shiba1985
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in your case, i would just stay on finasteride and that is it. not sure why you stopped it for surgery. that is not needed. Dont over think this. the only way i would consider starting minoxidil is if you plan to use it life long like u use finasteride. otherwise it wont make any difference if you hair transplant succeeds or fail.
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This question is difficult to answer but i will try. Oral minoxidil is not necessary for surgery itself to be successful. a good surgery should stand alone by itself without minoxidil. If you take minoxidil your results will look more "wow" since it will beef up your hair both the transplanted and existing i.e. Each strand will be thicker. so for eg. let us say your average hair shaft is 65 um, with minoxidil it maybe 75 um. this small difference can result in a big visual difference cosmetically. Also more % of follicles will be in Anagen phase. However when you stop taking the minoxidil, it will go back to the way it was going to be without minoxidil. Meaning if you dont want to take it forever, no point in taking it and stopping. 5 mg is a hefty dose. I would not take it forever. but that is just my personal opinion. Medications are more a strategy to combat further hair loss. That is the main use for them, not so much for the success of surgery.
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Dr Zarev 11,941 grafts. 1st procedure 8,321, 2nd procedure 3,620
shiba1985 replied to mtb's topic in Hair Transplant Reviews
Last login 4 hours ago. Last update 4 weeks ago.. hmmm -
Are you willing to shave the area you want density in to get a dense transplant. I always feel that it is hard to get great results with non shave cause your vision is impaired and you maybe causing collateral damage while transplanting. To get great cosmetic results, sacrifice of shaving the recipient area should strong be considered. I didn’t read, but have you had a biopsy? You are in the age group where it is not uncommon for hair loss diseases such as frontal fibrosing alopecia to show up. If your cause is not androgenetic alopecia, the transplant can fail. How are your eyebrows?
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Alternatives to Dr. Konior?
shiba1985 replied to omgcorey's topic in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers
Dr Hasson is going to pack the s%#* out of your area. Will it look great. sure for a few years. But hair transplant is not a 3-4 year game it is a lifelong game. results should not be measure in one two or three years but over 10-20 years. It is better to use a conservative number of grafts and get a good result, that still allows flexibility for long term hair loss then using an excessive # of grafts get a fabulous result for few years but less flexibility for future hair loss as it leaves you with less donor in bank for future. This is just my opinion, based on what I have seen over a long term and knowing what i know about the disease. -
How many people have a second procedure?
shiba1985 replied to DaveTay's topic in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers
Close to 85% . I am pulling the number out of my behind… but it’s up there -
Konior: 2x FUT scar fill in using 400 beard grafts
shiba1985 replied to champybaby's topic in Hair Transplant Reviews
please read the thread before asking redundant questions. -
Jan 2023 / Keser / 1250 Grafts / NW3
shiba1985 replied to Davy773's topic in Hair Transplant Reviews
No. I have yet to see a single botched donor from kesser. Very unlikely. Looks to me more like bruising cause you bled more that day. Will go away. -
Man. With all due respect you sound like a pain in the ass patient. Yes you are paying the doctors for a service and yes they should give you the best quality ethical surgery they can deliver. But they are not your servants. you are treating the consultant with zero respect. plus all the antagonizing. If I was the doctor I would throw you out of the practice in a heart beat. no wonder they decided to cancel your surgery. also from the conversation it does seem like there must be some real issues with refunds taking long and they are not doing it out of spite. Cause rishab said the same thing when he said “if your visa was not granted” refund will take 5 months. I hope you do better for ur next hair transplant doctor search. Remember respect is a 2 way street. u should treat everyone decently from doctor to staff . also find out the hotel and taxi prices urself.
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Thoughts on Dr Munib Ahmad of FueGenix?
shiba1985 replied to TheManeMan's topic in Hair Transplant Reviews
good results. arrogant and condescending doctor. -
you have fantastic hair. choose wisely for 2nd op. and you will be fine.
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to me it seems like your crown is too far gone to come back. i could bewrong. if u r not having any side effects though you still have great hair in front. so keep taking it to preserve. if you preserve the front, your crown can be transplanted a bit aggressively and then you will not have any signs of balding for the average eye.
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no this would be impossible to know. U would have to know how many patients from the clinic got necrosis and how many patients got surgery at the clinic. the best thing is for patients like yourself to make their complications known publically (but anonymously). If you see a pattern then people can start avoiding the clinic.
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no i am not comapring the procedures. I am pointing out the genetic difference between individual patients. Necrosis happens cause the blood supply to the scalp is interrupted to that area for a prolonged period of time. Some people have blood vessels that are more vasospastic. They shut down (constrict) with a little bit of epinephrine. Other people have poor circulation due to diabetes, high cholestrol smoking. There is genetic differences to everything. Saying that it is 100% surgeons fault, is misleading. Every surgeon on the planet if they have done surgery for long enough will have a case of necrosis.
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I think in a good surgeons hand the necrosis rate is probably 0.5%. sometimes it can happen even if you do everything right. some clinics have Terrible techniques and in that case it is the clinics fault. there is not one single answer. It would depend on the case and the technique used, solutions used. You woild have to know and observe the whole procedure to troubleshoot why it happened. E.g dense packing, too much epinephrine, too big recepient sites, smoker/ diabetic patient etc.
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Afro Transplants with Published Results
shiba1985 replied to futureresearch's topic in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers
check out dr alba reyes in dominical republic. she has a lot of afro hair cases published