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Hi guys, I know I've been championing Spex quite a bit recently (and very rightly too!), but here's a link to all his recent media coverage in the UK, including the Sunday Times, The Guardian and his interviews for mainstream radio. The radio interviews are particularly enlightening and invaluable listening for anyone considering an HT. Please check them out! It's fantastic that one of the industry's most prodigal sons has finally cracked through to the mainstream. Interviews & Media Coverage | Spex uk hair transplant veteran All I can say is well done Spex for all your hard work, support and advice that you've provided to us (UK based) hairloss sufferers. I now understand that he's just been approached to appear in a Channel 4 documentary too? Finally some accurate information on hair loss and transplants!! Keep up the hard work!!! S

great write-ups and a very interesting journey, now very keen to see the pics!!!

Oddly, my regular hairdresser cut his hair about a year or so ago, possibly just after he'd had his 2nd HT. He was talking quite openly about it, and was saying he'd had it done in Ireland.

No probs Future_HT_Doc - Spex really helped me out, so hoping some other UK hairloss sufferers can benefit from his experiences and wisdom. Spex - awesome about The Guardian article. Finally managed to read it. Great work!!!

Hi guys and happy new year to one and all, I just wanted to publicly thank Spex for all the help and advice he has given me on my HT journey over the last couple of years. From an utterly destroyed 20-something to a very optimistic and excited recent 30-something, I'm now just past the 3 month mark in my second HT with the wonderful Dr Feller. Spex has just launched a new website - Spex uk hair transplant veteran | - of his own personal experiences and journey - for anyone in the UK, I can't recommend enough paying it a visit. He has HELPED ME MASSIVELY, and is a huge beacon of knowledge of help and advice. If you don't know him, you should. He was also recently interviewed in a Sunday Times Style supplement feature on HTs, which is well worth reading if you haven't already (not sure if anyone has a link/scan?). I had 2,167 grafts strip surgery in 2007, which was a success, but my ultra fine hair meant I required a slight top-up in the hairline. I now look forward to each passing week, and will be posting my 4month pics in 3 weeks time. I should hopefully be seeing some activity very soon. (here's my previous post http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/157899-2nd-hair-transplant-dr-feller-hairline-bulk-up.html#post2245394) Well, that is all - just thought I should tip off all budding UK patients about Spex's new site. Thanks Spex once again! Your help is very much appreciated S

The good Doc was beefing up the area that had already been worked on, so it was exactly the same area shaved down as in my first op (with the exception of the side bits, which weren't touched in this thicken up). The hairline you're looking at was all shaved down (the hairs growing are my existing hairs, nothing from the 2nd op). You'll get a clearer idea of what I had done if the virus hasn't swallowed my pre/immediate post-op pics - fingers crossed! It'll also show the extent of the density of what Dr Feller managed to achieve.

Was that your first op? Would be interested to see pics if you've posted any. If you're just gone 3 months, you're only a couple of weeks ahead of me. I don't think you really notice anything properly happening until the 6month mark, and even then it creeps up on you. I've had a couple of new sprouters where my hairline has been lowered but they're not visible in those pics. I'm in a tricky place at mo - I can't bear the thought of going back and trying to style my hair the way I was before my 2nd op, but then I really don't want to put my life on hold for the next few months.

2 MONTHS PICS: Hi guys, here's pics of me just after 2 months, so you're literally looking at my existing hairline growing back, with all the new grafts long since shed and prior to any sprouters coming through. I'd just had a haircut prior to these pics, and my hair is slightly damp. I've been wearing a hat since the op and I've maintained the illusion of having a cool-ish indie rock haircut, because the sides and back have been quite long. It's actually looked ok, but I've not been going out socialising because I hate wearing hats! I'm in a HUGE, huuuuge quandry of whether to return to styling my hair how I was prior to the second op (basically, a very contrived messy style which was a LOT of hard work, courtesy of my problem left side). Or just coping by wearing a hat for the next six months! oh the joys of naturally fine hair... (PS I'm still waiting for my pre/post-op pics - I understand Dr Feller has a bit of a pic backlog, but I will put those up and soon as I have them).

Dr Feller is one of the most prolific FUE surgeons in the world and is well known for his natural hairlines as you will see when you search his name; numerous FUE results. The others mentioned above to my knowledge don't perform FUE, they perform only strip. I haven't seen any FUE results from SMG, are there any about..?

oh yeah, sorry - as Spex pointed out - my previous username on other forums is SteveyD, in case anyone wants to check out my old pics/posts. MattJ - just waiting for the good doc to send over my immediate post-op pics, then will pop those up. I still can't stop staring at the new work in the mirror - it's so packed with grafts that it literally looks like I have a full head of hair buzzed down to the scalp. Just a few days ago, it was populated by just fine hairs and relied on the hairs behind it to achieve coverage. Looking forward to this!

Hi guys, Former regular poster at SHN - just been recommended this forum and would like to share my recent experiences. I think those afflicted with VERY fine natural hair will be interested in this… I’ve just returned from having a second strip session on my hairline with Dr Feller in New York, which was yet again a great experience and am very excited by what it will hopefully achieve. As anyone who knows me (met me at any of the showcases Spex organised), my hair is about as naturally fine and straight as hair can possibly get. It’s been the bane of my life and I use LOADS of product to give it a ‘normal’ appearance (if you can call 2pints of hairspray being normal!). This procedure was 1,100 grafts ‘bulk up’ of an op I had 3 years ago, where Dr Feller transplanted 2,167 grafts into the hairline. I’ve kept this follow-up relatively quiet for simple reason that some people might misinterpret it as a result of my original HT not being successful, which is NOT the case at all!!!! far from it! My first procedure grew out very nicely. Unfortunately, my hair proved too fine to get the desired results from a one-off op. Dr Feller admits that he normally wouldn’t operate on someone with hair as fine as mine, except I’ve been lucky to have (and kept) so much of it. I actually started receding when I was 18. I’ve just turned 32 now. Dr Feller and I discussed my individual characteristic at length originally and i was never in doubt I might require a "bulk" Dr Feller has basically packed just behind the hairline with a load of doubles, and then put a load of singles along the front. He also fractionally lowered my problem left side by about 4mm, as this is where I’ve been having particular difficulty in achieving the illusion of coverage and obtaining a natural framing. Although it’s just immediately post-op, the recipient area seriously looks like a proper buzzcut on a full head of hair (redness aside!). I’m utterly thrilled to look at it. Basically, the place which was so fine before now looks packed to buggery The Doc says it’s as dense packed as he’s ever gone. The only possible slight downside was that he ran out of grafts to bulk up the little side bits, although he didn't think this was necessary anyway and hadn't initially planned to work on this area (it was only because I mentioned it that he said he'd see if he had anything left over!) There should now be more than enough density in the frontal hairline to compensate for this – fingers crossed! I will keep you guys posted with pics so you can monitor the growth/progress. I’m very keen, excited and anxious to see how it grows out (with my hair being so fine, I refuse to get carried away just yet), but I currently can’t stop looking at it in the mirror. I’m praying for the day when I can just roll out of the bed and not worry about how long it will take me to style and whether I’ll get to work on time! Many thanks for Spex and Dr Feller for all their help and expertise as always, a true mentor and friend. It’s been said millions of times before, but for anyone in the UK, I can’t recommend hooking up with Spex enough to gain from his experience and advice. The guy knows his onions and supported me throughout this journey! Here’s to the waiting game… Oh, and pics soon! S