6head

Hello, i have seen a picture in another thread listing the prices of various doctors, and H&W are both quoted at 3-2$ per FUT graft. However in their official site the price listed is of 6-4$.

So it seems like the site is taking into consideration a transplant performed by both doctors at the same time. I wonder if it would be possible to pick a single doctor and only pay half the amount?

13 minutes ago, splitting hairs said:

You can email her in English.  I have had a response from her in English previously.  

Thank you

It seems her website is in spanish and has no buttons to switch to english.

Do they only speak spanish? Or can i just type in english when contacting them?

Or maybe there's another way to get in contact?

47 minutes ago, GoliGoliGoli said:

Can you link to the reddit post?

VAT reclaim is notoriously a pain in the ass. I work in international logistics so it's a topic I'm familiar with. 

As far as the process for reclaiming the VAT, you'd obviously want to hang on to all your receipts from the HT. Then you will need to discover if your transaction qualifies for VAT reclaim based on the stipulations laid out by the Belgian government. If so you would then begin the process that they lay out which typically means providing them with receipts and whatever else they ask for. 

Belgium allows VAT reclaim for 1 year from the purchase date so you would want to have all your ducks in a row as you're likely to hit unforeseen snags along the way. It can also often take years to get the VAT amount refunded to you even after you've submitted everything and been approved for a VAT refund. 

 

Thanks for the info

It was an old thread so i only took a screenshot with the information

So it's not an immediate discount when paying for your transplant, it's like a refund that you can claim after paying the full sum?

No one ever did this? Weird

Hi everyone i wanted to ask something since i saw someone on reddit mention this.

Some guy said that clinics in Belgium charge 21% VAT, but if you get a paper from your doctor stating that hair loss is causing you mental stress, you don't have to pay that. This is done by your local doctor and not the hair surgeon in belgium.

Does anyone know about this? And if it's true, what are the exact steps needed to go through with this? 

What are these papers to get exactly, and when should i send them to the hair surgeon?

4 hours ago, Calihome1 said:

I like the second design, but, it’s still a lot of real estate to cover, probably 3k grafts.

A top doc will make it look real nice, but, you’ll burn a ton of your donor.  If you’reok with that and know the future risk of chasing the hairline, then go for it

Yeah, im up to switch to stronger treatments like dutasteride or oral minoxidil if there is the need to do so. It's just that i was unlucky to the point of having a hairline with no hair on the sides, so i have to do what i gotta do. That is the minimal transplant i need to get in order to regain a pleasant aesthetic.

2 hours ago, Shaheer said:

I was in same situation.. I put 3700 grafts and costed me usd 10000.however I still lack density in transplanted hairs.. Now I need one more to add further density and now my crown has also gone. If you ask me don't do it. 

Can you tell additional info? How old were you when you got the transplant, how old are you now? Did you get treatments such as finasteride? And whos the doctor who operated on you?

27 minutes ago, Z-- said:

You’re 25 with a receding hairline and trying to lower it WAY too much. This plan is a one way ticket to using up all your grafts and being forced to style a-la Brazilian Ronaldo’s haircut if you progress with loss. 

think about this (except his was intentional, whereas yours wouldn’t have even the shaved part behind it, would just be bald if you have the bad luck of future thinning):

 

Think about the future and age appropriate hairlines. If I were I would wait until around 30 to see how you respond on meds and to see future loss. Good luck

What about the new pics?

17 hours ago, Rahal Hair Transplant said:

6head,

while I understand that you say that you’re not experiencing bad hair loss but that you have a naturally high forehead and have only seen some minor recession of the last couple of years, I think it might be a bit dangerous to lower your hairline too much at this stage. You’re only 25 years old and who knows what the future holds in terms of additional hair loss. What is your family history of hair loss like? Has finasteride been helping to stabilize the loss?

Do you have any photos of your hair from several years ago before you start experiencing any loss? It was interesting to see just how high your forehead is naturally and how much loss you really did experience.

If you were interested in a one on one information session with Dr. Rahal, feel free to send me a private message and I can set this up for you.  I can provide you with some additional information once I get some answers to the above questions.

Best wishes,

Rahal Hair Transplant 

Thanks for the response dr. Rahal, you are a legend and i would definitely visit you if i lived in the usa/canada.

My family history is mixed, some people are bald while some have full heads of hair.

I haven't noticed any difference while taking finasteride, mostly because i have been taking it for 9 months, and i never noticed any aggressive hair loss in my case. My hairline has looked approximately the same for the last 10 years. I think there has been a bit of recession on the frontal hairline but i never noticed any rapid changes over the course of the years.

I am attaching to this post a photo i found from when i was 16 years old.

17 hours ago, RTC said:

If anything this is an extremely feminine hairline design

Haha, do you think the new one is more masculine?

17 hours ago, Mike10 said:

The whole plan just seems silly. You need to do a lot more research

How so?

Alright i have drawn a new line, more conservative, this is better right? I am not willing to make the transplanted area even smaller, or there really wouldn't be any point in me getting a transplant.

Regarding the sides of my head, this is as small as they can be. I have a large head without hair on the sides. They need to be at least this big or my face won't have a harmonious shape and i will still look balding.

Regarding the hairline, i definitely need to get it lowered around the temple areas. I could have drawn a straight line, but i made it point down a bit in the middle since i think it looks more natural like this.

I think from the photos you can't tell how the situation really is, the transplanted area might look bigger? In real life it looks perfect to me, ideal to achieve my goals without being too exaggerated

24 minutes ago, John1991 said:

By blocking out your eyebrows we actually can’t see how high your hairline is.  Therefore, we can’t know if the line you drew is too aggressive. 

Ah i see, here is another pic. I think its fine, though is it just me or phone pictures get distorted proportions? In real life it looks higher to me compared to what it looks like in that photo. In that pic it looks almost like a highschooler but in real life it definitely is not like that. Looks more like the hairline of a 25 years old, or a 35-40 years old with good hair

Hello, i am 25 years old. Even though it looks like i have bad baldness, i have been like this since forever, i only receded a little bit over the years.

As you can see in the pics i have a terrible hairline, the rest of my hair is normal though

I am really tired of seeing myself be this horrible and having to always style my hair or wear hats to hide it so i really want to get a transplant as soon as possible.

About 2 years ago i was trying my luck putting eggs in my hair, doing weird shampood and other internet myths, haha. 

I have been taking finasteride for 1 year now to prevent further loss

I would like to book an appointment with a reputable surgeon and get this over with in the next months.

My problem is at the hairline so i would like to get a surgeon who is experienced in that area. I live around central europe so i was thinking of going to bisanga, feriduni or mwamba in belgium

What do you think would be a good estimate of the number of grafts required?

I am willing to go through with micropigmentation over the sides and back of my head if that is needed to make them look good, to cover up scars in the donor area or make up for lack of density in the transplanted areas on the sides. I would like to have the frontal region as thick as possible though because i like to have longer hair.

I also am willing to do both FUT and FUE if that is required. I read that in younger patients it would be better to start with FUT to leave more grafts for a future FUE?

In any case i would like to complete my procedure in a single visit (1 or 2 days) instead of coming back one year later. Maybe i could do both FUT and FUE at the same fime? I saw impressive high density results in single settings by the doctors i mentioned.

I could go for a FUT to get nice thickness on the frontal region, and use a FUE for the sides of my head, in that area im willing to go through with SMP if it doesnt look perfect after the transplant.

Id like to get some input from more experienced people. Thanks to everyone for the support!