maxmoud

I used Rogaine for years, but it didn't seem to do much for me so I stopped. Tried a product called Adegen for about a year too.

I've only started looking recently, not since the procedure 12 years ago. To be fair, I wouldn't call anything "botched"... but I am disappointed with the density of the transplanted area, which has happened over time and their patient follow up was really lacking. But to answer your question on why I haven't consulted anyone to this point, I suppose I have several reasons. One, my recovery was very long and difficult. Not sure why, but it seemed to take me a lot longer to heal than expected/what I saw regarding other people's, so I wasn't exactly raring to jump back into something like that again. And for a while afterward, the results seemed fairly decent. But over the years, taking into account non-transplanted hair, the area seems way thinner than it should be. I've also been dealing with long-term health issues over the years, which I'd convinced myself could have some effect on my particular hair woes and was hoping that as I dealt with these, I might have more return naturally and/or make any future transplantation more viable. Lastly, I haven't been in a place financially to even consider it until recently and I didn't realize there was such a vast medical tourism industry surrounding hair transplants either. Believe me, I would much rather have spent the last dozen years with less scalp visible too.

I also had a procedure with Dr Baubac at Armani in LA about 12 years ago and have to say I'm also disappointed with my lack of density and their overall absence of follow up care. I was offered a discount rate, as I came in when someone else had cancelled, but still ended up paying $9k for I think about 2500 grafts (of which I was given only about 2000... the doctor chose to save the other 500 "for the future" and promised I'd get my money's worth. That was of course word of mouth though and I'm sure it would not be honored, were I ever to return to that clinic... for one thing, it was ages ago, for another, I don't think it made it into my charts -- which I've been trying to get copies of as I look around for where to get a follow up procedure for a while now, without success -- and finally, because I keep seeing mention on forums that Dr Baubac has actually died... so... paid for 500 grafts that I never got, but no recourse.) I don't remember specifically an NDA (my discount was partially based on my posting about my experience on two websites chosen by the doctor - which I happily did, as at the time I had no real issues with the experience and the doctor and staff were very friendly and professional upfront - so an NDA would be counterproductive... maybe that's something they've instituted more recently?) but I do remember having to copy verbatim by hand about 20 pages of release documents regarding the surgery, the morning of. I can post pictures if anyone wants them, but my hairline area looks pretty similar in density (or lack thereof) to the OP. Meantime, I'm looking around for recommendations for the future.