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As a newbie to the forum, after reviewing so many threads, the recommendation list now seems to be outdated to me, and I have decided to expand my desired location for surgery from Bay Area to the whole US.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
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