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Eves Blueguy, I did get a contract, a double sided piece of A4, one side had T&Cs, the other side was about the customer: Norwood/Name/Deposit Paid/Total Value/Grafts required and things like that. Tbh,I know opinion is mixed on here - however I have to give them every credit. I've been remiss at checking my bank statements due to working long hours and having a stressy job! However they didn't fob me off at all and processed the refund within a day of me raising the query. The mistake was an honest oversight, and they corrected it within 24 hours. If I had raised the issue earlier it would have been sorted earlier, however I was on a cycle of pretty much nothing but work/sleep/work. I can only go by my own experiences: Met Ulf (Kienecker), he is a nice bloke who was more than open to discussion - and actually suggested alternatives to surgery (even as far as getting a sun tan ). Met Zak, who I do like as a bloke, he's always been straight down the line and has also had my best interests at heart. Met another client of theirs in Ulf's reception, and although he was only two weeks out from surgery, he had nothing but good things to say about Ulf, and importantly, when there was a problem LHTC resolved it within 24hours of me raising it. There are others who have met Ulf/LHTC and have had positive things to say. I may be controversial here, but how many of the posters with negative comments have met LHTC or Ulf... Everyone one here that I've seen seems to be on the lookout for everyone in the community, however sometimes that leads to bashing everyone bar the most well known by default. I'm not a stooge. I'm an ordinary bloke, not connected to LHTC or Ulf in any way, and was genuinely going to go ahead with surgery until Ulf suggested delaying. Based on my own experience, they deserve a chance imo, even if it is just to go and have a chat and sound them out - and then to make your choice from there. I'm happy to answer any questions, and will do so honestly.

Still chasing a refund :eek: At this point I'll assume it's an innocent oversight rather than anything untoward...

Hello all, Firstly, thank you to everyone who took the time to write. I went to see Ulf, and he suggested that I'd need more than what was quoted to me and spoke about the future cost and options. Long story short, I'm going to try Fina/Minox for a year to see what that brings. I've asked Zak/LHTC for a refund, Zak was cool, said it'd be around 10-15days. I'll keep you posted on how that goes. Thank you all again! Mark

I'll be going to visit Dr Kienecker on Saturday. If you have any questions please post them in this thread and I'll do my best to get answers. I'll also try and get some pics.

Thanks Chris and Beardy, I'll go and meet with Dr Kienecker on Saturday. I'm keen to see the set up inside the dentists that he works from! Unfortunately meeting patients may be difficult. What questions did you ask beardy when you met your surgeon? Mine currently (which I'll add to) Have you got any examples of your work Any recommendations Examples of the scar closure How many years have you been doing this Why are you working from a dentists. Many thanks!

Thank you Braino, and thank you everyone else for your replies. I have just uploaded pictures just so it's more clear what I'm aiming to achieve. If anyone has any input on whether 2,500 grafts would be enough/just about right etc I'd be grateful too. I'll summarise the situation: Me: I've paid ?2,750 deposit (which is a lot in my world) which is 50% deposit for 2,500 grafts (5.5k in total). No date set yet. I was told this would be for full coverage of my bald spot and widows peak. LHTC: Previously they've used shopped and other peoples photos. Braino had a good experience with them, but no surgery. Dr Keinecker: Lack of feedback on-line. Works from a dentists Is GMC registered. Has two people on here with pics after surgery - I've asked them for some feedback no reply yet (I only asked yesterday though) I am totally in limbo here. I done research before hand, but was probably (read definitely) very naive and researched the techniques only - it didn't even occur to me to research doctors - I assumed that once you'd got a medical degree you knew what you were doing! That's what desperation does to you I spose... If anyone has any input on: Does 2,500 grafts looks about right? How badly could it go wrong given that he's filling in? Should I go and have a consultation with Dr Keinecker and if so what should I ask? Once again thank you all for your help and advice so far!

Evening all, Little bump for this thread. I paid a deposit with these guys, so would be good to see if there's been any feedback since the OP.