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Is there any reason to not choose Dr Zarev ? Presumably getting a consultation and booking surgery is now very challenging given his results

Surgery should only be done by a doctor. In Spain surgery is done by doctors . You have much more protection there. I prefer minimising risk. Thank you to all who have contributed views. High doctor involvement decreases risk. It’s a filter that I use to screen out clinics . The remaining clinics are what I am focusing on

Hello londongirl please also see Dr May (Wimpole ) for an opinion. Definitely avoid FUT. you do not want the scar. Be weary of those promoting FUT. I assume you have seen a dermatologist and they are unable to help

Ideally a highly trained surgeon would do excision with magnification and a manual punch, then the surgeon does extraction, the tech would sort the grafts and store them at the ideal temperature, the tech would place the grafts in an implanter pen, the surgeon would do the implantation ensuring angles and density are optimal. Obviously high use of techs increases risk. Dr Reddys claim makes sense when compared to most clinics. He is not benchmarking himself against other elite surgeons when saying his 2000 grafts is equivalent to other surgeons 4000 grafts. For others reading this: beware of techs doing the excision , then doing the extraction. The doctor doing the slits. The tech doing the implantation.

Hello Mr Bandit actually the reasons I gave are exactly what Dr Reddy said . The damage and wastage is the main reason - per Dr Reddy

Great looking result . Did doctor K do 100 % of the extractions and 100% of the implantations ? What did the technicians do ? How long was the extraction phase and how long was implantation ? I am trying to correlate quality with doctor participation in the procedure vs tech participation

Quality = % doctor FUE work * % doctor implantation work in Spain the % is 100% by Law in the Uk the model is different. Doctor has to do the slits in the recipient area and drugs. The techs can do extraction and implantation. It would interesting to see which countries require doctor only surgery (100% for FUE and 100% implantation) and where the top ranked doctors are operating out of. My guess - the very best doctors perform 100% of the FUE and 100% of the implantation and they are generally found in ….. Spain

1500 per day and last between 3 and 4 hours. Punching performed by Dr Reddy, tugging of the graft performed by technicians to reduce doctor fatigue. Techs have been with doctor since 2019. Implantation is 25% doctor and 75% techs.

According to Dr Reddy he uses a semi manual punch 0.8 mm to 0.9 mm for the extraction which he personally performs. The difference is that he does the extraction instead of a number of technicians. The risk avoided is transection of the hair follicles resulting in wasted hair follicles and a moth eaten donor area. So the lesson here is make sure the doctor only performs the punching of the hair follicles and not technicians. the technician pulls out the graft using forceps. The graft can also be damaged when removed with forceps . So technician skill is important In essence the punching and removal of grafts using forceps is where damage can occur to the follicles. Dr said he works slowly and removes circa 300 grafts per hour. In addition grafts can be damaged during implantation . Dr Reddy uses an implanter pen (Choi) and believes this mitigates damaging the graft. Using forceps can have a higher risk of damage to the grafts . Dr Reddy stated that his 2000 grafts is equivalent to 4000 grafts that a less skilled surgeon would need. In terms of improvement areas the quotation fails the clarity test- there is very little content other than grafts and price and there is no mention of any guarantee.

I was told by Dr May that I needed 1800 grafts. £5500. He thought this would give sufficient coverage. Dr May has been around for more than 30 years. However he operates a technician model- they do most of the work, he does design, drugs, slits. The techs do extraction and implantation. Dr Reddy thinks I need 3000 grafts. £14,500. Option -1 - 1500 grafts £8500. Option 2 - 3000 grafts £14,500. Dr Reddy does drilling of grafts (critical) techs extract. Dr does 25% implantation techs implant 75%. I have a major crown problem and overall thinning. I would say I’m probably a NW5 but remaining hair is dense giving reasonable comb over coverage. A few months ago Dr Reddy quotes another poster on this forum £7000 for 1500 grafts and £12500 for 3000 grafts. It seems for the uk Dr Reddy is the best choice. Elsewhere I am considering Mwamba in Belgium or Erdogan as Asmed although I have seen some concerning complaints from a few years ago.

Hi Laurie, can you comments on your regrowth so far and how much time you took off work? How noticeable was your operation after 3 weeks ? I am considering Dr Reddy and met him. I was quoted £8500 for 1500 grafts and £14500 for 2800 grafts over 2 days

I met Dr Reddy and was quoted £8500 for 1500 grafts. Alternatively £14500 for 2800 grafts. His donor area extractions appear very neat and tidy. His implantation appears to be precise. The holes to extract the grafts are performed with a semi motorised device. The tech removes the graft. Implantation is 25 % doctor and 75% technician. For the price I was expecting a higher % for doctor implantation. Does anyone have views on whether doctor Reddys results justify his pricing. I don’t mind paying more if the results achieved are in the top 15 pc of surgeons