Rafael Manelli

50 minutes ago, Bandit90 said:

It is a fair observation, i've noticed it too. For higher norwoods Eugenix do seem to be able to consistently knock it out the park. I tend to notice that the bigger wow-factor results are generally from higher norwood restorations, so just by eugenix nature of doing higher norwood patients they are going have more poster boy/wow results. I guess they are a big fish in a small pond of clinics that have the capabilities to do giga-sessions. 

Yes and they are also particularly adept at utilising beard hair and getting good hairline designs I would say. 

7 minutes ago, NegativeNorwood said:

I don't want to come across as an @sshole, but how is it possible that someone goes to not just one, but several reputable clinics and gets botched in all of them? Clearly there's something wrong with that guy, the anomalies are too much.

I understand that every surgeon has botched cases, but what are the odds of going to not one but 3 very reputable clinics (Devroye, Konior, H&W) and get a botch from every one of them, and for different reasons. It's just too much. There are two possibilities here: 

- He has the worst luck ever.

- He must be doing something wrong.

Not even going to argue about him editing the posts when questioned, creating multiple accounts or being banned here, which make him lose a lot of credibility.

 

To be fair, the odds of any particular individual getting botched by 3 top docs is minuscule, but the odds that it happens to *someone* over the course of however many years, with all the thousands of hair transplants done every year, is basically guaranteed.

It's just probability. 

On 6/19/2019 at 12:22 PM, Hairsonality said:

 

He posted this photo. What do you think of it? @Longevita

Anticipating a substantial turnaround here. 

I like to imagine OP wrote this half way thru his surgery, because the technicians were unexpectedly sexy. 

This site is quickly becoming dominated by Eugenix poster childs! (not in a bad way. Just so many huge success stories.) 

Impressive recovery. A third surgery could fill in the density. How would you compare your treatment by eugenix and Dr Lindsey? 

It's normal for one side to grow in quicker. This is really just the beginning for the crown. 

13 hours ago, 2Bulls said:

I understand the callout @Melvin- Moderator and agree that adds to the wildness of Reddit. That is the reason I came here to get what I hoped was a more reasoned take on the matter.

To clarify any concerns, I am not in anyway involved in the Hair Transplant business. I am just a causal observer who is bewildered by what I am seeing.

Full transparency, I have been a reader of this forum going back nearly 20 years. I first heard of H&W through this site. As stated, I’ve never really been a fan of their work personally. I do not recall ever creating an account, mainly because I didn’t really have anything to add that other people here didn’t already know more about than me. **If** I created an account nearly 2 decades ago I have no idea my username, what email I would have used, nor would I even likely have access to that email anymore to recover a password, and would have at most asked a question or two.

I, like most people who are ultimately happy with their hair, moved on from the online space. Even on Reddit, this was a random situation for me to come upon as I don’t participate there, but will just read occasionally. 

My understanding is surgeons have no way to reliably screen for these conditions, so more awareness in the community may help improve people’s odds of happiness post-op.

People with those conditions can still benefit from surgery 

Amazing what a difference a haircut makes. Your plan for the crown seems sensible. So often I'll see a patient who still has a strong demarcation between the lower crown and the upper donor zone, and I'll just wish I could diffuse a that hair and make it a little more homogenous. 

Do you think you're done with the front? No more work on the hairline? 

You have a fantastic beard incase you wanted to use any of that. 

Here's where I'd go if the donor were sufficient. 

For me it it a bit higher than is ideal, so it strikes a balance between aesthetics and donor management, which is fine. 

Is there any update on this? It must be almost exactly a year now. 

Just now, Melvin- Moderator said:

We didn’t write a particular topic, we looked at the results posted here by his clinic and also by the reviews shared. You could search his name and review the work yourself.

That is what I'm doing at the moment. 

It's always a surprise when an esteemed surgeon loses his edge 

1 minute ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

We no longer felt his results met our standards. This was a year ago, so he may have improved since then. 

Is there an associated topic or discussion one can read on this? 

Dr Lindsey was in the coalition here and has tons of cases posted

6 minutes ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

We removed Dr. Lindsey because we felt he no longer met our standards for recommendation. We have not reviewed his recent work, and that doesn’t mean you won’t get a good result. 

I had no idea he was removed. What changed in particular that made him fall off the list?

On 4/8/2023 at 10:59 PM, stephcurry30 said:

any update?

I do appreciate it when people revive half decade old topics. 

I'm not even being sarcastic

So often, someone will post a promising post op case and then drop off the face of the Earth. Maybe he was just happy with the result and forgot all about the world of hair transplants.

Just now, Pbaird98 said:

Its very easy to find out… just ask a question. 🙃

How many grafts have I had? 

HOW MANY GRAFTS HAVE *YOU* HAD, MISTER?! can't believe someone would ask such a rude question. I've had all the grafts, okay? All of them. What? You think the great Dr Maag didn't give me all the grafts? You think he threw some in the bin? Then how do you explain this awesome growth? (posts a blurry picture of a hairy nipple) 

7 minutes ago, Pbaird98 said:

Or if they are Dr Maag… i did that on another thread…  😂

Whenever I see a positive thread about Dr Maag I will just assume it's him. 

When you ask if you can do it *immediately* after the transplant, I hesitate to answer. 

Technically, you could. There's nothing stopping you. But you might wish to wait until you are out of the chair at least. 

34 minutes ago, Marko7t4 said:

Well, that escalated quickly 😂. Note to self, never ask anyone how many grafts they’ve had 😂

Never ask a woman her age, a man his salary, or a hair transplant patient how many grafts he’s had.

Man made a whole entire account just to ask this

I don’t think Dr Maag will be on the recommended list any time soon.