Tiago Martins

On 5/24/2023 at 6:01 PM, TheGreatPretender said:

I have spoken to De Freitas clinic and they told me I can start the Minoxidil 3 days after the intervention with 5mg. So this is what I will do.

As for the side effects I will quote my good old pal Bartholomew Roberts. 

"A merry life and a short one shall be my motto."

Sorry guys I had to. 🙃

But are you already on Finasteride?

9 minutes ago, TheGreatPretender said:

It's worth trying different ways and see which one suits for you. If you feel side effects then lowering the dosage is worth. 

Yeah. Will give it one more month on 5MG. If i still feel this way will reduce to 4MG per day ( 2MG morning and 2MG night ).

On 5/19/2023 at 10:14 PM, TheGreatPretender said:

His concearn is valid, howeaver the same way there is little data for safety the oposite also seems true.

Honestly, I will likely give it a shot after my hair transplant maybe with 5mg. 

I Started with 1MG, went to 2, then 3, 4 and finally 5 MG. Been on 4 MG like 1.5 month till i switched to 5MG. Doesnt know if its from my head or not ( placebo ) but something seems different. Seems that i feel more on my heart área and maybe its harder for me to breathe? Still trying to see if its placebo or not. But never felt this way when i was taking 3MG per day ( and i took for one year). I think i will give it one more/or two months on 5MG ( taking this dosage like two weeks now ), if i still feel this way i will reduce to 4 MG per day. If the same happens with 4 MG, will reduce to 3 MG per day and stay with that dosage. Btw, i dont take it once daily. With all dosages i always divided them by two, and took 2 times per day. Once morning and the other one at evening/night.

24 minutes ago, BRITA-XL said:

That’s a discussion he should have with his Dr/Gp. Arrhythmia is permanent.

Im been followed by a Dr. It Will be the same that i will recommend to him. I dont want him to take any medication by himself. Im just trying to understand, so that when i talk to him to know if i can mention Minoxidil at all. Dont want to raise his expectations and then the Dr says, that he cant.

Hi all. This question its to a friend of mine. I didnt talked yet with him. But he is losing also hair. I remember as a kid him saying to me that he have " arrythmia ". I dont know if with time arrythmia can dissapear or if its a chronic thing, and i dont know if he still have it as and adult... I will not talk about OM to him, for his case of course. But on his case, can he use Topical Minoxidil, or better to him ( In case he decide to take medication ) to use only Finasteride?

Portugal Google Bruno Ferreira and Bruno Pinto

Hi all. Im thinking on starting gym. ( Im taking already OM and Finasteride ). By hitting gym, isnt that a bad thing because it raises testosterone? And by raising testosterone, doesnt that means more DHT?

20 hours ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

It sounds like you’re demanding something out of the ordinary, which is why you got this price. It’s almost impossible for a doctor to do the entire procedure by themselves. It sounds like it was a price to essentially say no. But it probably would’ve been better to tell you that hair transplants are a team effort and that the doctor cannot feasibly do everything himself. 

Im not demanding anything. I just asked if Dr Bisanga was still active on the field, and if he could do it. When i wanted Dr Bisanga, the thing i would expect from him was to evaluate my case, do the extractions, incisions and place the grafts. All with assistence of course, but i would expect him to do that, thats why i asked if he was still active. Dr Bruno Ferreira ( Portugal ) himself does that. He evaluates, do the extractions, incisions and place all the grafts. Not in one day, but two. He have help of nurses, but the nurses " only " count, separate and clean the grafts so that Dr. Bruno Ferreira can place them. Knowing that Bruno Ferreira does that, i thought that was a universal thing on the hair transplant field. And asked that to BHR Clinic. Bruno Ferreira does all that and ask for 4 eur per graft. Bisanga to do all that ask for 20 eur per graft. Im not saying that they are equal or one is better than the other. But the prices are very far away .. If BHR Clinic or Dr Bisanga doesnt like to work that way, its totally ok for me. But they just could have said no, and not ask for 80.000 euros.

Just now, Legend007 said:

When you are asking him to do it for you personally you get stupid answers.

it’s like telling Justin Bieber to take you to his room so he can sing for you personally. 
 

Well anyways, prices should be going down as more clinics are doing transplants and there is more people wanting hairtransplants.  Supply and demand. 
 

when doctors quote crazy numbers and some people go along with it. It sets a new precedent /standard of pricing. I can barely afford a hamburger nowadays, forget about  $20 a graft .

I ask him specifically to do because he have technicians. I go for the clinic because of the Dr himself. If its to be made by technicians, any clinic would do. Thats why i specifically Said that need to be Dr Bisanga. I could easily accept max 6 eur per graft. But 20 eur per graft? I dont care if the Dr. Is Cristiano Ronaldo or Messi in the hair transplant field. 20 eur a graft its Madness.

I put the same screenshots 4 Times as a mistake, because its my first time here and idk how to remove it. But forget the first 3 or 4 imagens and you Will have the conversation there as you can see.

6 hours ago, Belve said:

I don’t think that price is correct. Something is wrong here.  His price is around 4 + euro/graft. Dr kostis charges 2.5 euro/graft.  Can you share with us that email ?
 

even if it’s true is way too overpriced. There are many top quality doctors charging between 2-3 €/graft so I don’t think anyone would pay that price. 

8 minutes ago, OliverAtom said:

Dr Konior prices are up there too. But you are guaranteeing your result for sure. 

If you want a VIP service with Dr Bisanga, one of the VERY BEST, I think he has the right to tag his work at €20/graft. If I had the money I wouldnt mind paying that but... I could never pay so, I will have more options within my budget. 

I am sure more doctores will start offering this VIP Exclusive services. With a lot more clinics doing very bad hair transplants all around the world, the BEST surgeons will be entitled to charge great amounts for their SUPERB quality work. Messi, Cristiano, Beckam, Michael Jordan... had astronomical salaries compared with the rest... all could ask whatever they want. Cristiano is making €200 millions a year, something never seen before... Great doctors will do this too.

Thanks a lot for the info.

Yes. The problem here with the 20 eur is that when they replied to me they should had told me from the beginning: The price its 4 eur per graft, and its A, B and C. If you want only Bisanga and his " vip " treatment, it would be 20 eur per graft. They told me 20 eur and i was shocked.

I sent them them the text i placed here and they replied me that the " normal option " is 4 eur per graft. With " normal option " would be Dr Bisanga and Dr Kostis managing the consultation, plan and approach and lead the surgery.

They would punch the grafts and they would make the incision sites.

Then the technicians would extract the pre punched grafts and place the grafts into pre made incision sites. 

The 20 eur per graft is Dr Bisanga doing all this stuff alone, as it seems.

Glad i sent them the email saying that was overpriced.

Hello all. Today i got an email from Dr Bisanga clinic. I asked them the price per graft. They reply to me saying 20 euros per graft. I do know that Dr Bisanga is very good, and very profissional in what he does. The results speak for himself. And i do know and understand that the more the quality, the more expensive it will be. But with all due respect and imo, 20 eur per graft its madness. If i wanted to place 4000 grafts, we are talking about 80.000 euros. Madness. What do you think?