willybill

Pictures are also irrelevant. Anyone else care to comment on the actual questions I asked in the first post?

That's irrelevant. I had my procedure done at the same time as another friend, there was no telling at that point what would be what. I've also seen his work otherwise and it was great.

Hello everyone, I am new to this forum, a friend told me to come here. I had a procedure done about 11 months ago. The procedure was done by a well known board certified doctor that is recommended by this site and has been doing hair transplantation for nearly 20 years. I had around 2,200 grafts done on my hairline, the only place I am losing hair. Around 4-5 months, when the hair started growing in, I could tell it was not going to be be very dense. Mind you, in my consultation, the doctor told me it would take 2,000 to 2,200 grafts to create an EXTREMELY DENSE hairline (his exact words). Around 4-5 months I could tell it was going to be very dense at all, I called the doctor several times and he insisted that I wait until 10 months to a year to make any decisions about the final result. Before the procedure last year, I asked the doctor about what would happen if I had a low yield or what number of the hair grafts he expects to grow. He told me he expects all of it to grow and if it doesn't, he would be responsible. At 10 months, I went in to meet with the doctor. He agreed that the hair was not as dense as desired and claimed that only about 80%-85% of my hair grew. Some areas showing significant low density, but overall it looks even. To make a long story short, he told me that he thinks I should have a second procedure to create the desired hairline. He also quoted a number of grafts that I would need and gave me a FULL PRICE for the second procedure. I told his patient educator that I didn't think that was fair considering everything that I was told and everything that happened. They came back with a price reduction of about 10%, basically full price. Should I be upset by this? Other doctors I consulted with seemed to be much more reasonable with these situations. Also, I know two friends of mine who went to the doctor I went to and both of them had lower yields. One of my friends didn't care to do a second procedure. My other friend had a very low yield, 65%-70% and the doctor (we both went to) gave him a second procedure for NO COST. I am not happy with my hair, it doesn't look extremely dense or dense at all- it looks thin. I am also not happy with being charged full price for a second procedure when I had less than a desirable yield, and the doctor even admitted to it. What should I do?