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I am from Bangalore , India. Had undergone HT about 10 years back with Dr. Venkatraman Mysore. I have been thoroughly disappointed . I am planning for a second HT. I am confused whether to go to Dr. Bhatti or Dr. Madhu . Anyone in the same situation , please advise.

I too had the same dilemma earlier, it ends up whether you want to have a FUT or FUE.

As you may be aware with FUT you get a linear scar and also the recovery is longer.

But FUT is half the cost, if cost is not a problem go for FUE otherwise go for FUT.

The linear cut is an issue for few weeks after transplant and if you want to have very short hair in future.Otherwise it is easily hidden with the other hairs.

I had my FUE with Dr.Bhatti , reason being the linear scar and recovery as I wanted to continue office immediately after the HT .

I was too lazy to write a detailed review but you can see the snaps Before/After HT at the below link.

http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/177126-planned-hair-transplant-operation-dr-bhatti.html

Look far and wide for the best surgeon and nurses you can find. I have had two surgeries and a poor result is not worth a hasty or money dominated decision.

 

1st surgery Dr White (Aus) good result

2nd Dr Madhu (India) poor result

I already did my HT by Dr.Bhatti a month ago, seems good as of now...do you have pics for each of the HT.Would you like to share to help the members.

Thanks

At present I have decided not to take finasteride tablets but to take the following stuff:

 

Biotin

Zinc with Copper

Nettle Root oil

Regaine form

MSM Powder

Omega liquid

Coconut oil

Emu oil

 

I would like to thank Ashley who I met at Dr Bhatti clinic, some of the stuff was recommended by him.

Hey, what is the frequency of each of these you are taking?

Seems like you are not taking Johnson Johnson Shampoo/Oil recommended by Dr. Bhatti, any particular reason for that..?

I do want to see more quality doctors coming out of India and recommended in this forum.

But, I never heard of this doctor while doing my months of search for best doctors in India.

We need more patients review rather than doctor putting up their case and pics.

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Hi SPF,

 

Are you still in Chandigarh or did you leave? If you are in Chandigarh, you can go back to Dr. Bhatti's Clinic and we will help you.

 

If you have left Chandigarh/India, I would suggest that you should not stress about this. Even if you did lose a few grafts, that should not affect your final results. I do understand that it sucks to lose transplanted hair.

Please be careful for the next few days. You must have received an over sized hat from the Clinic and they must have showed you how to put it on and how to take off. Please follow those instructions.

 

You will be fine:) The good hair days are coming!

 

Best regards,

California

I am still in Chandigarh and did go to the clinic..The Staff and Dr. Bhatti did not say much on this apart from being careful now onwards...Even feeling scared to shampoo my hair now... ..

Can I ask them to put new grafts again on dislodged grafts positions or is it risky and can further damage other grafts...

I pulled out around 7 grafts while sleeping.... and 3 more while putting the cap...

Feeling scared.....

How is the hairline and density...experts pls give your inputs.

Guys.. how does it looks..

Just had HT with doctor Bhatti.

Will give a detail review later on .

Just want to place my PIC before and after operation for the members comments on how it looks.

Before pics are not so clear, check my photos for pre op pics. Grafts count were around 3550.

Hi Saiyed,

 

The punch that Dr. Bhatti uses for graft harvesting is good for a 100,000 graft extractions as per the manufacturer. BUT, we do not use a punch (sterilized, of course) for more than 2-3 procedures, that too after counseling the Patient. We provide all the information and let the Patient make the choice.

 

In regards to the email responses from Dr. Bhatti, please note that he receives dozens of emails every day from Patients all around the world and makes it a point to respond to each and every email personally the same day. He ends up staying at his office till late evening responding to Patient emails. If you feel that any of your questions did not get answered, please feel free to use me as a resource. My email address is darlingbudsusa@gmail.com

I will be happy to answer any questions that you might have and if I don't have an answer, I will find it for you.

 

Lastly, I do not believe that a dental procedure (root canal) etc. about a week about your HT procedure will negatively affect your HT.

 

Thank you,

California

Thanks for the replies.. ..I will be reaching out to you for further questions..

Hi All,

Dr. Bhatti has two packages for hair transplant , in one he uses a new Harris punch and in another he uses a used Harris punch.

Does the different punch makes any difference in final results.:confused::confused:

I am seeing slight decline in the way he is responding to my questions.

He is sometimes just ignoring many of my question over email..:rolleyes::mad:

Let's see how it goes at the end.

Also, if any one can answer this question, I am planning to see a dentist after 5-6 days of HT to get Root canal on one of my tooth.

Is it OK to see a dentist or it can impact the HT operation as the dentist will give those NSAIDs medicine(aspirin,ibuprofen).::cool::cool:

Thanks

Saiyed

@BUSA:

As per Dr. Bhatti , To pull up 5500 grafts, he should be able to harvest around 3500-4000 grafts from the scalp and the remaining shall come from the under surface of the beard or the chest.

I am going to have this over two sessions 6 months apart.Not sure what is the split of scalp hair and other hair for each session .

With Skin, I meant the scalp and certainly different scalp or hair type need different procedure.Different doctors use different size punches for different hair type and have slight different way of placing the hair grafts for different hair type.

@California : Yes I am looking forward to have a good experience.

Hopefully on the list you pasted, I will have my pictures also

@fueonly: Thanks for the suggestion,

I am not in India , so can't have the luxury to meet patients but definitely will talk to them over chat.

After spending over few months on this network learning about experiences of various, I decided to have an HT.

I wanted to have an Indian Doctor as their understanding of Indian Skin will be much better than others.

When it comes to India there are only few recommended doctors in this network.

I booked an appointment with Dr Tejinder Bhatti on 7th Nov.

Doctor Bhatti suggested that I am class V and will need around 5500 grafts.

We have agreed over email to have this over two session, the first on 7th Nov to have around 3000 grafts and 2nd after 6 months.

I have attached the pics as 3 weeks before transplant in photo album

http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/sfp/albums/3503

Of Late I am seeing few bad experiences being shared here with Dr.Bhatti, :confused:

Hopefully those are one off cases.

I will keep posting my experiences.:cool::cool:

Do wish me luck..

Cancelled my appointment with Dr.Madhu because of the method used FUT which may result in linear lifelong scar.

Don't want to repent in future.

@fueonly ,@Rawkerboi

I am class V and Dr suggested 5500 grafts over two sessions .

I will be having around 3000 grafts on first session(on 7th Nov) as discussed over email, and rest on the 2nd session after 6 months.

Hopefully this does not change once I reach there and experience of "Rawkeboi" is not repeated.

Will let you people know about the experiences.

@Kiwidude - I could not find any pics post Op of you, would you mind putting some pics.

Thanks

Saiyed

Hi,

I am wondering if there are enough good doctors in India.

There are only 3 recommended doctors in this network.

2 of these doctors use FUT method which leaves a linear scar behind so you cannot have very short hair.

The last one left is Dr. Bhatti who is getting some negative comments from different patients.

Have booked an appointment with Dr Bhatti but looking at options available in India ,it makes me sad and choice less.

Thanks

Saiyed

Hi,

I have just booked my appointment with Dr. Bhatti on 7th Nov.

Getting little scared after reading this thread.

Though I will say I am getting proper response via email from him..also he was kind enough to adjust dates on my request.

Hopefully everything goes well, I will share my experiences.

Thanks

Hey ...what is your current status...I am planning to have HT done by Dr. Madhu in few weeks...

Please suggest..

I have an appointment with Dr Pathuri Madhu on 28th Oct 2014.

Wanted to see some results of recent operations.

I can see only 3 - 4 years old posts .

Uploaded my pics before operation.

Operation is scheduled on 28 Oct 2014.

Please provide your suggestions.

Hi,

I have booked an appointment to have HT with Dr. Madhu Pathuri as he is one of the few recommended doctor in this forum.

Though few of the forum topics seems to be recommending Dr Madhu, but I could not find much post operation results after 3-18 months of the patients and whatever experiences shared are also quite old ..around 3-4 years old discussions.

This is making me slight hesitant to go for Dr. Madhu.

Please suggest if at this time, Dr Madhu is a good choice and I can go ahead with the HT which is planned in next few weeks.

Please share your experiences who have recently gone or know about Dr Madhu results.

Thanks