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Sorry about the delay. for reference: 1) I had fue HT in last week of june, 2021 2) all my recipient area was never fully bald. I just asked him to thicken it.

Sure will post by EOD tomorrow

It was “Ok” what I liked ? - he seemed knowledgeable about the process - easy to schedule - no hidden costs - relatively economical when compared to other docs in USA what I didn’t liked ? - he didn’t spent enough time to help me draw area of recipeient area - no.of grafts he did was based on estimate he gave me 1.5 years back. He had no concern about how will I look after the procedure. His goal seemed to be get the count done. - he never informed me about any side effects like swelling of eyes and other small things we have to deal with after procedure - I expected it to be like a medical procedure but at the end it’s like a salon with medical equipment .. not very clean.. may be it’s adequately clean - waiting for 3 months to be completed to measure the initial success. For now I feel it made difference but my wife says otherwise. (I didn’t added grafts in bald area..I just made him thicken the area where I lost the most..which I regret now)

I agree with you. unfortunately I had too much of other things going at life at that moment and didn’t spent lot of time in researching. So just went ahead with someone whom my friend had personal experience with. I had my HT and end of June. I guess it’s little early to know the success of my procedure… to keep it simple - I am not super happy right now at the same time, atleast procedure didn’t went wrong and created patches like repairpt had. thnaks for your recommendations , will keep in mind if I happen to do another procedure.

I had my HT in last week of June with Dr. Vories. My donor area is completely normal within 10-12 days. But after 3/4th week am developing some pores now and then. I was told they are normal and are due to ingrown hair follicles.

I had HT yesterday and my doctor recommended to sleep at 45 angle only for 2 days. I accidentally fell rolled onto my natural position for couple of hours..is it a big accident..am little worried

Oh my, scary. Dr Cooley’s office was too busy and also didn’t give an answer for estimated cost at all so I went ahead and paid deposit amount to vories today. It’s non refundable:(

Thank you very much, I reached out again using this link.

Thanks for quick responses Melvin. I wasn't aware of reference link through this forum. So i submitted a request on their website directly. Thanks for you advice on using medication before transplantation. How long should I be using this ? When I consulted with Dr. Vories he was ready to jump into transplantation right away even though I mentioned that I was not on any medication. He did advised me to use some medications after the transplantation though. That was one of my reason to be skeptical about Dr. Vories, does he have my best interests or he want to do a surgery asap.

I consulted with Vories and waiting on response from Cooley’s office for 10 days now. I am not on any medication and that was one of my questions. Should I be on some medication prior to transplantation for good results ?

Yeah he seemed to be happy.

For me he recommended 3000 grafts. It’s been 4-5 years since my friend got his transplantation done. I haven’t seen him in person but all his Instagram pics are with long hair and thickness isn’t very good.

Bumping this up to get some attention to the thread.

Hi Everyone, I am newbie to the forum and apologies if any of the questions are repeated. (I did searched previous posts but that raised more questions) Little bit about myself: 1. My Age: 33 2. My hair started thinning about 10 years ago and I used to use Minoxidil, 5% Topical Solution and Finasteride Pills. I took them for over 1.5 years and gave up on them as I noticed hair fall continued as soon as I stopped using them for even a week. 3. Since then I didn't took any care of my hair. (Probably a mistake but I just thought all solutions are temporary and transplantation is the only solution) 4. I have been thinking about FUE for an year now and I finally decided to go for it now (next few weeks). 5. I am planning to spend up to 15,000 USD. Questions: Premise for Q1: I am in halfway between Dr.Vories (South Carolina, USA) and Dr.Cooley (North Carolina). I talked with Dr.Vories 12 months ago and he seemed fine to me. He was recommended to me by one of my friend who went through FUE and his results are just "ok". After joining this forum I learnt about Dr.Cooley and I am in dilemma now. I reached out to Dr.Cooley and still waiting for response from them.(Its been a week now) Q1: Any personal experiences anyone can share which can help me decide between Dr. Vories and Dr. Cooley ? Q2: As I said before I am not using any medicines right now. I have seen some posts in this forum where ppl recommended using some medicines at least 6 months before transplantation procedure. Is it a good practice thing ? or Is it mandatory to yield good results? Dr. Vories didn't talked about this and was ready to go with transplantation almost immediately. Q3: For last 6 months I am being troubled with dandruff. Tried different of the shelf shampoos. (Didn't really took care of my hair properly.) Should I take some serious medicines to get rid of dandruff before going with FUE transplantation ? Q4: For some mandatory ritual, I have to shave off my head in 18 months. Assuming I did go through FUE now, can I have my hair shaved after 18 months or ever in my life ? Am I going to loose any transplanted hair ? Will the aftermath of FUE will leave any spots on my head which will look bad and make me never be able to have clean shaven head or even short hair ? Q5: Are there any other solutions that can help me other than FUE ? Thanks in advance for your time.