Buck Naked

I thought most surgeons wanted patients to stop using minoxidil like 3-5 days before surgery since that's its terminal half life:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/minoxidil#:~:text=While the half-life of,the longer duration of action.

Too early to tell at this point whether you've been overharvested or not. Shock loss can also occur. 

It's a crappy clinic.

Did you get the heart palpitation checked out my a physician? I would err on the side of caution and go down to 2.5mg. 

Dr. Gabel is probably the best in the west coast. Him and Dr. Mohebi would be my go to in the west coast. 

9 hours ago, Michael D said:

Anyone heard of Washington Medical Hair Clinic before?

If you're in the PNW, Dr. Gabel is easily the best. He's top 5 in fact in the world, imo. 

Any photos of your donor area? How old are you? Are you on medications? I wouldn't go that many grafts in 1 sitting tbh. 

Phenomenal results!

Does anyone know about the viability rates of using beard and chest hairs for a scalp hair transplant? I've got ample beard and chest hair and want to use them on my scalp. Which surgeons do you recommend for this? 

Simply an amazing results. 

Doesn't Dr. Gur work at FUECAPILAR with Dr. Duran?

Yeah, this is normal. You're bound to have some nerve damage after surgery on the scalp. It takes months to recover.

5 hours ago, BeHappy said:

They seem to usually be booked about 3 months ahead, so a consultation in Feb and then book a date for May sounds normal for them. Keep in mind that a lot of Drs have a 6 month or more wait time for surgery, so 3 months is short.

 

If you are flexible and can do it right away (it sounds like that's what you want) then ask if they have any cancellations or if they do get a cancellation before your scheduled date then they can call you to try to schedule you for it. You may be able to get a lower graft price if a spot opens up that you are able to take. A lower price was offered to me the first time I went if I would have taken a spot coming up the next week, but I wasn't able to as I have to schedule time off from work. That was a few years ago, so I don't know how they work it now.

 

They are conservative.  Most USA based hair transplant Drs seem to be on the conservative side. I think this is partially based on cost. It's more expensive per graft than some other countries, so they try to get away with less grafts and/or a higher hairline or plan it in stages, so you don't have to put out so much money all at once. It depends a lot on your unique situation such as how much hair loss you have, your age, what your donor area looks like, etc. Dr Dorin usually does hairlines in a zigzag type of pattern that looks crazy when it's drawn on you and even just after you have the HT done and you see the weird hairline, but once it grows it usually looks pretty natural and doesn't have a straight across and/or abrupt wall of a hairline that a lot of places will give you.

 

Just a reminder that they just moved their surgical center a few miles out of Manhattan last month. They are now in Garden City NY. It's a much more relaxed area where you don't have to deal with so many people on the street while you are trying to walk to their office.

 

 

Interesting. I didn't know Dr. Dorin moved to Long Island. Is their NYC office gone? Or is he maintaining a presence in Manhattan too?

9 minutes ago, TheyLiveWeSleep said:

I've thought about it. Kind of iffy about it. I don't know. 

If you're not getting side effects from oral finasteride, then you probably won't get side effects from oral dutasteride. It's more effective too.

How about switching from oral finasteride to oral dutasteride? 

I think his work is excellent and he's ethical. One of the top surgeons in the world. He truly has the patient's interests in mind. 

I've never heard of him either. It looks like he does a lot of other surgeries asides from hair transplants. I would go to a surgeon who only does hair transplants. Are you looking for FUT or FUE? Are you restricted to any location? Are you on finasteride and minoxidil?

Don't steroids impair wound healing? I know it helps with edema. Medrol is methylprednisolone which I think only comes in liquid form whereas prednisone is in oral form. 

Probably Dr. Glenn Charles. He's in Boca Raton.

I don't think Dr. Feller does surgeries anymore. He's gung-ho about FUT too. 

What punch size does Dr. Panine use? Looks larger than other surgeons. 

13 hours ago, Jack28 said:

Hello,

First post after lurking here for a little while.  I am posting because after browsing here for a few months and looking at several doctors websites and results I am still having troubling narrowing down to which surgeon I would ultimately like to schedule with. 

I have narrowed it down just a bit to deciding I want to stay in the US (for easier follow ups and in case something goes wrong).  However it still looks like there are a ton of great options in the US and I am having trouble finding who is best for me. Location does not help narrow it down since there are no recommended docs in my area and will have to fly to any location. I am also trying to not narrow down based on price because after reading advice here I believe this shouldn’t be a deciding factor for surgery.

I have looked at Dr Konior, Dr Nadimi, Dr Vories, Dr Cooley, Dr Dorin, Dr Wong, Dr Gabel, and they all seem great and there are still plenty more US recommendations as well. Any advice on narrowing it down further?

My background I am 31, a Norwood 3A, have been on fin for 4ish years looking to restore my hairline in the front with FUE and wear my hair short.

Thank you. 

Out of that list I would choose Konior, Gabel, Dorin, in no particular order. 

Probably a higher chance of side effects

I would just stick to dutasteride twice per week. It's half life is very long and it's more effective in lowering DHT level because it inhibits both of the isoforms of 5-alpha reductase. It'll be simpler too to just use dutasteride. Are you on oral minoxidil too?

Agreed. Dr. Parsa Mohebi would be great for your case.