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It doesn't seem like a very long scar for 4,000 grafts?

I don't think your hair looked that bad to begin with. Why would that doc agree to do 4,000 grafts into a 22 yr old with an almost full head of hair?

I'll bet there's a better ending to this thread a few months from now.

Well the first time I went to India I had the visit the doctor for two rounds of shots before I went there. No f'ing way I'm going to let someone perform surgery on my head while I'm there. My general impression is that it's an unclean and disorganized country with poor infrastructure. Have you ever driven on a road there? It's quite an experience.

I'll admit I've never been to Turkey. Was supposed to stop in Istanbul months ago on a trip but my company banned travel because of protests or something. I'll pay a little more and travel to a more civilized part of the world.

Getting way off topic here...

Rahal does excellent FUE. Also, Dr. Wesley in NY has shown some nice FUE results that make him seem to be very promising, however, I would like to see more. Shapiro has some nice FUE as well.

 

Turkey and Belgium also have some great clinics, of course as well as Dr. Lorenzo in the U.K. right now.

 

I will agree that the yield from an strip surgeon doing FUE may nor be the same. A surgeon and the techs are dealing with an entirely different surgical protocol, the graft removal is more delicate, and there is less tissue to handle when putting the grafts back in, making them more susceptible to damage, IMO. If you are shopping for an FUE doc, make sure you have seen that he has proven that he can do it.

Are you implying Konior's FUE can't compete with the guys in Europe? Is it just the size of the session he's willing to do?

With all due respect, this comment is absurd. How 'bout the surgeon's skill? His artistry? You see no real difference in FUE results from one surgeon to the next? From Lorenzo to Bisanga to Feriduni to True to Shapiro, no difference at all?

If the consensus is that Rahal does great work by FUT, why do you believe he isn't good at FUE? My point was that the grafts just come out a little differently but going back in they poke a hole and place them. The extraction seems a little different but the rest it pretty much the same.

So again, if Rahal is a genius at FUT why don't you think the same is true about his FUE?

I had FUE done by Dr. True last year and was very pleased with the results. He removes the grafts, makes holes for them, and the techs plant them. I'm not sure what more there is to it. They all seemed to grow just fine.

I've probably been to 50 countries for my job and two of the last places I'd want to visit are India and Turkey. Not a chance I'd go there to have work done on my head. Belgium wouldn't be an issue.

I've noticed that most of the postings on this board now happen when we're sleeping in the US and most of the doctor talk centers around doctors in Europe. All the talk used to be Rahal (Rahal, Rahal, Rahal...), Feller, H&W, T&D, etc. and now most of the posts are about doctors in Belgium, Turkey and India.

I'm just curious, are most of the users sitting in Europe and not the US???

What do they do different in Europe than Rahal in Canada, for example?

This seems like a strange result. The pics posted on the first page are pretty bad quality taken from poor angles, but on that first picture looking at the side of your head your donor doesn't look too bad. What am I missing here?

From my experience, surgeons who do mainly Strip will try and talk you into strip. I do not need a smily face on the back of my head for the rest of my life! Even with the best doctors it may not be possible for you to have a short buzz cut if you go for Strip. Additionally there is always the risk of scar stretching. (See here) With a good FUE surgeon the yield is comparable to that of strip. I will never do strip. But good luck and all the best to you.

So what do you think the motivation would be for a top NYC doctor (many of whom have had FUT themselves) to recommend FUT over FUE when (in rounded numbers) he can charge that patient $10 per FUE graft instead of $5 per FUT graft? From everything I've read it doesn't sound like FUE is the best solution for everyone even if money is no object.

To the original question, get on a plane the next afternoon and don't worry about what anyone at the airport thinks. The surgery isn't that big of a deal and you won't be out of it the next day. It's nice to get home and lay down in your own bed.

Don't you think that's a pretty unusual case with some unique issues due to his race?

Is that the same person in both pictures?

I just took mine off, put it on the belt, walked through the scanner, and grabbed it on the other side. Nobody said a thing.

I just had my second in NYC and did the plane thing. Being that I had been through the routine already, a grabbed a flight home (1.5 hours) the night of my procedure. Jump in a taxi and relax on the plane (and don't hit your head). Even if the security people see your head for the 10 seconds your hat is off who cares? You'll never see them again.

Driving in NYC is easy, it's the parking that sucks.

Yeah I guess if you're donor will eventually thin a HT is just buying time. Hopefully fin will prevent that from happening.

The scar from my first HT with Dr. True was so unnoticeable that my girlfriend of a year had no idea I had anything done until I told her a month ago. And even then she really had to look to see where I was cut.

For some reason I'm nervous about my second being as good as my first as I don't want to ruin a good thing in the quest for a bit more density. Stitches just came out and I was told the closure is tight as can be. Fingers crossed.

Researching a few things here and it struck me how many hits come up when I search for threads with "scar" in the title. Lots and lots of threads about scar revisions.

Where are all these bad scars coming from? Are they coming from any of the top recommended docs? Or mostly bad docs in far off places and people are now going to the good docs to get them fixed?

All the talk about stretched scars is freaking me out a little bit.

I'm just curious if you have to be as careful with what you do with the stitches still in as you do in the weeks after they first come out. Do the stitches prevent any stretching when they're still in place?

I just want to babysit my kids while they ski the easy stuff. There about a 0% chance I'll fall. It's been 10 days and I still have stitches in my head. I figure a ski helmet is much better to wear than a knit cap and the helmet isn't at all uncomfortable. Ok to spend a few hours skiing with them?

Does the one week apply if you had FUT? I'm not sure what type of procedure the OP had. Any risk of stretching a scar?

And this write up by one of the moderators says a not too harsh shower is ok on day 4...

How Should I Wash My Hair After a Hair Transplant? | Hair Loss Q & A

Funny the Bernstein instructions say to shower next day and Rahal says 2 weeks. Pretty significant difference.

But we're all talking here about the potential for a graft to come out and if it did you'd have some blood and would probably know it, correct? The showering thing isn't about graft survival assuming they all stay in?

I went to one of the top recommended docs and their instructions say a full strength shower is ok after 5 days, which I did. Now you guys have me worried that wasn't a good idea.

So who is right? Do you really need to wait 2 weeks before shampooing in a regular shower? That seems a little extreme.

Nobody has heard of this? Some doctors are selling it to their patients as a post-op spray. What does it do?

It's funny how much the instructions are different between different doctors. The SMG video in this thread says to use any good shampoo other than Head and Shoulders. My doctor's instructions specifically say to use Head and Shoulders. Rahal says don't shower or touch the grafts for for 2 weeks! My doctor says ok to shower at 5 days and to start soaking the crusts off in 7 days. Some say vitamin E oil while others don't, etc...

You'd think they would all go to a hair restoration conference sometime and agree on these things. Makes me wonder if there's as much art as science to this?

Wow, looks great. Big numbers.

You really think only your wife could tell you were using the nanogen? I'm skeptical that people would be whispering about me having stuff in my hair.