LostAndFound

Hello good people of the forum. I am currently booked to have a 2 day surgery with Dr Pinto in 2 weeks on the 5th and 6th of February. Unfortunately I currently have some conflicting priorities and wanted to see if anyone who has a surgery booked with Pinto say in March or April for 2 days was interested in taking my earlier surgery dates in exchange for their later dates?

Hello good people of the forum. I am currently booked to have a 2 day surgery with Dr Pinto in 2 weeks on the 5th and 6th of February. Unfortunately I currently have some conflicting priorities and wanted to see if anyone who has a surgery booked with Pinto say in March or April for 2 days was interested in taking my earlier surgery dates in exchange for their later dates?

Great to see so many here that have had their procedure with Bruno Pinto or are planning to. Especially as I don’t see quite as many results / pictures of his work compared to some of the other upper-end surgeons on here and on his social platforms. I am also booked with him for my very first procedure at the beginning of February 2024 and am looking forward to it. @Otis james wish you all the best for your January procedure and will be keen to follow your journey should you wish to share it.

I’ve sent you a message!

Hi @coffeeandpie yes I have decided on Pinto. Feedback from yourself and others, coupler with how I felt during the Pinto consultation have helped me make that decision. I feel that Pinto really cares about his patients and will be good in the longer term in terms of donor management / after care.

Yes, that’s right. Same number of grafts. Pinto will actually do the first procedure of approx. 3000 grafts over 2 days which is the same as Freitas proposal.

I was unable to have the in person consultation with Freitas in the end due to a personal commitment. Wondered if anyone had any further thoughts on Pinto vs Freitas at all?

Did you have an in person consultation with both Pinto And De Freitas? Wondering if anyone has any insights on how these two surgeons compare as I am currently deciding between them and finding it rather difficult!

Thanks all for the replies. Appreciate its lot about who I feel confident with, and @Gatsby I have asked them the question you said I should be asking - thank you for that. However, I really was looking for people’s views or on whether one excels over the other in certain aspects. Results-wise, although both great, it looks to me that Pinto is a bit more conservative and Freitas does slightly better hairlines.

Hello all, I have recently shortlisted from a number of doctors to Dr De Freitas in Spain and Dr Bruno Pinto in Portugal. Their results seem to be consistently good and they have a similar proposal for my case which is about 3000 grafts in surgery 1 covering frontal third, hairline and slight temple work. They both then recommended a 2nd surgery 12 months later for about 1500 grafts on the crown. I have already had an in person consultation with Pinto and am due to have the same with De Freitas in September. I am asking now as I feel I will still find it hard to make a decision following the consult with Dr De Freitas. I loved the consultation with Pinto. He ran extremely late on the day but spent 1.5 hours with me! He seemed very considerate, knowledgable and I would say slightly conservative overall which I don’t think is a bad thing. I know Freitas doesn’t speak much English but is able to communicate via his team who speak good English but don’t want that to influence my decision! Does anyone prefer one doctor over the other, and if so why? Would love to get your views. Many thanks!

@drawdownfx looking fantastic bro. A truly fantastic result so far, with more growth still to go over the next 5 months at least.

Wondering which products you’ve had the best experience with in terms of thickest, fullest look please @Melvin- Moderator

Hi all, I’ve been taking finasteride 1mg for years but decided just over a week ago to add oral minoxidil 2.5mg once daily to my regime. I am experiencing a number of side effects - burning feeling in the heart and left arm. Occasionally Elevated heart rates which then drop quickly down to normal. Tingling, sore feeling in the hands, calves and feet. Has anyone else experienced the same? What i I’m wondering is if I should carry on, in the hope that these are just initiated side effects that will go away. The other option is to stop altogether but I do feel it’s very early. What confuses me is that almost all of the top surgeons recommend oral minoxidil. Am I just a rare case or is this quite normal?

@therambler the work looks great. Wondered if you also consulted with Dr De Freitas, and how he compared with Dr Pinto? I have made bookings with both for next year, but planning to meet both for a physical consultation in advance to help me make my decision on who to go with for the surgery.

Hello all, does anyone have any recent experience on whether the vat for procedure can be claimed back via a refund? I am living in a non-EU country and interested in the Belgium clinics