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@5BetaReductase Thank you! I reviewed a lot of posts about Dr Konior, and seems like he has consistent technicians with him, and shared with Dr Nadimi in the same office. I have done couple consultations and I believe i will go with FUE, will definitely need to get some suggestions from Drs for the hariline design. For me, looking natural is the key. Since the wait for Dr Konior is now more than 1 year, I am definitely considering Dr Nadimi as well, if her schedule is more flexible. This forum has been super helpful to me! Thanks to you and others in the forum

@Gatsby Thanks! I got a quick response from Dr Konior and he mentioned he's fully book for over a year. I can wait since I've just switched to have .5 mg dutasteride once per week and oral minoxidil. In the meantime, I saw Dr Nadimi in the same office mentioned in this forum, also showing a lot of good results. Should I consider Dr Nadimi if she has a more flexible schedule?

@Gatsby, my top session actually feels thinner overall compared to sides.

Hi All, Having reviewed many threads and the recent diep drama, I decide to register an account and post something. I have been on the forum without an account for around two months. For me personally, aged 28, having a Norwood class III vertex. I noticed I will have hair loss at the age of around 18 since my father has hair loss and have been on finasteride(1mg)+minoxidil since then but not consistently. Until late 2019(before that hairline did receded but not that noticable), I realized it's getting worse and I visitedBbernstein medical in NYC on Jan 2020. Dr Shaver increased my dose of finasteride to 1.67 mg per day(5mg cut to 3). I was told to take medicine for at least 1 year to see if it stablized so that they can determine if I am a candidate for hair transplant. I moved to California on May 2021, after having anther virtual visit with Dr Shaver, I was told that I am a valid candidate. Since I dont live at NYC anymore, she recomended Dr Sara Wasserbauer. Right after I met with Dr Wasserbauer, I found this forum and realized she is not in recommendation list. I switch to the only recommended surgeon in Bay Area: Dr John Diep. Now after reviewing the recent drama about Dr Diep in this forum, I have concern and decide to cancel my surgical appointment with him. As a newbie to the forum, after reviewing so many threads, the recommendation list now seems to be outdated to me, and I have decided to expand my desired location for surgery from Bay Area to the whole US. I plan to reach out to Dr Konior for Consulataion. And by reading threads(probably because i am too new and don't know how to search for the information I need) and my personally experience doing cosultation with doctors, I feel that I don't actually know what I need to ask during consultation and I don't have a good idea in terms of what kind of details I need to care about for the surgery, and hence I am not able to justify if the surgeon cares about patients or he/she is a good option to go to). I know there are lot of threads about lots of doctors, but I sincerely think it's valuable to provide a guideline/education to new patients for consulation, which can enable them(me as well) to get the maximum outcome from consultation and help make decisions. Here is the thread I read this morning and found possibly useful. Would love to get more thoughts from the members. Thanks .