tommygun

Wow. With all do respect, I feel both of those responses are horrible. The entire premise of this site is to educate prospective clients and to have all possible information located in one place (ie: this website). I maintain that pricing for every recommended surgeon on this site should be located on this site.

Up dog

There should be a price list readily available for this exact question. I made a three about it earlier today but it will get ignored.

This site offers so much valuable information, but I believe prices for every surgeon/clinic should be readily available to the community. Make a link on the homepage to the pricing and list all recommended surgeons and their pricing. While pricing should never drive a decision, it certainly is part of the process. Think we can make this happen? I would make it a condition for membership.

Why does FUE cost more in the US when compared to FUT in the US? *not compared to any other countries with different laws...etc. Just the US.

My FUT was 7-8 hours (couple breaks) and seemed extremely labor intensive. No clue on FUE but it sure seems like that procedure would also be extremely labor intensive. Here is my question to Dr Feller: if FUE is not more labor intensive and has poorer results, why does it carry such a higher cost to the client in your clinic? What is the primary driver for the cost difference? I am not trying to offend and I have no clue the correct answer, which is why I ask. In my line of work I have to justify higher cost to my clients should one exist between two different solutions. Will you please share your justification?

[quote name=Dr. Alan Feller;2452755 In my office ALL FUE patients must sign a document that clearly states that to have an FUE performed in my clinic they acknowledge that FUT was discussed and either ruled out by the doctor for various reasons' date=' or not desired by the patient with the understanding that the growth yields for an equivalent FUE procedure and subsequent donor damage is expected to be worse than FUT. [/quote] This paragraph reminds me of those crazy laws in some states that require a woman choosing to end a pregnancy to sit through numerous counseling sessions before actually moving forward with the decision.

I am proud of my transplant so I talk about it openly and get so many compliments after only 7 months. One guy I golf with said, "looks good but you have always been a personality guy anyway." My response, "spoken like a man with a full head of thick hair." He laughed.

I agree 100%. I was in a wedding 2 mos after my procedure and still looked like a fool. Also, my head was numb/hurt for 90 days (I'm now 6 mos out and my head still hurts some days). My clinic gave me 12 pain pills. That is beyond laughable for the pain I endured. I could not lay my head on a pillow for 5 days. It took me 2 days for them to refill as they didn't "believe" that I could possibly still be in enough pain to need more pain pills. Maybe my head has more nerve endings or something, but the pain was way more severe than advertised by my clinic and what I read on this board.

Bill posted something similar to the following: *While everyone is different, averages might be something like the following: 3 mos- 10% 4 mos- 25% 5 mos- 40% 6 mos- 60% 7 mos- 70% 8 mos- 75% 9 mos- 80% 10 mos- 90% 11 mos- 95% 12 mos- 98% 18 mos- 100%

Norwood is extremely subjective while hair graft is quantifiable (exact). Good luck in your research.

I miss this thread

Wow! Home run! Well done Doc.

Great write up.

Grafts should be fine by day 13 for sure and head numbness can last months. Good luck.