Huncholini

58 minutes ago, sl said:

In short, all of us, clinics, users and moderator want a decent open and honest platform that is also safe for patients to post in and one that will give genuine help and education.

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.

59 minutes ago, sl said:

Melvin has to uphold this and to challenge from historical content at times users posting habits, some may be genuine and it an extension of how they are and for others there are motives and then rightly so it needs to be challenged.

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.

4 hours ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

Balanced comment is nonsense, a look in to your post history says it all. It’s no secret your goal is to create doubt, and you constantly give backhanded comments. It’s no different than walking up to someone and saying “great shirt, too bad you don’t have the figure yet.”

I lost all respect for you as a poster long ago. You bring nothing to the community. None of your posts are thoughtful or helpful. You benefit from seeing reviews and people putting themselves out there without doing it yourself. I’ve given you my second warning, there won’t be one next time. 
 

For the community to see I’m not making this up, just look at his history 

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.

15 hours ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

I’ve already told you about adding these covert digs on member threads. It’s quite obvious you have a problem with Bisanga. I have no idea why, but I will no longer tolerate these little digs on member journeys.

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.

12 hours ago, sl said:

The approach to this case was very specific and tailored, advanced  loss and a weak donor in areas, so the placement was spread and really to not also exhaust the scalp donor Dr.Bisanga also added beard hair that as we know are mostly singles, and a fair percentage of the total is beard, so this makes also a difference to the overall effect and we have videos on body hair and also donor approach for preservation.

Dr.B planned to let the donor heal and we for the second surgery do a light pass and then move backwards and indeed did that with scalp hair also.

The placement photos also show we have not gone for high density and when you have more advanced loss and donor challenges then there is of course a different approach and not a carpet of hair all over. The patient's native donor you can see  is see-through in areas so we need to take into account all aspects. He doesn't have a carpet of hair even in the donor so there are challenges here that probably some would not see nor appreciate but assume a scenario that is not actually the narrative for the case.

So, education on specific cases is also important and not to stick to a one size fits all approach. We have many cases here that show a variety of approaches and excellent outcomes and very numerous and consistent also for genuine people to look and comment on. 

 

Hope helps! Onwards and upwards and thanks to the patient for sharing so far and the nice comments.

 

 

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.

2 hours ago, Tangoman14 said:

I had 2 sessions of "punch grafts" in 1977 that did not work. I wouldn't advise anyone to have any transplant. The pain I suffered after and since has been awful. Besides the damage that was done to my head I have suffered with sharp shooting pains in my head where the damage was done. It was a complete waste of money. Don't do it.

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.

9 hours ago, BartSimpson said:

@Mark Wolfer @Huncholini

I tried to take most of the latest photos in harsh light/direct sunlight and in such conditions hair appearance can vary much because of the hairstyle, products used, any shadows during taking the photo etc. Of course I could take and select photos where my hair looks almost perfect - proper styling, lighting and angle can make wonders, but it’s not the point of posting here.

Factor that may emphasize differences in hair color is that blonde hair is very sensitive to lighting conditions and in one photo it can look much darker/brighter than on the other one. My hair is also naturally quite thin which doesn’t help either.

Top/mid section, where no grafts were implanted, may also be a little bit miniaturized. Propecia stopped further miniaturization and reversed thinning to a certain extent, but hair there has slightly lower quality than hair on my donor area. 

As I’ve already said, I’m very pleased with the result. Last time I was this satisfied with my hair was probably when I was teenager. I can style it in many different ways, don’t need to worry all the time about how my hair looks, and I think my overall appearance was greatly improved thanks to HT. I’m grateful to myself that I made a decision to get the procedure done and I asked for help dr. Bisanga and his Team.

Is my hair 100% perfect? - no, and everyone with similar level of hairloss must be aware that HT won’t give the full density and appearance of pre-balding state.

Am I satisfied with my hair? - definitely yes!

If you have any other questions, feel free to ask, I’ll try to be as transparent as possible and won’t sugarcoat anything. Getting a HT procedure is not an easy decision and it’s good to get all the informations before. 
Regards!

 

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.

46 minutes ago, Raphael84 said:

Regardless, previous to those photos, the patient has been very thorough and again very transparent as can be seen with photos on days 236 and the photo at day 237 with wet hair which would clearly highlight any weakness and this particular photo was dated at approximately 8 months post surgery.

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.

11 hours ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

Asking questions is fine, being passive aggressively disparaging is not. If you have the courage to post your own pictures and have others criticize and critique you if you ever get an HT fair enough. But no one is getting paid to post here. They’re posting to help and to encourage, not to be torn down. If that’s what you think our community is about, you are sorely mistaken.

The reason why our community is popular is because thousands have the courage to share their reviews here. Paying it forward is what our forum is all about. If there are legitimate questions and concerns I encourage that, but I have been doing this long enough to see agenda posting. It’s usually in the guise of being an “interested” patient. 

I will leave it at that.

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.

On 6/12/2021 at 2:23 PM, Melvin-Moderator said:

Why do you always have negative things to say about BHR? I mean honestly, I don’t think you have ever said one positive thing about BHR without saying something negative. It’s very odd. 

I don’t see any density disparity at all in this result. I really don’t appreciate underhanded comments on patient journeys. Hair loss is hard enough, but we need to support those who have the courage to share their reviews. Negativity for the sake of negativity is not welcomed here.

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.

On 6/9/2021 at 2:36 PM, Curious25 said:

Please don’t wear fibres dude , they can clog up pores and choke grafts when they are in their infancy and at their most delicate. I know it’s going to suck shedding , but you don’t want to ruin something with a short sited mindset ! 

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?