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Zarev, Pitella vs everyone else.

pittella keeps closing the GAP IMO

Nader (my guess is you could do early 2025 if you can make contact now)

I saw keeps has the 2% shampoo, and saw the pantogar pills on Amazon. Was wondering if anybody else has better idea on here. 

Pittella/Zarev option 1

Sethi plan B

7 hours ago, Ajamilo said:

@Approach

from my perspective when it comes to FUE Pittella and Zarev is the doctors when it comes to Norwood 7. Pittella’s results speaks for it self and also Zarev is just different and he doesn’t rely on donor supply from beard and body. Dr. Sethi is also really good but not in the same level as those two.
Why not go to Brazil and do a live consultation with dr. Pittella?
 

 

 

Even the $50 zoom with Pittella is great. He analyzes your pics on a computer and draws analysis etc. 

1 hour ago, zach07 said:

@Approach fellow NW 7 here. Or as Dr. Pittella thinks, somewhere between 6 and 7. Having done consults with quite a few surgeons, imho, Dr. Pittella is your best option (no offence to Zarev and Eugenix). If you have sufficient beard hair and don't mind parting with them. Dr. Pittella can work absolute wonders, without leaving your scalp donor looking completely barren. My advice is to do a video consult with him and yes, be ready to fork out some serious money. All the best. 

Yeah, Pittella explains all the math in the zoom. Simply put, if he takes your case, and you are Norwood 6-7, you can plan to do a total of 10-15K grafts with him when you are all said and done. 

40 minutes ago, zach07 said:

Only reason I am putting Pittella over Zarev and Eugenix is that with Eugenix, there are some mixed stories about the procedures being done mostly by technicians. You can't deny their results though. 

As far as Zarev, still a bit of unknown. Just not as many results out there as Pittella and definitely not as many as Eugenix. Eugenix puts out a ton of results for people to see and with that kind of volume, bad comes with the good. There are bound to be some unsatisfied patients. Law of percentages. 

I agree with this. I also think Pittella and Sethi take on some of the hardest cases that I’m not quite sure present day Zarev is taking (maybe because he’s more selective now, demand, only 1 surgery per week etc). 

Your case may be the greatest of all time IMO. It is mind blowing. Congrats!

17 minutes ago, hairman22 said:

Zarev doesnt like beard hair but he can get more scalp than anyone else.

Zarev quoted me 2300grafts to thicken my crown & other areas after personal consult

Pittella is certaintly much more aggressive quoted me 4200grafts online consult to lower my hairline & aggressive temple peaks.

Was appealing but i feel Zarev's plan is muxh better long term. No beard grafts will be required for me long term & im happy with my hairline after 2 previous procedures.

Pittella is amazing too but he cant get as much scalp grafts & Zarev's long term planning & attention to detail is incredible. I think Zarev puts more focus into the long term than Pittella

Pittella said he can get 7-8K from my scalp in first 2 day surgery.

Sethi said 3-4K.

zarev basically said come in person for consultation but I’ll likely decline you, which is interesting. I don’t think Zarev can take more scalp hairs than Pittella; I think they are both about the same. The punch size thing is overrated.

what did you end up doing?

6 minutes ago, hairman22 said:

why would you regard Pittella on a different level to Zarev?

I can only speak from my personal situational, but Pittella essentially showed Much more confidence evaluating my donor area than Zarev. When you have one doctor saying you are a borderline candidate, and the other says he can easily get 10-12K grafts from you in 2 days, it’s eye opening. Pittella is very confident in how he explains the approach. Not sure if Zarev is simply just pickier because of demand now. 

Looks great!

Results look great! Keep us updated with pics 

I have talked to Pittella, Sethi, and Zarev.

I believe Pittella is truly on a different level than the other two, who are still top 5 in the world for Norwood 7. Highly recommend you do the zoom with Pittella but defenitely get opinions from Seth and Zarev and others as well to see the difference. 

Pittella is as good as it’s going to get for a patient like you IMO. He blends in the body and beard hair to look natural.

4 minutes ago, general-etwan said:

I did not. They never responded back to me with an opening for a video consultation. Pittella is booked way too far out for my liking too and his cost is out of my range. I think he’s doing great work. Just not going to be an option for me. 

Gotcha. Eugenix pricing is very fair IMO.

I was fortunate enough to somehow get a zoom this month, and potentially a surgery spot in late 2024. I looked hard at Zarev, still looking at Sethi, Nader, couple other guys as well. But your case was great info, especially on the hair styling aspect for younger high norwoods. 

Pittella $50

zarev 900 euros

leal $400

the top doctors in the world have to do this at times because of demand, I would assume. 

On 1/25/2024 at 4:17 PM, OliverAtom said:

Fantastic transformation already. And you donor looks aweome.
How much is Dr Zarev?

9 Euros per graft. 

Hey man your progress is awesome to see. Thanks for sharing.

just curious, did you ever chat with Pittella?

im sure Sethi would do a great job for you, but curious what Pittella said on your zoom (if you ended up doing it).

Pittella, Nader, Sethi, Zarev, Pekiner. A lot of the top guys use beard. Some use even other areas like chest/pubic area. 

13 hours ago, zach07 said:

I could be wrong, but I think rates for locals are much lower than they are for international patients. I think that's the norm for many surgeons these days. 

Maybe he did in the past, not sure about now. People also say this about Zarev, but no idea now. 

On 2/6/2024 at 3:22 AM, Otis james said:

I was extremely happy with the experience. Bruno is a really good man, and very skilled. Emilio is a great patient coordinator. Neither of those numbers are his, however. Shall I PM you his number? Not sure it’s right to post it here…..

If you don’t mind, can you also PM his number? Thank you

On 2/6/2024 at 9:30 AM, jjalay said:

Bruno pinto in portugal is another good option, egually good with couto.

What is current wait time for consult and then for surgery?

22 minutes ago, mr_peanutbutter said:

not many people are willing to drop 50k on a hairtransplant

The average annual salary in Brazil gross of taxes is $20,856. 

it’s roughly equivalent to an American citizen paying something like $150K for a surgery

so true.

They are elite at communicating (esp Sethi team)

I haven’t had my zoom with Dr. Pittella yet, but from his IG he seems to be agressive with getting hair from scalp + beard + neck hair + chest hair + even armpit/pubic hair. He’s pushing the envelope as far as it goes, and the results show great success. I’m not sure anybody is doing what he is doing, maybe Zarev or Sethi, it’s pretty incredible to watch