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partnerfue

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  1. Please reread my posts, I am not really remarking on the cosmetic quality of the clinic's work. There are literally hundreds of posts documenting the great work they have done and you can see all the photographs in those. If money is no option, then you aren't going to go wrong at this clinic. My husband is mostly happy with his procedure in terms of cosmetics and is hoping it will go from the "good work" to "great" over the next 6 months since he is only at the 12 month mark. However, could you get the exact same quality work for "less grafts"/cheaper? That is one of the points of the issue i originally posted and was trying to figure out.
  2. Yes, I will now confirm i was referring to asmed. Note that just because there may be discrepancies in graft count, it doesn't change the fact that he produces good results. The two issues are separate. My husband was not able to watch the extraction/counting process. I wasn't in the room with him but apparently he was only given the option to watch movies. As for photos, we only have the professional photos taken by asmed, which were enlarged and used to count using a pixel counter, as well as a dermatology grade magnifying glass on the actual scalp. He prefers i not post the asmed photos (maybe he's overthinking it) since if asmed really wanted to go through the photos, they could identify him and refuse any future service. We will likely use a different surgeon but he wants to keep the option open. Obviously i will respect his privacy. This surgeon provides good results but we are not yet convinced they are superior to some comparable surgeons that quote lower graft counts. Would you go wrong cosmetically by going to asmed? most likely not. Are you going to pay more for arguably the same quality work as some of the other top surgeons? most likely yes.
  3. Just because asmed is stating they will drop the count it doesn't mean they won't be inaccurate with the graft count.
  4. What evidence exactly would you like? All I was suggesting is that people be vigilant about "dense" packing. If it were merely a smear campaign then the surgeon would have been named in my initial post. I was trying to understand the process and to see if anyone had any similar experiences.
  5. It was not an intentional smear. I wanted to give it nearly a year. I would say the quality of work is good (not great) but that is very different from graft number discrepancy. I am still convinced the graft count was not accurate. Hopefully my husband will not have to return for any repeat procedures but i would consider looking elsewhere if he does.
  6. Hi all. I have not disappeared but am respecting my husbands wishes to not pursue any further action until he sees growth. He doesn't want to jeopardize whatever professional relationship he has with the surgeon while he is still dependent on him (further treatments if growth is not satisfactory, etc). As for revealing the name. I will once we feel we will not be needing his services any longer. I also do not want to engage in potential libel until I have more facts, since I might be incorrect in my assumptions. Again, I am not a hair transplant specialist and may be overlooking certain details. I was also hoping that other people would have gone back and maybe counted the follicles/incisions in their photos since the professional photos are usually high resolution. This way we would not be the only ones complaining/questioning. I understand this is a time consuming process though. I do encourage anyone who feels the grafts placed were less than that quotes to do this and voice their concerns. For prospective transplantees, if one surgeon quotes a much higher graft placement than other surgeons but the results from previous patients seem equivalent....be skeptical. For us, we looked into Bisanga and Feriduni also. Each have similarly impressive hairline results with the surgeon we chose but they both quoted us approximately half the number of grafts. I apologize for not revealing the name at this point and I will happily post more information when I have it.
  7. I appreciate the support you all have offered. Unfortunately the physician has not yet responded to my questions. I imagine this is why the office might require cash only payments.
  8. Correction: Unfortunately my husband does not want me to make any accusations or question the surgeon since he would like to remain in good graces in the event there are complications. His justification was that since it is done recently, he would rather have the doctor as a consultant in this tenuous period than make an enemy (which is worth more to him than the money at this point). After he get's growth he is happy with he stated he would be more comfortable with me contacting him. I will respect his wishes but am taking photos for verification. For anyone who underwent a recent surgery with a doctor who does higher graft packing that most other surgeons, I might encourage you to take photos and count. If you don't have a good microscope you can use photo editing programs to click dots on the incisions, which counts the number of dots you make.
  9. Right. More hair are per incision since he had several doublets and triplets, which is why I only counted incisions. I agree knowing the doctors name will be helpful but if I am missing something, I don't want to defame anyone because of my ignorance. However, I was just reading about the procedure in a medical text and you guys are correct....only one graft per incision (unless there are variations on technique). Since I counted half the incisions that my husband was quoted/charged, I am going to contact this doctor asking where the discrepancy is. Again, his breakdown was approx 3000 grafts placed with more than double the hairs. Only approx 1500 incisions. This doctor is touted for high density hairlines but his colleagues are using half this with mostly similar results. The more I am looking into this the more suspicious I am becoming. In theory, if some surgeons are doing this I'm sure they never expect their patients do actually count/confirm the quoted number.
  10. Ha, thanks. I'm actually a doctor so I think I'm much more scrutinizing than him regarding his own skincare/health...especially since it is such an expensive procedure. I counted using on of the professional magnifying glasses from my clinic. It is a recommended doctor here who produces good results. I don't doubt the quality of work, just the number of grafts placed. Saying this, I did not do any training in hair transplantation so am just trying to understand/learn. The other thing that made me a little suspicious is my husband consulted with three other quality/recommended surgeons. Each have equally amazing results. Also, each quoted him far fewer grafts that they would have transplanted (from 1500 to 2000).
  11. He did get a breakdown. There were mostly doubles so even though there were 3000 grafts, there were about 8000 hairs transplanted overall. So with this in mind I understand multiple hairs (each on the same graft) are placed into each incision. However, are multiple grafts placed in each incision?
  12. I'm writing on behalf of my husband since he does not necessarily agree with me. He just had about 3000 grafts by FUE by a reputable surgeon on this forum. On the flight back we were discussing how I didn't feel like it looked like 3000 little scars/scabs. So when we got home I did the VERY tedious process of counting.....twice. There are only approximately 1500 little marks. He justified it by saying they might put multiple grafts in each cut. Is this true? Is it possible he was ripped off since he was charged by the graft?
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