Olly_77

Wondering if there's any photo updates here?

Any update on how your Op went?

Quick update; I met Spex recently and would definitely recommend it to anyone in the UK looking for good, impartial advice. I'm now in the process of arranging a procedure in the US. Greenhair - It was indeed the Farjo clinic that I had communications issues with. Just to clarify what happened - I emailed with photos, they replied suggesting a non surgical approach, I responded saying I'd tried that. I had no reply to this. After maybe a month, I tried again. This time to a different email address for the same clinic. I got a different person but equally poor service - they sent a very short email saying that the next available appointment for a consultation was seven months down the road. When I replied, asking about a waiting list for cancellations, I had no response. Maybe this experience was unusual, as they claim, but given I made multiple attempts the service seems pretty poor to me. I hate to say anything negative about anyone or any clinic, but the success of this forum seems to be built on honest feedback, so thought I'd clarify things.

Hairthere, Thanks for suggesting I should read up more on the FUE vs FUT issue - I thought I had read enough, but realise now that I made the rookie error of reaching a decision too early! Taking into account the pros and cons (possible lower yield of FUE / suitability of FUT for larger areas etc etc), I believe FUE is the right option for me. I'm looking for a relatively low number of grafts, maybe ~1000, and am very keen on avoiding a noticeable change in appearance, so FUE seems to make sense. Also, I view this procedure as part of a long term plan - I want the option to either 1) let myself go bald later on in life and still look natural despite having the FUE or 2) get further procedures (either FUE or FUT) as my recession progresses. On the holiday idea - thanks again for the advice, I'll definitely take things easy. With a low graft-number FUE procedure (I believe) there'll be no sutures and possibly less discomfort. On the redness, I plan to do the same as you (i.e. don't want to shave before the procedure). To both Dr Charles and Bill, Thanks for the info on both recovery times and background on how the list of physicians is produced. Finally, I've attached a photo of the front of my scalp(only area I currently have hair loss in), would be grateful for anyone's thoughts! Thanks to all for your help, Olly

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.