Hey guys, long time lurker, first time poster. I hope this post does not come off rude or ignorant. If so, please educate me.
I’ve been researching HT for the past four years. Early on in my research I came across a certain surgeon in Spain who’s work is seemingly impeccable. Later in my research I learned of the pitfalls and risks of hair transplants, one of them being to not always trust the results you see clinics post as they typically only post their optimal candidates and results. So I dug a little deeper, joined some Spanish HT forums to see unbiased, direct from the patient experiences. And still, this particular Docs work seems to be miles ahead of anyone in North America, I mean it’s like not even close. And again looking at the Spanish forums it’s consistent.
and look don’t get me wrong, there are some great results from the top guys in N. America. It just seems significantly less consistent compared to this guy. Even guys that seemingly have ideal donors, stable loss, same type of hair caliber as the patients posted by this Spanish doc rarely have the same quality results.
im curious about this because I am Italian/Spanish dissent myself. I’m NW 2 in the temples and diffuse crown thinning. My genetics will likely put me at NW4 by 40-45(I’m 32 now). I’ve met with two top surgeons in the US and they both have said similar things about my case. I have excellent donor and will likely have many many grafts available in the future. But both also said they would rather start with the hairline and see how the crown progresses before moving to that area, which I agree with and makes sense. I’m still probably about one to two years out before I want to pull the trigger on anything, so I’m just shopping around. That being said money really is no object to me for this type of elective surgery so I want the best. Only problem is the surgeon I really want to meet with has suspended consultations due to back logs from COVID. I’m contemplating wiring an amount of money they wouldn’t be able to ignore if I could skip that line in the future haha.
...but anyway, I’ve got some time to still research and think about it. So what’s the deal? Does this guy really just have a leg up on everyone else? I’m not sure I buy the “well he only cherry picks ideal candidates” entirely although I do know there is some truth to it. What else am I missing?