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Honestly, your lifetime donor is very low, and below the average. Therefore, without seeing any pictures, you most likely do not have the luxury of being aggressive. Instead you need to find a more conservative surgeon, and even consider not having a procedure unless your expectations are kept in check. Based on what you described, I don't think Dr Rahal is the right fit for you. I also don't think Dr Hasson is either, at least not for FUE. Dr Hasson would be my pick for you if you had average to an above average donor supply. I also think you should consider strip FUT to maximize your lifetime donor supply of grafts. I would recommend Dr Ron Shapiro or Dr Konior instead.

There are plenty of patient posted Rahal results, incl Home, WIn, Ernie, myself and Matt amongst many others. See some links below. Dr Rahal is not licensed to perform surgeries in the US. I am not sure about any Rahal trained physicians in the States, but if there are, why would you not just fly to Ottawa and let the master perform the procedure instead of an apprentice? My understanding is that his US based offices are just for consultations. http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/167825-dr-rahal-results-collection.html http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/185027-dr-rahal-4-years-later.html http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/182611-fut-3185-dr-rahal-day-after-pics.html http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/181957-dr-rahal-2-245-graft-procedure-fut.html http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/176810-dr-rahal-2512-fue.html

You landed on two of the best, exactly where I landed a few years ago. Both are different, so before we can give you advice, can you share with us your present situation and what you are looking to achieve with this procedure, I.e. Crown work or hairline; are you a low NW or. High NW; what is your life time donor supply ect ect. Please can you also share with us what both surgeons recommend for you?

Here are my top 5: Dr Hasson Dr Ron Shapiro Dr Rahal Dr Konior Dr Wong

Hope that answers your question. I would also encourage you, in addition to viewing his online patient results, also read through the various posts on this forum by Dr Feller himself.

Gas, I completely agree with you, and I strongly encouraged Dr Feller to make public the message he had sent me. I think it is unfair to the community for him and you to have started something on a public forum and then to suddenly take it offline without keeping us updated on the happenings behind the scenes as well as the final conclusion and reasoning behind it. That is what set me off in the first place and more transparency probably would have killed off the whole mess before it escalated. Us laymen expect transparency, especially when something was started on a public forum. it is for this reason that I hope Dr Feller will relay to this community what he relayed to me. Additionally, Gas, it is also possible that you yourself may not have been 100% transparent with us either. Perhaps you can start by sharing with us the full reasoning, if any, that Dr Feller provided you initially as to why he could not accept some of your conditions? Also, interesting that you are now mentioning Spex. I thought you always agreed to participate in the interview yourself. Why all of a sudden are you mentioning that you recommended someone else take you place? Finally, as has always been my position, it is unclear why Dr Feller needs a 3rd party involved in the interviews when he always planned to record the conversation. I am glad that he has decided to proceed without a 3rd party nonetheless, and look forward to seeing if he has success.

All, Dr Feller just sent me a very curtious and professional private message that explained and went into detail the full context behind why he has not been able to accept all of Gas's conditions. He also stated that he is attempting to conduct those interviews without Gas. I believe him. I really hope that Dr Feller will share with everyone what he has shared with me as I think it adds the context that has been missing. Looks like it could turn into a he said vs she said situation between Dr Feller and Gas if he did, but I still feel that he does himself justice by posting what he sent me. With that being said, I believe that Dr Feller is in fact making a good faith effort to conduct the interviews, and I am therefore retracting my previous statements on the matter. I have already deleted the relevant posts on this thread, and request that the moderators delete the one in the locked thread. Finally, although Dr Feller wrote that he doesn't expect an apology, I AM GOING TO FORMALLY APOLOGIZE TO HIM.

Well said mate. You nailed it absolutely perfectly!

Well that something "immaterial" sure did invoke a very big reaction from you then.

Feel free to prove me wrong then. If you produce recordings of the interviews or Gas confirms to all of us that he was on the 3 way call where you made a good faith attempt to conduct the interviews, then I will retract and post an apology in bold on this thread and ask the moderators to delete my previous statements on the matter or delete them myself. And no, I will not disclose my real name when I do so.

It really depends. I think this forum has its moments, and is just going through a quiet patch at the moment. I remember my first year here in 2015 when things were extremely active with the likes of Busa, LondonHT, Taurisrisen, LeftyGolfer, the Dr Feller vs Dr Bahatti debate, the infamous FUT is more popular than FUE thread, the introduction of mFUE, JTs new business venture and subsequent fight with the moderators, the Professor allegation, the emergence of Dutchie, Paleo singlehandedly starting a chain of events that ultimately lead to Dr Dogany being stripped of his recommendation, Sunnycools outstanding transformation from his procedure with Dr Shapiro playing out before our eyes, Hasson & Wong posting their very first FUE procedures and many more noticibles. 2017 has definitely felt more quiet than 2015, but it's probably also the bi-product of the Moderators doing a good job in weeding out some of the bad apples that caused the most drama, as well as not many new delopements happening in the industry. I will also admit that I was sad to see Dutchie getting banned as he was a real character.

Thanks Matt & Spanker. I'm curious if anyone can see an aesthetic change from month 10 to month 18? I don't see one at all. Not saying it never matured, because I definitely felt it becoming easier to style, but aesthetically, looks like I was done by month 10. Thoughts?

and that ladies and gentlemen concludes my journey for now. Will definitely be getting the mid-section worked on in a few years, but I am good for now!

Here are two pictures before my 1st procedure compared with two pictures from today

Original starting point before 1st procedure and before starting Propecia

Pre-op for the 2nd procedure

1 month ugly duckling

Here at 5 months

Here I am at 6 months

Here I am at 10 months

Here I am at 12 months

18 months Final result

Outstanding results to date mate. Looking real good, especially from where you started.

Now that I have passed the 18 month mark, I am overdue an update. I will work on some pictures this weekend, and post before and after shots to close this baby out. Basically, the difference between 12 months and 18 months is negligible to the human eye, but it became noticible to me in the ease in which it has become to style my hair from month 12 to 18. I still need work in the mid-section, but a few shakes of Toppik easily masks that, so I will hold off for a few years before getting that addressed. Also must admit that my social life has done a complete u-turn. 3 years ago I was getting no looks from the ladies at all, but now I that has changed completely and I get a lot more eye locks, smiles, and second glances - it's really nice. I've also been approached a few times when out and about (that never used to happen). I'm also dating a sweetheart who is a looker herself, so I have had to politely decline the approaches, but it's been great for my confidence. Career wise, I am also striving. Bottom line, getting the transplants changed my life for the better, and I owe it all to Dr Rahal and my 1st surgeon.

You called his bluff. The said Dr has no intention of conducting this conversation with FUE doctors and recording it. The reality is that I can't even see them ever agreeing to it. If he he really wanted to or thought he do it, then he would have done this already. I still don't understand why he needs you to disclose your real name to him before he agrees to do it. Rejecting your perfectly reasonable conditions is very convenient.