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Skip Diep is my advice. Good results but rumors and stories of unethical practices and in my opinion, he doesn't look after the donors. As I said above, I think your hair is quite fine so you need to look after your donor as you need to get it right first time and will definitely need a second pass. I would add my clinic to your list too: Hattingen. The other two you have mentioned are good.

Ahhh. I see. I hadn't looked at those. Well, let's see if this thread gets an official response from @Bill - Managing Publisher or @Melvin-Moderator I would really like to know the answer.

Also this. The site pictures in general, on the homepage for example, are really old but that is just aesthetics so doesn't matter too much. Profiles should be up-to-date or what is the point in paying the money they pay? Their money, their choice I suppose.

So, these are all apparently top clinics and must have waiting lists of a few months meaning they have a lot of patients and in 2 years of me being on this forum, not a single patient from some of those clinics gave permission for their pics to be shared and yet others are posting 1-2 results per week? Really? Come on now! They are not posting, either through laziness or poor quality results, and Bill and his team aren't enforcing the rules and therefore continued quality assurance for the list of recommended surgeons/clinics is lacking.

Well, if you go cheap you're probably (although not definitely) going to be going back sooner than you wanted to anyway for a correction/second transplant so either way you will probably be having to find that money anyway. You get what you pay for and the more you pay, the less likely you are to have to go back. I'd save and then go for it. If you can't wait, ask clinics if they will do a payment plan. Look at a loan. There will be options. Dr Rahal charges in Canadian dollars and pays towards your flight and hotel. Why don't you check them out?

Hello, Out of interest, I went through this website's list of recommended doctors just now and I saw doctors on the lists that I have never even heard of before. Given that I spent the best part of 2-3 years on this website (as well as others) looking at results, this means that they are not posting their results regularly on this website. I thought to continue with the recommendation, aside from paying the monthly fee to Bill, doctors/clinics have to post regular (weekly or monthly, can't remember which) results from their clinics? How is the site enforcing quality assurance for its members? The other thing I noticed is that you have put Greece as the country for Maras - it is Cyprus. A completely different and separate country.

Thank you, please do. I don't check here very often anymore. I am only logging back to answer some private inbox messages about my clinic.

It isn't for me, it is for an Asian friend in Asia. Thanks @seamike - do you have a thread of yoursurgery and its results?

If you HAD to get a transplant in Asia, who would you go with and why? I think Dr Path seems to be the best.

I am really sorry to hear this. Your donor is a mess. You could try SMP all over, and not just the donor, rather than a transplant. Without seeing the hairline, it is difficult to say if this is an option for you though. Assuming the hairline is fine, SMP the crown and the donor.

Because it is.....

Also, even if the scar is too low for another FUT over the top of that one, you could still have an FUT this time and then have the 1st scar taken out to reduce it in the future. Then you just put some FUE grafts into it/them so they are better hidden

I think 17k is a lot but then I am in Europe and it is much cheaper here. I got 4387 FUT for less than that at an elite clinic in Europe. As you were willing to travel to India for this, you could try looking in Europe too. Hattingen (my clinic) and Dr Feriduni are great FUT clinics although Dr Feriduni was pushing me into FUE. Glad I went with Hattingen in the end.

It was a few months ago now but he asked me in my consultation with him if I was taking Finasteride and I said no and that I didn't want to take it because there are no very long term studies showing what its effects are and just because everybody online thinks they are doctor with recommendations to take meds, empirical evidence is important as it is your health. He laughed and said this was a good view to take. I then said I know if I got side effects, I could just stop taking it and then things would return to normal but he said this isn't correct and that he wouldn't advise patients to take it and to look up post-finasteride syndrome.

Yeah looks good. I will be honest, when I saw the first set of pictures I thought it was going to be a disaster but it really grew in well. Congratulations!

These are an awful set of questions to ask. You should know these already before going in (except arguably the cost). These are all excellent and what I was going to suggest when I entered the thread. I would add to these: What will you do with the extra grafts if you cut out too many? (FUT only) Can you show me some examples of your work on patients similar to me? How many grafts do you estimate my donor will yield? Do you think I should FUT or FUE and why? (valid also for clinics that only offer one procedure type, if they are ethical) Who are you going to have your consultation with and where?

I'd give it 6-6.5/10 I think the lack of density isn't noticeable when it is long, although there are gaps but these could occur naturally anyway. You'd expect that anyway as it is only the illusion of density and not density itself. I can't quite pinpoint what it is about the hairline that I don't like but that is the problem for me. It just doesn't look right.

Don't be pushed into taking meds but do be prepared to lower your expectations if you do not take them. There is really no need if you believe it is now stable. I do not take them and was even advised by Dr Feriduni not to. He was telling me there is apparently new evidence coming out of longer term side effects. I'll pass! FUE also leaves scars, you won't be able to cut your hair really short with either procedure. FUE is still surgery and all surgery leaves scars!

Why not try Dra Ximena Vila then? She used to work with Lorenzo at his clinic but she has since branched out and started her own in Madrid. She did Lorenzo's transplant too!! 2.5 euros a graft and you don't have to leave Western Europe then.

Still, coming from somebody who has just had FUT, I would love a scar like that. Do we know who his surgeon was?

Which clinic? Your hair seems quite fine and that is a lot of area to cover and you are heading towards a NW5 pattern by the looks of it. Are you on meds? I'd debate a more conservative hairline and certainly wouldn't be looking at lowering it. What did this clinic say your donor density is and how many grafts? FUE or FUT?

David Silva, the Manchester City playmaker, has had a hair transplant. I was wondering a few weeks ago what others think about it. I do not know how to get pictures on the forum from the internet sadly so these are links to pictures on Google. As you can see on the first link, he had receded quite a lot. The second picture clearly shows him post-transplant with all the redness visible along the hairline. He kept his hair short for a year like that. Then in December 2018 he started to let it grow again. I actually think it looks really good in the 3rd link. Much better than in the 4th-6th links when it is grown out. I couldn't decide if it is an unnatural looking transplant or if it just seems unnatural seeing a soccer player with hair after a year of seeing them bald every week. I think the former because in picture 3, I think he looks great. Although the design is good, it seems too dense all the way through. I am not a fan anyway. What do you guys think? Natural or unnatural and why? https://bit.ly/2RmLd5W https://bit.ly/2RK1H7x https://bit.ly/2QKZDYq https://bit.ly/2D5pJSj https://bit.ly/2SPSyaT https://bit.ly/2smQv2x

Great scar for Townsend. You can see where the transplanted work is though (hairline and temple points) and it doesn't look natural.

It depends how conservative/aggressive you want the hairline. I would say 1500-2500 in your case. That said, at 28 you are still young and could recede further in the future. Are you on meds? What is your family history? Regarding your temple points, maybe have some in-person consultations with top clinics and they will draw them on for you so you can see if you think it will add much to the overall effect. They will also tell you if they think it will add much to the overall effect (they have seen 1000s of cases). Regarding a clinic, I would save more and go to a top clinic. Belgium is a good starting point. Top quality work and cheaper than North America. I personally wouldn't go to India or Turkey for this. You haven't mentioned if you want FUT or FUE but I am assuming the latter because of the clinics you are considering. I went with FUT but whilst I was researching I communicated with Dra Ximena Vila, an Argentinian doctor in Madrid. She used to belong to Lorenzo's clinic and has since branched out on her own. She actually did Lorenzo's transplant. She charges just 2.5 euros per graft for FUE and you can see her work on Lorenzo's site. Whilst I didn't see her in person as I was only considering FUT, the work from the clinic is very good and may be worth considering. I imagine her prices (and waiting list times) will shoot up once she establishes herself on the market.

I think you are going to be disappointed. Pay cheap, pay twice. I'd save up for more time and go to somewhere better.