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757driver

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Basic Information

  • Gender
    Male
  • Country
    United States
  • State
    FL

Hair Loss Overview

  • Describe Your Hair Loss Pattern
    Receding Hairline (Genetic Baldness)
    Thinning or Bald Spot in the Crown/Vertex
  • How long have you been losing your hair?
    10 years +
  • Norwood Level if Known
    Norwood IV
  • What Best Describes Your Goals?
    Considering Surgical Hair Restoration

Hair Loss Treatments

  • Have you ever had a hair transplant?
    Yes
  • Other hair restoration physicians
    Dr. Siegal and Dr. Callahan
  • Current Non-Surgical Treatment Regime
    None

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  1. Good Mood, My hair loss is probably half of what yours is, imagine your pic and take just the forward half of it and that is where the bulk of 3000 grafts were placed (roughly 1200 in 2003 and just recently 1800ish three weeks ago). Some at the crown too of course but I say again my coverage area was smaller than yours. I am waiting to post pictures until I can find my original "before" picture from 2003 and also for this latest batch to grow out so we can have a fair comparison.
  2. Well for it's worth I used Atlantis 2000 back in 2003 when Kris Johnson was associated with Dr. Siegal a dermatologist. At that time I was probably about a Norwood 4 or 4A, basicall my head looked like a young George Kostanza from Seinfeld.. Kris explained that he would first do a coverage session and then at some point I would have to come back for a density session. A trained eye could discern (barely) that Kris himself had had this procedure done to himself and I have to say it looked good to both my wife and myself. I had him do the procedure sometime in January of 2003 for 1200 grafts for around 2700 bucks back then. Both my wife and I were a bit taken aback by the unprofessional atmosphere of the room in which the procedure was done in at that time. But then again too, I don't know what it is about South Florida doctors (outside of Boca Raton) but for some reason a lot of them seem to gravitate to what to me seem to be real shit holes for offices. I guess it's all the money they have to shell out for malpractice insurance. The procedure was very straight forward and Dr. Siegal came in only briefly to supervise the donor area removal and right then I knew that some kind of generous bending of the rules governing who could and who couldn't do medical procedures was probably going on but I figured that this Johnson guy must be some kind of a really good artist in order that the M.D. was letting him do the vast majority of the work. I don't know maybe his background is in wig making or make-up or maybe even taxidermy for all I know, I just know that when it comes to this kind of procedure that's what you REALLY want - an artist. For many other things medical we tend to seek out the Doc that was top of his class from Harvard or Stanford Med school. The Doc that regularly gets papers published in top medical journals etc, etc, etc. Unfortunately it's quite rare that guys like that are also heavily artistically inclined. Which if you think about it is what you want when your having something done to yourself that people look at all the time. Bosley sold a lot of franchises to a lot of Dr's out there that just went to a very short course on H.T. and I'm sure that from a purely "procedural" standpoint they are quite good. Being procedurally good and being an artist are two VERY different things when the person you are having a conversation with keeps staring up at your hairline ! Anyway, the surgery went fine but the recovery from it was a lot more painful than I realized or was led to believe. I've had two rotator cuff surgeries and I would have to say the recovery from H.T. was more painful IMHO. I am also glad that I gave myself ten days off before going back to work or else everyone would have surely known that I had something done. All that being said though I honestly have to admit that both my wife and I were VERY pleased with the end result. (I will try to find some pics to post). As I write this I am in recovery from my second procedure from Kris Johnson AKA Atlantis 2000. After almost nine years I decided to go back and have the density session done. I probably should have had this done at least four years ago as my hairloss from behind the hairline that Kris had created started to catch up to me. I started to feel that it was looking a bit off and could tell that people were looking at my hairline more frequently. I REALLY did not want to get the procedure done again because it was in fact so painful before but some vain part of me ended up talking me into it. This time I got 1800 grafts for about 3100 bucks supposedly because I was a repeat customer. This time I also shopped around a bit and went to probably the antithesis of Kris Johnson - a Doctor Glenn Charles in Boca Raton. I really liked Dr. Charles and felt good about him doing the procedure but also and more importantly his artistic aptitude. I don't care what his graduating position was from his med school - I really just want him to be an artist. Dr. Charles office was outstanding, his location was much closer to my home than Kris Johnson's and the atmosphere was highly professional. BUT.......being a cheap ass airline pilot I just couldn't get over that his price was exactly double what I would be paying at Atlantis 2000. My wife (even cheaper than me) reasoned that Kris had done an excellent job before why should I switch horses now ? Well, sorry for the long post but I think my pictures will speak for themselves but don't look for them for at least two months because that's probably how long it will take for everything to look it's best. I agree that the other posts that praised Atlantis 2000 were nothing short of PUFF pieces - it's totally obvious to me too as well. I can't speak for everyone but I am satisfied with the work that was done. Maybe I am the only one or maybe I am just twice lucky - I don't know. I do know that in my profession I tend to try and save up my "luck" to be used in better ways.
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