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Congratulations buddy - you won! An absolutely outstanding result and the hairline is perfect. I reread the thread, and think your case is the perfect example of how red it really gets, and for how long it can stay red for. So many surgeons just brush it off, but as I also experienced, it is very real.

Don't go Lorenzo - not everyone, including myself, believes that your intergrity is in question. You have helped me personally, and I know others appreciate your contributions. I hope that you will reconsider, and don't let a few trolls chase you away

You are going about it the wrong way mate. 1st you gotta choose whether FUT or FUE is preferable for you, and only hen you choose your surgeon. Provide us with pics and what is your lifetime donor supply?

You did not have Dr Rahal mentioned in the same sentence as hairline King. I would add him as this is his specialty.

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I'd look at Dr Rahal and Dr Erdogan. Both do great at dense packing. I believe the needles used by Rahal are effective in achieving such high density. Erdogan also seems to consistently perform high density cases. Stay away from Armani.

I had to make a similar choice as you. See my write up in the thread below. You may want to also consider Dr Ron Shapiro. He would be a good hybrid between Dr Rahal and Dr Hasson. I do like your approach to going with Rahal for the hairline and frontal third, and then Hasson to do the mid-section and crown. Your key question to the doctors is ask them what they think your lifetime grafts are estimated at. Then plan accordingly. http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/181957-dr-rahal-2-245-graft-procedure-fut.html

Very nice Ernie

Thanks mate, appreciate the feedback!

Will be very interesting to see the cosmetic impact those grafts have. I definitely could use some more work on my midscalp, but am trying to preserve my remaining grafts of around 2500 - 3,000 grafts for my 40's. If the 500 placed in your mid-section makes a substantial impact, then I will strongly consider tapped into 500 - 1,000 of mine right now and getting it done next year, and then keeping the rest for later. HTsoon, can you please take a look at my recent pics in my thread and let me know what you think about my plan to work on the mid-scalp now? See post #126 http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/181957-dr-rahal-2-245-graft-procedure-fut-13.html Thanks

I never disclosed the surgeon's name, and out of respect to him, I won't disclose the name. That surgeon did a good job for me, but I really did need more grafts in that 1st pass, and after the fact, I realized that I wanted a different surgeon for my 2nd procedure. In light of this, I feel it would be unfair to disclose his name as posters would incorrectly infer that he isn't a good surgeon or didn't do a good job for me.

Wasn't Bernstein, although I did pay the consultation fee and consulted with him. When he quoted me $8.5 or $9 a graft for FUT I balked.

Sure, the NY surgeon grabbed around 2,300. That practice doesn't do maga sessions or anything more than 2,500 max. Going in to the 2nd, Dr Rahal wanted to get 2,500 but he was always with honest with me in that he didn't think he could get that much and told me to expect around 2,000. I also told him not to try pushing the limits, so he was very conservative with the strip and managed to get 2,250. Also, if you want to get the max grafts via strip, then Dr Hasson may be a better fit for you than Dr Rahal. Dr Hasson was very confident he would grab at least 2,500 grafts for me, and even more if I wanted. I know Dr Hasson will extend the strip to the sides, whilst Dr Rahal hardly went past the ears with his strip. It was a very conservative strip and I felt really good that Dr Rahal knows his limits. Although 2,500 - 3,000 grafts would have been ideal for me as it could have addressed the miniaturization you see in the midsection, I didn't want want to risk a stretched scar. Hope it helps. My advice is go meet Rahal in person so he can assess and let you know how much he thinks he can get. Get a second opinion from Hasson or Shapiro or Konior as well. Me visiting them in person before was the best thing I did.

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Guys, it's at 10.5 months today and I had to share some pics as it's still getting better by the week. I am really surprised by what a difference the maturing really does

Hope our buddy Esrec is doing okay and checks-in soon. Godspeed

10 month update. I actually studied my hairline this evening, and all I can say is WOW. The maturing has really made a huge difference, and although the month over month difference has been negligible since month 7, I think it has really come into its own and there is a huge improvement if I look back at the 7 month pics. Although the cosmetic difference was the biggest from month 4 to 7, the maturing from 7 to 10 really does make a big cosmetic difference. Will post pics again at month 12

Dutchie, I don't believe that PRP actually results in new hairs growing. I believe it's effective in strengthening existing hairs that have miniaturized thereby increasing the illusion of density. If new hairs were to start growing, then air highly doubt they would come out thick.

Sorry Dutchie - it's not looking great, although to echo other posters, 4200 grafts spread out over such a large area just isn't going to give you what you expect. You will definitately need to factor in another pass to add density. With that being said, so far it's trending towards a disappointing result for Dr Hasson. Keep your head up mate

Erdogan

The Hairline king!!! Dr Rahal is a BAD man, a BAD man! Outstanding hairline, and it's only 6 months. Not even sure how or if it gets any better than that

Beware beware of hair greed Ernie. Can you not rather play around with Toppik as a filer for now, and see what happens in a couple of years.