Toubey

Thanks for the detailed reply Gillenator. I think I actually will wait those 8-9 months - just to occupy the moral high ground. If I don't he can always come back and say "but you didn't wait for the hair to grow". I however - like you - think that the end result is not going to be too promising, and I think the doctor knows this too. Once I get my money back I will write a full review for other people to see. However I have to be fair and also mention he did pay me my money back. Then I will let people decide for themselves. Can I ask what retro-alopecia is? And yes, he didn't ask me about anything. He went into his office where I sat, looked at my hair and said "perfect", then he asked if I had any questions and I didn't, so the surgery commenced. It's partly my own fault for being so naive and uneducated, but mostly his fault for not doing a proper job. I don't think more hair transplants are the way to go either. I am probably losing hair too fast and I'm only 30. One thing I will try though, is the scalp muscle exercise which is supposed to halt hair loss and in some cases even reverse it. Will start doing this once my smile scar is fully healed (6 months post-op). Will keep you guys updated. If this exercise works, it might be a game-changer.

Gentlemen, hope you can help me with a question. I had a hair transplant about 2 1/2 months ago, and for some reason, the transplanted area stays pink/red, as you can see in the pictures below. My "smile" scar is healing quite well, but for some reason the top scars don't. Is this normal? How fast did yours fade to normal skin color? I'm considering going to a doctor just to review my options - he might have some cremes or similar. Toubey

Same thing happened to me. It's been 3 months and still no regrowth..

Alright gentlemen, here's an update for those who may find the thread later by googling the clinic (Gouras Hair Genesis Clinic in Athens, Greece): I've now had confirmed by another clinic (Poseidon Clinic, Copenhagen Denmark) that the job done on the top of head is not okay, and that it resembles inefficient 80s style method. I however also got confirmed that there are no extra scars on the back of the head - the ones on the picture must have been blood trails after all (dried blood that took several washes to wash out). I wrote the Gouras clinic and explained how I was unsatisfied. They have responded and told me that they offer to pay me back the amount + my flight to Greece if I am still dissatisfied in 9 months from now when the hair has fully grown. I think that sounds like a fair proposal so I'll wait until then and update this thread with whatever happens.

Does anyone have experience suing or reporting a doctor in a foreign land to the police? Would like to research this possibility. He needs to be brought to some kind of justice for what he did.

Gentlemen, thanks a lot for the responses. I really appreciate it. I'm emailing the doctor now, and guess what - he has a very hard time explaining what those other scars are. Seems like he used me to get a quick surgery done (only 2,5 hours) to get maximum cash in a short time. What a goddamn bastard. But I will make sure to write about him, and produce a website that details the lousy and horrendous job that he did. The scumbag is named Dr. Gouras and runs the Gouras Hair Genesis Clinic in Athens, Greece.

Thanks for the replies! No those scars are genuine enough. The pictures are after I've showered and shampooed the hair for some days. This is what the doctor wrote: "When applying the FUE method (Follicular Unit Extraction) we use a stitch to close the area from where the grafts where taken." So basically they mean that they having taken FUE hairs from those places, and these are the scars. How does that sound? Never heard of anyone who got those kind of scars from FUEs..

Hello my new hairloss friends, allow me to share my story and a question. Two weeks ago I got a hair transplant in Greece. I made the mistake of not really doing much research but just went there and thought "well, they probably know their stuff". I've been losing hair for the past ten years and thought that now would be a good time to do something about it. I wasn't really panicky about it. In hindsight I've learned that a hair transplant is probably like a tattoo - you have to really want and need it, or else you'll regret it. As you can probably guess by now, I regretted it. I hadn't anticipated the severity of the procedure. In fact I didn't even know there would be a scar. Two days later I thought "what on earth have I done". But that's not the worst part of the story. The worst part is that I may have been in the hands of shameless and amateurish businessman. There were some signs that got me suspicious afterwards: The procedure didn't take more than 2,5 hours, although I've read that most times it takes a full day The doctor extracted the strip himself, but he didn't partake in the rest of the procedure. Instead, his "assistants" did that (not sure if they're nurses or just people off the street). Is that normal? As you can see from the image, it looks like not that many grafts have been planted on top of the head. Normal HT images seem to have grafts that are much more densely planted. Won't this look artificial once the hair grows? And here's the most pressing issue: It looks like the doctor has sliced me up in several places in the back of the head. I get the point with the wide scar in the back of the head. But what on earth are those 5-6 other scars doing there? Has anyone seen that before? Some input would be great, especially regarding the cuts in the back of the head. If it's as bad and unnecessary as I think then people need to know who this guy is.. Toubey