Thomas2012

My choice woutd be Dr Konior. He and his staff are nothing short of phenomenal. I recently had my second procedure done by him, third overall. It was to add density to my hairline. You have to keep in mind that even though you are a 2.5 or so now, you will continue to lose density on native hairs. If the doctor get you great density to start with, overtime your native hairs will fall out so I would plan on future procedures dependent on your future hair loss.

I think temporal points are way overlooked in the importance of framing a persons face. I have had two procedures done now and believe the temporal areas have given me a fantastic impact on my overall appearance. I would highly recommend Konior for two reasons. First of all he places all the grafts on both sides. My first surgery at another clinic one tech did one side and another did opposite and there was a considerable difference. The hairs laid flat on one side and were wild on the other, thus my second reason for Konior...his graft placement is impeccable. Lastly, be careful on underestimating how many grafts you will need in the long run. Currently between the two procedures I probably have over 600 combined, I believe all singles. Where the temporal region meets the hairline, i.e. where the lines connect for a "V" thins out overtime, at least mine did, and additional work may be needed.

Matt 3480, I couldn't agree more with your comments regarding Dr Konior. When I first was introduced to this form there were so many good comments and results coming from a lot of recommended doctors. It was easy to choose my first surgery because I was close to their clinic and they do great work. Before my second procedure I had a lot of time to research some of my deciding factors to go with Dr K. were the ones you mentioned: 1. He only does one surgery at a time and is there throughout the whole procedure. That in itself tells you he is fully accountable for everything that happens. Other clinics choose to to mufltple procdures, but that is their choice to let techs do the planting. On my first procedure there were two techs working each side of my temporal points and they came out different because of that, much different. 2. There is no negatives on him. It seems some other clinics doing a lot of procedures have more negatives than positives, but maybe that comes with the shear volume. Again, it is a choice other doctors and clinics make. Dr K. has chose to control all outcomes because he the work himself and stay small. 3. Like I said in a previous post. There are average, good, and gifted doctors....just like any profession. You look at his results, his care, and his professionalism and I think is is gifted. Period.

Spanker and TOC, Thanks for the comments. I am trying to add some thickness to my crown. I have been on Fin for 8 plus years and it helped tremendously the initial 5 years and no sides. I believe it may be losing efficiency and want to start on Duta in the near future. I would be curious to know and get feedback on men plus 50 that have made a switch and what their experience has been.

Thanks Matt. Really tried to get long term goals established with this transplant. After my last procedure my front area hairline was extremly thick, but I was losing density behind that over time. We concentrated on my parting side and frontal forelock. As you can tell from your result Dr Konior is second to none with his results and density achieved.

Here is a 10 day post op. A little bit of dried area, but just starting to shed. Overall healing nicely and clean work.

thanks for the well wishes, I will try to post my 10 day post op later. I am starting to shed a bit.

Spanker, I will try to post some pics. I couldn't have asked for a thicker head of hair after my last transplant before Dr. Konior, with exception of tiny see thru in way back of crown. I am very picky and my hair started to receed back a bit and lose density in the mid scalp. Ultimately thru research and viewing a lot of pics, I don't think there is anyone better than him in creating density within existing hairlines and especially in the upper front region. Meticulous work.

First of all I want to thank this forum for providing me with so much information to make two educated decisons in regards to my two hair transplants. I view a lot, but don't post much. I am one week post up of 2100 FUT procedure with Dr Konior. I had my first procedure done by another coalition recommended doctor, FUT 3100 grafts. He did a great job of framing my face and provided as much density as possbile at time. I thought a very good result, very happy. Over the past two years, even though on meds, have been the past 8 years, my frontal region continued, and will continue to lose density. i was looking to add density, not really lower hairline at all. I did two consults, one with my first surgeon, and second with Dr Konior. Unbelievable difference in the thoroughness with the latter. I also chose him because of information, photos, and feedback from this forum. He doesn't miss. I think he is Elite in this whole field of coalition doctors. I have seen average, good, really good and elite results on this forum. A week post up and comparing consult, pre-op, post op, and follow thru, I have no doubt he is one of the best, if not the best in this field. I will try to post some pics in near future.

TJK, Your hair looks similar to mine before my first transplant. I would highly recommend getting some opinions from at least two doctors. It looks like you have quite a bit of hair so the surgeon who performs would have to have a great skill set to perform stick and place method Matt mentioned above. Get referrals on similar cases and review past pictures of clients of the surgeon you choose. I have been extremely happy with my first result and going back in to thicken up areas that have receded and lost density. On a final note, though Propecia doesn't stop frontal hair lose and recession, it has worked great for me the past 8 years in stabilizing crown loss. Best of luck.

I had a procedure done about 1.5 years ago by Dr. Paul about 3k grafts. A game changer. He did a great job and was good about going over hair design and adding to my temporal points. I would highly recommend a FUT with him.

GFI, Ok, that makes sense. Thanks for the info. With that said I would not be inclined to do a motorized FUE for the sole reason of margin of error. A doctor who is talented could be off a bit on a certain amount of grafts, human error, lets just call 5%, he or she is accountable. What if the machine is off? who is accountable? The doctor? The staff? The input person? I really think it reduces accountability of the physician's true skill set and ultimately liability. True the clinic ultimately takes a "marketing" hit, but ultimately the physician can say " the machine just wasn't good". I do agree with you that yield should be monitored every time after a one year check up and results posted. I agree with you we only see a huge majority of good ones.