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If Dr Charles think this is a "good" result, then I am scared to see what a poor result from him would look like. I would avoid and look elsewhere.

the fact that a steroid medicine worked points to some type of a inflammatory condition causing your hair loss. You need a biopsy by a dermatologist or a doctor that specializes in hair loss? Are you from Australia?

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yes. No one on the website can control them. once you post the pics they become public. Having said that no one will most likely post them anywhere else, but if you are afraid then I would not post anything u dont want on world wide web.

It is called grafts. pics don’t look good unfortunately. how much did you pay?

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This is not a logical conclusion. Just casue a doctor does not believe in the medication, does not mean that his work "stands" by itself. Pitella is around for less than a few years and much shorter on this forum. WE have no idea how his work will stand the test of time in 8-10 years. It is much easier for a physician to go along with the patients view, than to actually give them an unfavorable but evidence based opinion. For e.g. if you have bad diabetes mellitus. Doctor A tells patient i dont believe in medications you can do diet and exercise you will be fine. Doctor B says we need to get this under control for your long term health, unfortunately it will require medications. The basic uneducated patient will probably think Dr A is the better doctor not realizing their bias.

I find this doctor extremely unnecessarily arrogant, but I must say that’s good repair work. he posted an instagram with one of his results, “if anyone can do it better, I will pay for your hair transplant.”

i think you definitely look better than pre surgery. Maybe the temple points are a bit unnatural to the super critical eye, but I am sure in day to day life no one will notice. Have you gotten comments ? positive or negative? like you look younger? with time the hair will soften a bit. it is what it is. can't dwell on the past.

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Good luck. I didn’t mean to be negative. I hope u have good results. we have just been around a long time and know the reality. And the odds …

And what is Wong’s background training . Or Hassons for that matter. Or Shapiro , or Josephitis. I will wait for your answer lol.

Dude ur after so many people, with no bone in the game, advising you clearly to cancel the procedure. If you go through with it, you deserve everything you get. I hope you come to your senses.

it looks good. now you can move on with life and stop beating yourself up about it.

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well there is no explanation cause there are no randomized control studies to give you precise guidelines. The current expert consensus pooled from many low quality studies is to have one prp every 4 weeks for 3 times. and then 1 prp every 6 months - 12 months after that. basically if you can afford it do it frequently

yes i think if you go with a quality doctor, and your scalp is appropriate for FUT, starting with an FUT is better. as long as you are not going to cut your sides to a really short zero, or 1 guard.

while the grafts are fragile, they are not fragile enough where those two things would cause them to dislodge, specially not after 24 hours. Unless you are super constipated and are pushing down like you are giving birth. 🤪

why would someone do an FUT for 550 grafts. that makes no sense. if the scalp is so tight that you cant take out a strip, then just do FUE. this is horrible planning.

My only issue is you don’t need 6500 grafts in that Level of baldness to have a good result. I rather go to someone that can give me a good result with 3000 grafts and pay them $8000. hair follicles are precious.

do you have any pre and post op photos? How many days was the surgery performed over, and how long were the days?

Don’t know. You have to ask them.

depends on how much elasticity you have left. the scalp is not an endless supply of strips. after two strips you may not be able to get out much in which case you will need an FUE by default.

2200-2500 for conservative.

It is more a result of poor surgical technique, grafts being placed too deep, then anything to do with a patient. As far as I am aware.