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sorry to have stolen the thread a bit. we are all different people 

5 minutes ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

How would we remove a surgeon based on one review with little to no information. That's definitely not how we operate and I personally would be weary of any organization that would operate in this manner. If there is an issue we need to investigate it thoroughly. We have removed several surgeons in the past decade and some have even sued us, but we had good cause to remove the surgeons. This was thanks to the community who shared their stories and information. 

There are three bad reviews just on this one thread. i’ve told you all if the pertinent info, posted pics as you requested, and gave my opinions. he has more swelling than most doctors-this has to be because more trauma was done. with so many offices, different doctors, and techincians, this has become a hair mill. there can’t be consistency with all these factors and I dont understand how you can argue otherwise. he was fair in giving me a partial refund or another session. i took

the money, didnt want him wasting anymore precious grafts. he realized my reSults were shit. fyi i chose him because I got duped by all the people working for him on this forum 

honestly, I’m over it all. just trying to give people my two cents. dont care about the money as much as much as the wasted grafts and time. he is becoming a chain with offices all over. this should be first sign that this board should no longer sponsor him. would love to hear a response to that. 

21 minutes ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

I see the concerns. It’s difficult to assess based on the photos. I will say that your before and after look similar, but could it be due to progressive hair loss? Are you on meds? 

22 minutes ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

I see the concerns. It’s difficult to assess based on the photos. I will say that your before and after look similar, but could it be due to progressive hair loss? Are you on meds? 

I take rogaine. pretty much I had a net gain of zero, lost tousands of dollars, and went through the torment of the shock loss in his hand. i see the problem stemming from different issues

a)he uses needles instead of custom blades that cause much more trauma. go look at his posts ops patients, much more swelling that other physicians that take use the blades. this led to my shock loss. i only had massive swelling from him. other patients that I met at the time of surgery had similar experiences

b)techs do the majority of the work

c) marketing machine- I remember he used to have like 10 patient advocates on this site. imho abosulutly disgusting that level of advertising/coercion was allowed on this site. I only want to see real people posting their own results, which I was posted mine. i got tricked by these “advocates”/sales people 

d) he does multiple surgeries at the same time, what a joke! funny thing is he is probably not in either room

i need to know how you guys could possibly advocate this physician. unacceptable

36 minutes ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

Honestly, without pictures this post is as good as the posts who rant and rave about a surgeon. 

I never understood how posting a picture of your hair would count as posting pictures of yourself on the internet. It’s not as if someone is going to walk up to you and say “I recognize that scalp” sounds like nonsense to me. Not questioning you as a patient, but questioning your reasoning as to not wanting to share your story.

Me and Pat are the only admins left and we don’t get paid to defend any surgeon. In fact, we take these concerns seriously and part of what I do is keep surgeons accountable, but without sharing your story and pictures there’s nothing I can do. Furthermore, the credibility of your story is significantly impacted by not sharing.

best wishes, 

Melvin

you got it melvin. the first pic is the before, followed by three afters. keep in mind this is 2800 grafts

he scalped me(huge scar), made the holes and then peaced out for most of the time. the place should be called mike, the technician, institute of hair. look rahal is a nice guy, but I dont think anyone cares, they want results. 

23 minutes ago, Aftermath said:

The marketing seems to be unravelling lately on this site when I look at certain posts, there doesn’t seem that there’s that presence in the clinic posted results lately either. What do you mean by your last sentence though? You hope the admins get paid to defend him? Do you mean you hope they don’t get paid to defend him? This is a great site that helps a lot of people out but there are clinics on here that shouldn’t be endorsed imo, numerous surgeons who have either questionable ethics or questionable results or in some instances both.

do you have a thread with your Rahal results?

sorry I mean't I hope the admins don't get paid to defend him. ya, I changed it. 

I am very conscious about having myself up on the internet, but I did post my shock loss and it was BRUTAL. The hair did come back after about 4 months, and then I think I got my final result at around 6 months. As others have mentioned,  the density falls off after that 6 months, where I had to get another surgery after to work on areas that he already had. such a joke, he was in the operating room for about 30 mins. The techs do all of the work, I don't get how on earth could he possibly be recommended by this forum!

-- I have no reason to dispel this info other than to give patients my thoughts and advice from my circumstances. 

Rahal does nothing during the surgery, he just makes money off of it. He gave me the worst shock loss ever. He opted to fix my results for free, but I just took the money because I didn't want him touching my scalp and wasting my hairs. He might be nice, but it's all marketing! I really hope the admins don't get paid to defend him!

thanks so much stig, i appreciate your response, is there a certain reason why you would say that? thanks again

hello everyone,

I need to get the 2200 graft for my next surgery for the results i need. The only problem is that i can only get (1500 from strip) and i wanted to get the rest from beard. The two dr.'s who can do this are shapiro and wesley. Both seem great. my only reservation is that wesley uses needles for incision sites and I am afraid of getting shock loss as I have before. Please let me know your thoughts between these two, thank you