Hi,
This is my first post on the forum, although I've spent a lot of time in the last few weeks/months researching hair transplants, including reading through this forum in depth.
I've taken Propecia for more than a year now (minoxidil for 2 years) yet my recession continues, and I'm close to biting the bullet and booking a procedure.
I have several questions;
1) Is the US still streets ahead of everywhere else?
I live in the UK, and from what I can gather there's not many great options over here. The one physician that this site recommended was pretty poor in helping me sort out a consultation, and after months of emails back and forth, all I was offered was a concultation in 7 months (after which they stopped replying to my emails).
Anyway, based on many posts on this forum the US seems streets ahead, although as many key posts are now several years old I wanted to confirm this
2) Is there a big variance in quality among this site's list of recommended physicians?
I understand there are some cowboys out there, and this list aims to show only the best ones, but within that list, is there significant difference in quality?
I understand I could go through the results sections and look at photos for each physician, but I find it hard to tell the difference in quality, even with this information.
Also, the list shows some physicians who are scarcely mentioned on some key sections of this site (e.g.the Results sections). How are they getting on the list when (for example) Dr Cole and Dr Epstein aren't on there?
My current plan is to use a (listed) physician in Florida as I could then take a nice holiday with the girlfriend afterwards in Miami and surrounding areas. However if there's much variance in quality on the list I may choose to go to NY.
3) Negating the chances of work colleagues noticing is a priority for me, but I can only take 2 weeks off - is this enough?
I'm thinking of an unshaven FUE procedure as being my best bet for this going un-noticed. However I have very fair skin and only 2 weeks off. This is a hard question to answer I know, but is this normally enough time (for scabs to fall off / redness to die-down enough to be hidden by hair-styling etc)?
Apologies if I'm repeating questions already answered on the site.
Thanks for any and all opinions offered.
Cheers,
Olly.