Otar Norwood

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I heard an interview with Hattingen recently where they discussed the regression of the industry and how results from other clinics that they're seeing now are, on average, worse than they were in 2012. Hair mills like this, I think, are a big part of this regression. What most people don't realize is that Turkey is still a profoundly impoverished country -- the average salary there is $300 a MONTH. 11% live below the poverty line putting it right around the level of Costa Rica. And their medical industry has extremely poor oversight, particularly for medical tourism as they have a heavily nationalistic political system. Of course they will tell you what you want to hear until they get your money. Then once you're done -- goodbye stranger, it's been nice. There are no repercussions for them if they screw up. They have everything to gain and you have everything to lose. If you can't afford a hair transplant, don't get it. Good surgeons are expensive for a reason.

From Jude Law to Andrew Garfield.

This is very normal for your stage. How soon after surgery did they say you could start this?

Holy crap I had no idea about strut. Thank you.

A number of European docs seem to be recommending topical dutasteride (Mwamba, Hattingen, etc.). Is this available in the united states? Is there a way to order it from Europe make it myself? I have been on oral dutasteride for several years but am considering stopping.

This is an incredible result. Hattingen is solid af. Please keep us updated.

Melvin, if this is inappropriate to ask please remove this post but why did he leave? Was it a decision on his part or did something happen?

Goddamn that's a transformation. Please keep us updated. Wow.

Lorenzo's yield with Konior's hairline design. Mwamba is a special surgeon.

Do you have any pictures of your entire scalp before and after and with different lighting? Very hard to see the forest from the trees based on what you've posted.

Saw this on Reddit and it gave me a chuckle, thought you all would enjoy. Not sure how much is filler but it is a stunning transformation. "

Very interesting to see an FUE from Hattingen! Did you get an idea from Dr. Muresanu as to how much strip vs FUE they are doing? Happy growing, you're ready to start sprouting.

This is as good as it gets. Please keep updating!

I suspect the high graft count for the coverage is because your hair is so fine. Think about your head as a swimming pool filled with water and you're trying to cover its surface. If you use beach balls, you'll need fewer balls but with tennis balls, you're going to need many more to get the same coverage.

Would love an update as well, though it seems like you completely filled in by 5 months.

Thank you so much for sharing! Please keep updating. Also, you might think about switching to dutasteride if your hair loss keeps progressing, it really put everything on freeze for me. Otherwise you're filling a bucket of sand with a hole in the bottom.

You're coming along sir. Please keep us updated over the next few months.

I really admire when someone decides to share. Please continue to update as things evolve.

Looks amazing. Please keep the updates coming.

This is how AI will be used to give a more honest answer to the FUE vs FUT debate.

Holy shit that's incredible.

It takes a village to do a hair transplant properly, particularly FUE -- no matter how good one guy is, if his team is not legally allowed to help or not extremely good, the patient will suffer. Spain has really mastered the art of finding good help.

If someone gets sick while healing from surgery, their healing will be affected. If someone gets very sick, their healing will be very affected. Where did you publish your case? Who did your surgery? FUE or FUT? What country? At what point in your healing did you get COVID? Was it confirmed by molecular or antigen test or antibody titer? What do you mean by "tested positive"? And how would you be able to tell the effect on your transplant? That while you got sick your hair just started falling out? Are you measuring yield? And how would you compare this to yield if you hadn't gotten sick? The only way to reliably assess this would be large scale randomized controlled trials. It is very unlikely that research will answer the question as to whether COVID impacts hair transplants during our lifetimes. We haven't even adequately answered whether FUE or FUT is better. There is no scientifically reproducible way to measure yield at this point -- AI will likely provide this in the next 20 years. Hair transplant science is in its earliest infancy. Once we can define the question, then we can start giving better answers. In the mean time, I think you're asking in a way that guarantees the answer you want because you're not looking for the answer you don't want.