Bald36

Since I've got similar loss to you I decided to look at your doctor.

Is this the same clinic and doctor you used?

Rezultate — dr. Mihai Motora - transplant de p

All of the results are from different clinics. He is showing an eyebrow result with the name of the doctor he stole the images from still on the image he stole. This result page is ridiculous.

I agree, it will be helpful. Do you think that your results you see in the mirror reflect what we're seeing in your phone photos?

Have you considered using body hair? You look like donor supply wouldn't be a problem.

I hope we get an update for his crown result. This is a great result for a small number of grafts on a large bald area. Great job to all involved.

If a technician is doing the job then why pay as if the doctor did? I think it's stupid to pay premium rates when all the doctor does is make some holes.

I hope the OP finds help. I can't imagine being told I'd have FUE type scarring then come out like this.

This entire thread is a bad joke. If the guy had surgery, and there was a beef, I'd understsand. But no, we have a poster that got a refund once, but not twice, is out a few hundred bucks and didn't like what a doctor said to him. This is just proof that the internet puts the power to complain in too many hands.

I have to agree with Jeanlucbergman. The idea that a doctor can know that a patient will have side effects from propecia based on a blood test is something I've never heard or read. I think that for this to be true the exact reasons for side effects would have to be known in the first place and everything I've read tells me that no one knows why anyone has side effects from propecia.

I don't think the stats matter at this point because your GENERAL practitioner gave you one piece of advice and the doctor that specialized in what he does for a living, what you were seeking his expertise on, gave you a contradictory piece of advice. You chose to take the advice of your non-specialist doctor. I don't see a problem with that but also I don't see a problem with Dr. Bhatti keeping your deposit since you chose to waste his time, not once, but twice.

I just read this entire thread and I'm really sorry for your situation. My worry is that you're taking accutane and what it might do to your hair. I was told by more than one HT doctor that accutane can cause thinning and prevent new grafts from growing. Did you speak with the clinic about this? I'm also suspicious of your switch back to oral fin. Fin doesn't always regrow hair and in many cases once it is gone it is gone for good so if you don't have regrowth it doesn't really mean that topical didn't cause the problem.

Since you've had so many grafts I wonder if the micro scarring can inhibit absorption of any topical solutions. I hope this works out for you. You should stick with what works and don't experiment.

Why is your hairline shaved? Did you take photos of your donor area in the studio too?

I like seeing results like this because I've used the comb over approach myself and I can clearly see that this patient did the same thing. You can see in his pre-op photos how long the hair is on one side.

What I wish you would have done was take photos of his hair as he normally styled it before his hair transplant. I don't think he walked around looking like Bill Murray from Kingpin before his hair transplant so because you didn't show his hair style before then all it looks like is that you uncombed his combover and then combed it back over.

I don't see why you can have the gaps filled. I'm just concerned about you being told you won't have any signs of surgery. What do you mean when you say you shave? Do you mean to the bone or do you buzz with a clipper?

Looks natural.

I thought it was predictable to a degree. If you can see where the loss is headed it's probably headed there:)

This still doesn't explain why Dr. Shapiro is wrong on what the average donor density is. He's one of the most experienced hair restoration surgeons and the method of extraction has nothing to do with understanding density.

I don't know why this means Dr. Shapiro is wrong. Please explain.

Nice work for a large area of loss. Gives me hope!

Dr. Shapiro says 80 to 100 is average.

Understanding Density -

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NORMAL DENSITY (80-100FUCM2): Normal Density is usually 80 to 100 FU/CM2. Some patients can have higher or lower densities

What was the question? I'd like to know more about the VAT too.

So i got a fue with Dr Bhatti and now have what he calls hypertrophic scarring, but everyone else clearly calls it cobblestoning.

I was told to buy some scar cream called Xeragel, I have also found such things as Scar Away etc. and was wondering if anyone knows or thinks this will actually help or is there no real fixing this problem outside of having more surgery like laser or another fue.

Don't topical steroid creams help with scars? I don't really see a problem here. Did other doctors tell you that this is cobblestoning because I can't see much of anything except hair.

This is encouraging. I'm glad more clinics are offering this now. I'm not far behind this guy's pattern so SMP has been in the back of my mind if I decide to not have a hair transplant. Great job!

Thanks, Swooping. I agree about him being elite and I'm thinking about him for myself.

How many surgeries does he do each day? I've heard he does four a day but I'd rather get official confirmation from you. Thanks again.

Congratulations. Did you have a procedure with him?

Does Dr. Bisanga do all of the FUE extractions himself for every case or does he have technicians that do this for him?

Impressive for so few grafts.

The poster Byomkesh is an ass but he's brought up some questions that I'd like to know more about. When the doctor saw your grafts, why was he able to "immediately" knew that you had slept on your grafts or that something was wrong? What was so obvious to him?

Since you have been a lurker for five years before your surgery I'd like to know what the doctor said about your donor area and who came up with the plan to do the no shave procedure. Was it your idea or his and what was the discussion regarding your donor area?

Wibbles, thanks for the photo but I don't know what you're comparing. It is clear that the H and W donor is shaved. Vega's donor is not shaved. Was there something else to this? I did a quick search online and the no shave FUE is pretty popular. ASMED offers it, Dr. Mwamba offers it as do many others.