Hi all,
This is my first time posting here.
I'm 31 and I'd say at the minute I'm between a II and a III on the Norwood Scale and I'm looking to get my first hair transplant. I've also started taking finasteride.
I've had a few consultations with different clinics in the last few weeks and I must say I'm not feeling overly confident about any of them so I wondered if anyone could help me out and put some concerns to rest or at least point me along a more fruitful avenue. Below are the clinics:
1) FUE Clinics: https://www.fueclinics.com
2) Hillside Hair Clinic: https://www.hillsidehairclinic.co.uk
3) Wimpole Clinic: https://wimpoleclinic.com/home/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw0caCBhCIARIsAGAfuMwXOEjndnfr34VX0yHHDirePuwNyHt2zWojwZmlYpRwH2PXf7fxH1MaAjjREALw_wcB
4) UK Hair Transplant Clinics: https://ukhairtransplantclinics.co.uk
Now I've read some terrible things about Wimpole, especially on these forums. The surgeons they said would be performing the operation would be either Ismael Ughratdar or Mir Malkani. I have read some absolutely terrible things about Malkani although so far I've only come across good things about Ughratdar, albeit not a great deal.
At a lot of these places it seems like I'm talking to sales people as opposed to people who are actually concerned about giving the best advice; I get it's a business but I don't like the duplicity involved in only giving advice which steers patient-customers in their direction. For example, at Hillside Hair Clinic I was told that only the specialist WAW FUE they use would prevent hairs being bisected during extraction and that other FUE procedures only yield one hair per follicle - others have told me this is complete BS.
Apart from FUE clinics, they all seem fairly consistent with regard to telling me how many grafts I'd need to get my desired result - between 2,200 and 2,295.
FUE clinics wouldn't give me a number, they just said they do as many grafts as they can / need to on the day for £5.5K - they seem to have only a fixed price for the day which doesn't vary with how little or how much work you need done.
I've also requested a consultation with Farjo Hair Institute but I'm worried they'll be out of my price range. I've so far been quoted between 3.5K and 7K from the above clinics.