GaryStruthers

Really great and detailed intro brother. I look forward to following your progress closely!

By the way, I just heard from his office. They're booked up until June 2022. So while I'm on that subject for anyone reading this, is it common to wait over 3 months for any surgeon/appointment? Because that seems crazy.

Wow, and here I am waiting patiently for him to respond after 6 days. (yes I was holding out on the 48 hour expedited fee of €50)😂 Looks like I'll be paying that!

When you say "travel issue", are you talking about Covid in general, or are there US to India travel restrictions in place? I researched last night but came up with conflicting results.

Thanks for that. Eugenix have sent me their packages and I really like their results. Still can't wrap my head around the 18% tax involved, but it is what it is. FUE-HLC and BRUNO FERREIRA are definitely on the short list too.

This is the start of my restoration journey...........which has the potential of me buying a nice set of clippers and calling it a day! 1) I have up to $10,000 to spend. I am open to travelling outside of the US but would prefer not to. I'm new to this forum and have obtained some really valuable information, which has if anything, encouraged me to push on. I've been looking closely at Bernsteinmedical (Dr. Shaver New York) FUE-HLC (Turkey) and Bruno Ferreira (Portugal). I'm about to book an in-person consultation with Dr. Shaver after receiving a response via e-mail to my online consultation last week. She recommended I add 2,500 follicular unit grafts to strengthen my frontal hairline and add coverage to the front and top of my scalp. This sounds great, and I've seen some amazing results by her that I would love for myself. I'm not sure I can afford her, if not any Dr. in the States. I will wait to hear from you on this forum. FUE-HLC quoted me about 3200-3600 Grafts for the hairline. "With this amount, we can rebuild the hairline and close the temples. We will also give to the front half area more density. We have to transplant the hairline with a density of approximately 50 Grafts/cm2 to provide a dense and natural look." The two above quotes sound drastically different. Is this due to Dr. Shaver choosing to go with FUT and the Turkish FUE-HLC clinic going with FUE? I'm fine with either method, as most companies seem to be happy with my donor area. So if the $10,000 is a pipe dream for a U.S. operation then I'd love to hear your thoughts on that and the other queries I've listed. It would all be greatly appreciated and help solidify my decision.

Whoops, now I see what the moderator was on about. will do, and thanks.

These are the results that I'm looking for. I would love to not travel out of NY. Does anyone out there know the price per graft by Dr. Shaver? I feel it's pointless paying the $185 consultation fee, if she charges $10 per. Also, am I delusional to think I can have a 2500 graft procedure for under $12,000 in the US? I'm new to all of this.

Just might do that. Great interview with Dr. Shaver by the way!

Man!! I swear to god I could fool my friends by telling them your “before photos” are actually me. We have the exact same hair loss, color, viscosity and texture. So having reached out to the Chicagohairinstitute last week I’m happy to say that your journey and results may be all I need to pull the trigger. However, I was contacted by Dr. Nadimi and not Konior. She suggested around the same amount of grafts as you had (but I consulted with her initially regarding FUE) After seeing your results I’m wondering if I should consider FUT first. Here are some questions for you and others on this thread: 1) I couldn’t find an accurate cost of what your transplant would have cost, can someone share with me? 2) Is the $200 consultation fee absorbed after I book the full procedure? 3) I’m tossing up between FUE-HLC (Turkey), Bruno Ferreira (Portugal), and bernsteinmedical (New York) , with Chicago being my No.1 choice at this stage. Would anyone like to weigh in on those other 3 if you have heard good or bad things? I look forward to your next update!

Oh wow, I'm a bit bummed by this, as that was the route I was going to take. When you say they don't survive, are you talking about a short life span of the implanted follicle, possibly due to a sloppy extraction?

Hey brother. Where did you go in Turkey. I’m about to book there myself, would love some feedback if you have time?

Hey brother. I plan on doing the same as you (hlc, fue, hoping for 4 to 5000grafts), and this thread is great to follow as I have a very similar hairline and texture as you do. Did this run you over 5000, US$? I'll be adding $800 to $1000 extra for the plane ticket from the States so it'll be good to get an idea.