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The average person won’t be able to afford the number of treatments required to see results from prp. On top of that the cost benefit ratio of prp is very low compared to hair transplant, finasteride, minoxidil. on top of that the industry has a lot of hacks that want to make a quick buck. all this results in patients labeling prp “snake oil” but in reality it is a treatment that works, if you can afford it.

yep agree.

I dont think you understand what the doctors are trying to tell you. Yes there are some people that will keep their pre pubertal hairline without any recession like Judge Napolitano from fox news. But those are extremely rare and an exception. It is more common to have maturing of the hairline. Even if someone has no androgenetic alopecia, most men will have some degree of this so called maturation. It is not a "disease" like androgenetic alopecia which is a disease and pathological. It does not continue to get worse like androgenetic alopecia. If you have unlimited hair follicles sure you can try to get your prepubertal hairline, but with limited follicles the best you should hope for is the matured hairline foud most commonly in nature. if you try to get to the pre pubertal harline with androgenetic alopecia you will look foolish because of the unnaturalness that comes from lack of density not just simply cause the hairline is too low

Pay a bit more And say u want to choose a surgeon

For pre made incisions what do you use needles or blades. What are typically the sizes of the needle/blade to create the incisions for single, doubles triples? etc.

I have some technical questoins. Do you prefer placing with forceps or implanters? Do you see a benefit of one method over the other? If you use implanters, which I assume you are, do you utliize pre made incisions or direct implantation with sharp implanters. I believe in the past you mentioned you use custom cut blades so I am guessing you do pre made incisions. good result.

Wow . Can you tell us your age? Medication status? can you post a pic of your donor area? How long was the average day ?

you have selected a very experienced doctor, i am assuming you selected him for a reason. dont second guess yourself and trust he will do what is best for your situation. Your main focus should be conveying you goals, and expectations. The rest let him detrmine. Read that again : Explain your goal in the clearest way possible so the surgeon knows exactly what you want. Dont worry about how you detrmine the grafts needed etc. It takes time and experience, and some of it is subjective.

Looks amazing. Way better than I expected

the general opinion is positive.

no. dont worry about the sizes of hte punch as long as you go to a doctor that is reputable. the size has to be adjusted to the persons hair characteristics and follicular splay underneath the skin. In fact using < 0.9 punch will have a lot less triples and quadruples, this is not bad, depending on what the surgical goal you are trying to accomplish.

Out of those I vote Dr Ahmed. He is arrogant lol, me and him have had a few back and forth here. but his work his good.

there is miniaturization in your donor area, if that dermascopy pic is from donor zone (which you said it is). I am no expert but I would only pursue hair transplant if you are willing to take some strong 5AR blockers. Otherwise you will not hold on to the hair for long.

It will. Don’t worry. Most people on this forum, including me have chosen the wrong surgeon the first time around. Being a female you have an advantage as you are unlikely to have androgenetic alopecia, at least not until in to your post menopausal years. Just treat your hair well, no excessive tractions, weaves etc..

I am sorry you are going through this. Your option now is to transplant the area. The bright side is you will have even a lower hairline then now so dont beat yourself up too much. Reach out to Dr Sahar Nadimi of Chicago hair institute. She is an expert when it comes to females hairline lowering surgery and its complications. she can guide you well.

What defines top clinic? What defines failure? poor growth? patient dissatisfaction, unreal expecations? Hair transplant is not like BP or diabetes where a doctors success can be objectively measured. 80% of Doctor As panel haas BP less than 120/80 while Doctor Bs patient only 60% are at goal blood pressure so Doctor A > Doctor B. JT makes money of his list and charging doctors to be on his list. He come from the marketing camp that believes the more controversial your topic the better the publicity. So he makes outrageous statements and exagerrated videos often.

Does he give you a follicular break down? Like how many triples or quadruples etc? most of them look to be 1 or 2 FU grafts. is he splitting them in the scalp or outside ?

Looks A+ , very good.

Tony, He is trying to intimidate you. Don’t let him. Stick your ground. He is not your buddy and he hasn’t done you a favor (free or discounted surgery). You didn’t go to eugenix for hospitality you went there for a medical service and you paid a pretty penny for it. He has an obligation to you once he accepted you as a patient and formed a doctor-patient relationship.

Yeh. it is a difficult choice. If you are able to figure out a way to shave it and accept it, maybe it will be a less stressful route to take. Otherwise imagine going to India again and going through the whole process and the up and down post op. One thing I find interesting, is that your post op photos are looking good and everything is going well, looking like its gonna grow then all of a sudden you had sub par growth. If the follicles were "dead" they would not have germinated in the post op period like they did. So why did they not grow back after the shed? I cant remember but have you had a biopsy? maybe you have a scarring alopecia. but its low incidence so unlikely but worth checking it off.

Would you consider another transplant? What would be your preferred resolution?

I understand your frustration and agree with your sentiments overall. the one thing I don’t agree with is comparing apples to oranges , with your friend. Did you friend have a severely depleted donor etc. or was this his first procedure? I am guessing he had a virgin scalp so you can’t compare. The rest is between you and how Dr Sethi wants to handle it. Hope you get a refund.

No need to explain. Any reasonable and sane person would understand.

I feel like happyman2021, for being a non surgeon or a non medical person, sure has a lot to say about how a surgeon should go about evaluating his patient. Apparently hanging out on the forum, and having a few hair surgeries makes one an "expert." I think it is completely fair for a surgeon to ask for an inperson consultation. These same patients that bitch about this (pre op in person consult), will be the same ones that bitch post operatively if their surgery doesn't produce the results. "Good surgeons know how to operate, better ones when to operate, and the best when not to operate."

This does not look like 3300 grafts. Just calling it as I see it. If it was not a forum recommended doc it would have been called out.