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This is a very challenging case in my opinion! Good luck and hope you will have a great outcome. Who was your doctor?

Really? "Yield is the same between strip and FUE".

Spot on. There is no shame in that though. Let's be honest not many practitioners can perform FUE to the highest level.

Yeah that's check mate for Feller. He knows he can't put up a argument against that. That's why he is so quiet. It became in his own interest to discredit FUE. Mahhong makes some good points and I concur. Until proper studies are conducted this debate is useless. However the individual that posted here mentioned that the ISHRS is performing a multi center study regarding the survival of FUT vs FUE. He said that all preliminary data suggest that the survival rates are equal. We don't have the details yet obviously. I guess we will have to wait. Let me tell you one thing though if that proves to be true FUT will get another crushing blow. It won't take long before FUT will be dying, it already is actually. I am quite certain that this will happen in the near future already. Time will tell us.

True story .

You are right to give it a fight. Even if you can enjoy the HT for a few years why not? Just be prepared to shave it down if things go downhill in the future.

There is nobody who can answer this question really without proper scientific studies. A doctor recently posted here that the ISHRS does a multi center study regarding the graft survival of FUT vs FUE and said that all preliminary data suggests that both have a equal survival rate. I guess this study will be released in the near future, for now we don't have more details. My opinion is however that if you want to avoid the scar, you should go for FUE.

Feller while searching for your independent FUE patient results something surprised me of your opinion in the past; Factually you seem to state in more postings back then that you believe FUE has the same yield as FUT. That is assuming a viable graft can get extracted. However every graft will endure the forces you speak about right? Why did your opinion change 180 degrees?

Fair enough David. You are the moderator so you make the decisions. I got to respect that. However in the light of this topic it's extremely valuable information for the consumers who are coming to this site. I'm all for consumers so that's why I decided to post the message. After all the message came into my e-mail. I'll just say then that the message basically opposed Feller pretty much in every aspect. Most importantly the yield question.

Yes Bill you make a very good point. Why isn't anyone using this? Well probably because it has proven to be not so successful in the past. I'll compare it to something like LLLT. If the studies from LLLT would really reflect to a realistic scenario everyone would be sitting with a laser helmet on his head daily on this forum. I have read a study 2 weeks ago which could be related to the mechanism of a treatment like this actually. Hair growth promoting effects of different alternating-current parameter settings are mediated by the activation of Wnt/ This would lead me to believe purely on a hypothetical basis that it will shift telogen/anagen ratio for the better. However I don't believe it will regrow hair or maintain (prevent damage).

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I wouldn't undergo surgery if I were you. To munch chance of transection and permanent shockloss with your current native density. I can point to many cases lately that turn sub-par because of this. If you want I can link you some. That is based on your pictures though. Honestly your head of hair seems pretty damn good? Only mild diffuse thinning? Maybe I need glasses lol. If you go anyway go for FUE? You state several times that you want to wear your hair short. FUT will leave you always a linear scar, and if you are a bit unlucky it will stretch making it even worse. FUE does indeed leave scarring too but the micro dots are far less visible. Good luck, research thoroughly

Funnily enough Dr. Feller tried the same exact context of discussion on HLH. This was in 2008. Obviously he was also attacking other people who didn't agree with him, calling them shills etc. However the admin stopped him immediately from doing that there. In fact Dr. Feller likes to do this as the following discussion held in 2008 also. I'll just copy some of the discussion between Dr. Feller and Dr. **** ; (If you want to read more google is your best friend) Dr. Feller Dr. ****** Dr. Feller Dr. ***** ____________________________________________________________________ Funnily enough I loved Dr. A. P. (well respected IAHRS member) his response to Feller and he is spot on; I'm surprised you even offer FUE to be honest Dr. Feller? Why Dr. Feller?

Words of wisdom, thank you again Dr. Bhatti.

Great to hear mate! Congrats :cool:!

It's a sub-par result imo. Especially for the area covered and the amount of grafts. Thanks for posting such detailed high quality pictures by the way, we don't see these often.

First of all considering your hair loss progression at such an age it's advisable you go on medication to stabilize your hair loss. But I bet you already knew that . If you don't go on medication a hair transplant can obviously be done too but you should be willing to undergo more possible hair transplants in the future. Considering your approach I would definitely opt for FUE. It will allow for homogenization of your scalp and if things go wrong you can always shave your head without having a linear scar on the back of your head.

I am not surprised of that, fits his character perfectly! He has showcased his persona perfectly well in this topic and his standpoints. Everyone should be aware of that and as such I won't be stopped .

Dr. Feller, somebody posted yesterday in another forum "Looking for good Hair Transplant docs in NY NJ area". He was looking for somebody for FUE. Somebody mentioned you. As I'm quite active on all forums and most people know me by my name I kindly advised everyone not go with you because you are a sub-par FUE surgeon with some huge character flaws. It made me quite happy as I shielded someone from you. I sincerely believe nobody should have surgery with you, not even for FUT now and most definitely never ever for FUE. After all you won't even perform FUE on your own head! I'll keep continue to do this across every forum aside from this one, but what would you care? I mean the online environment doesn't matter right? In this topic you have shown many things. After accusing someone of being a paid shill which was totally wrong you even threatened someone with a lawsuit? What gives you the right to do these things to members here? Then you start calling a recommended doctor a "noobie" when he doesn't share your opinion? Jup an opinion, because you don't have more than that. Oh and trust me Feller, this topic won't help you to regain FUT popularity. FUE is already more popular and will take over. Everything is indicative of this. You seem to be the only one thinking otherwise. You have shot yourself in the foot with this topic and your actions.

Holy cow guys. It's even more clear than ever how FUE is crushing in and literally overtaking FUT like a goddamn beast. I'll give FUT less than 5 years before becoming a small niche, and eventually it will die out almost completely. That is my opinion. But the statistics say all. Be your own judge and look at the following graph; Source: ISHRS: Hair Transplantation More Popular Than Ever | Bernstein Medical Procedure While Follicular Unit Transplant (FUT) procedures accounted for over half of all hair transplants, Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) is gaining rapidly, with a 51% increase over the 2012 results (from 32.2% in 2012 to 48.5% in 2014). See the chart: Look especially at the last years how FUE took off and how much troubles it had in the beginning. The biggest increase was between 2012 and 2014 and FUE gained 16.3% territory. But yeah this data coupled with the indicative online movement of all big (inter)national forums don't say anything I guess right guys ?

The only data we have and you neglect it, hilarious. If you have troubles interpreting statistical data/graphs I can explain it a detailed manner? Can't wait till the next one. My guess will be that FUE will approach 65-70% . That will be end of next year basically. Two years later than the statistics of 2014. Just see the growth in these years, amazing isn't it?

Argumentum ab auctoritate.

Forget about matt. He got hurt and angry when I said that FUT was brutal. Probably the only emotional guy out here. Just confirmation bias. Dr. Feller, is just a arrogant "know it all" kind of guy. Hell, he is probably average at FUE in these days. He definitely isn't considered as a elite guy in FUE. Makes things more funny. I have tried searching for his FUE results but didn't find anything pretty much above 2000 grafts. And the cases that I did found were minor hairline touch ups that were easy to perform as they lean on a excellent native hair density. There are furthermore almost no independent patient results for FUE from Dr. Feller. Basically he has not much to show for FUE? Dr. Feller his quote in 2007; Dr. Feller just doesn't like FUE. A quick search into his post history on another site confirms this. I believe there is a economical catch to this too, but that aside. I'll give you a hint; time = money. The difference is that he knows that FUT is getting beaten heavily by FUE. So he knows he is in a bad situation. His practice is probably not as busy as it used to be. So I see this topic as a hopeless desperate shout. A shout that will do him harm only though. But he fails to see that. Which guy will ever go for a FUE procedure now with Dr. Feller? Only the dumb will. Oh and btw you may speak all you want Dr. Feller but these kinds of theoretical aspects you speak about mean nothing when you don't even have a steady hand to perform a FUE procedure. As far as I know excellent hand coordination, stamina and superb hand motor skills are of utmost importance to perform FUE. Also it does take much practice to get good at FUE. I don't think you have ever had the practice to even develop these to a high level or you just can't. So its perfectly logical that your own observations are confirming that FUE is sub-par to FUT, but hey that is your opinion sir. It's not the truth, period. If you have proper studies however, then please do show them.

Just cancel it? I would've cancelled it 100% if I were you ESPECIALLY if you are going in for FUE with Feller. Going in for 1200 grafts for FUT isn't really smart though so I assume you are going for FUE. This all is my opinion.

I see what you did there lol.