davidn

16 minutes ago, Murat-kz said:

Why to consider starting point? If it can be done better it must be done better. Looking at his face he is not that old

It can be done better for now, but

1) the hairline might look a bit out of place when patient becomes older. You can lower a hair line but removing grafts is risky..

2) this hair loss thing will continue, his crown might dip, lateral humps might fall. You need grafts for the future. He already had advanced hair loss and as you said, he is not that old as you said.. might continue..

So better safe than sorry 

Doc,

I admire your surgical skills a lot. What you are able to achieve with minimal grafts is spectacular. 

If its a good one..

If its a bad one you might end up a social outcast.

Personally I would favor the surgeon who takes a lot of time for consultation, is trying to understand your goals etc. But obviously Bisanga is a top-notch choice.

PS: Really liked that he told you that if hair loss progresses, to shave it off. Very ethical!

Ah yes, would also be interested in which clinic you have consulted with who first considered you not a candidte and then changed their opionion due to donor improvement with Finasteride except hlc?

We all root for you.

Hey mate,

Thanks for sharing. Work looks good. Maybe I would have recommend to work from hair line to back and do mid scalp instead of crown, but let's see. You seem to have a lot of donor left and a good beard too, and you can always color your hair!

I can see the outline already of a great result. You went to an excellent clinic and it pays off.

First of all, its a good step that you go for in-person consultations. You do the right thing. Personally I would wait a year on the meds, you gather more data about its efficacy for you, instead of doing a surgery and praying. Also, would you be able to show some pictures of your donor? Really interested how blonde low-density donor looks like (and compare to mine). If not, no worries, respect your privacy!

This will become interesting!

So, the plan is to do a 2nd surgery on crown?

On 12/4/2022 at 8:19 PM, Sitries1 said:

This is a great point.  I have my mate now carrying out the same diagnostics with a current photo with hair slicked back. Thanks for raising this. I will update once he's completed it. 

I thought I have seen everything in the hair transplant world.. 🤣 what a determination.

10 hours ago, Doron Harati said:

This is Israeli celebrity that had 2 FUTs, in my opinion it looks pathetic vs the botched paitent that did a professional SMP job for FUE scars by a great artist that I know personally.

I knew he would come up 🤣 saw him at an Airport in cyprus 2 months ago. He also had smp. It looks decent enough in real life (the smp).

9 minutes ago, agar8788 said:

why bro, it needs to drop a dots with ink just. yeap everything needs talent but it is not surgery. if it was only one time 3k USD is okey but imagine that i needs to pai it every couple of years.

can you show me bad job of smp?

It has to be applied in the right density, size of the dots, and most inportantly, into the right layer of the skin.

Top-ups are like 800 USD or so.

Anyway good luck in whatever you choose!

16 minutes ago, agar8788 said:

yeap smp is better no way but not cheap. i found smp kit for 500$ and want to buy it. 

my wife will do it for me. i am very obssesed. two things i know exactly, i hate my ht and i need to do something about it, i need to keep hairs fade. so smp or tattoo. 

will it be hard to make smp ourself? to do it carefully when my wife will do it for me?

Hey Dude. This is crazy. Dont do It. It is very hard to find a good, professional smp artist already. There are hundreds of artists doing this professional with hundreds of hours of experience and still being sh**. There are many things that can go wrong with smp too, you can go too deep so the tattoo turns blue, oversaturate so it turns into a helmet, etc. There are smp treatments for 2-3 k USD and I am sure you can find a way to make this money. I guarantee you now, if you buy a machine and let your wife smp your head, this will end in disaster, 100% and your future will include painful laser sessions which you have to pay for anyway.

Lol how views have changed regarding oral Minoxidil..🤣

12 minutes ago, deadman said:

@Bandit90Congrats again, it looks good. Do you think that if you feel like going for the 3rd one for like 500 grafts, what did Eugenix tell you, still possible to extract more grafts if needed in future?

Since I pull all my life energy from this thread,I know the answer John previously gave. For further questions about Johns transplants dont hesitate to reach out.

All the best,

Johns Secretary

Here the answer:

"Dr P and Dr Arika recon I have 2000 scalp grafts and 4000+ beard left to use for improving density in the years to come. "

25 minutes ago, Zoomster said:

@davidn thanks mate ..definitely think oral minox is helping donor along though I forgot to mention I’ve had a fairly bad dose of influenza week 5 and 6 ..which threw the gym,nutrition and hydration out the window …missed a couple of days on and off with the meds and vitamins too so slowly trying to get back up on the horse this week..might double pop a few fin and minox pills 💊😉

Oh wow. You were such a good responder to fin already..

What I have always wanted to ask you mate..

1) how did friends and family react? Were they completely shocked with what was achieved?

2) How did your life change through the hair? Do you feel more self-confident? Do you feel like people treat you a lil bit different?

I read through the text, expected a see-through shock-loss donor but....

Nothing. It looks great. Congrats.

Goddamn with that beard I see you going to eugenix if you ever run out of grafts 🤣

This is a command.

Dude, so your goal ist to hide the scars but not have a regular tattoo to have a "normal life"? Why not have a hair tattoo then, exactly what smp is 🤣

I see, thank you 😃

looks good! Did Dr Ferreira give you an estimation of number of grafts available in your donor area? What is your current treatment plan? Sorry if you mentioned these things already along the thread.

Hey guys,

so I am quite interested in stacking this treatment with the classical Fin/Minox combo, as this topical is expected to be released in H1 2023 by the company siRNAgen. This company developed a topical for the treatment of androgenic alopecia and also published a paper in the prestigious journal nature. They are classified as a cosmetical and received "excellent" safety ratings by Dermatest, an accredited agency in Germany. 

Here is a link to the paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05544-w. 

Here is a link to the great blog of @FollicleThoughtwho discussed this treatment: https://folliclethought.com/new-hair-growth-cosmeceutical-using-sirna-with-published-study-cosmerna/.

So, you guys planning to hop on it?

Dr Pitella

2 hours ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

Guys,

While I can appreciate everyone wanting him to name the clinic, pressuring and trying to shame him into it, isn’t helping.

Everyone is free to do what they please. We should respect that and give him space. The more we push, the less likely he is to do it. Let him come to terms with it and I’m sure he’ll do it on his own. 

love this.

Reading that """doctors""" took advantage of a guy with autism is such a disgrace