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I have a similar story but i will cut it short i never told anyone about my HT, i said i was off to work away for 14 days and then got on a plane to Toronto from the u.k. i made an excuse to say my battery died in the phone and i forgot my charger so logged into MSN to talk to them instead. half way through the week i said i had to go hospital becuase i had split some harsh chemicles on my head at work. then when i came home people said damm your head looks sore etc. and they belived me about the chemicles. as of today everyone who i dont want to know does not know although becuase i have had poor results from the armani clinic im going to go closer to home this next time round (brussles) but tell people that im going to have some work done on my head to try and improve the dammage caused by my acsident wink wink. although the damage was caused by a poor first time transplant. i feel less botherd about admiting it this next time becuase im making my point asif i want to correct the damage to my head and look normal again, and i feel people would understand that better than if i had a virgin scalp.

From your pics you look to have nice thick black hair. i think a small procedure MAYBE 800 fue by a top doc (Feller, Shapiro, Bisanga etc.) dont be fooled by the Armani clinic they are very bad even though the website looks good. as the others have said Finasteride(proscar etc.) ASAP

you look to have fine donor hair from the pic but that may just be the light shininh through. at 25 with your current loss i would highly recomend Finasteride stright away as you will need to be on it before the transplant anyways. Inhousepharmacy have some good offerd on generic finasteride i think also its safe to say your heading for NW6 without a doubt so i would say your best bet is to consult Hasson & Wong as they will get the most out of your donor. STRIP is your only option IMO as Fue yeild could prevent you from getting desired results and you havent got the donor to risk it. But like i said get on Finasteride QUICK Cheers

the way they are doing body parts is allot diffrent i think. also so the article with replaceing ones esophogus and they actualy used a diffrent esophogus cleaned it off to the bone so there was the basic shell left then grew the new guys cells arround it. so not quite the same princeiple however i do agree that it makes things look promising and i am one that is counting on all this

not good i hope he replaces them

HT09 im sure if you do your research properly unlike me and a few others you will be fine. the best of the best IMO are Hasson & Wong / Dr. Feller / The Shapiro Clinic. Dont let cost come into making up your mind. and also make sure you consult with as many clinics as possible and see who you think you feel is the best option for you. Never rush into anything and stay away from any clinic that sudenly says '' we have a cancelation date and the cost will be reduced if you pay your deposit within ...... of time etc. ect. '' if you stick to those rules you should be ok but all in all nothing is gauranteed. However the good docs will look after you in the rare occasion that all doesnt turn out as expected. IMO stay away from the Armani clinic. i think my results tell you why. this is just my opinion as stated and you have to make your own mind up. Advice, advice and more advice never hurt anyone Best of luck in the path you choose.

why post something so negative like this?

back to this guys shedding, i too had bad shedding at 10 months post opp just like you everytime i touched my hair or applied monix, washing, rubbing hand through hair etc etc hairs fell like crazy INCLUDING TRANSPLANTED HAIRS infact i lost allot of trasnplanted hairs. its very dissheartning when you see improvment in density after a transplant then its taken away with a shed. as of now i am 1 week short of 13 months post opp. as of yet my shedded hair in the transplanted area has not returned, maybe an odd few hairs have but im not sure i may have just got used to it, but my hair is not as good as it was at 8 months, i was told a shed can last 3-4 months so ill leave it till february to return and if not then im going to have to acsept that those grafts that shedded were transected grafts that were week or damaged beyond a full life and just lasted temporerlaly, im not sure if there is a link between my recent dry skin and the shedding/thinning. as if my oil glads arnt producing as much oil i know that can affect hair quality. your not alone my friend lets hope its just a shed, keep progress posted

i doubt dr armani would say that himself as he doesnt let is patients know the true risks.

nooooooooo you need to be on finasteride before the HT or if not as soon as you can post opp. you are leaving yourself open to shockloss here. get on finasteride ASAP. LIKE NOW!

no i dont think i did have shockloss in the donor although it doesnt look the thickest in places even now i think they overharvested a little

Thats just it he doesnt tell you the risks. so unless you find out yourslef from another source then you would never know there are risks. glad to see your doing ok so far. i was doing ok at 2-3 months mark as far as growth was concerned and all my shock loss grew back. im glad that you didnt get the horrible scaring like me. GOOD LUCK, Hope it all turns out as expected

could you not of worn a hat of some sort and told your boss you had hurt your head and was told to keep it covered by the hospital. just a thought

Saw Palmetto is suppose to reduce DHT but im not sure if its proven or not

I know what you meen sparky

There is a Stephen who is the uk representative and there is Philip also, im not sure where he is based but he is english.

its suprising how a bit of snow buggers things up in europe. when i went to toronto last december it was far worse than over here in the uk and all the flights busses cars taxis all operated as normal. i guess they are used to it tho

Thanks for the support guys means alot.

just got email back. they did infact reply to me stright away but i did not get it for some reason. they have sent it again and i got it ok this time i think this reply is much clearer and allot better. i can post the email but i have removed the links to the pictures they sent me of repair cases as they asked me not to post those pics anywhere and i wont post them if they asked me not to. i dont think they will mind me posting the email so here it is Your email has been passed on to me from my French speaking advisor, we spoke a few months ago via email, nice to hear from you, obviously very sorry for the situation you are in, I can imagine it has been a long year for you. I know you spoke to Stephen earlier in the week and you asked him some questions about HT in general and obviously your situation. In respect of FUE and yield; FUE is technically a very demanding technique, Dr. Bisanga has been practicing FUE longer than the vast majority of doctors out there, we do not make a large presence on the forums, although we do try and post as much educational information as we can, hoping it will inform people as to the ups and downs of the FUE technique. FUE is much harder to perform than FUT and does potentially have more concerns in respect of transection and yield compared to FUT but that does not mean it cannot be performed well and to the highest standards to compare to FUT. For example when we advise a person of graft numbers we personally do not increase the quoted number for FUE to compensate for a lower yield, the quoted numbers will be the same. We cannot obviously speak for other doctors and what they consider to be a good transection or yield, we at all times try to assess and monitor our work to ensure high standards. Maybe Dr. Bisanga has more experience or generally a greater understanding, so understands more the scalp to follicle changes that occur so his technique is more efficient. He has over the years changed and improved his technique to lower transection rates, improve yield, reduce the punch diameter he uses and the visible scarring that is left, the majority of his work is FUE now so is performing almost daily, the other is obviously FUT work and generally much larger cases, 4000 plus grafts. We have many well documented FUE cases you can see, repair cases also, I will put a few links for you and you can also go to our photobucket to see more cases generally: Please do not post these cases anywhere as some of our patients are happy for us to share pictures but do not want them on the forums or internet in general, thanks for your understanding. LINKS REMOVED SORRY YOU WILL HAVE TO ASK BHR YOURSELF Repair cases can hold a great deal of complications, I saw a post from Janna of SMG on your situation and she spoke a lot of sense to you. The road of repair can be long and clear priorities are required to ensure you and the doctor understand what you want and what can be achieved. Also, unfortunately it may not always be possible to reach your goals and if that is the case you must first come to terms and understand this before starting the repair. An impaired scalp can act very differently to a virgin scalp, growth rates, yiled, hair quality can all change when placing into impaired tissue, so any figures that were quoted would not necessarily reflect your situation anyway. Before you do anything I would suggest you meet up with a few doctors in person, have them assess your donor area and recipient, relay your goals and expectations to them and see what they say; I am sure you may get differeing comments but it will allow you to form a rounded opinion yourself. We do not claim to be miracle workers, you will hear people say no one can bat 100% all the time, and this is true to a degree, but we hope our work speaks for itself in terms of consistent high yield, donor quality and natural results, we cannot speak for what other doctors are doing or what they feel is good, bad or possible. Hopefully we can meet in the coming months, you are welcome to Brussels anytime mutually convenient, you can meet Stephen actually in Brussels or the UK and see his FUE work by Dr. Bisanga; we do intent to be in London early part of next year so if you can not get to Brussels you can meet Dr. Bisanga then and he can take a quality look at your situation. I hope this helps, I look forward to any questions you may have and hearing from you soon if you feel we can help you I can assure you of openess and transparency and your best interests will always be our priority. Regards, Philip

thanks ill check that out. i wont regognise any names from HLH becuase i dont bother with that forum as they dont let me talk about my results.

i did email bhr direct asking for clarification and my concerns with what the u.k rep told me. as of yet still no reply. i sent the email 4 days ago

have you got any pics of before it started to thin? and then some more of now

cheers guys. its very risky for indian companys (CIPLA) to fake drugs as faking drugs over in india gets you the death penelty.

hi ws7 thanks for the recomendation but im only sticking with the well known docs that have allot of examples on to view. cheers

Exactly becuase i have not and would never intend to, i have no reason to do so. My pictures say allot more than any writen post/fake post by a shill if there were any Found a nice old post of mine before my bad results came through. I think anyone on here can clearly see i am not just here to bash armani, i am here to tell my story and experiances thats all. This in my eyes proves this. You can view the message here http://hair-restoration-info.c...ve?a=tpc&m=911102215"/ -->