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Hasson & Wong in Canada (they are better with FUT) or Lorenzo in Madrid Spain (best in the world with high density, care of your donor area and FUE). Good luck.

I don't want to sound rude but I just don't understand how after soooo many years of bad results from Bosley and all the bad reputation they have on internet (that you can easily find online) and they still get na?ve patients... Please check one of the reputable doctor in your area. For that amount of money you can get a HT from one of the top surgeons in US. Do your research of the one you pick, check for results not only from his/her website but from individuals online posting their results and very important keep record of emails, questions and consultations. Good luck.

Yes, definitely you can get new hairs from the HT not only at the 4th month but all the way up the 6-10 months. Everybody is different but 90% of hairs in my first 2 hair transplant grew between the 3rd and the 6th Month and then you will notice an increase of the thickness and caliber of the hair in the next 6 months. Good luck.

I really value this forum. In other forums online where a patient write a bad review about their recommended doctors you will see 2 things as a result of the bad review: 1) The patient is always the element to blame for the bad results or 2) They will just delete or ban the patient with some cheap excuses like the user is new, not trusted or a "troll" trying to affect the doctor. I definitely value the open channels here in the Hair Restoration Network and the help you provide to the patients. Thanks.

I agree. Dr. Lorenzo for example like surgeries with about 45-50 FU/cm2 that that is for me a very good number vs Dr. Harris that in my first surgery only did like 4 FU/cm2!!! and the results were terrible. I also think that the implanter used by Dr. Lorenzo play an important role in the amazing survival rate and yield of his surgeries. That is why I think watching results in videos (like Dr. Lorenzo do with every single case on his youtube channel) bring a better perspective of the results you will get vs only low res photos of before and after like most doctors do in their sites. I do not endorse Dr. Lorenzo because I still need to wait for my results with them but I definitely value the results he is providing to hundred of patients with super high density surgeries and his technique is amazing.

Based on the experience of my 3 last surgeries: The first 2 I had with a renowned doctor, very friendly (Dr. Harris) but at the end I knew after seeing the implanted grafts that the density was going to produce a horrible results. So make sure your doctor is on the same page with the density you are looking for. Also avoid the robot. My donor area was almost depleted donor area and I ended with huge empty circles/scars from that punch. Try to find a doctor who is not afraid of high density surgeries but also proving to you with videos or HD photos that is capable of high yield/survival (like Dr. Lorenzo). In my opinion I really disagree with very conservative doctors that are afraid of implanting high density amount of grafts with the weak argument that they won't survive... The only reason they said that is because they don't have the technique or they want you to return for more low density future surgeries. Good luck,

Sanjar41. I am so sorry to hear that. I thought I had a bad time with my two low density surgeries and scarring from the ARTAS Robot but my case is nothing compared with yours. Please try to contact Dr. Epstein and Dr. Feller. I know that they love to help cases like yours (hopefully Pro Bono?). I know Dr. Epstein did a very similar case a while ago. Please do not give up. Your case is difficult but I think in a good hands can be solved. You should take action now! Do not wait! THIS SHOULD BE A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR ANY FUTURE PATIENT TO AVOID INCREDIBLE CHEAP SURGERIES THAT ARE TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE! I can't believe people keep trying this house of horrors and also that no one decided to take legal actions!! This should be an easy case of a clinic destroying someone's life for any court.

Hello Johnboy71. The link to the photos is located in my first post.

Guys THANK YOU for your answers. I honestly needed some words of support after 2.5 Years of a lot of money that I spent, long time to heal, frustration and the roller coaster feeling of being excited and positive before and immediately after having the first 2 hair transplants to the moment when I realized again about the results. Please keep in mind that even with all the doubts I had about ARTAS before my first HT I decided to do it because I found in my research that Dr. Harris is one of first ARTAS doctors in the world and also the one who is the one responsible to train other doctors with the robot... but at the end the results where way less than mediocre. I also hear the rumor that a lot of doctors who purchased the robot are using it more to hang clothes than HTs! I will try to answer all the good questions you asked me: Yes, hair shafts from the last HT are gone except some that I noticed are still in the crown (not growing so I am sure they are grafts) and I am very aggressive at this point massaging my scalp and rubbing the area. I also have shock loss in two parts of my crown. I am going to post today in my blog a new photo of the 1.5 Month crown to show you that. I had a similar shock loss after the second surgery also explained in my blog and all the native hair returned after about 5-6 months. August asked: I must ask how you feel about the sides of your donor area. One month post your second HT you wrote that this area was clearly looking thin and that you would not take more grafts from these parts in future transplants. Yet, grafts were indeed taken from these areas in your last transplant. Had the density on the sides of your head improved significantly when the donor healed and you therefore felt that more grafts could be taken from there? Great question! because I had a huge concern with that too but Dr. Lorenzo is just amazing checking the donor area. He uses a lot of devices to check the caliber, macro cameras to see the scarring and possible grafts, he measure everything! He told me that he wanted to extract just a little bit from that area to even everything and then avoid that area for any future touch up. He assure me that I am not going to see almost any difference and he is correct. Even now 1.5 Months almost full in the ugly duckling face I am on the side very similar compared with 1.5 post op after the 2nd surgery. My back still looks amazing, you cannot see the scalp at all at this point. I will definitely avoid my sides for any future HT touch up if needed. Spanker: Btw, it looks like you have a very minor case of cvg or cutis verticis gyrata, and very minor case, where you have a small Ridge and dimple running posterior to anterior on you head. Not a big deal, mine is much worse. That is true and believe it or not that appeared in my scalp after the 1st surgery with the ARTAS. I had a huge amount of swelling in my face and scalp after that one and I reported seeing the "ridge" or "canyon" as I tried to describe to Dr. Harris. I even went to his office to show that in person and he told me that probably that was caused by the swelling plus sleeping on the side causing the scalp to stretch and then fold with the pressure of my head on the side (if my explanation make sense). The ridge almost disappeared with time afer each surgery. Dr. Lorenzo also mentioned some "fibrosis" in the recipient area from the first 2 surgeries.

Hello Guys, I have been reading this forum for years and I have been researching and suffering hair loss also for more than 15 years. I had my first HT (crown and hairline) with Dr. Jim Harris (ARTAS) in 2013 with horrible results (very low density plug like results) then in 2014 I had a second HT with Dr. Harris this time with manual FUE (SAFE System) and I got a little better results (I would say 70% happy with the hairline but only 30% happy with the crown). Dr. Harris offered a heavily discounted 3rd surgery to repair the 2 previous surgeries but again what he offered was very conservative, low number of grafts and he even recognized that he prefer to do several relative small surgeries vs one or two high density ones. I totally disagree. Every surgery is 10 days that I need to take off of work, 2-3 months of recovery to have a presentable hair again (I do lectures and public presentation to large amount of people) and a full year to see the results. I am 41 years old single and I can't waste more of my time with small surgeries to enjoy my hair while I am still young. Money was never an issue and donor area was very good according with several doctors. On a positive side from Dr. Harris is extremely friendly and his customer service is great but at the end results is what matter to us. For this reason I decided to look even around the world to see the best high density doctors and two names came to my list. Dr. Rahal and Dr. Lorenzo in Madrid, Spain. Dr. Rahal representatives after receiving my form and photos ruled me out saying that they didn't want to work in my case because of the two previous HTs (very disappointing) but Dr. Lorenzo immediately decided to take my case and he was completely sure from the beginning that he can deliver high density results with the donor area left in my scalp. I booked with him and he completed my surgery on November 2015. Info of my previous surgeries: Dr. Harris ARTAS October 2013: 1973 Grafts (Crown and Hairline) Horrible punch scars in my donor area from the ARTAS punch and terrible density plug like hairs in my hairline Dr. Harris MANUAL SAFE System 2014: 1926 Grafts (Crown and Hairline) much better density in the hairline but again low density in the crown. Much better punch size and less scarring from this surgery in my donor area. Dr. Lorenzo Manual FUE November 2015: 2800 Grafts! (1800 Crown, 1000 Top/Hairline). Amazing density in the crown and full repair of the hairline. I don't know if I can post a link to my blog where I already have years of info and photos from the moment where I started to lose hair, the past two surgeries with Dr. Harris and now with Dr. Lorenzo. If that is the case please let me know and I will post the link here for you to see all the details of my surgery. I have too many there to start uploading and writing everything again on each forum. I will answer any question here in the forum. Thank you,