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Hi Kiwiguy, Thanks for sharing. I know Dr Knudsen gives all his patients a trico closure now, that was one of the first things I asked. To be honest, I am not too concerned about a scar at the back for two reasons, firstly the scar from my procedure will be approx 8cm only, and secondly I already have two reasonable scars on the back of my head from previous injuries. Also, have seen several photos of patients who had a similar number of grafts, scars all looked ok to me and I couldn't even see some of the ones where they had grown their hair out at the back a little. In terms of the recipient site work, I have only the many photos to go off and previous patients I talked to that shows me he does perform good work here. I think I read on your profile that your surgery with him was over 10 years ago? perhaps he has refined his technique since then? I really hope I do not sound naive, I am only trying to stay positive about this. I have researched for over a year. I am realistic, I understand there may be some shock loss, I understand there will be a scar on the back. I am also aware that I may need another HT in the future and since this would be hairline and frontal work I would go overseas for this. Right now I am having a small section of the temples filled in on each side and may get some grafts added in behind for density as I wear my hear flat and have done for the last 5 years. I will keep you all informed and give you updates in the future, I will be taking my own photos of the next few months and im confident I will report back with good results. But if results do go the other way I will take it like a man and report back here and if theres 1 or 2 who want to say "I told you so" then so be it.

Hi Kiwiguy, thanks for the extra info and clearing a few things up. When you mention that none of the guys had undetectable results do you mean at the donor or recipient? and the massive scars, is this at the donor site?

thanks ej, I would look at Dr Shapiro or Hassan and Wong if I require more grafts in the future. I feel I have researched as much as possible for what I want to have done and I am comfortable with my decision. im not too worried about the cost of 600-800 grafts. any more than that then it would be more economical to go to the US for sure.

Dr Knudsen, performs the surgery in NZ. He flys his team over with him.

we do certainly understand what you are saying and just because we don't post everyday on a forum does not mean that we haven't done our research. I have seen plenty of photos of my chosen surgeons work and talked to patients who were very happy with the results. I have heard of 2 or 3 patients who weren't completely happy with Dr Knudsens work. Is there a surgeon out there who can say that 100% of their customers are happy and had no issues? tell me their name please and I will book in tomorrow. Hair loss is different for everyone. for me personally, my hair loss has been stable over the last 5 years since using propecia and I am only looking to add some density to the front of my head where propecia doesn't work well. if I need to get more in the future then I would travel overseas. Expectations are also different for everyone, I am realistic. I don't want to bleach my hair and spike it up like a 16 year old school boy, I don't want to have my hair line re done to what it looked like 10 years ago. I will be happy with a bit more density and coverage to what I have there now.

KiwiGuy500 - Can you be a little more specific about the problems you had or what you weren't happy with? I think using words like "butchered" and "absolute mess" is a little harsh if perhaps you and your friend were just not happy with density, growth rate or coverage etc. Can you give more details, number of grafts, what you were on the norwood? any photos? I too have researched and had a consultation with doctor knudsen and talked to a few patients of his. I have chosen him to do my procedure of approx 600-800 grafts in the near future. For a larger procedure then yes, I would look overseas but for one this size I feel comfortable with dr knudsen. I must admit, reading a post like yours makes me a little nervous but I have heard mostly positive feedback about his work from previous patients and also other well known hair transplant surgeons. Also, It is a little frustrating that there are not too many photos of his work going around on the internet and i'm not sure why that is, perhaps because he mainly does small procedures and patients don't feel the need to share. He is however, happy to show you various patient photos if you ask him like I did. I am pretty certain that if there were major issues with his work then people would be posting photos. Anyway, I will take before and after photos over the next few months for my own reference and I may even end up sharing these on here.