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8 hours ago, asterix0 said:

The technicians assist with sorting and storing the grafts. Dr. Zarev is the only one who touches your head, during extraction and implantation. 

i heard he did a session of like 10k once. How does he do that without multiple techs?

16 minutes ago, HappyMan2021 said:

I'm not sure why you say this?

Wallaby seems very knowledgable and passionate. 

Employment also has zilch to do with moderation. I have a demanding full time job and am still very active on this site and Reddit. I'm at my office right now as I type this 🤣

Melvin has a full-time job that is completely removed from the hair transplant world. If Melvin can be a super active moderator in addition to his day job, who is to say a Reddit moderator can't do the same?

Yeah it's not really the same as browsing forums while working from your office. The issue is that moderation takes time and is basically a commitment. Most people do not have that kind of free time to do things like moderating a subreddit for free as a lot of it just ends up being dealing with reports and other crap like that. It's one thing to discuss topics that interest you and another to engage in what is essentially janitorial work deleting posts where some dude calls another dude names...  I go on various forums as well but that doesn't mean I'm willing to commit time to moderating boards. If you've got a family, a full time job... You find yourself running out of time pretty quick in regards to volunteering your free time dealing with one guy reporting another guy because he said his head was fat. You might still enjoy the conversations on FUE vs FUT but that's not really what forum moderation is. 

I'm more pointing out that it's not really a credential. If he really was against Dr. Diep, he should have just logged on and posted like a normal person. It's just as bad of a look to have 6 posts and make call out threads like this under the authority of being a reddit moderator

Melvin gets paid so it's literally his job. It's different compared to an "unpaid" moderator who honestly could be getting paid by everyone from Cinik to Bin Laden

I respect the passion, I just don't like the way a lot of the reddit community goes about things

I really hate this reddit style of "witch hunting" where they try to publicly put people on trial like they're listing off all the crimes by the accused. It's honestly why I dislike a lot of the reddit community and all their moral grandstanding + holier-than-thou attitude. Where they just pop up into a thread and start accusing people of stuff by telling everyone they're a reddit moderator + making demands like a child rather than acknowledging they have 6 posts, 0 credibility and are just going onto another forum to more or less incite arguments.

First off, reddit moderator doesn't really that much. Any bum can be a reddit moderator if they have enough free time and don't have to go to work like the rest of us. A 5 year old can be a reddit moderator. Not that we even have proof that you're a reddit moderator, as lowly of a position as that is

Secondly, it's well within Melvin's rights to defend a doctor since iirc he's a former patient of Dr. Diep. Obviously, he should refrain from mixing his personal opinion with the forum's official stance but beyond that, I don't see any issue with Melvin saying he likes Dr. Diep. You can even see Melvin's HT with Dr. Diep. At best, he could add a disclaimer when defending Dr. Diep.

Third, from what I've seen on this forum, there have been several "accusations" against Dr. Diep. If it was really their agenda to make Dr. Diep look like a saint then I would probably have never read any of them. There's clearly been some open discussion regarding Dr. Diep. I do recall reading people saying he plants his grafts in rows (like corn) for example.

Fourth, the HRT has been pretty open that they are receiving money from doctors. 

Fifth, just like Melvin is getting paid... We have no proof that you aren't. You could literally be Dr. Diep's biggest competitor. Not like you've been a contributing member of the community lol. 

And no, I'm not defending Dr. Diep, I've never posted about him in my life and have 0 interest in going to him. Don't think he's all that great of a doctor based on his results... If you don't like Dr. Diep, just call for him to be removed instead of writing all that crap

2 hours ago, JoDimaggio22 said:

Yes on Reddit censorship is far more common. I’ve even been banned from subs for giving encouraging advice to someone and that isn’t what the sub wanted because it is “creepy” I guess to tell someone not to fix anything about themself because they look great the way they are. I think Reddit needs to be looked at with giving moderators too much power and this site has perfect allowance of what one can and can’t say

The issue with being an unpaid moderator is that the people who want it are often people with too much free time (i.e. teenagers, the unemployed) or those receiving financial compensation via other avenues (i.e. political subreddits, moderators receiving $ in order to promote certain products). HRN is transparent that they're getting money from XYZ doctor to promote them. Reddit moderators could be getting $$$ from Cinik, Hitler, and Bin Laden and we wouldn't even know

The issue with being a paid moderator is that obviously they're being paid but at the very least there is some transparency in that regard. We all know the Dr. Diep is paying the HRN so we can take everything promoting him with at least a grain of salt

Ah good luck dude. I'm booked with him for March and just realized I haven't even got a passport lol. If you do a 3 month checkup with him or something like that I'll buy you a beer lol.

Which hotel do they have you in?

What's the plan they have for you? Just filling in the hairline? 

On 12/4/2022 at 7:33 AM, Surfarosa said:

The addtion of Viagra and Cialis for bloodflow is a new one - lol

My girlfriend will be happy to hear about this new treatment

On 12/11/2022 at 12:24 PM, 5BetaReductase said:

Technicians absolutely have a huge role in hair transplants and without them the surgery would be nearly impossible. However, doctors need to be performing the crucial parts of the surgery (extraction and at minimum the slits). Technicians should be supporting with sorting, splitting, storing, and placing grafts into openings.

 

If a doctor is outsourcing the extractions to the technicians, they are doing the patient a huge disservice. Extracting grafts is extremely technical and under the wrong hands can end disastrous

It's not like having a medical degree from some top tier university makes you better at extracting a graft out of someone's scalp or even trains you in hair transplantation. You could have a doctor with parkinson's and have a MD from the best medical school in the world. Now that's not to say he'd be a bad doctor but I wouldn't trust someone with Parkinson's to do FUE on my head lol

Does typical doctor training ever teach you how to use a motorized FUE punch? A doctor or a tech can study as much as they like but at the end of the day, deftness and dexterity at a technical job like graft extraction is developed from repeating the motion thousands of times. It's like the world cup - study as much as you like, at the end of the day you have to step onto the field and practice kicking the ball and develop those neural pathways that allow you to be a master of your craft. And the tech has kicked the ball thousands of times more than the doctor. A technician who spent 8 hours a day, 5 days a week for the last 20 years will have more experience than a doctor who only did extractions a quarter of the time as they manage all other aspects of the surgery. 

What makes a person good at punching grafts out of the scalp is having a lot of experience and a career of using a manual or motorized FUE punch.

The question is more along the lines of - how good is the tech?

Were you suffering from self-confidence issues prior to losing hair?

2 hours ago, pkipling said:

It's one of the very few options scientifically proven to slow down hair loss, and is extremely effective. As with any medication, there are risks of side effects, including sexual ones such as decreased libido and softer erections. While the vast majority of men seem to be able to take it without any side effects at all, it's still a possibility. However, as someone who did experience some side effects with it and stopped taking it, I still think it's extremely valuable and worth a shot - especially if you're on track to have advanced hair loss. Chances are very good that you won't experience side effects, and it really is a game changer for many men. 

As for the price, I don't know what country you're in, but it's typically extremely cheap. In the United States, you can typically get a 30-day supply of 5mg finasteride for under $10, cut each pill into quarters, and have 4 months worth of medication for dirt cheap.

I heard it's super cheap at costco too. 

Yeah vila was well loved on the Spanish forums when i visited. 

Lorenzo is controversial i think. Charges a lot, does a ton of surgeries in a single day and didn't have the pleasant bedside manner of certain other docs. 

3 hours ago, GoliGoliGoli said:

A lot of people say to not do the crown because if you continue to lose more  in that area you will be left with "hair island" surrounded by a ring of baldness. 

And while that may be true, honestly the same thing can happen if you get work in the hairline and then continue to recede behind it, so I'm not sure why people continue saying this. Maybe I'm missing something? 

How long have you been on Fin for? If you're tolerating it well that should alleviate at least some worries about being left with hair island. 

I imagine with the hairline, you can kinda cover it by styling your hair forward or back by nature of the shingling effect you can expect further recession to be partially covered a bit just by styling hair as you normally would

With the crown, most of the hair grows outward from the crown so you're in a bit of a sticky situation since you can't really style your hair to cover a bald crown unless you go for a man pony tail which most guys aren't keen on doing I'd imagine. 

19 hours ago, HairRun said:

So he does placement but not extractions? That's interesting, usually it's the opposite. 

Can you post a picture of the hairline you wanted, and then the hairline he gave you? I'm curious to see what are the differences. 

He does 2 a day, but I believe both of them are over a 2 day period right? 

Most doctors do the implantations or incisions. Extractions are often done by techs from what I've seen 

On 9/27/2022 at 7:58 PM, drawdownfx said:

Namrak! Thanks bro. It’s 2800 grafts front and midscalp I believe. Crown is not being touched this year 

How are you NW2/NW3 if you have crown, mid scalp and frontal hair loss? That sounds more like NW4/5/6 territory

I mean different doctors do things based on what they think works best but doctors are always willing to discuss with you what you want out of a transplant. It's not like Dr. Hasson can't do less dense packed results, he just opts for dense packing because he feels the results are better that way

3 hours ago, Hairtransplants4life said:

Fill in the patches on top 

well... the density might not be insane and the cost will be in the tens of thousands... so yeah, might be hard to do as a 23 year old

at 23, there's a lot more time for you to lose hair and you may not get the hair you had at 16 back

best doctor? no idea

what kind of expectations do you have in regards to transplantation?

19 hours ago, 5BetaReductase said:

3 euros a graft for de Freitas? Holy cow that’s an amazing bargain for a surgeon like him

it's not 3 euro. de Freitas is 3.5 for the first X amount of grafts (i want to say 1000) and then 2.5 for the rest. I got quoted 2600 grafts with him for i believe 7500 euro but this was a while ago. his prices might have gone up.

Just check his website and message the person on whatsapp

On 8/28/2022 at 1:53 PM, Calihome1 said:

Couldn’t you say the same with other high end doctors? Bisanga, Cuoto, Ferreira, Freitas, etc…..

Couto i think does a very significant amount if not all

Freitas i think has a couple techs but all with lots of experience

The others idk

Konior or couto

I've never seen a bad result from either though admittedly i haven't gone out of my way to look

Konior because the variables are infinitely less with him. He's the guy doing almost the whole procedure so there won't be a situation where one of the techs calls in sick or something. Plus his results are crazy good and well... He does more with less but maybe you don't need less when you've got infinite money

Couto results are pretty insane but the mythical couto wait list seems to last forever. 

I've seen some pretty crazy de freitas results as well as h&w so I'll name drop them as well

12 hours ago, Orangerade said:

I suppose I'll load some photos up.  Keep in mind that my hair is likely "fine as is" - I'd really like to lower my hairline and shorten how large my forehead as grown due to recession.  I know I look perfectly fine as is.  Just want to improve my appearance further.  Thinking I'm likely a NWIII?

I'd say NW2 but honestly, NW2 and NW3 are really similar and it's not like there's a definitive cutoff point where it's NW2 instead of NW3. My situation is similar to yours and I'm going to Spain.

If your goal is to save money, you could always try Europe.

On 7/31/2022 at 5:05 AM, RTC said:

Dutasteride topical, was previously microneedling with 0.01%, now using 0.05%. no sides to report

Are you using mwamba's formulation? 

What's the point of a best country? There are good and bad doctors in every country. 

Just find the best doctors. 

FUE has much better recovery time, allows the doctor to cherry pick grafts, and only take what they need.

If the doctor cuts a strip of skin from the back of your head, then he's gonna get whatever number of grafts is in that strip. Too few or too many? Well... 

Probably 28 for me. I was killing myself with wfh and got no sleep. I am also extremely not neurotic but definitely f'ed myself over a bit with how i neglected my health

I didn't really think much of my hair loss since at 27 i had receded temples but thought that was totally normal

Really incredible results.

Just wondering, in your OP you talked about topical dut. Do you just rub it on? How's your experience with it and did you get any sides from it?

Is this something we can ask our doctor to do? I have an appointment for a transplant in March and it sounds interesting to try and get verteporfin done