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Could you please take a few pictures today/tomorrow and post them so we can compare? I was in similar situation where my results on Dr Keller's pictures looked way better and where misleading. 

Wait till you are 18 months post op and please post pictures. I had a similar experience with Dr Keller, not happy as well. 2nd HT is probably the best option.

Did you talk to Dr Keller? 6 months post op?

@Melvin-Moderator @Bill - Managing Publisher

Hi, 

I took some pictures under natural lighting. Could you please provide your opinion. Thanks

5 hours ago, matt3480 said:

Results are definitely lacking. Konior is half hour away from Keller....I will never understand you guys who pass that opportunity up (especially if you have had surgery in the last couple years because there are tons great Konior threads since way before then). 

I had online consultation with Konior but wait time was too long even for in person consultation and I decided to do not wait. My mistake. I am considering him for repair since I definitely need another surgery.  

I have picked Dr Keller because he was recommended on this site and his pictures looked promising. I am not saying that he is not great surgeon and that many people are not happy with him, but in my case the results are not good and he is not standing behind his work. All the time he was trying to tell me that this is good result and my expectations are unrealistic. During consultation he quoted that I will need 3000-3200 grafts and during 1 year post op that I need more. 

Hi All,

I understand that I cannot have density as before but what is point of having result like this. It is better to do not have HT at all. During my consultation Dr Keller said I will have a good results. He did not mention anything about second surgery during my initial consultation. During my 1-year post op he said that I need another surgery if I want a better density that my results are good and expectations unrealistic. In my opinion my final result is not good. During 4 months post op he said I can expect poster results, during 7 months post op visit that my density will double. None of this happened. Five months ago I have asked for post op pictures showing crown to be posted, it happened now after moderators asked.  

11 hours ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

Honestly,  the results don’t look impressive, but you had the grafts spread across the entire scalp. Unfortunately, with the grafts spread out like that, you were never going to get a dense result. 

The crown itself requires over 3,000 grafts and you would still likely see scalp under harsh lights. This is because hairs lay flat around the whirl, so the hairs don’t cover the scalp as well. 

Think of it like this, a corn 🌽 patch with the corn stalks all standing upwards will cover the ground and dirt from an aerial view. Now, imagine the corn stalks are layed all flat on the ground, this will expose the ground and make the dirt visible. This is why crown density is so hard to achieve.

With that said, you did see improvement and I would say typical for the area covered. You likely had 1,000-1,500 grafts in the crown itself and the rest in the midscalp.

 

Please see my post above. You can ask Dr Keller to post his feedback as well. Thanks.

8 minutes ago, PeloDinero said:

Who said anything about lighting? The issue is that there wasn’t a top-down shot of the crown shown in Keller’s post. It’s known that most top, respected surgeons will show a top-down, especially if the crown was the area addressed! You are sure quick to come to the surgeon’s defense a vast majority of the time. Isn’t this forum supposed to by patients, for patients?

I am not trying to be unfair. I just think that Dr Keller was not honest with me and is not accept ing fact that my result is below average. I understand that I cannot have density as before but what is point of having result like this. It is better to do not have HT at all. During my consultation he said I will have good results. He did not mention that I will need 2nd surgery. In my opinion my final result is not good. During 4 months post op he said I can expect poster results, during 7 months post op visit that my density will double. None of this happened. You can see that in May I haves aked him to post pictures that show my crown from the top and hair counts. He never did. You can contact him and ask him  to post all his pictures, but I just think that pre op and post op pictures should be the same in the term of what they showing. If three of my pre op photos in his post show crown from the top, I would expect 3 post op that show crown as well. I think that it is fair expectation. 

10 hours ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

Can you post pictures of where the grafts were placed? Were they only placed in the crown or spread out? 

If the grafts were spread out, there is no way possible that you would obtain full coverage and density with 3,000 grafts, most don’t achieve full coverage with 6,000 grafts. I look forward to your response and pictures thanks. 

 

Hi Melvin,

thanks for the feedback. Please see my pictures bellow and let me know your opinion.

Before 

Grafts placement

Month 2

Month 3

11 hours ago, JeanLDD said:

Imo it could look a bit better than it does for the graft number, but considering your procedure also included the hairline, you cannot expect a full head of hair in the crown and midscalp. There is definitely visible improvement across the entire area also. 

 

You likely would have required over double your graft number and two procedures for full coverage.

Thanks for the feedback. My procedure did not include any hairline work, just the crown and mid scalp. My hairline was not affected by hair loss. 

Hi AnalogFeel,

I think that my tickness is above the average. I had around 2,000 grafts with 3 hairs. None of the post op pictures he posted does not show my crown from the top. I have some improvements, but I have expected better density.

Hi All,

I had my FUT HT with Dr Richard S. Keller 02/10/2017. I am not happy with my result and my surgeon is telling me that my expectations are unrealistic. I have expected better density. I would like to hear your opinion and recommendations. I had 3,125 FU and most of them were 3s.

He posted my results, but none of the post op pictures show crown from the top.

Before

12 Months

14 months

Hi Razzy and Shera,

Thank you for the feedback. My surgeon thinks that stated that is a good result.

Hi Dr Keller,

Thank you for posting my results. Since 3 of 5 preop pictures show my crown could you please provide the same pictures(crown only) for my postop results so hair restoration network membera can give comments. Also, I would like you to include grafts count.

Thanks in advance.

I apologize for not providing details.

1st picture - before HT

2nd - 3 months

3rd -12 months

4th - 14 months

Hi All,

I would like to hear your opinion about my hair transplantation results.

I had 3,125 FUT grafts with 2000 3 and 3+ hairs.

1st picture - before HT

2nd - 3 months

3rd - 12 months

4th - 14 months

Thanks in advance