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I know this is an older topic, but this is incredible work. 

Even if a doctor has a superb process, there are still risks / variables that the outcome may not be as expected. All a quality process can do is minimise the probability of a bad outcome. 

Regardless of that, you are only at 6 months. As other have pointed out, there's a lot of opportunity for further growth / development. 

On 5/8/2019 at 11:12 PM, HGC managment said:

Dear Meraj/Administrator 

 

This is a message from the Hair Growth Centre Management team.

We know that this is a FAKE Post, and the perpetrators are trying to directly sabotage the business as a whole, "Meraj" has never worked for our company at any time, nor is he on our PAYE submissions.

We have notified our solicitor whom will be requesting the removal of this FAKE negative post, we assume this to be one of our competitors whom feel we are direct threat to their business and it is a shame that an honest practice like our selves with reputable surgeons, name get tarnished unjustly.

This is my final request to remove this thread as its complete defamation of character!, if not my solicitor ill be instructed to proceed with matters going forward!

 

Regards,

HGC management team

Did you speak to your solicitor about stealing the work of others? 

12 hours ago, giegnosiganoe said:

I'm always surprised by the number you get when actually counting the grafts. Simply looking at the zoomed-out photos, I would have thought the density was lower.

Same, always surprises me there are 100+ hairs per cm2. 

1 hour ago, JohnBob said:

True. However the same problem (too many grafts and/or bad technique) can happen with FUT too:

 

 

Of course FUT can be poor, too. That looks like some atypical stretching for whatever reason. 

I had FUE, so I am certainly for it. But for larger surgeries I'd opt for an FUT surgery. 

 

1 hour ago, JohnBob said:

I may be missing something, but "the area is over harvested because too FU are taken" reads like a circular explanation to me.

Hence, if you take too much FUs via FUT the donor area will be over harvested too. 

 

It should read 'too many FU are taken'. 

Think what happens with FUT. The area of skin where the FUs are taken from is removed from the scalp in exchange for some scalp laxity. The question is then how neat the scar will be. Whether 1000 or 9000 are taken, the question is around the scar. The remaining hair on the scalp is untouched and can easily cover up the FUT scar, even with larger surgeries. 

With FUE the area of skin where the FUs are taken is still there on the scalp, and if you take too many there aren't enough remaining to cover the ones which were taken. 

Google 'FUE over-harvesting' and you'll see the thinning I am referring to, 

Edited to add a fine example. 
 

1 hour ago, JohnBob said:

If those scars don't affect the adjacent follicles and the extractions are done in spread out pattern, then why it is a problem?

Because too FU are taken so the area is overharvested because there isn't enough remaining hair to cover the missing ones up / scars up. 

How do you think FUE overharvesting happens? 

4 hours ago, JohnBob said:

Why? Why taking FUs in bulk is better for your donor than taking each FU individually?

Because you'd create over 9000 individual scars that have a much larger surface area of scar tissue than the FUT scar and have a significant risk of FUE overharvesting. That as opposed to using up skin elasticity and creating a relatively small linear scar. 

On 1/2/2020 at 3:01 AM, goodwally said:

Other than accents and minor cultural differences theres no difference between a brit and scot. Spain's and portugal's languages are similar so theyre not that different.

Dont see any difference between a spaniard and portuguese other than a spaniard is lighter skinned than the average portuguese and similar language.

You've never been to england since I've had long winded discussions in public in england about this with scots and brits. My family is scottish, english and french.

Just caught up with this topic.

I've been on the internet some time and seen some dipshit hole digging, but this is probably the best I've ever seen.

Brilliant 😂

Reminds me of South Park; "Iraq / Iran what's the difference?" 

You should have managed the Spanish national team. I'm sure you could have got Ronaldo to play for them... 

Norway / Sweden would be better example than Scotland and England to highlight the stupidity as the languages also have some  mutual intelligibility.  

On topic, Dr F is class. 


 

Your work is incredible. 

Am I right in thinking this site used to recommend a couple of Turkish doctors who were later removed? 
 

If that’s true, what did they do to lead to being removed? 
 

I’m curious as to the thresholds given this thread. 

9 hours ago, Buffaloboy said:

I just really liked Diep before this whole debacle.

So I was holding out... but I think I’m done now.

I don't think there's any doubt Diep can / has produced world class results. A fair few evidenced on here. 

What I'd say to that is THAT'S HIS JOB. 

The same as if I attend a Michelin starred restaurant. Their job is to cook the best food, all of the time. 

That's the baseline expectation. 

However, if I see a few reviews / evidence of the restaurant serving shit, then the fact they can / have produced amazing food doesn't rescue it for me. 

I'll not take the risk (the risk of a bad result is what we're speculating upon here) and choose an alternative. 

The communication you describe is unacceptable. You're not a customer, you're a patient. You're going to potentially have concerns and worries only the person leading / performing the surgery can assist with. 

Sure, they're busy people, but could a 15 minute call not be made for someone who has already put a deposit down within a 7 day window?

Of course it could. 

10 minutes ago, Buffaloboy said:

To be clear, I was a big fan of him before all of these reviews. Now I’m confused. I thought I had booked one of the best surgeons in the country.

The holes aren’t my concern (I’m not doing FUE). My concern is the “grid” pattern.

You're spoilt for choice in the US. No need to take any unnecessary risks. 

No brainer for me. 

Why take the risk of some of things we've seen on here? 

If I look at a restaurant and out of 100 people 80 get amazing meals, and 20 get food poisoning. I am not looking at the 80, I am thinking about the risk of being one of the 20. 

Change the probabilities how you see fit.

3 hours ago, Curious25 said:

But given that it is already recognised, and has been for decades, that beard hair growth occurs as a result of the follicles sensitivity to DHT, I’m failing to see the logic in suppressing their ‘fertiliser’ as Melvin earlier put it. 
 

What benefits can result from trying to inhibit the hormone they are dependant upon? 

The benefits aren't targeted towards them, are they? 

30 minutes ago, Curious25 said:

I don’t think passive observations that finasteride users still have beard growth to be a sufficient answer to this. 
 

For me the question for the doctor would, 

Doctor a substantial amount of beard hair grafts have been transplanted to my scalp, that have now provided a dramatic transition in my appearance on top. Why do you recommend to suppress a hormone that is scientifically proven to stimulate the growth of these said grafts, in favour of potentially minimising miniaturisation of my (already strong looking, despite two ht’s) donor hair region?

Of course it's not scientific, but I'd expect there to be some anecdotal evidence and it 'be known' given there millions of people who use it. 

 

I wouldn't be concerned about fin with beard hair. How many people take fin and have issues with their beard or other hair where it's meant to have a growth effect? 

An interesting approach on custom dosing of Fin you may wish to consider: 

Not sure what much more you can ask for given where you've come from. 

Looks really good to me. 

On 8/9/2020 at 3:16 AM, Dark said:

Interesting, I came across Maitland searching for results, but this forum seemed to suggest Dr. Reddy was the only good surgeon in the UK... Your results seem to suggest differently.

Dr Ball is a world class surgeon. 

I bet at 12 months no one will be able to tell you've had a HT. 

Hairline work looks really nice and natural.