Michael D

17 minutes ago, Dillpickle123 said:

Ah I see we’ll I’m good you found this forum now, it does look like you’ll need a another procedure, in Mexico there’s 2 places that are known HMR, and Dr Nader, I consulted with dr Nader and his prices was very reasonable around 3$ a graft 

I might check out Dr Nader next time to finish this up.

EDIT: If you remember, tag me in it, when you go. When you post pics of the work done.

For the crown area. There is the swirl thing in the back there. That is prob a real skill to do as well. I still need that done.

Best of Luck to ya!

3 minutes ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

That’s fine, we value everyone’s privacy. Like I said, if someone takes issue with their photos or thread being used for educational purposes, we will remove them. That said, best to not post anything you don’t want public. 

Understood. Sounds fair. Thank you!

17 minutes ago, Dillpickle123 said:

How much did you pay? I’m assuming you consulted with others in the area? Usually the price for an FUE in the US is 6-10$ per graft did you go where you went because of the price offered ?

I first looked in Tijuana. Then It was Cancun. Then it was in Miami Florida. All 3 places had many good reviews and prices. The price kept going up, but was getting closer to my home.

Honestly, I don't remember how I found the place I went with. I was looking around my area and was willing to pay more to save the flying time, and all that stuff. To turn a week into one day!

The place I ended up decided on. Was the second place I called. Looking around here. I had an appointment in Miami for mid January.

I spoke to her on the phone. She seemed to know what she was talking about. I don't know. Sounded like the one to go with. Felt good. She got back to me real quick.

For my area the price was Good! Thousands more than the previous places I had looked at (Mexico and Fla). Thousands less than the other quote I had gotten around here.

Just now, Pbaird98 said:

It’s just for people looking for the clinics name, it’s mentioned in the thread here but not in the title, you’re decision obvs. Nobody is trying to make anyone feel good or bad, just give open and honest advice, nothing more or less. Perceived poor work would be called out here totally regardless of who the clinic or Dr was, makes no difference. I’m not sure how you would think this would make anyone “feel good” we all just wanted to protect you from getting a sub par procedure, and all the issues we mentioned are now apparent unfortunately. 

We can agree to disagree on what happened and what was said a few days ago. I remember how I was talked to and made to feel.

You asked me to create a new thread with pics, and I have.

Tag me when you see someone ask about that place. I'll even give them a call.

Is it OK to hope that I get a good outcome?

42 minutes ago, Pbaird98 said:

@Michael DCould you change the title of the thread to include the name of the clinic, as this will help people that are looking for their results.

I would like to think about that. If you read above I was kinda trying to keep that private.

I truly believe that that may be why everyone, that knew, has been giving me nothing but bad comments. Correcting my spelling. You name it.

I am not back here posting my results so that you can make me feel bad and you feel good.

EDIT: know and trust that if someone asks about that place. I will tell the truth about my experience. Currently, I am not so unhappy. It could have been worse. Maybe not 100% what I was hoping for. It could have been better.

3 minutes ago, HappyMan2021 said:

 

-I'm worried the angles are incorrect. You will only see this once the grafts start growing. There is no way to tell currently. But given the reputation of your clinic and everything about this clinic, I hope I am proven wrong, but it wouldn't surprise me if the angles are incorrect. 

The only treatment of bad angles is extraction and reimplantation, which will require more surgeries. 

-the frontal third is not dense enough. And that is assuming 100% of the implanted grafts grow, which will not happen. You likely will need a 2nd surgery solely for the frontal third again, just to have the density you require. 

 

This unfortunately does not look like a good result thus far.

Understood. Thank you.

Other than the number of grafts maybe being less than 2000.

Correcting my spelling of grapfts

Other than Comparing 2000 graft coverage to 6000 graft coverage.

My main concern is the donor area, does it look over harvested??

Also does it look like (with the close ups I took) that everything is going well, and as it is supposed to be?

Were they good grafts? Do they seem to be placed in the recipient area well?

Anything positive???

I didn't see that, joining this forum. but I thought there might be some rights you might have that weren't so obvious. It was in the back of my head, kinda.

Watching that new vid yesterday, that I was talking about, and it kinda touched on the stuff concerning me and the places like where I went to. Something like that. I started looking to see if there was a pic of me next. I'm glad there wasn't. I just don't want to be the butt of any jokes. I don't want everyone to know I had a hair transplant. Everybody is different.

Remember, in that thread,  I was told that I deserve whatever I get, nobody wished me luck. Was some evil stuff said to me on here.

I came back. I'm still new here. I like this place. Maybe I can help someone down the road.

I am sure it has helped more than it has made to feel......you know,,,...  what you all did to me.

For the record, I don't want my pic, or info, or anything used by the admin. Hope that is OK.

EDIT: If that is not OK, I'll just erase all my stuff and GTFOH!

@Melvin- Moderator Good vid!  Gave it a thumbs up

7 minutes ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

We do own the rights. Sometimes pictures posted here or threads may be used for educational purposes like this video.

But I have no problems taking it down if the patient complains. If you’re posting something publicly, you should assume it’s being shared publicly as well. There are direct share links to Facebook, Reddit, etc. Other users may share it without you knowing. So if you don’t want it public, don’t post it. 

Wasn't complaining.  Just wanted to know. Thanks!!

16 minutes ago, HappyMan2021 said:

Because he mentions the clinic name in a different thread he created.

yup... kinda thought that was my business, LOL! (is what it is, wasn't trying to put that out there again)

I didn't create that thread, just posted on it.

2 minutes ago, WhereIsMyMind said:

It is pretty common for youtubers to use other people posts images. In this case what you can do is ask him directly to remove them if he did it, and if he is not a psycho most of the time he will respect your concerns.

yea... a person should ask first anyway. Would have been weird if I saw my ugly mug on someone's video, lol

I'm sure it would surprise anyone to see their pic.

Thanks!  I'm new here, LOL!!

6 minutes ago, NikosHair said:

You really need official guidance from @Melvin- Moderator

But here's my take on it:

No 

No, it's against the T&C's. If anyone uses your material on this forum without your consent, flag it up with the mods.

The issue you have with anything you post on the net is you lose control of who sees the material and what they do with it. You can add watermarks which can be tracked but then you have the issue of enforcement.

Basically, as an individual you should anonymize the material and not publish anything you don't want the whole world (internet) to see/use.

Thanks for answering. I feel better now. There was a video on YouTube posted yesterday. Wasnt my pics, but similar.  Very similar to my experience.  Was Mark Dominance or something like that? He is in here, I think.

I just didn't want this forum, or moderators, to include pics of me, that I felt were safe to post here and make a video making fun of me. "Dont be like this guy" video.

Thank you very much!

I am not even a week into my transplant yet. I dont know much, have any real experience.

I am guessing about 1800 graphs were taken? What the guys above are saying seem true. Still to early to tell.

Maybe there is some growth shock in the back? Maybe that happens in the back too?

Hope it grows back good for ya.

I have a question I hope will be answered. By posting pics here. Do I give up the rights of ownership?

The media of my surgery. The before and after pics, etc. I do not wish that my pics are used in any other way except for here in this forum. In this thread. I do not want videos made with pictures of me in them, or of my hair.

Thanks guys! I wish I could have afforded more to be done. I know that I will need another 2000-4000 more grafts to complete the total including the crown area and middle of top. I knew this going in. Maybe FUT should have been done instead of FUE in the donor area?  I dunno.

This is like politics. You can make a good thing bad, or a bad thing good.

It is a start for me. Got the ball rolling with about 2k grafts.  Hope they are good ones. I'll do some more next winter.

These are today's pics. 4 days after surgery, and I could only afford 2k grafts for now. Hope that at least 90% are good ones. Fingers crossed that they shed and grow back.

  I hope to have the funds to finish this in another year.

Hoping for a good outcome.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Some things I would like to keep to myself. I hope that is OK. If I get banned from here I understand.

I could only afford 2000 grafts at this time.  So I went with just the front 1/3 or front 1/2ish.  I will do the back in a year.

How many grafts does it look like were done?

I was told that I didn't need to cut hair, except for the donor area. I got this short haircut done a couple of days prior. They trimmed up the donor area before surgery.

I took some fresh pics today. I'll post those in a few. You can see better how many grafts were done. And how the donor area is looking better already.

Have been spraying saline solution, front and back, about every hour, for the past couple of days. 2 days after surgery, after the first shampoo, the cup method was used, front and back.

These are pics I took the next day.

Here are some pics of my hair transplant. 2000 graphs. I will take more pics as the days go on and share them here. These pics are at the office during surgery.

I am at day 4 after surgery. I have read to expect what you are going through now. The shedding phase happens to 95% of patients. Hope it doesn't last long for ya, and the hair starts coming in soon!

Merry Christmas!