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5 minutes ago, Melvin- Admin said:

Not only do you need to have sufficient donor, choose the right surgeon. But you need to have the funds. Make no mistake. A Norwood 7 needs above 10k grafts. The top 3 Zarev, Sethi and Pittella charge around $4-6 per graft. That’s easily $50k being conservative. If you’re not willing to invest that, you should probably just shave in my opinion. 

you need to make lifestyle changes as a Nw7 for savings to get your hair back most likely.

If have great donor thick donor you could maybe get a good result at a lower clinic but Nw7's with thick donor hair & calibre is rare.

These results you see from Turkey etc of good hgh Norwood results are rare so many end up shaving or getting smp

NW 7 means you need a big budget or else no point imo.

no Turkish surgeon can repair a Nw 7 bar maybe Pekiner possibly

For a NW7 its Zarev,Pittella or Sethi. Hasson & Wong too a good option.

Lower packages for Eugenix are hit and miss.

Looks not bad buzzed

3rd procedure i think pittella would do a great job

@anxious6 any updates?

Whats the plan going forward. Going for a 2nd surgery or happy enough with the results from this surgery.

Looks excellent

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great result suprising you needed beard grafts

Just Oral minox as medication?

@Frosted Flaked Oral minox could be good for you. Start at 1.25mg & then see if ok the build up to 2.5mg. Maybe 5mg see how it goes at 2.5mg for a few months.

delighted for you. Looks very good as well

looks good. Are u happy with it?

hope so after all you been through

4 minutes ago, Diff-thinner said:

this is what my instinct is saying, i see his results and just think wow, and to get a date so soon after the consultation, I just believe its a go with it kinda situation, what do you think the difference of the 1 k grafts would be based on in your opinion? 

Not much much. Dod you see Rahal in person? I assume you saw Couto in person?

Hairloss can look worse on certain phones with lighting.

I would go with Dr Couto,

I think its best to go with the lower graft number. If you need more they can be added in 12 months time.

Couto is a master at using as little amount of grafts of possible probably through placement,angles & picking certain thicker grafts/hairs

starting to fill. Going to look excellent in 2 months im sure

@Gatsby

How do u find the sea salt spray?

Helps with volume and thickness?

4 minutes ago, Stewie said:

Ha thanks. I keep getting told I don’t need it. But if I can why not. I just want it all as even as possible and then it will sit better with me  

Still no harm in getting some area's filled a bit more

Wont make a big difference to others but if you really want to do it no issue at all

excellent results

12 minutes ago, Adriam said:

so you reckon no HT?

i think you need an in person consultation.

you can certaintly get one but i think your donor looks thin when short but good be fine hard to tell

40 minutes ago, Adriam said:

I AM ON MEDS, HAIRLOSS STABLE BEEN ON THEM FOR LONG TIME!!!

i have multiple proposals for 3500grafts FIRST HT, and SECOND BEARD usage (GUR, TURAN, LAORWONG) (THEY APPROVE)

NEED HELP DECIDING PLEASE IF THIS IS DUMB IDEA?? TALK ME OUT OF IT IF IT IS??!!!!

WILL MY DONOR LOOK REALLY BAD AFTER HT? SCARRING ETC???!!!

 

HELP!!!! cheers.

 

 

 

 

 

smp blended in with existing hair could be your best option

you would ideally  need an in person consultation to access how many grafts you need and have available

I'm surprised your getting another procedure

But why not I guess

Youll have an incredible transformation 

3 hours ago, Z-- said:

I think you ought to seek out the view of doctors who can do both. FUT-only doctors and FUE-only doctors tend to have biased views and will obviously push for what they can do.

That said, in the majority of cases (maybe 90%+), FUE alone is sufficient, but for diffuse thinners, FUT + FUE is a wonderful alternative. Most avoid it because FUT is rather painful and fear of the scar (which can limit shaving the sides, if you don't want people to know you've had work done), but if neither deters you, I'd reach out to Konior, Hattingen, Shapiro, Laorwong and H&W to get an unbiased perspective.

I understand that Zarev, Pitella and Eugenix are all pulling 10k grafts these days, but I honestly am not a huge man of how the donor looks after such a large extraction, and, excluding the first in the list, they often require a mix of beard/body grafts as well, which are suboptimal in terms of survival.

Personally, I think the FUE / FUT combo works. I personally did over 4,000 grafts of FUT and roughly 800 FUE, and my donor looks completely untouched when my hair is around a 2.5 grade (any lower and the scar is visible). I've seen many that have done 4,000 grafts from FUE and the donor is noticeable in thinness, imo. The idea is that with FUE/FUT combo, you should be able to achieve an additional 1 - 3k grafts, depending on whether you have sufficient laxity. If the scar stretches, you would obviously lose that benefit, so it's critical to go to a doctor that understands what they're doing.

Yeah in europe a fade is so popular many are not concerned about a thin donor.

Possibly different in the states & Asia perhaps

12.5k in one procedure. That could be a record for one surgery.

Pittella is doing amazing work

19 hours ago, mtb said:

Considering not cutting the hair on the top of my head for a couple years. From this, to big wave, to pompadour, to surfer long hair, to rocker long hair. Gotta make up for the 20 years I lost. Ha. Wild that the second procedure hair from October is only barely visible at this point. 

such a great result because you have thin enough hair.

it will be epic at 9-12 months

brillant result

you could get a 2nd procedure the 1st was a great success

44 minutes ago, DeltaV said:

@Gatsbywould be terrible for this role. Can you not see his heavy Eugenix and Bicer bias.

No he has great experience. I dont think it is bias as Dr Sethi & Bicer are excellent surgeons. Every surgeon will have cases that dont grow as well including even Dr Zarev

That said i do think the lower Eugenix packages need to be careful in regards to planning for high norwood's that i would agree with

I do think myself with the experinece i have can do a great job

2 transplants with Dr Saifi - Been on finasteride had sides went off now using oral minoxidil & have an upcoming surgery with Dr Zarev which i will be showing on he here

For sure i will be as objective as possible. Every person is an individual so this conflict about finasteride is something i see on here that is frustating.

Every person can & wil react different to drugs in general not just finasteride. It is the same with Oral minoxidil

For me no issue with OM but finasteride caused my issues 2 years into taking the drug. For someone else it may be the opposite. There are some sort of risks with every drug & even also with a bad diet which may catch up with you later in life.

In regards to hair transplant i would urge patients need to be educated on timescales. We are seeing more patients on here impatient about growth after 3 months which is far too soon.

Also educating patients on the best surgern possible for there case would be another passion of mine.

Not everyone can get to DR Zarev or Dr Pittella but there are some excellent cheaper options like Dr Saifi in Poland or Pekinar in Turkey for example. Bicer is another great option.

@Gatsby would be excellent,

I have applied also

Melvin has done & will continue to do an amazing job. The podcasts have been brillant

this is going to look amazing at 6-9 months