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BDK081522

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Country
    United States

Hair Loss Overview

  • Describe Your Hair Loss Pattern
    Receding Hairline (Genetic Baldness)
  • How long have you been losing your hair?
    In the last 10 years
  • Norwood Level if Known
    Norwood III
  • What Best Describes Your Goals?
    Considering Surgical Hair Restoration

Hair Loss Treatments

  • Have you ever had a hair transplant?
    Yes
  • Hair Transplant Surgeon
    Dr. Raymond Konior
  • Other hair restoration physicians
    Dr. John Diep
  • Current Non-Surgical Treatment Regime
    Propecia (Finasteride)
    Rogaine Extra Strength for Men

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  1. Here's a simple litmus test. Do you see any of the other elite surgeons who achieve the most natural, dense, jaw dropping results implanting in rows? Ever see this from Zarev, Couto, or Konior? If no, then this is not the way.
  2. From the pictures, the density difference can be attributed to how the hair is styled. The hair on the left (pic) is layered on top of itself creating a visually denser result. The hair on the right (pic) is fully exposed and this is the most vulnerable spot for any transplant. You have a high skin color to hair color ratio making it even easier to see underlying scalp. Remember, you'll never have native density but visually it could look slightly more dense with a touch up procedure. Your first transplant was really well done in my opinioin. The hairline is very soft and natural looking and the density overall is pretty good. Konior could help with the density issues and give you the temple points you're looking for.
  3. Glad you took our advice to heart as not many do! And avoiding Diep was a blessing in disguise. You would have regretted having surgery with him. Check out Dr Barthougthi as well as he does excellent beard work.
  4. You're about to make a huge mistake so take a step back and just breathe. Your pattern is showing NW 5/6. You're not willing to get on medication. You look young. This is the typical recipe for disaster that we try to warn against. If you get a transplant now in the front you will continue to lose and it will look extremely odd. Especially if you're going to a hair mill. Please take our advice. Visit a reputable clinic and rethink medical therapy before doing anything else. Any of these clinics your thinking about don't care about your long term well being. They will all take your money and do whatever you ask them to.
  5. I've never really been blown away by True and Dorin's results. While this certainly lacks density I wouldn't classify it as disastrous. Hopefully your second transplant continues to mature and gives you the result you are seeking. I would like to ask though, if you'd be willing to pay $30K for 1100 grafts why didn't you go to Konior?
  6. I voted emphatically yes. His practice has been putting out some of the most egregious results of any clinic on this forum for the last 4 years. Donors have been destroyed by larger than needed punches, one sided harvesting, linear line FUE scarring, and lastly some of the worst FUT scars that have ever been produced. His implantation technique leaves chunky grafts placed in cornrows, angles that are too perpendicular to the skin, and very odd temple closures that sometimes show low yield. I have personally experienced many of these shortcomings after receiving a 2024 graft FUE from him in 2017. I was still very naive in my understanding of hair restoration at the time of my choosing him as my surgeon. Like many others I saw his YouTube videos and a few results here that looked dense. I had no appreciation of donor management or naturalness of the hairline. I can honestly say I made a mistake by choosing him. I flew across the country, paid a ton of money, only to have an experience of never remembering him doing any work on me, a mangled donor where absolutely no planning was done, and a recipient area that had bad angles and chunky grafts. These are all technique and surgical related issues. I think what is even worse is his recent lack of ethics that have been demonstrated on a few occasions here. The latest of which is doing a terrible FUE/FUT combo case on a 21 year old with slight recession leaving him with a horrible FUT scar for only 550 grafts. Just why would this ever be suggested in 2022 with how good FUE has become. His whole practice seems like it is driven by revenue rather than patient satisfaction. From the front office to the young inexperienced techs that seem to do the bulk of the heavy lifting. Everything should be questioned at this point. He does not meet the standards of what this highly regarded forum represents and as such, in my opinion, should be removed from the recommended list.
  7. The time has come. Dr. John Diep should no longer be recommended by this forum. This patient is just the latest case of a long list that question his abilities and ethics when it comes to hair restoration. The emotional turmoil that he has caused this patient and the many before him is simply not acceptable. @Melvin- ModeratorThis case needs to be reviewed and a decision made on whether this type of ethics and subpar work is something the forum stands behind.
  8. This is an absolutely unethical surgical intervention and the surgeon needs to be held accountable. There are so many things wrong with this whole scenario and OP we are here for your guidance and reassurance that you can still be helped. You need to seek help from the repair experts that deal with these types of cases. Search the forum for repair cases and see what can be done. You should have never been operated on as a 21 year old. You should never have been given an FUT for 500 grafts. That is absolute absurdity in 2022. The angles are almost perpendicular and the pluggy look is just downright wrong on so many levels. Please let the forum know who is responsible for this as there are ethical issues as well as the obvious technical ones.
  9. To achieve the density you will want (considering how detailed you scrutinize your hairline) you're more than likely going to need two procedures. Surgeons have to plan for graft survival as they compete for new blood supply. As such not all of them grow so you'll never get 100% from any surgeon. So, implanting at lower than natural density and not getting 100% regrowth will more than likely lead you to do two passes. Even with Konior, results are limited to your own physiology. I had to have two passes with him myself. So, keep that in mind that this will be years of your life with his waiting time and growth waiting times etc.
  10. Why are you narrowing your search to Turkey or India? It's a common misconception that Turkey is the hair transplant capital of the world simply because there are so many clinics available and medical tourism is a huge part of the country's economy. Most of those clinics are full on hair mills. You're very early in your research journey. Many knowledgeable members of this forum have been around the hair transplant industry for a very long time so take advice from the senior members here. This is probably the most unbiased forum out there but it's only one tool.
  11. I think there's a rule where you only have like 72 hours to remove pictures. If you're outside that window from the initial posting then they cannot be removed by yourself.
  12. If money is no issue than Dr. Konior is a great choice. Also, look into Dr. Zarev and Dr. Couto. Keep in mind they all have waiting lists of over a year. You should also entertain the idea of getting on finasteride if not already on it. You're a diffuse thinner and it works very well in this scenario.
  13. Are the post op pictures from immediately after graft placement? As in the first couple days?
  14. That's exactly what this is. He joined yesterday and this is his first post.
  15. I've had four hair transplants from vastly different skill levels of surgeons. In all my surgeries most of the grafts grew before eventually shedding. This isn't to say they have to grow but it is a sign of an established new blood supply. However, I have also had a few grafts that grew initially but never came back. I've had grafts that never grew, nor shed and eventually I just lightly tugged on and they fell. So, point being I don't believe there's only one way to a successful surgery. That being said though, it is slightly concerning that none of the grafts have grown at all after two weeks. Not sure who you went to but the work looks very clean and reminiscent of some top clinics work. Nothing you can do but wait and hope for the best.
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