Prasad1980

Not sure what this group of doctors and coalation meant !! Indian doctors are 100 times better than the other doctors. This is the reason why USA / UK and Saudi has the top known doctors only from India. Its in Indian Blood that they excel in their field and truely skillfull and has humanity to mankind. If a team of 10 people form a group and make a team all over the world, then it does'nt mean that this group of institutions provide better service and others are substandard. If a doctor really got a good standard then he can easily handle his own work and excel world over. He would not need a coalation to push him forward by a brand name and do marketting. In this world of cosmetic surgery and Hair Transplantation, it does'nt a brand name. Brands are used when individuals cannot deliver. Mr. Manoj Khanna has any Brand ? Dr. Aravind from Hyderabad has no big brand name and doctors from delhi does 10 times good work than USA / Pakistan and Dubai without any brand name. It takes 3 months to get an appointment with those doctors. All these without any brand names Please do not call the Indian doctors as substandard doctors. May be Dr. Venkat Raman was busy when our friend went there. And moreover Dr. Venkat Raman was doing very good work when he was young. His work was far better than other US doctors in those days. Dr. Sreedhar Reddy Pothula (Pioneer hair Care) Bangalore - India is like god to some of my friends (including myself). He is a gem and he does toooo good work. He never compromises on the work even though if you offer him 30% extra money. And he too dont have dates now. All his Fridays/Sat and Sundays are booked till Febraury. His classic guest house for HT seekers and the hospital ambience and the imported equipment are truely world class. British / Australian and US citizens wait for HT dates with him. I have seen this personally. Dubai cases are common for him. Dr. Manoj from Calcutta, its very hard to get an appointment. He does world class work. His dates are totally booked. One doctor from South India called Aravind is also doing very very good work. He also dont have dates now. So now tell me. Will the coalations work or the real work of the doctor will speak ( at the end of the day )

gerry how is the progress now by now you should have got your hair back just wanted to cross check few things here. did your doc shaved your bald areas before he start implanting hair ? (or) He compromised and did the HT without shaving ? As I said earlier, I got my HT done at Pioneer ( Dr. Sreedhar Reddy ) and I am happy now with good amount of hair and density and hair line. There are few doctors who are not shaving the head (only the bald areas) during HT. Just wanted to cross check if the results are stable after HT. and also wanted to check if these stability lasts for a long time or not without any GAPS. I heard/read that the work done by those doctors who are not shaving the head during implant is resulting in GAPS after 1 or 2 years of transplant which looks pretty odd. Other Bloggers : Please do let us know if you find GAPS in your HT after 2 or 4 yrs after HT ? One of my friend wanted HT and he dont want to have his head shaved for HT. When I referred/approached Dr. Sreedhar Reddy (Pioneer Hair Care), he did not agree to my friend's proposal. He said that he would not compromise on his work. Please guide/advice

From 23years to 26years you had baldness and not sure how many offers (girls/career/recognizion ) you would have lost during that period. Your receding hair line and baldnes which went severe at the age of 26. By this time all your relative and friends had seen you going bald. People would surely know that you had transplant now because they have seen your higher level of baldness at 26 which is clearly visible. Ideal advice would be to have a HT whenever you feel like having it. If you can afford it. Minimum HT age is 20 years. Atleast you should have had atleast one HT at 23 years and cover your baldness and save some grafts for age of 27 or 30 years (if needed). Even you can have 3 HTs also (provided its done properly) I must say frankly that WHAT EVER YOUR DOCTOR HAD ADVICED IS NOT CORRECT. Probably he (your old HT doctor) cannot implant the hair in between the existing hair which other experienced doctors can do (like Dr. Manoj Khanna from Calcutta) (or) He cannot expect or forsee your future balding path and implant hair there well in advance. (or) He wants you to loose more hair and then come back for HT and take good amount of money. (or) He cannot provide a good hair line to you at 23 (or) He want you to drop down your expectations and come back to him after you loose more hair and in that state you will feel that whatever desity you get now at 26 yrs is thought to be a great HT. leave all above, my only concern is FROM AGE 23 to 26 YOU ARE BALD AND IF YOU ASK ME A FRANK OPINION THEN I WOULD NOT LIKE TO BE BALD FROM 23 to 26 which would be my golden years. I would NOT like to show my baldness to world for 3 years and then finally get a HT at older age and people know that I got HT. So, whenever you feel like you are having baldness and want to cover it, either stick to medicines (OR) go for HT. Also, please ensure that your doctor shave your head and do HT. HT with full hair is not advisable I am not a doctor but could easily understand the simple logic that if your head is shaved at bald areas and hair is implanted there then you will not get the shock to your existing hairs. Also the doctor can easily see the gaps in between the hair roots and implant hair correctly. You will not undergo HT every three / four months. This is a permant solution which could change your life and life-style. So better get your bald areas shaved and get the HT done there. Dont worry you will get back to your great life-style in 6 to 7 months again. Otherwise as one of the member said in this forum that you will have GAPS GAPS GAPS on your hair after HT which is worse and looks ODD. G O O D L U C K guys

i am sorry 2 hear about ur bad experience with dr. mysore venkat raman please check with dr. sreedhar (promotinal link and contact info removed). as he is a maxillo facial & facial plastic surgeon too apart from good ht surgeon, he may be of good help 2 u. the closure of the patch work done at donar area at pioneer is clean (trychophytic closure) & scar had become almost invisible for me. for me he had forseen the future baldness sections also & implanted those areas in the same sitting. he got a very big team and do major sessions up2 4000 grafts in 1 sitting itself and charges r affordable. the desity is good and almost as natural as my old hair. am happy with the results. also check manoj khanna's clinic from calcutta dr ravinder reddy's clinic in hyderabad also, few of my frds got ht done there & the results seem to be very good.

am looking for any guys who got ht done 5 yrs back. can any one here help me please how the ht hair would behave after 5 to 10 yrs of transplant ? will it be the same as it is growing now ?

hey scarerum ---- > seems like you have done HT in september second week 2009. incase u are genuine(but ur blogs dont seem like genuine), v would like 2 hear a honest feedback from u after 4 months on mysore venkat raman's work and not now. dont b in a hurry to portray someting here and mislead the forum. it will take a min to 4 r 6 months or above to get results. regarding ur comments on "the ambience and the cleanliness of dr. sreedhar reddy's clinic which he operate from VIMS super speciality hospital", i strongly disagree with u. IF whatever u have said was true ?, then i would have never got a transplant at such place. i personally seen that place twice and its too good. i got my transplant done there. on confusion on price -----> the price negotiation, as said that these matters were negotiated by the hospital administration guys who has whole control on price for small amounts like 40 or 50k. anything above 50k dr. sreedhar reddy has control on it. there will be a minimum cut-off amount like 45 to 50k and above this the HT rates can easily negotiable. this is the reason why i got a better price negotiation. use my logic and u will get a good price anywhere . my frd who is a US citizen (white guy) got his ht done at dr sreedhar's pioneer hair care clinic for 50k for 1500 grafts very recently (all inclusive) in bangalore. hey potterharry --- > the medicines u have mentioned does not have side effects. ppl here are using them from ages man. if these medicines had any side effects,the govt here would have banned it long back. we have a FDA here which control all the drugs in usa. if thr is any drug which is harmful then first country to ban it will be usa. even some of the cold and antacids available in india are banned here in usa. Ahmed on ur query on photographs---- > i will host my snaps very soon once i return back to india. my office laptop here would not allow me to attach any USB to it or connect a cam frm here.

hey forest gump & hair care i agree with u my opinion was, instead of wasting 2 yrs in searching fr a good ht & loose your hair, better do a rigerous search for 6 months dedicatedly & decide on a ht clinic. the more the search you make, the more hair you loose. but , making things in a hurry is also not good. DO NOT decide anything in a month or two. take ur own time & decide on a better ht clinic which suites ur expectations. btw i will retire from this forum by nov-december. my marriage date is fast approaching. wish me good luck. if u need any extra info, blog here. i will reply

i agree with you suresh. i have seen such blogs earlier which defame all other doctors in india and project dr. mysore venkat as the only best ht surgeon in india. am not sure whether it was intentionally written to improve their business. but if u closely observe them, they seem to b tricky, u can easily identify they r not genuine blogs. initially i was also carried away by such blogs seeing his international visits, resume etc. each and every ht cilinc website and blogs say that they are the only good ht service providers and all others r waste. afterall they want to sell themselves right ? never go by such reviews. chk if u get a chance to talk to their old customers and personally see them <if possible>. a typical best ht surgeon anywhere in the world can do a max of 20 hts in a month and some supermans can do 25 hts in a month. the typical expenditure for each ht will be around 20k to 25k incl overhaads, watever comes above is doctors/hospital profit. its his decision or the hospital mgmt decision to fix the final price and we (ht seekers) can bargain here to see how best we can get out of it. if u behave honestly to the ht surgeons, u will get good discount and price. but if you behave like short-tempered and think that the doctors should salute you once you pay 300/- consultation charges then you will be surely quoted higher price and this is indirectly requesting you to leave the place and check other clinics. check manoj khanna who is very known all over , which is genuine and this speaks about his quality of work and the demand he has. this guy will not project anything and i am not sure whether he has any website of his own or not. but he is truely world class and the quality is too good. i have seen some of his patients in NJ.

Like to share my experince. It will cover all the Hair Transplantion doubts / queries you might have. I am at #4 on NW scale My family has heriditory baldness. Most of them are settled in USA and few of them are doctors themselves. I basically belong to Hyderabad and recently moved to Bangalore 4 years back. I was looking for Hair Transplantation somewhere in near by in the south itself. Read a lot in the blogs and websites and nothing seems to be genuine as everyone is hyping their projections and assuring results with cheaper cost. Thought of having transplant in USA / Thailand initially. I delayed my HT from 2007 to 2009 due to this long search and re-search. Lost 20% extra hair by this delay. Luckly I had to move oniste to USA and had a chance to stay with my uncle who is a reputed doctor in USA. He got this transplant done in India as it was initially at high cost in USA (now cheaper in USA) and also the US guys implant 3500 grafts in two to three sittings. Surprising he got this transplant done in Bangalore. Next to Intell Tech Park ( Marathalli ) which is just at a walkable distance from my old house in Marathalli. The doctor which my uncle referred was Dr. Sreedhar Reddy Pothula ( Pioneer Hair Care ). I really dont know how I missed this contact when I was in Bangalore. We Indians do the better work than US and Dubai and Thailand but we are very very poor in revealing this to the world. Had to say this. I contacted Dr. Sreedhar Reddy on phone from my onsite location (NJ- USA). He was busy in a transplant proceedure at that time. His assitant picked the phone and answered all my queries very patiently. I shooted atleast 20 question and he answered all of them. I was very confident after seeing the results lively ( my own uncle got it done here ). I also got a chance to talk to some of the doctors who got it done (Hair Transplantation) at Pioneer from the same location (NJ-USA) who work along with my uncle. The next day, I received an email from Pioneer Hair Care to call on 01:00 PM IST (sharp) so that Dr. Sreedhar Reddy could answer my queries ( If I had anything left over ). They asked me to send my photographs which I have sent to their email ID pioneerhaircare@gmail.com. I am very thirsty and called him and had five more questions. Below were the answers from Dr. Reddy. 1. Is this proceedure painful for common man ( though doctors could manage some pain, I wanted to know if its painful for us or not ) Ans : No. Not at all. You will have only the pinch of needle initially and no pain after that. 2. How much guarantee that you can give on the transplant. Ans : Every 100 hair implanted, 95 will definitely grow. So if we promise you 100 and charge 100, but we will implant 105 to save on the falling 5. 3. Will my hair start growing as earlier. Ans : No, the implanted hair will fall off from shaft and the root which is implanted inside will take nutrition internally and starts gorwing after 3 months. After this phase all the hair will grow naturally and its normal thereafter. 4. Cost of the Transplant. Ans : I checked your photographs and you need 3000 grafts. The cost will be 90,000 Rs/- I asked him when my uncle got it done for only 75,000 then why 90,000 for me ? Dr Reddy said, its the recession effect all rates are rising high and salaries are dropping down. But he was very jovial. He agreed to get my transplant done for only 80,000 Rs/-. Sorry Doctor, I am revealing your price. 5. Can I get back to work the same day , I mean can I travel back to USA the same day. Ans : He suggested me not to leave the same day. He asked me to get back to USA the next day. Below is the schedule which we planned and the whole life cycle of the transplant is illustrated below. Day 1 Afternoon - I reached Bangalore Day 1 Evening - I met Dr. Sreedhar Reddy Pothula at his consultation clinic ( formally ) Day 2 Morning 7 AM : Blood Test ( normal blood test for sugar etc ) Day 2 Morning 8 AM : Donar area collection Day 2 Morning 9 AM to 10 AM : Relaxing ( Watched Telugu movie after a long time ) Day 2 Morning 10 Am to 12:00 ( It was actually 1:00 at afternoon ) : Transplant completed. Day 2 Afternoon 02:00 PM : Reached my Hotel which is provided by Pioneer Hair Care ( good facilities including A/C, swimming pool and WiFi but at very low discounted price ) Day 3 Morning at 9 AM : Visited Dr. Reddy for Bandage removal. Just 5 mins work Day 3 Evening 10:00 PM : Started to the airport and reached there by 11:30 and took my flight at early morning 2 AM . I was given medication for first 10 days. Zovi Spray and anti-dandruff shampoos and some pharmacy. Day 10 : Afternoon : I got my stitches removed in USA itself from the nearby dispensery. ( Just 5 mins work , not painfull at all ) Day 11 : New medication starts from this day for 3 months ( approximately ) Day 25 : All the hair implanted on my bald area fell down. It was only the hair and not the root. So please do not worry Day 26: I sent the new photographs to Dr. Sreedhar Reddy via email and he said its looking fine. Day 100 : Small hair started growing on the implanted bald areas. Day 140 : Fully grown hair and this hair is natural and strong. Precautions : Do not expose your scalp to pollution or dust for first 15 days, Take medications religiously. This is growing even after I shaved the head. My hair line was so fine with ultra-refined technique and I look better now. My hair is now better than Dr. Sreedhar Reddy's own hair Please do not worry about the side effects of the medicines, its only a myth that is carried in the internet on the medicines. I know atleast 20 guys here who use the same medicines and they have been using them more than 10 years (many of them are doctors themselves). If these drugs have side effects then US would have banned them long back. ( Note: CIZA drug used in India for acidity is banned in USA but still used in India ). But these hair medicines are safe. Do not worry about the hair, HT is safe these days and very much affordable. Stress adds to hair loss so better do not worry. Also, do not waste your time for 1 or 2 years searching for a correct doctor. I have the below list of Doctors who does very good work in India. You can choose one of them. All the three does good work but the only difference here is the price. Choose according to your convinience. 1. Dr. Manoj Khanna ( Calcutta - India ) 2. Dr. Sreedhar Reddy Pothula ( Bangalore - India ) 3. Dr. Jeffrey S. Epstein (Miami) 4. Few clinics in Bangkok / Thailand are doing good work. I will update this blog once I get more info from the old customers of Hair Clinics from Bangkok / Thailand good luck Prasad

You must see that all the hair implanted will fall in three to four weeks time. Its a good sign of implant. This hair should start growing after 3 months. Regarding your question, your strip at the back should have been removed after 1 week and before second week. generally for Indians the woulds heal on 11th or 12th day. Our family had heriditory baldness and we finally got a solution last year by this hair transplant proceedure and would be very happy to share our experiences with you all. I have tried will all the doctors in south India and finally my uncle who is a reputed doctor in USA recommended me for a transplant in Bangalore. My uncle got it done last year and has pretty good results (surprisingly very very good for me to see him with hair after a long time ). feel free to drop me any question. Note: I am not a doctor.