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Hello Payam, Are you 11 months yet?

Thanks home1212. Indeed one of the best doctors in the world and his team is top notch. Just hoping the results reflect that

Hello Juggy, Every surgeon I guess will have some unhappy patients or bad results. However, my own experience has been top notch and I am hoping that the result from my second procedure turns out to be as good as the first one.

Hello buddy, Didn't go for another FUT because Dr Rahal was of the view, the scar may stretch out if we went for another FUT. He held that view as soon as I finished with the first FUT procedure.

Hello all, I have just recently come back from Ottawa and had my second round with Dr Rahal. This time working on the crown only. My previous surgery was a FUT and the link is below: Last time Dr Rahal mainly worked on the frontal third and the idea was to work on the crown at a later time. Over the course of last few years I had been in touch with Larissa - who is the patient care representative at the Rahal clinic - and had my pictures sent of the crown for Dr Rahal to review and give his opinion on how many grafts would be required. Dr Rahal said I would need around 2000 grafts. I did have other surgeons in mind but I was more than happy to go back to Dr Rahal given my previous experience and Dr Rahal's FUE results seemed to be top notch in comparison to the other leading FUE surgeons. I must mention at this point that Larissa was awesome in answering all my queries and I never felt rushed in anything. Precisely the kind of service that one would expect from Dr Rahal and his team. I arrived in Ottawa from London on the 26th of Dec and stayed at the Rahal guesthouse until the day I left which was the 1st of Jan, 2019. So a rather dry new year's day for me Day of Surgery I arrived at the clinic at 8:30AM and had my photos and consult done on the day itself. I was not able to have a consult on the 26th of Dec as it is a bank holiday in Ottawa. So I had agreed with Larissa that the consult will be on the day of the surgery. So on the day of the surgery, had breakfast and was at the clinic at 8:30 and met Dr Rahal straight away, had my pre op photos taken and then had the consult. Dr Rahal said my density is on the lower side but the hair calibre is 0.66 microns which he felt would give me good coverage and make up for the lower density. We agreed that we would aim for 2000+ grafts and if possible the additional grafts would be used to in the frontal area to increase the density (hair greed at task there). Dr Rahal however felt we would struggle to get more than 2000 grafts. I loved his honesty and I've heard enough stories of clinics overselling and promising patients what is not achievable. Then it was in the chair, shave of the head and extractions started. Once extractions were done, Dr Rahal came in to do the incisions. After the incisions, it was the implanting. Overall the surgery lasted about 8 hours and we managed to get 1787 grafts which was rather disappointing but it was expected as discussed with Dr Rahal. Also, Dr Rahal and the team wanted to be careful around the scar area (from the previous surgery) in case of extracting too much around there which would make the scar more visible if I kept my hair short. Again, they had my best interests at heart. Special mention to Sarah who is again from the patient care team who was awesome in looking after me during and after the surgery. I can not speak highly enough of how good the whole team was in looking after me. I've attached the pre op as well the next day pics. I'll be updating this thread with updates as I go along.

awesome result mate - out of interest does Dr Reddy charge 6 pounds per graft or 4 pounds per graft? Cheers

Thanks a lot - any idea how much Couto and Arocha are charging per graft?

Thanks a lot for your response - much appreciated. I guess the clinic is walking distance from the hotel? I will send my consultation pictures today and lets see what dates they offer.

Any reason why the number of grafts was on the lower side? Also, is this patient on meds?

What a result! Mind blowing

awesome result on the crown - just the sort of results I am keen to see more of from Dr Rahal before deciding who to go with for my crown work.

Totally agreed - that point should definitely be considered.

Hello PMA - Congratulations on your journey. Looks amazing. Am from the UK as well and looking at Lorenzo for crown work. If you have some time could you please help on some of the questions I have: 1) Does the clinic help arrange a hotel near to them? 2) Does the clinic have a service where they pick you up from the hotel, airport and so on? It would just help I guess to have that arrangement. 3) Does Dr Lorenzo do the extractions and implanting - I am assuming that he does the incision? 4) I guess you stayed close to the clinic, what were the rates you paid for the hotel? 5) Is the clinic far from the airport? Thanks

Looking good buddy - I am myself looking to an FUE done in the crown area. will keep an eye on your thread to see how you progress especially your crown. I guess you had 2000 grafts implanted into that area? I have also been quoted 2000 grafts for my crown. Cheers

Looking good buddy - how do you feel about the hairline?

Lorezo's work looks great without any doubt. It's just that I'd like to see example of Erdogan as well where he has exclusively worked on the crown - most of the examples I can find are for the frontal area or mainly frontal with a bit of crown. Any one out there who's had the crown done by Erdogan?

No worries - does Bisanga use the manual punch or motorized for FUE?

Hi Grigriman, Who was the doctor? I can't decide who to go with and I've had very little input from fellow forum members - hoping to hear from other people as to who they think are good at FUE for the crown.

What a result!! Rahal is the best at delivering fantastic hairlines - obviously am biased given I had a procedure with him also

Sorry I didnt see this post of yours but even though the reply is two years late, the bald spot did fill in. Initially around 6 months I was also concerned but it filled in nicely.

Hello All, Need your input please in deciding who to go with for crown work out of Erdogan, Bisanga or Lorenzo? I have had FUT with Dr Rahal which was mainly to cover the frontal third area and I have had an amazing result. Dr Rahal feels that I should only go for an FUE for my second procedure as my scalp is tight for another FUT (which is a shame). Please give me your thoughts out of those 3 surgeons as to who is best known for crown work. Also, if you have results in mind, please provide their links also which would be great help. Thanks

Amazing result - another amazing job by the hairline king. If only I had been able get another FUT from him but my scalp doesn't permit that

If location is not of a concern then I wouldnt look past Dr Hasson or Dr Rahal. They are undisputed kings of FUT and they have consistently produced amazing results. If you want to focus more on overall coverage, I'd say Dr Hasson but if it's a great hair line than Dr Rahal would be my recommendation.

I am thinking about going to Dr Erdogan for crown work. Your progress looks great.. Hoping to see some more pictures.