptic disclaimers we still sign at the clinic
12) the 'bait - and - switch' marketing tactics still used




(and I was plundered by sub-standard FUE work myself)

Wow, you bring up some very good points Scar5. You do seem a bit apprehensive about the hair transplant industry on a whole.

Just out of curiosity, what is bad about Revivogen?

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some ways better....some ways worse
sites like this one & the internet have allowed patients to be way more informed
before our options were pretty limited...thats all changed for the better
But i think in some quarters they have fallen
when i see guys in their twenties posting about getting dense packing
i just shake my head
they really have no idea what the future holds
and in some cases it could get really ugly
even with what is mostly still a full head of hair
they panic at the early, early stages of aging
at 24 they gobble up precious donor hair trying to look 16 again
it's all about today, tomorrow, this year, and next year
but what happens when they are 45 years old & have a dense hairline
and behind that thick hairline is badly balding with not enough donor hair left?
and the doc that did it is long since retired 20 years later?
i suppose there's always the chance cloning will be available by then
lets hope so....but it's a gamble.

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Shampoo, do you have a link to the rest of the above case?

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2110 FUT grafts by DR. Raymond Konior on July 30th, 2012

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Spanker...I don't really know much about the guy pictured and just used it as a "rough example" of what a possible outcome could be for young guys that burn through all their donor hair trying to look 16 years old again. But here is the link that has some limited info about the guy pictured.

http://tinyurl.com/cqgqaov

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Scar,

Can you elaborate? I am not sure what your complaint is about many of these listed. I think a lot of the problem is that these techniques are kind of new and still evolving.

I feel like FUE is starting to peak and now we need to be looking at the Gho technique, or something similar.

What are the bait and switch techniques? Online trickiness?

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