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are there other precautions we should be taking 3 months post-op? I thought we were in the clear from damaging grafts, hurting growth at this point

@Berba11I'd love to, but I have such a long journey with pics scattered from different time periods, it's just too much work. Happy to discuss anything over PM though.

Dr. Pittella can homogeneously deplete the beard. He took 6,885 grafts from my beard and although my beard is less dense, I can still wear a beard.

@zach07 happy to offer you some details about my experience with Dr. Pittella - only 1 month post-op, but overall had a great experience

and @Digs49 is a legend - he was a big help to me as well

28 minutes ago, baldfighter said:

That's not acceptable in my opinion. Yield will be lower because grafts are out for too long. You may also need more unnecessary anesthesia if it wears off. Also put a lot stress and fatigue on your body.

agreed...I had 4,000 grafts over 5 days and it took all day and night over these 5 days, anesthesia did wear off and I needed more, and I'm unhappy with results

I'm a type 2 diabetic and have had 4 transplants with no issues. My results aren't exactly what I expected, but I have received no indication that its due to being diabetic.

Feel like my transplants definitely thinned

save up man, you have a solid donor, no sense having it ruined by some cheap, unethical clinic

Whoever did this to you should be in prison. The fact that there is typically no legal recourse for something like this is insane. I know it's hard to deal with but try to forgive yourself. Unfortunately this happens to a lot of people. When I look at what Dr. Diep did to my donor I sometimes feel the same way. Contact Dr. Mwamba - he repairs donors. There is hope.

@Digs49 definitely gunna reach out, appreciate it!

This should be a great result...did Pittella suggest taking any grafts from the facial area? I may need to do this, but unsure about the healing.

Strongly thinking of going to Pittella for a repair from the US, but communication with his staff has been a nightmare. Communication with him personally has been great though.

On 1/7/2023 at 5:00 PM, AlexMeister21 said:

I'd join a class action lawsuit against him for sure. Just don't know how that'd even start.

Me too

On 1/7/2023 at 6:54 AM, HairRun said:

Perhaps there can be a class action lawsuit? Diep has many unsatisfied patients.

I'd join, not sure if there is a statute of limitations though, my procedure was back in 2016. Cannot believe I let this guy touch my head.

Diep sucked even back in 2016, good riddance.

@HT1404...I also had a disappointing result from Dr. Diep, approx. 3,000 grafts FUE implanted and the yield looked much lower than 3,000. Your post-op growth looks almost identical to mine. And the items previously mentioned of grafts planted in rows and incorrect angle of the grafts in the temple points were also present. I had a similar hair loss pattern to yours, so I think initially I was just happy to have any hair at all on top, but as time went on I realized I wasn't satisfied. So while I wasn't satisfied, I know other patients had great results with Dr. Diep that I've seen on here, particularly Melvin. For whatever reason, mine was not a success, in my opinion. 

So I took the following steps to try and fix the issue:

1. Approx. 2,800 scalp FUE performed by Dr. Shapiro/Dr. Josephitis

2. Approx. 1,500 scalp/beard FUE performed by Dr. Wesley

3. Approx. 4,000 beard/chest FUE performed by Dr. Mwamba which was just completed yesterday

The first two procedures were okay. Perhaps recency bias, but I really enjoyed the procedure that I just finished with Dr. Mwamba. He spent about 3 hours with me pre-op answering all my questions, measuring, and drawing. There was another post on here that mentioned this also, but he really is a perfectionist and worked on me for 3 days of which two were about 12 hour days. He punched out the remaining incorrect temple grafts (Shapiro and Wesley started it, but didn't get all of them) and redesigned the temple areas. I don't know how the results will look since I'm only one day post-op and all beard and chest were used, but I was generally pleased with the process.

I know I haven't posted much here, but have avidly been following the forum for about 9 years and it's helped me a great deal. I'm not pushing you in one direction or the other, just wanted to share a similar experience I had and what I did to try and fix it. 

I've done my fair share of research over the years, but I am in no way as gifted with the technical knowledge as so many other members of the forum. However, happy to answer any questions about my experience. 

Speak with Dr. Diep. I was told by some doctors I don't have great donor supply, but I've been pleased with my first procedure thus far. I only did the frontal third so far, but going back to do the rest and I've been pleased.