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The transplanted area is seen in the lower smaller photo that looks darkish. JMO?

I agree: why is his hair combed back in preop photos and why is it combed forward in the post op photos. :confused: This happens a lot.

Wow - for only 6 months, and his short hair cut this is going to come out great. dr gabel - awesome job and nice pics and video

Agree with the above comments. Also, what does the numbers mean like hair line 100, corners 100, top 50, crown 90????

Nice result Dr. Shapiro Dr. Shapiro - since hs has thin to medium caliber hairs, and at his age, are you worried he may lose more hair and need more operations?

Sweet transformation in only 10 months. Cant wait to see this in a couple years. Is he on meds?

dude if you had a lot of docs tell you not to do a transplant ---> Dont do it then. You don't want to end up with a scar that you will need to cover for the rest of your life.. Trust me - I live it with crappy work and keep coming back to this site to see if anything new pops up. just out of curiosity, what does the back of you head look like - the donor hair?

How old are you? Are you still losing hair as we all do that have hair loss? Also, where did they take the hair from?

Great results with really short hair. Looks really natural.

Very nice work Dr. Hasson

When my primary care doc does a skin biopsy on me (I had a little too much sun exposure in my teens, but had fun), he also uses bactroban, which is an antibiotic ointment. Looking forward to hearing why Dr. Alexander uses it on the grafts. Maybe we'll learn something new?

I think it is a plus and a minus. Here's my explanation: The doctors that do hair restoration surgery and are willing to be scrutinized on sites like this have to elevate their game or else they will be caught and everyone will know they suck. So I will put in a kudos for this site that weeds out physicians who dont make the grade. Especially the docs who are on the cutting edge, the Coalition doctors, really elevate the game to a new level. What I am now seeing is that there is new technology that is enabling the average plastic surgeon to extract grafts with these new devices, such as the neograft, these doctors think that by just having some instrument to get their hairs out, that that is all they need to do good hair restoration surgery. I have written abotu this before: I see advertisements all over the place for "Scarless surgery" and they are saying the Neograft can achieve that. That is 100% false and it is false adversiting and very deceitful for the average person who does not know better. I think I will continue my crusade and call out these shady groups. Also, there are groups that are saying, (and I know because I am still looking at redoing my transplant, as I have stated for years - just got to get the time and curage) that this ACell stuff is like holy water and can fix any scar. I talked to a group in L.A. who said they would throw the stuff in for free. Immediately when they said that, I knew they were full of crap and just trying to get a sale. So that is where I feel it is going down because groups are telling the lay person with no hair restoration experience things that will get them to sign up that are totally false. If you weed them out, and look at the docs who are willing to let it hang out and show their stuff and answer, then you at least know who you can see that will ethically help you.

Does any other docs recommend neosporin on the grafts? Reading between the lines, it does not feel that putting a triple antibiotic ointment on newly transplanted grafts is a good thing. Was he worried about infections? I wonder if Dr. Alexander can comment why he recommends Neosporin on the grafts.

Excellent results Dr. Friedman. The more and more I see Dr. Friedman's work, the more I am impressed. IMO, Dr. Friedman is the goto doc in Phoenix, and in Arizona as a whole.

Great work for someone with thin hair. Thank you for showing your patient. Having thin hair myself I can relate to this patient.

Very nice result. Great comparisons.

For the novice hair transpalnt patient who does not or has not researched the field, it is a shame that companies will do anything and falsely advertise "scarless" surgery and people will believe it. I have a feeling the marketing of Neograft is causing anyone with an MD after thair name to get it and start doing hair transplants. Then we will be back in the "plug" phase of hair transplant surgery with results being way sub-par compared to dedicated MD's who know their stuff.

I had a transplant years ago, and for years, I'm considering FUE. I am close to Dr. Umar and am considering my options. Now I'm reading and hearing all this stuff on the NeoGraft. I'm reading stuff like "undetectable" and "scarless" surgery. What is the difference between FUE and NeoGraft. Is there really such a thing as "Scarless Surgery?" And is the NeoGraft that much better to warrant such exposure?

Nice progress for 7 months - how much more growth do you expect.

Dr. Arocha How old was this patient when the hair transplant was done? I ask because his frontal hair area looks to me to be low, which I think is a sign of youth. The after photos do not show what you did in the frontal area. The before has a large comb holding his hair back to show some thinning with a low hairline, and the after has his hair drapped forward covering the hair line giving a "appearance" of more hair. Did you bring his hair in front lower?? Also, the before photos in the center of his head again show a comb, and the after photos show the hair combed over covering the baldness. Not sure these photos give a good representation of what was done?

OK. Somebody please help me. All this ACell bs that I'm starting to read about is driving me crazy. Clearly, despite those injections, you are losing hair. I am very leary about the whole thing. What are these doctors charging you for unproven, experiemental treatments? In fact, if it is just experiemental, they should not be charging you at all. Nothing. Is it FDA approved? I did a search on this stuff and there are only a couple doctors recommending it or doing it and I think they should be putting on their info "EXPERIEMENTAL ONLY AT THIS TIME" not proven therapy. Just my 2 cents.

Thanks for sharing your story. Despite the word that there are other options for hair transplant surgons, people are still doing hair transplants when they have no business doing it. Give it time, go to a good doctor, and get fixed. Good luck.

I keep reading on the forums about some patients who have great density and others who have poor density. Clearly someone who has great density in the back of their scalp will have more hair to transplant; the opoosite is also true - the less hair they have, less to transplant. I'm doing quite a bit of research on this and I have some books coming my way but I thought this would be answered well here: Is there a definition of density and how many hairs constitutes someone with great density in the back of their head, and what constitutes someone with poor density. Please help me understand :confused:

Stupid thing to say. It is a personal decision to have a hair transplant or other means to obtain hair. As was said earlier in this thread, there are tons of people without hair that are very confident. Its purely a matter of choice. :confused:

Do you have any pictures showing the lines where the hair was placed?