Huncholini

Yes, totally agree, turning every thread in an echo chamber of praise is not conducive to this however. IMO it should be perfectly acceptable for a user to write comments like "This area looks a little thin at present", "This doesn't look like a good result for x number of grafts", "Why are the grafts placed in such an such a pattern". Indeed this should be a safe place for patients to post, but I don't believe it helps the patient either when every comment needs to be sugar coated to be considered appropriate, this just ends up misleading the patient. In the end the patient probably wants a genuine opinion of what his progress/result looks like (so long as it's constructive/beneficial of course, I'm not advocating offensive or spiteful messages here). I know, at the very least, in my case, if I post a photo I would want genuine feedback/opinions. Again, I totally agree, I'm happy to be challenged about the comments I'm making, I'm yet to see any merit in arguments against my posts however. Nothing I post is slanderous or defamatory, they are genuine questions coming from a prospective patient.

I don't care for your warnings, do whatever you want. There's nothing wrong with asking the questions I have asked in my history, not every comment has to be a ridiculously unconstructive and exaggerated like "OMG HOME RUN AMAZING", in fact those don't really help much at all. I wouldn't be surprised if people have benefited more from the answers provided to my questions than they have from you commenting "OMG AMAZING" on every thread. The reason I post mostly on Bisanga threads is because I'm interested in a Bisanga transplant. If I go to that clinic I'm well within my rights to ask about their graft distribution and how they handle cases where results might not meet expectations. None of the posts I've made are slanderous or defamatory. Every prospective patient will have their concerns and they are are well within their rights to ask questions in a straight forward way instead of having to sugar coat everything to appease you. Is that not the purpose of this forum? It's to help people find the right clinic for their transplant at the end of the day. Maybe you should take a leaf out of the clinic's book, look at how they respond to questions like mine. "You benefit from seeing reviews and people putting themselves out there without doing it yourself." -> this is just ridiculous tbh, I've said before I'll be happy to make a post once I have my transplant, this is not something one does every week, so I'm not sure what you expect here. I'd prefer this thread be about Bailey's journey, so I won't be dignifying any more of your tripe with a response from here on out. My inbox is open if you wish to proceed in a civil manner.

Balanced comment = covert dig? Ridiculous. I no longer have any respect for your authority on this website, do whatever you wish. Maybe learn from Sl's reply.

Brilliant explanation, that makes sense actually, really varies case by case and on donor quality. Thanks for this.

Would be so good to see your final results, the results at 4.5 months look really promising.

Congratulations on getting your 2nd procedure! It looks like they addressed that mid scalp area that was looking a little thin after you first surgery and I'm now really looking forward to seeing how this progresses over the next 6-12 months. That before and after comparison is going to be incredible.

Where did you have your transplant done?

All 3 hair transplant Drs in this video seem to have impeccable natural hairlines, in fact most of the other Drs I can think of (Lupanzula, Zarev, Muresanu) seem to be at worst NW3s and they're all over 40. What gives?

If we're talking about hair envy at the Euros, we can't ignore Yannick Carrasco, he has godly hair genetics.....

Thanks for posting this baalloss. I'm sorry to read about the experience you've had and the emotional stress it has caused you, I really hope things get better for you. It's credit to this forum that a negative experience with a well known clinic is made available to the public and not censored. Having both positive and negative reviews is what helps people make informed decisions on where they want to have their hair transplant. Regardless of what has happened here, I would consider the alleged threatening of legal action when a patient is simply asking for post operative care a huge red flag. A patient supervisor should imo show empathy especially in a situation like this. It seems like the correspondence baal had with the supervisor in question was the complete opposite. "where he was indirectly saying that he would not help me unless I went to the forums, apologised and wrote positive things about the clinic." Imagine already being incredibly stressed about the result of your transplant only to have the person who should be providing post operative care threaten you with legal action and use your relationship with the clinic as leverage and try to coerce you into writing an apology and a positive review.

Just amazing, incredible density for that number of grafts.

I haven't had mine yet, but I would have thought that even though there's a long waiting period I'd actually be relieved and happy that I'd finally taken action.

Thanks for your mature and constructive reply, this is what makes this forum great. Indeed lighting effects on blonde hair may be another reason I perceived a difference in density. Glad to know you're happy with your result, that's the most important thing and it's no surprise, I think most people would be delighted with the result you have.

That is a very good point, it might just be the image in that case. Thanks for your detailed and as always, constructive reply.

duplicate.

My first comment was "This is a brilliant result. It looks great, even under the sun.". I then asked a question, for which I even offered a reasonable explanation for the perceived density difference, i.e. light and color of the hair. If that is "disparaging" and "tearing someone down" to you then you're either overly sensitive or don't know what disparaging means. I will happily post my journey and results when I have my procedure, I've always had the intention to do so, I'm all for paying it forward.

I can copy and highlight the area that I'm referring to if I get permission from the thread owner to use his pictures. It's the birds eye view on day 299. You've reached max hyperbole, I have no issue with the clinic, I've never had a procedure with them. This forum prides itself on apparently being objective, your critical comments on a simple and not completely unfounded query bring that into question. If you want an echo chamber of praise then feel free to delete my account and turn this forum into every other hair transplant forum on the internet. People should be able to ask questions, provided they are constructive, I see no issue with my question in that regard.

My comment was almost all positive. After which I posted a question, it's a genuine question, it's not "negativity". Instead of criticizing the question because it doesn't suit your echo chamber of praise, a constructive answer would be far more useful. I have huge respect for Dr Bisanga and all of BHR, he comes across as skilled and ethical and the clinic reps are professional and make excellent posts, often writing detailed, brillant answers to questions. This is a public forum, people should be able to ask questions and have different opinions to you. Anything that doesn't agree with your POV shouldn't be shamed and highlighted as "Negativity".

Looks like an ok result for 3k grafts, centre-mid scalp looks thin in the birds eye view at 8 months, did that thicken up afterwards?

Amazing, looks like a prime donor area, did this patient have ideal hair characteristics. That result is so dense, it's almost surreal, incredible.

totally agree, esp not after just 15 days, you might be sacrificing a very decent result for very short term superficial gain.

Nice to see a much needed patient review for Dr De Freitas. Also, what a result, looks amazing. Congratulations, it must feel amazing.

I do agree that it would be ideal if patients followed through till the end, genuine patient reviews are far more trustworthy than clinic posted results, which tend to be cherry picked. I guess some patients don't for a few reasons, a couple I can think of are that a patient has had such a good result that they no longer consciously think about their hair, or a patient has had a bad result and have bigger problems than keeping the forum updated, in the case of the latter you have to feel for the patient and really appreciate when a patient in that situation posts updates.

Hey, all the best with your recovery, Bisanga has produced some really stellar results recently. Why was it decided that you'd have FUT done over FUE?

From the front it looks great, from the top it looks ok for now, I look forward to seeing that mid scalp region thicken up over the next few months. Thanks for the update! How are you going to take the Eurostar into Belgium btw? As far as I know you can't go to Belgium from London unless it's for essential travel, does a hair transplant fall under that category?