HugoX

17 hours ago, Gimmemyhair said:

Hi Hugo,

Congrats on the HT's, they look incredible.

What does it (or would it) look like if you go clean shaven? Can you see the scars from the FUE? What about buzz cut, like a number 3 or 4? 

Thanks

I have many pictures where you can see my donor where I have basically 0,but I haven't tried buzz cut on recipient so I can say how it looks, obviously there are no scars at recipient or donor, just thinned out donor. No damage to be seen. 

Any before pictures? Density seems like it could be better in the front, were you totally bald in the front area thar have been transplanted? 

Yeah, unfortunately 😅, no anonymous there 

https://www.hairgen.ai/beta/

7 hours ago, Curious25 said:

It’s not a data driven fact rather it a logical perspective.

I’m sure there are stats out there as to how many patient x’s exist, that I unfortunately don’t have to hand - nor is it something that I imagine would be too transparent of a figure to accurately assess, given it not being in any clinics interests to promote;  however it is no industry secret that pretty much every major clinic provides patients with education and disclaimers in regards to the potential for a surgery not to yield as is intended for X, Y and Z reasons, prior to going under the knife. Combined with the number of patient cases you can find online, where yield hasn’t been of desired expectation. 

At the end of the day, it is down to the individuals risk vs. reward appetite, as are most decisions we make in life. There is no definitive right or wrong choice, as such. If you as an informed and educated patient are happy with your choice of Dr, and the agreed upon strategy, then all power to you. 

I don’t feel like it’s too alarming of a statement to make, that utilising a very large proportion of a finite resource in one go, is a riskier decision to make than utilising a lesser number of said source, given the unknowns that may occur, , , so I’m not sure where else the conversation can go from here?  

Conversation doesn't need to go anywhere, I was just curious as I hear this statement used by people here and there without actual facts and statistic to back it up and I thought you might have this info as you wrote it's a fact...😅. 

Even here at the forum it's possible to do a somewhat research and see of the people that have performed surgery (making it easier we include all clinics, even the ones where a 20 year old "technician" doing everything) how many had 0 to 10% yield, 10-20% and so on, no questions about Doctors or clinic, just yield.. Maybe Melvin can do a poll 🤔. 

For me data and statistics comes before logic, otherwise I wouldn't have taken over 10 years to research and learn and how to minimise risks. 

11 hours ago, Curious25 said:

You’ve had incredible results , and have gone to a seemingly top of his game Dr - but the fact still Remains, a mega session, or any session over 3000 grafts for that matter, is still classed as a higher risk approach to take, purely for the fact of the matter that if you are indeed patient X, and the grafts don’t take - you have lost a huge chunk of a finite resource. 

This is a interesting statement, also one that a read here and there, it's a fact you say but what fact and statistics are you referring to? I like empirical data (work damaged) can you show me data that shows 100 patients going to a reputable well known serious doctor who knows what they are doing, out of those 100 patients how many did no grafts take at all?  Because saying its a risk, sure everything in life is a risk but if the risk is 1 patient out 10 000, 1 out  of 100k....then this is minuscule and not a big risk. But if as you say its a FACT then there need to be 1 out 10, or 1 out 100....then sure, bit risk 

Or type 3 like I did, over 7000 grafts first session and cover whole scalp equally (did another over 3500 grafts 10 months later) 

7 hours ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

10 year challenge 27 vs. 37 

People can say what they want to, but hair matters. 

And beard 😉

9 hours ago, 5BetaReductase said:

Are you saying the density at your hairline for the first surgery was designed at 35 grafts/cm? If so, that is very good growth you achieved

Hairline obviously would have the higher cm/grafts, not the front front as those are single grafts but not more than 40 grafts/cm 2, this picture after the first procedure, around 10 days post op after scabs fell off shows a better view of the spread. 

18 hours ago, uu777 said:

 

Hi @HugoX, congratulations on your outcome. I really liked what Dr. Zarev did and how he managed to turn you from NW6/7 to Non NW. I have been trying to get in communication with him but never really got any reply either both whatsapp and email. I have two questions from you and I hope you could help me with these questions.

1. How did you get a consultation with him? 
 

2. You mentioned above that you wanted 6k grafts on your front and mid scalp but he preferred for it to be homogeneous, how did he divide the 6k grafts? Did he put 2k in front, 2k in mid scalp and 2k in crown? 

 

I appreciate your reply.

 

 

 

 

I was probably lucky and managed to email Dr Zarev at a perfect time, I just filled in the inquiry form at his website and got a reply pretty fast. If you have tried WhatsApp (didn't know it was available) and email and still not getting any reply unfortunately not much to do, maybe try calling his office, might get lucky. 

For your second question, I can't say for sure how exactly it was divided, Dr Zarev had made an exact and thorough plan before surgery and placement varied from approximately 25 grafts/cm2 to 35 grafts/cm. And he did 7070 grafts the first time, not 6k (while extracting he could see that he could get more and he saw good reaction from my skin/scalp).

23 hours ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

Just shows how flawed these tests are 61% chance you won’t have a bald spot, meanwhile you’re a full Norwood 6. They got the hair thickness wrong too.

But I got to say, it got a lot of things right also, (not hair related) , like that I should prefer dark chocolate vs milk chocolate, love dark, not much milk chocolate. And there is a a bunch of other stuff that it gets right,well it was interesting anyway. 

1 hour ago, hairman22 said:

@HugoX

Do you know does Zarev work on temporal peaks? Not seen any cases with him doing those

Also does he use beard or body hair much?

I know he works with beard, and of course temporal peaks, we discussed mine, I was fine with how I have it but he showed me several cases. 

Have any of you guys done a DNA test? I did one from 23&me with a health report, got some interesting info about my hair also. 

9 hours ago, JoDimaggio22 said:

Insane. Do you have photos of your hair around the ear regions prior to procedure? Your back donor was excellent I am curious what lower on ears looked like. Still probably one of the greatest cases ever! Congrats 

Thanks, Dr Zarev sent all the pictures before first procedure but I deleted them after a while as there were so many and I changed phones in between, I will try and see if I have any on my cloud storages. 

11 hours ago, Gatsby said:

@HugoX your results are nothing short of incredible. Over 10,000 scalp grafts and your donor still looks pristine! Very happy for you man and thanks for sharing! 👌

Thanks mate 🫶🏻

7 hours ago, PizzaWolf said:

@HugoXDo you have any candid photos of yourself, just how it looks in a day to day setting/lighting?

I'm not a selfie or take pictures for social media type of guy, these pictures that I take once a month is a record for me in amount of pictures taken of me so I really don't have many pictures. 

Found one from when I was in Greece this summer outside and one from maybe 2 months ago from office that have harsh lighting. 

Alright guys, this will the last picture update (for now), I have reached 1 year after second procedure, first one I did in January 2021, 7070 grafts and then another 3613 in October 2021,total grafts of 10 683. 

Norwood 6 to norwood bye 👋🏻 😅, Dr Zarev is simply amazing and I am so glad I found him. 

(Where I started and where I finished) 

11 hours ago, Harry2 said:

On his website it's 5€ per graft.

I contacted his clinic yesterday via Whatsapp.

First available date for *consultation* 9th August 2024, not 2023. This the info I got.

OK, then he has changed price and bookings filled up, good that you could get through and get information atleast. 

On 9/21/2022 at 5:33 PM, bigtyivier2k2 said:

Anyway you can help get in contact with him? Maybe if he knows a few members of this forum are interested in contacting him he would be more accessible? As a forum like this would expand his business 

Business (surgery) wise he's booked up to 2024 and I think we are talking mid 2024 and consultation time mid 2023. 

Right now unfortunately the normal channels of contacts is the only way, website or calling office directly, all info on website. 

I was hoping he would have hired an English speaking patient coordinator to go through his backlog by now but that's delayed. 

21 hours ago, Corbyn said:

haha. i totally agree with you. Btw how much did your HT cost with Dr Zarev? I've gone through all 20 pages of this thread but I don't see a link to his IG etc. thanks.

Instagram is https://instagram.com/drzarev?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Dr Zarev charges 4euro per graft as is also stated on his website. 

I needed just below 11k grafts to get good coverage from norwood 6. 

59 minutes ago, bigtyivier2k2 said:

I kept trying to contact Dr.Zarev via emails and IG and zero luck. I dont get how he doesnt have secretaries working on emails and IG. Seems a bit unprofessional in this regard

It's not ideal for sure and he knows it, but  most of his clients are from Bulgaria even though there is a lot of interest from sprund the world , if he's booked up for 2 years with clients mostly from Bulgaria and his working non stop himself and does not have any really good English speaking employees as focus has been Bulgaria then this is the situation unfortunately that many are in like you. 

But his intention is to change this but it's taking some time unfortunately. 

10 minutes ago, Vann said:

This is what blows my mind. You have a stupidly amazing donor applied with a cheat code of surgeon. I think you lucked out in the most perfect way we all would want.

also, I can’t really tell from your donor post op but it seems like he took some grafts from your parietal humps. Did he tell you how many grafts you had by approximation or did count by surface area? (Sorry if you already said the answer to this)  

I know you said your recipient was 227cm^2 but how about the donor?

I'll have to look, he shared most info when I did my first procedure, might have an email or conversation on WhatsApp, otherwise I can ask when I talk or see him( might go in October for a final result check and another donor check) next time 

1 minute ago, RTC said:

Does Dr Zarev have any other examples of his work? This is the only thread I've ever seen here from him

Unfortunately on this forum no, can't tell you exact reason, and it's not something Dr Zarev seeks or asks his patients, but from our talks it seems most his clients are non English speaking (90% Bulgarians) , a little more high end/upper class people and they can't be bothered with writing in forums specially when they all get same type of results as I do. 

On 9/18/2022 at 10:53 PM, Vann said:

I dont know whats crazier your results, the amount of grafts you had implanted, the fact you still have about 1.5k left, the surgeon... literally I think you were the perfect patient for Zarev to have and use to advertise him.

Insane results all around.

Thanks, but I never started to share my result as an advertisement for Dr Zarev, just to show my journey and hopefully help others that are on the higher Norwoods to see what is possible with the right surgeon and realistic expectations, I never imagined this was possible before I started this journey even though I saw the many result done by Dr Zarev. 

I looked for maybe 10 years for a surgeon that would do most of the work (never expected Dr Zarev to everything 😅) and could show good results on high norwoods without destroying donor.