lovinitl9

hey egy, looking great! I am too looking at using body hair, what % of the beard and chest hair would you day grew respectively. thanks so much! 

5 hours ago, Egy said:

This is also what makes the difference between one clinic / surgeon and another / other.

the difference between one clinic and another is one does it right the first time 

thank you for the video,

can you please post various photo results using different body hairs so we can get an idea of how effective it is. thanks so much

thank you for the video,

can you please post various photo results using different body hairs so we can get an idea of how effective it is. thanks so much

had terrible side effects, please don’t minimize this issue. I have realized that a lot of clinics want the credit for the growth the patient received while on this drug  

killed my libido amongst many other side effects. be careful!

thank you for the case. i was wondering, what would say the timeline for revision surgery is. does everything get delayed a couple months?

wait until about 3/4 months, and it should all come back

5 hours ago, goodwally said:

Other than accents and minor cultural differences theres no difference between a brit and scot. Spain's and portugal's languages are similar so theyre not that different.

Dont see any difference between a spaniard and portuguese other than a spaniard is lighter skinned than the average portuguese and similar language.

You've never been to england since I've had long winded discussions in public in england about this with scots and brits. My family is scottish, english and french.

you sound really ignorant, time to grow up

oh ok. ya I will use all of my beard hair as donor if possible. I was just looking to see if anyone has results from using them, everything I have had is anecdotal. 

totally agree paddy. did your beard grow out or are you waiting to see the results from a surgery

I’m with you sean. I dont think beard causes noticable scarring, but curious about the yield

thanks paddy. how long would you say it took for the beard hairs grow and also would u say that thickness of a beard hir would equal a 2hair scalp graft. I’m pretty much depleted of donor scalp and wondering if the bear could be used to fill in the rest 

I dont see any issue with the scarring coming from the beard as I dont seenit is very likely. however, what hVe people’s growth response been? whT percentage would say you grew, and the different growth cycles of beard hair affect it 

Could you also possibly show the growth from those beard grafts? much appreciated!

4 hours ago, jjsrader said:

 Most medications should be taken w/food - so I just go with the oral minox & my Dut w/breakfast.  My 2nd oral minox I pop w/dinner.  Easy to remember.

 

 

do you still take the diuretic with minoxidil. i just start from 1.25 to now 2.5mg. also if you take you do take diuretics, how often, what brand and dosage? I was just wondering if I would get the weight gain associated with it? much appreciated!

I don’t like the idea of physicians paying for advertisement. 

so if a physician is very good, but doesn’t want to pay for advertisement, we won’t know about them. however, if a borderline dr ponys up, it’s legit...

bump

11 hours ago, Sean said:

There is a Paid membership process to be part of forums or organizations dealing with the hair industry.  He needs to be approved and pay funds to a be part of this.  I guess he is doing well since he is booked out quite long.  

is that true?

probably analogous to smoking and hair loss

Look at how many people have complained about him on one thread and this isn't even my thread. Once again, they are a very nice staff, but sorry, be better!

29 minutes ago, Dr. Rahal said:

Hi lovinitl9, 

We always appreciate feedback. But need to correct you on a few things. 

1) We don't use needles. We only use custom blades. 

2) Dr. Rahal does not perform multiple procedures at the same time. If two patients are scheduled, it's a larger session in the morning (2500+ grafts) - and smaller session (under 1000 grafts) in the afternoon. Even then, we have a dedicated FUE team for each procedure. Most technicians have been with us 20+ years. Dr. Rahal has over 25+ years experience. I assure you it's not a problem. 

3) We have an entire department and 3 full-time staff dedicated to patient care. Ask any Rahal patient and they will confirm we take patient care very seriously. A search on this form for "patient care" will confirm. We are in contact with every patient (phone, email, txt) post-op - and each patient is assigned his/her own patient care manager. Bottomline, we would know if a patient is unhappy (and do everything in our power to correct it). I assure you, patients are happy.

4) Again, we are always appreciate feedback. Thank you. But we have a request. Would you allow us to discuss your case on the forums? Share photos, communications? We would appreciate it. If not, we certainly understand. But we do ask that you stick to the facts. If you're not sure about something, private PM us, ok. 

Also, we invite you to visit the clinic and watch a procedure. You can film the custom blades, Dr. Rahal performing manual FUE, including specialized implanters and 50X magnification we use for every procedure.

Lunch is on me! I'll also private PM you now. 

 

 

Thank you so much for your response,

The patient care at Rahal is great and I have absolutely no complaints about that, but what I am looking for is the results that I never got. I am 100% sure that they used needles to make the recipient sites, which is why I and so many patients had such abnormally red and swollen heads after the surgery. You may have changed this policy after noticing so many patients suffering from this issue. With these recipient sites, how are you sure that you made enough holes or not enough holes for all the grafts that were taken out. I know that my surgery what very tech heavy as opposed to the physician being there. I personally want my surgeon more involved and double/triple checking over everything, because his name is on the line, but that is my own personal preference. Again I feel is is my duty to give my candid experience, and others can make a decision as they please. 

5 minutes ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

My responses are in bold 

thanks so much for the response. I think I just prefer a physician who is more involved. If the doctor is not even in the room to see the caliber of the grafts, I don't really get what makes him special?I think the issue with him using needles and causing so much unnecessary trauma indeed affects the results and causes scar tissue that will make following revisions much more difficult. This is a very important issue that needs to be brought up. He does not have adequate depth control. EVERY patient has major swelling and scabbing, that is not prominent with other notable physicians. What is the purpose of using needles, when a custom blade can be use that control the depth better and also changes in size according to size of the graft. I wish I had gone to someone like your physician who did the procedure the way I have preferred. I just quickly popped Rahal's name into search option on this site, and more of then than not patients who are real individuals and not moderators had poor results. food for thought and makes you think

Melvin

15 minutes ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

I would love to get some responses for you, but we need a separate thread with your story. We do not remove surgeons based on anonymous postings. We cannot simply add or remove surgeons based on a few anonymous posts. That's not how we operate.

Imagine if three nameless people came on here ranting and raving that their surgeon is the best surgeon and that he/she should be added because of their un-verified results. Would the community be okay with me saying "sure sounds good"? No absolutely not, I would need to verify they are patients and throughly screen  the surgeon before considering them to be added. It's the same process for removal.

Melvin would love to hear your input on several issues and really I thank you for your time

A) Do you think it is a problem that Rahal does surgery on multiple patients at the same time

B)Why are techs doing the vast majority of the work?

C)Have you noticed that his post op pics are FAR more traumatic than most physicians who use custom blades(the amount of swelling, redness, and shock loss is significantly more)

D) With having clinics in several different cities, how can it be humanly possible to have real oversight 

E)Many patients have privately messaged me and told me of their own misfortunes with Rahal. Note I am not hear to bring down the reputation of a clinic, but I think all patients are entitled to know the points mentioned above. If this was truly a patient site, these critical points would need to be at the minimum be showcased in the physician's profile to be transparent and informant.