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Potentially, that's why I might be getting a smaller scale job done first on the crown before returning for larger work done. If he's with Konior, I don't think it should be too bad right?

My bad, not for the small scale FUE I was considering. Earlier I asked him about 1700-2000 grafts and he said $8100 to 9000. That's where the mid 4 dollar something came from. Should have clarified. Haven't asked about the FUE yet.

Hi, yes! Sorry for the late update guys, I was emailing him back and forth a bit afterwards so I lagged getting back to ya'll. So I basically asked him a list of questions, and I'll sum up his answers here: He's been performing HT's for about a year now after assisting/observing at CHI. He specializes in HT's and doesn't do any other procedures, says he'd rather do that than be a jack of all trades. Does both FUTs and FUEs, not dogmatic about one over the other. The cost estimate he gave me was much lower, and I asked him if the different docs at CHI had different prices. He said its because Konior is obviously a veteran when it comes to this stuff and he's kind of starting out, hence his rate is far less. Based on the cost estimate for me it comes about to something like $4.50 per graft. So Nadimi's I assume is also different. Says he's with the ISHRS (though I didn't check) though he says doesn't really mean all that much as people may think it does. Asked him for former patient pics or reviews since I couldn't find any. He says since he's only been practicing for like a year he doesn't really have an extensive album of past work. So I guess I'll have to ask again in the future if he can share any. They don't have any traveling technicians, all the staff are experienced, have been there for years, and he'd be the one mainly performing the placement I believe he said, staff just assist as needed. They don't use any robots, or fancy automated gadgets. Some painkillers might be needed, post op care is good, might have to get stitches removed from my own doctor, and sleep with a traveling pillow (the wrap-around neck donut thing) for a while He seemed pretty cool, allowed me to talk most of the time, and ask me all my questions. I might ask him to give me a smaller FUE to give basic coverage on my crown, then I'll debate as to whether I should work on my frontal area with more grafts via FUT. Doing this slowly only because I have not seen his other work. But given he's worked with Konior, and the price is pretty good, I may be sticking with him rather than dumping all my savings on another American doctor or risking Turkey. We shall see!

Yeah that's what I was thinking too. I'll let you all know what I end up doing once I complete my consultation with him next week.

That's a relief to hear! And LOL so he's this "Boomer" that was referenced earlier? I just realized this now after reading his first name again haha. Wow I sure hope I'm getting in early to Konior's next prodigy. Thanks Mountinvan!

I have a consultation next week, I guess I'll talk to him and see what's up.

Hi Melvin, Hi Melvin, thanks for the response. It wasn't so much that I didn't choose Konior (or Nadimi). I just requested a consultation on the Chicago Hair Institute website expecting Konior or Nadimi to respond (since that's what it says in the text, no mention of anyone else) and Dr. Shah was the one that responded and gave his cost estimate, so I'm assuming he would be doing the work. Konior's associates do seem to do good work and I assume Shah is no different, especially since he actually works at the CHI clinic. I was just a bit cautious since because of the lack of reviews and lower price. I didn't even realize the clinic had a third doctor there until he responded actually.

Hello everyone, I was considering getting an HT with Chicago Hair Institute, headed by Dr. Konior. Normally I'd never go to a doctor who didn't have extensive reviews or ratings, especially for something like this, but I was wondering if anyone had experience with his associate, Dr. Bhumik Shah? Aside from his bio on the CHI website, I couldn't really find any reviews of him or his past work. I think he joined them fairly recently. Also, his quoted price was also significantly less than what I would have expected from Konior's clinic, which is known to be really up there in terms of cost. Don't get me wrong, he was very thorough, responsive and detailed, addressed ALL the points I raised in my interaction so far (which other docs hadn't), and according to the site, he's trained under Dr. Konior for like a year and now works at CHI. That alone is quite convincing but I really wish I could see if anyone has had any experience with Dr. Shah? Like Dr. Nadimi, she's got plenty of ratings and reviews. I don't doubt him, but it would be nice to see if anyone has any experience w/him since I can't find anything.