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I've been doing a lot of research and have had various email/text consultations. My top choices so far are between Bisanga, Gabel, H&W, Ferreira or Shapiro. They all have great work, price and location are somewhat non factors (they all kinda even out). What would be best deciding factor on who to go with? I'll most likely need 2 FUE surgeries to hit roughly 6k grafts and get full coverage.

For the initial one, they've all recommended around 3500-4k grafts where they will reconstruct my hairline and midscalp. H&W were comfortable going to 5k if possible. I'm leaning towards Bisanga, H&W, or Gabel at the moment - only downside for H&W is I'd need to quarantine 2 weeks in Vancouver beforehand otherwise I would've already gone in for the surgery.

I'm sure a number of others have ended at this same dilemma before so would love to hear some thoughts here.

15 hours ago, JohnAC71 said:

Hasson & Wong are awesome. Check out the prescreened physician search. 

Good luck in your search. Tons of real patient results to check out too.

Hey @JohnAC71, trying to find the prescreened physicians search but haven't had much luck yet. Could you point me to it? It's probably hiding in plain sight.

Edit: found it, it was indeed in plain sight

1 minute ago, MagnificentAl said:

I would encourage you to really research Dr Diep. I know that he is really close to you and I but I would not let that be a factor at all. While I have seen some amazing results by him, I have also seen some bad results. I decided to not consider Diep because If I were to get one of those bad results I’d be incredibly frustrated due to the price. And on top of that he did not seem willing to work with the patients who were not satisfied once he got your money. Hassan and Wong are amazing and I have read about Rahal in Toronto, although I did not really research him in depth.

That was my experience as well. I was really excited about it initially and felt like the right choice but the lack of response to the point where my wife had to drive to their office to get any information about next steps was ridiculous. If you're going to charge over 20k, the least you can do is be responsive to patients. I was also given multiple dates and had to call and check in with various staff to get to the bottom of it. I'm sure his results are great, but if they aren't, itll be a nightmare to get any resolution or response from him.

7 hours ago, jimcraig152 said:

Trust me when I tell you, you made a good decision. If you are adamant the geography, Dr. Stephen Gabel out of Portland, OR. You won't get anywhere near the experience you had with Dr. Diep's office. Read @ShadowMoon's post.

What was the cost per graft for Dr. Gabel?

I will most likely require 4000-5000 grafts. Dr Diep recommended FUT, but I've been considering FUE more and more. Diep told me I'd need multiple surgeries to do 3500+. I just heard back from H&W and they have suggested FUE for the same graft count above. Only factor is, cost wise FUE with H&W is about double Dieps FUT. Have folks here had good surgeries on a budget? I've heard lots of good and bad things about Turkey, but it's really enticing cost wise.

I'm located in San Francisco but the more I think about it, I'm pretty open to going anywhere at this point. I've waited over a year for Diep and now don't even get email responses and my surgery is coming up in Jan. 

No reason to limit i guess, I’ll definitely set up consultations with the ones mentioned above.

Hi, I’ve been reading lots of reviews about Dr. Diep and have decided to cancel my surgery with him. It’s been a nightmare dealing with his front office already and I expected much more for the price.

What surgeons are recommended around the west coast? I’ve heard Dr. Hasson, any other options to consider?  Willing to fly or drive to Canada as well