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I don't think Nebulosity was too harsh on his case. He may be impatient but he can see it was a poor job done. I'm an ex patient of Dr Bhatti myself and if you have seen my photos you would have agreed the density was too low. Even after a full 18 months, the density was unacceptable from a such a highly recommended doctor here. 3 years after my 1st HT with Dr Bhatti I had to get a 2nd HT just to fix the low density.

1 hour ago, Nebulosity said:

There's also this case: 

And this case:

And this case doesn't look great, although he only showed up to around 6 months... still look like the grafts were very widely spaced:

 

I think we know enough to observe that there's a pattern. I think most good hair transplant doctors would look at my graft placement and agree that it is going to turn out too thin. I might be able to sort of conceal it, grow it long and bushy and cover it up for a while. But it's too widely spaced, without a doubt. Melvin, I think you can see it too. I realize you want to be fair, but being fair doesn't mean that forum users need to pretend we don't see something.

another case with poor density. Guy went back for a revision. If done properly the first time, it will save all the disappointments and time.

9 minutes ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

I haven't seen this issue come up at all.  Most of the results I see coming from Dr. Bhatti are very good. Now that's not to say that he is a perfect surgeon, because no one is perfect. That said, let's wait for his response.

Best wishes,

Melvin

Gosh. I must have strike the lottery to receive both poor recipient density and poor donor extraction all at once from a well accredited doctor here.

11 minutes ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

Guys,

I have reached out to Dr. Bhatti, in the meantime I want you guys to realize this patient isn't at 4 months yet. While I can understand concerns about the donor area. We cannot comment on the results because they are nowhere near complete.

Best wishes,

Melvin

Hi Melvin, how about the poor density coverage which so many patients of his experienced? Grafts are placed further apart than normal cases which resulted in a low density coverage.

29 minutes ago, Nebulosity said:

Great. In your Bhatti hair transplant, you didn't get that many multi hair grafts in your hairline. So I'm sure that extracting them was not necessary. I think you'll get a great result too. Will you do SMP or anything so that you can wear your hair short in the back?

There were a couple of multi grafts from Bhatti but I think the 2nd FUE managed to cover the issue. Wasn't really so particular about that anyway. I was more concerned about the poor density. I'm not getting SMP done as I am leaving my hair long. At least for now.

20 minutes ago, Nebulosity said:

Did you get all single hair grafts along your hairline in your 2nd FUE?

I did not observe any double ones so far. It's been only  3 months since my 2nd FUE so may not see the full results yet but I'm positive everything will be good.

4 hours ago, jonnyalex said:

I knew from your initial photos who this doctor was. Why does his work always seem so different to any other doctor? The graphs are always way further apart than normal, those gaps are just too wide. Also, I can't understand why any doctor would harvest your donor in that manner? I mean just.. why? 

Here’s the result of my recipient after a year with the same doctor. I had to go for a 2nd fue to get it fixed.

6 minutes ago, Nebulosity said:

Yea, the main risk of not using finasteride immediately after a hair transplant is loss of the native hairs surrounding the transplanted hairs. There's a paper on it called 'Effects of finasteride (1 mg) on hair transplant.'

I value my health more than my hair. I'd like to see that thread though.

Is the loss temporary? If not I Guess it only happens if you have miniaturized hair which is going to drop anyway in the near future. The transplant just accelerates the process.

4 hours ago, jonnyalex said:

Be very careful about considering a hair transplant without Fin. Yesterday in the Italian forum, I seen a Rahal patient who's hair completely thinned out and he was left with just a hairline and a heavily diffused NW7 pattern in a matter months after the surgery!. 

I’m not talking any fin. So far so good. No shock loss or further hair loss. I Guess you just have to know your own body. For me I have no active hair loss and the main concern is shock loss which I am ok to forgo to avoid the side effects. But I’m on biotin though since I’ve seen positive results with it.

22 minutes ago, Nebulosity said:

I doubt they’ll be offering me a free touch up, because the doctor has ghosted me, and his clinic has been sort of dismissive of my questions. Obviously I am a lay person, so I am waiting to see how the result turns out and the donor area heals. But the overall poor design and the lack of responsiveness from the doctor has definitely created some bad blood. Obviously I’ll do my due dilligence. But if it turns out to be as bad as I suspect (multiples in hairline, donor area depleted in narrow areas), I’ll take this up with the IAHRS, and post a very comprehensive report on my experience to forums and various social media networks. In say, 10 months, I’ll have a clearer picture. For those wondering who the doctor is, just view the threads started by someone else in this thread.

I received a total of three very brief replies from the doctor. I had around 7 or 8 clear questions, and he answered two or three. Then he stopped replying.

I asked his staff via WhatsApp about the donor area. Here is what they had to say:

I think to be fair to the doctor, perhaps you should wait another few weeks for the donor? For my first FUE with him, donor looks fine after 3 weeks. Unfortunately, I can't keep short hair anymore because of the scars.

After one week.

25 days.

Just had my 2nd HT. Was on Finasteride and minoxidil for first HT because of doctor's prescription however my 2nd HT I decided not to take any since I don't really have active balding and miniaturized hair and doctor didn't actively insist for me to take it. Understand it should only be taken if you have active balding or to prevent shock loss. So if you are confident of your hair, think you can most probably skip it which I did.

56 minutes ago, Nebulosity said:

I can see areas where the scars run together. He probably did the same to my donor area. If you really think about it, considering he has decades of experience, he probably just wants to get it over with and collect his fee, and so he doesn’t really pay attention. I mean, as a lay person, I would try to space out the grafts better than that. He just does it as fast as he can. What I remember is that the last area he extracted from, he did extremely fast, as if there was a time limit. And that is exactly where you can see the most see through effect. At that point, though, what can you do? You can’t exactly just stand up and walk out, because there are still follicles to implant. The extractions were practically finished, so I just let him do his thing.

I didn't know my scarring was so bad until I went for the 2nd HT. Kinda disappointing for a highly recommended doctor here. The density, the scarring simply makes it not worth it. I saw a few threads with the same plight as ours and all the doctor can offer is a complimentary session to "fix" the issue. I didn't take the offer since I wasn't really sure if it's worth travelling so far to get it fixed.

9 hours ago, Nebulosity said:

Just a quick update. The recipient area is shedding and looking more and more like it did pre transplant. The donor area is unfortunately NOT recovering and appears overharvested. After the transplant, the doctor said - bragged, even - that all of the hair was taken from the safe zone. Well, I might as well have gotten FUT, no? As far as I know, a top doctor would have extracted from a much larger area and spread out the extractions more. I think the entire point of FUE is to make it so that the hair can still be short in the back. Yet this doctor made it a point of pride that he extracted from *only* the safe zone. It makes no sense to me.

Just to share my donor area after getting FUE from the same doctor. Photo was taken right before my 2nd HT to improve the less than desirable density from my first HT We both know who he is.

You are not answering the question but simply choosing to target one word "POTENTIALLY" and playing with it with a story. I'm asking if anyone has any experience if this is possible.

Happened to read through a hair transplant website and realise they are using this method which can enable donor areas to regenerate follicles? I'm not sure if I can link the website here. But below is stated on their website. Is it really possible for donor area to regrow? 

• Donor Area Recovery - CIT is the only hair transplant technique that enables donor areas to potentially regenerate follicles.

Seems like many patients have less than ideal density from Dr Bhatti. I'm one of them and I got the same result as you and had to do a 2nd HT to top up the density.

still doesn't answer the real concern. everyone understands that finasteride is required to prevent further hair loss. the questions here is if someone is not experiencing hair loss but simply wants to get a FUE to lower the hairline, is finasteride required for the FUE procedure itself and not to prevent further hair loss.

On 12/16/2018 at 2:20 AM, Spaceman said:

If recipient sites are among and between existing hair then some of the nearby existing hair may be shocked out by the HT procedure. If the shocked hair was weak and miniaturized it may not grow back.  Finasteride use prior to surgery may strengthen such weak hairs and prevent the shock loss, if it occurs, from being permanent. 

what if i do not have weak and miniaturized fair? Is finasteride still required just to improve the results of a HT or purely just to prevent temporary shock loss?

9 minutes ago, Dr. Sethi & Dr. Bansal said:

If you keep long hair then there will be no apparent appreaciation of the depletion.

But if the hair is cut very short then it might look sparsed up.

Thank you for the reply. Can I say this is to be expected for FUE?

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4 minutes ago, RepairHT said:

Unacceptable result. Docs/techs should not be placing multi hairgrafts infront of the hairline. 

Yes, I was quite disappointed with the results as well but what done has been done.

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