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On 5/17/2022 at 7:51 PM, BDK081522 said:

To be young and naive. Trust all us "old guys" you'll care in your 40's. 

Maybe it's different for black dudes. I feel like black guys can shave their head and have it be more acceptable than most other races. OP is 20-30 and maybe he wants a 20-30 year old haircut. But once he's in his 40's, a bald head is a very acceptable look for 30's+ black dudes since guys like Terry Crews, Michael Jordan and the Rock are all shaved. 

Whereas with other races, there are only a handful of shaved heads. White guys have the Jason Statham's for sure but it's rarer. And good luck if you're Asian

If you're NW2/3 @ 32, chances are you are not going to be a NW5/6. Maybe that's the pattern your maternal grandfather had, but NW2/3 at age 32 is probably the most common balding pattern in existence probably. I don't think it means anything to be NW2/3 at 32 other than you're NW2/3 at 32. 

Do you have any crown loss at all?

Anyway, best thing you can do is have a doctor check you out and maybe get on preventative medication. 

On 5/25/2022 at 6:53 PM, 5BetaReductase said:

Konior and Bisanga are top notch. Hasson and wong have stuck around as a great option in North America as well, especially for FUT. However, their involvement in surgery with fue is very limited- this may bother some. IMO Cooley is a great surgeon but doesn’t have a lot of marketing going on.

 

I don't know if H&Ws involvement with FUE is very limited... They've been doing FUE for longer than some doctors have been doing HTs. They've probably been doing FUE for nearing a decade at this point. And FUE/FUT implantation is more or less the same since FUE is just the extraction method.

4 hours ago, lack of bludflow said:

Rassman is retired. He is one of the pioneers of hair transplants in the US who has trained quite a few big names in the industry (Shapiro, Mohebi, Bernstein etc...). He attends conferences and he still answers some questions on Tressless  reddit and Real Self. 

I think Dr. Jae Pak has taken over Dr. Rassman's practice. 

Dr. John Diep is very solid. He is a good choice but you can find the same quality ( if not better)  for half the price in Europe with Freitas,  Pinto, Ximena etc... 

Diep actually did Melvin's 2nd and 3rd hair transplant and he gave him a much better result than Behnam on the first one... 

Also there was another guy whose username was baldlivesmatter. He had a failed hair transplant by Dr. James Harris in Denver (the doc who did Kevin Mann's hair tranplant) but then this wame guy went to Dr. Diep for a repair and got a great result. 

Diep is sometimes criticized for his donor area management. And just like any other doctor, he has some subpar cases although statistically minimal. 

 

I have no idea if Rassman is retired. There seem to be reports that he's retired but I spoke to him on the phone a few months ago and he said he wasn't retired. But maybe he sold his practice?

But yeah, to answer the question - Hasson and Wong. Konior too probably but I haven't been around all that long to know for sure

3 hours ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

I have heard very good things about topical dutasteride from Dr. Hasson at xyonhealth.

Did they release topical dut on xyonhealth already?

13 hours ago, Aslitarcan sucks said:

Dutasteride and finasteride in the same formula?

I don't really get the point behind this lol. Why take fin when you're on dut

13 hours ago, J.A.C said:

He’s nothing like a Norwood 5. He may have experienced some loss but this pic is pretty misleading. Worst possible conditions to take a pic, most guys would look the same ! 

Idk. Even in worst possible conditions, your hair shouldn't look like that unless you're dealing with MPB

donor looks pretty decent if the shaved picture is anything to go by

How stable is your loss? How old are you?

try consulting with both and then figure out from there

It's always a good idea to discuss the issue with the clinic. Sometimes they'll acquiesce because at the end of the day they don't want to cause people problems. Just like in other areas of life, good communication can avoid a lot of unnecessary headaches

Makes sense given that the drug does go systemic based on what they said. I think it reduced DHT by a certain percent. Shame it didn't work out for you

looks pretty good honestly. what's the density?

2 hours ago, Eugenix Hair Sciences said:

If he is not willing to take any medications to prevent future hairloss then he should not go for a transplant.

Can't you get a transplant without meds if you're middle aged with limited loss (i.e. mature hairline)? Like say his buddy is 50

how high are your expectations?

Mine is really thick and straight. I've had it basically impaled into my skin. It happened to my girlfriend as well lol

16 hours ago, NARMAK said:

Even if they were exaggerated, hot damn. A 7 figure turnover with potentially €250k+ Euro profit per year assuming really high costs. I don't know how that isn't living a good life though. 

250k euro is utter garbage for being a world class doctor honestly. Though he is in Portugal where CoL and average salary is lower but I still don't consider 250k euro all that impressive if you are at the top of your profession.

Not that 250k isn't a lot of money for the average person, but being one of the best hair transplant doctors in the world hardly qualifies you as an average person

On 4/2/2022 at 5:22 AM, SoSoz said:

Are temples important to restore a good hair look? Would a person who has a lot of hair loss benefit from not doing temples? Would it look weird if they weren't touched? Could the grafts not better be placed on the hairline?

Depends on what you consider a good hair look. 

Would a person who has a lot of hair loss benefit from not doing temples? Yes, because you are saving grafts and going for a more conservative look. Aggressive temple points also mean lots of grafts spent making everything else match the temple points. You can't have an N64 cartridge hairline without lowering your hairline everywhere. If you go for a conservative hairline, you can also go for more conservative temples and you're basically saving a nice chunk of grafts and $

Would it look weird if they weren't touched? Not really. If you went for a less aggressive hairline, then somewhat receded temple points would also make sense.

12 hours ago, BDK081522 said:

Most top clinics aren't operating on 3 patients per day. Nor are they transplanting 10,000 FUE grafts per day. Nor do they operate every day. There's clinic time, follow up appointments and and a great deal that goes into a successful private surgical practice. You've simplified this scenario way too much to be useful. And as previously mentioned, it's supply vs demand. If you're highly skilled the demand will be there. I actually think most hair restoration surgeons are underpiced. Compare it to the auto industry. You wouldn't think twice about getting a brand new car for $30,000. That's a very cheap car that will get you 10-15 years of use if maintained well. Hair restoration is a lifelong change that impacts your image and should be given the respect it deserves. 

Yeah I agree. Most clinics probably max out at like 4k-5k grafts a day by my guess.

Also to add on, overhead is expensive. You're probably going to have a team of techs, advertising/marketing/sales as well as just regular staff (janitors, receptionist, etc). Hasson & Wong for example have probably a dozen employees alone in their surgical team (based on their website). https://hassonandwong.com/surgical-team/ . Rent is also a thing. 

I'm not sure if I'll argue a hair restoration surgeon is underpriced, but I'll definitely argue that the top of any skilled profession is probably going to make bank. 

It's not really my place to say obviously but your hair looks great. I don't think you need a transplant.

38 minutes ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

You’re making assumptions. Working on the weekends = taking more patients. When in reality, its more patients want surgery on weekends. 

I know a lot of patients who have requested surgery on a weekend. Almost every surgeon I know works on the weekend, either doing a surgery or consultations. It would be a red flag in my opinion, if the surgeon said “sorry my weekends are off” now that would be something to worry about not vice versa. 

That's a good point. It's not about the days the doctor works rather it's the frequency the doctor conducts surgery and to what degree the doctor is delegating. 

I checked the hours for Dr. De Freitas and he only works Mon-Fri so it made me relieved to book a Monday date

I booked my surgery with Dr. De Freitas on a Monday (I was pretty insistent on that) just cause statistically, Monday is the day when people are most productive.

Also, it seemed really nice to me that I would be able to fly in any day from Friday to Sunday and have an entire weekend off to figure things out

On 3/16/2022 at 10:06 AM, GHTJourneya said:

 

Did I mention NW5? I think my case was a NW2-3 with some diffuse thinning, although it looks much worse right now due to shock loss.

In general, I think if you are >NW2, you should do 2 operations to achieve the best result. Not only can you fix whatever went wrong with the first one, but you will also hurt your donor area less. Hopefully I don't have to shave my head again for the next operation

Ah I could've swore I read NW5. Going back now I don't see a single mention of it aside from the fact that you're diffuse lol. Idk why I thought NW5.

Don't let it get you down man. Melvin and Gatsby are going through the same thing so you're not alone. I'm sure you'll look great and I'm rooting for you

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