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Have consulted with them once. 

They inflate the graft requirement to make up for the low price, I am a NW 1.5 and was quoted 2.5K grafts. 

They may be good for mid scalp but surely not for hairline design. 

Oh man I'm sheduled to start taking them in about 3 weeks and stuff like this gives me nightmares. 

22 hours ago, Gabreille Nelson Mukhia said:

Supposing an individual does not take Finasteride or is allegedly having side effects with it, then what are the other options that a person can adopt to prevent further balding? Also, in case of further progression (mild or aggressive), how does a person manage his hair and his transplantation procedures?

What would you as hair transplant experts do in your own cases?

Bro could you get Dr Pradeep & Dr Arika's opinion on Topical Dutasteride? I've seen a lot of talk going around this at the moment. Couple of surgeons I visited also advised topical solutions over pills. 

2 hours ago, tressful11 said:

Fin (and later Dutasteride) as well as minox didn't really slow down the progress of hairloss for me. 
Right now I am taking Dutasteride daily and applying topical minox daily.

I am thinking of going on a month long or 2 month long break from the meds and then switch back to fin from dutasteride after the break. 

What are risks associated with such breaks? Will I lose hair irreversibly?

I don't know if it's really a thing but my thought is that I need to flush my system of all the medicines and start again. Maybe a stupid idea but worth trying if risks are low?

I've heard of stories where people lost their hair after stopping medications (more so for Mintop than Fin), but I suppose you can get topical Dutasteride - that seems to be in demand right now and much safer than Finesteride also. 

I am considering getting something along the same lines.

Also man, why Finasteride? From your pictures I don't see you bald at all (I know you have problems with your donor). 

I wouldn't be on medications in my 20s if I don't have notice severe balding. This is what I was advised by top doctors in India too. 

You're a pretty solid looker @Shakib, I hope your results turn out good over the next couple of months. 

Do keep us updated.

49 minutes ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

Dr. Bhatti is no longer a recommended surgeon, so coming back and trying to imply that I tried to save a surgeon is not only false, but it’s insulting. 

At this point, it’s time to move on, we’ve removed Dr. Bhatti, and there’s nothing further to say, you’re beating a dead horse.

I will not tolerate you trying to denigrate our forum and question our integrity, we are one of the few, if not the only forum/organization that actually remove surgeons, and operate openly and transparently. 

Refer to this thread. 

 

I never denigrated this forum, I was only appalled by the conduct of the mods in that thread. Specifically about user bans and assertions of undercover agents. I agree with you about this forum's integrity, and that is solely due to the awesome user base we have here. It is them who keep this forum under check, fair, un-biased, and it is them who called you out on the BS you tried to sell on that specific thread - and them alone responsible for bringing us cases of bad HT that warn future patients about the decisions they make. 

You're doing a good job, thank you, and while my intentions are in no way to antagonize you, mods are bound to make mistakes too. I see no reason why criticism of a mod has to be equated to the denigration of the entire forum. 

Anyways, like you said, let's move on. 

8 hours ago, tressful11 said:

Holy shit! It's alarming that Dr. Bhatti was being recommended here despite so many disastrously bad results over the years. He only got removed recently. Really shocked! 

Yeah, I was shocked to look at that thread too, its not just the poster of this topic who got banned (who seems to be a victim of bad donor extraction), but some others also for simply pointing out the obvious mistakes made by the surgeon.

From normalizing failure, trying to shift focus on other poster boy patients and asserting that other users were spies from another clinic out to destroy Dr. Bhatti , both these lads @Bill - Seemiller and @Melvin-Moderator have done all that can be done to save Dr. Bhatti in that thread. Not to mention the massive dump that @Shera always takes on such patients all across this forum. 

In the end Dr.Bhatti got 5 star defense from these guys and a couple of patients got thrown under the bus. 

At this point maybe they could all sit down and write a book about how to defend a bad HT surgeon.

3 minutes ago, transplantedphil said:

There won't be one. Nebulosity was kicked off the forum by the previous forum Moderator. I hope he managed to find a way out of his mess.

 

This thread is an absolute mess. I hope both these guys found a way out. 

Update?

1 hour ago, Shakib said:

I had hairs on that area. Not completely bald. @Badresults

I am planning to update this thread. Am I allowed to do this ? @Melvin-Moderator

I'm looking forward to your progress buddy, and why would you not be allowed? Post them pictures here

Guys with all due respect, why take a dump on Shakib's thread?

He seems alright for now, if I were at the 4-month mark looking forward to good results and then I saw a truck load of posts on my topic about how my surgeon is a screw up and about there being gaps in my post-op pics, I would certainly have sleepless nights. 

One can clearly see that @Shakib's midscalp isn't completely bald - that could explain the gaps. 

I think the post-op pictures look alright here.

3 minutes ago, watterot said:

I'll be posting more pics shortly. The hairline was completely bare. It's Dr. Bhatti's 'style' to space them apart. I have spoken to a few doctors recently and that been their observation too.

Well if that's the case the first thing I'd be doing is to count the number of grafts from my post-op pictures and verify if at all 2400 grafts have indeed been implanted. If actual density is lower than what has been quoted, I think in your case you should be a little elated. That's X number of grafts saved and repair becomes easier with a good supply. 

But if at all there have been 2400 incisions made at the donor, and for some weird reason, a lesser number implanted - that would be a different nightmare. 

Regardless I think your repair should be easy, and let's not forget you're only at the 6th month mark, you'd be growing for another 2 months at least. 

Why are the grafts at the frontal hairline spaced so far apart? Did you have a diffused loss? Pre-op pictures would be nice to see (If you're okay with uploading them).

 

Well, I don't think so. You've got perfect hair

1 hour ago, Abhinay Singh said:

Sir, in Premium package Hairline implantation will be done Dr Pradeep or Dr Arika and in comprehensive and exclusive package it will be done by technicians. Rest all procedure will be same.

Thanks for the response Abhinay. 

Is it possible to opt for Dr. Pradeep Sethi in the Comprehensive and Exclusive Package or would our option be limited to Dr. Arika? I personally think both of them are great surgeons, but if need be & preferred, can a patient choose Dr. Sethi or does he exclusively operate in the Premium tier? 

Hope you're doing well, can we have an update? 

Thanks for sharing your experience. 

Design looks good and you seem to be on track for 4 months.

Do share your pictures for the 5 month mark in daylight - will follow your progress!

Regards!

I'm pretty sure SMP can easily cover up those patches at the back, so you're fine and it doesn't look that bad. 

That being said it doesn't look like the procedure was carried out professionally and they've more or less put you in a lose-lose situation, you need to get yourself a refund. 

Nice to hear that you had a comfortable procedure. 

Is it just the quality of the picture or are the grafts actually placed a tad apart from each other for some reason?

Happy growing mate, hope you get a stellar result!

Be careful while taking pictures this way, the phone could fall out of your hands and land right on the transplanted area - have someone else take them for you?

Also, is there a reason why you chose Dr. Bansal specifically or is it that Dr. Sethi doesn't do procedures under the Comprehensive plan anymore?

Regardless I think they both do a great job but it would've been nice to have an option.

Happy growing, regards!

Great results, Abhinay. 

Could you tell us what surgeon worked on this patient?

Thanks.