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Seems pretty good in my opion, not a disaster anyway. I am way worse than you and Dr. Maras recommendation was about 4K grafts. Intersting to know why 3984 were taken in your case, which 3984 is 4k actually

@Mr. least-hair, hey Can you share pictures before the procedure but with your natural haircut and not a shaved head? HDC was one of my main clinics I thought to work with and even I went for a n-person meeting with Mr Pantelis. Nice work

Neither of them. The clinic is a eurpean one, and I don't mentioned which because I don't want to "talk bad" about specific place but to share my doubts and thoughts

During the evaulation I asked the manager (again, manager, not a doctor or another person who involved in the medical procedure) if he has microscopic tool and he show me some tool on his desk but said that no need to use it (he considered a person with more than 20 years of experience in thar field. He own the clinic).

Sounds correct since the evaulation was pro bono. Even though the price per graft is not cheap and the clinic consider recommended by the forum.

So I didn't do that but go to traveling far especially for evaulation in addition the online. I think the meeting should check all these things you mentioned you did at the local clinic. Like I wrote in the beginning, it wasn't like that. No lense, no microscopic tool, only two eyes, few fingers to touch my hair.. and a hair brush. 🤷‍♂️

I did. The clinic told me the manager will do the consult and the doctor will join in the middle, but it was really at the end and the feeling they gave me is all the questions should be point to the manager who is the authority, and the doctor will just.. I don't know, something else. About your idea, sorry, but what is the point of meeting another doctor? Don't you think different doctors different evaulations?

My post here is not about a specific question but to share my experience with one of the most recommended clinics here on this forum. After an online consultation which led me to understand the result of HT for me will be medium since I'm 5NW (on my way to 6NW) and the donor area is weak, I booked a flight for in-person consultation. The consultation performed by the manager of the clinic (not the doctor himself), same as the online consultation was. The reason is "the doctor is busy with surgeries and don't do consultations". However, the clinic said is good that I came for a face-to-face consultation because my donor is good and not weak like they thought according to photos and a video call, and bottom line the result will be good. I still need two sessions like they said during the first online consultation but the density will be better, the area they can cover will be larger etc Is the first consultation I had and I have no experience with that so I don't know if the meeting was ok. Like I wrote, the consultation was with the clinic manager and not the doctor (the doctor came for 5 minutes in the end), no microscop whatsoever was used for examination my hair/grafts and it was only by his eyes (without any tool) of the manager. The most significant thing I afraid of is lateral humps drop (now this part is pretty high) and wider crown than today. When I share my thoughts about that the answer was the clinic knows how to manage the donor area carefully and leave grafts for a rainy day (3rd session somewhere in future). I don't know why they didn't examined these grafts (it looks miniatuirzed already so I pretty sure this hair [class 6 area, and lateral humps] will be gone). When the doctor met me he said I'm still young (33 y/o) but his answer for my question "so maybe is better to wait?" was no need. I came especially for a meeting but in the end met not the doctor but another person, and feel like this meeting was only "consultation" and not "examination". Only two eyes and a hair brush (to see donor density) and a lot of "don't worry, we know our work/know how to manage your donor". This is how in-person consultation is? It is not important what is the clinic is, but is realy recommended one here in the platform, so I asked myself what do I missing...? What those recommendations based on?

@Melvin- Moderator, do you know how long it has been between the HT to this kind of result (without those lateral humps)?

And the next haircut was the same (machine + scissors)? When you did take your second haircut?

After 2 months you got a regular haircut (i.e with a machine on your recipient) or with a scissors only?

Hi When did you get your first haircut after a surgery (medical-wise)?

On his website it's 5€ per graft. I contacted his clinic yesterday via Whatsapp. First available date for *consultation* 9th August 2024, not 2023. This the info I got.

Hi For example, if my crown/front (doesn't really matter) is very thin with only miniaturized hair, which probably will fall in the near future, clinics consider them as part of the final fu/cm2 result? Or they will ignore them and consider the recipient area without these grafts? Or it is actually depeneds on the individual clinic and the way they works? Thanks

I am 33 year old, on my way to NW6. My father is NW6, 65 years old. but today I saw a picture of him when he was 40 years old (seven years older than me) and his hair was MUCH better than I have today. When he was 33 y/o, like I am, he had fully hair.