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Thanks for the responses guys its nice to know that through forums such as this one we can all work together to help each other out and to try to ensure this sort of thing does'nt happen to too many people. Unfortunatly I found out about sites like this way too late (after surgery). The most frustrating thing is that these incompetant and substandard clinics continue to get away with doing this to the uneducated/ni'eve patients purely because they know that in most cases the person concerned will be too distressed/embarrassed to kick up a fuss and any attempt to do so will usualy prove fruitless in the end. As for myself I have since had repair work done in the U.S that has helped my situation greatly. (But what other choice did I have?)

Hi, I am a UK poster and transplant patient, usually I post on another forum but I felt compelled to make you all aware of something that has happened recently. As you are probably aware the UK clinics have a pretty poor reputation when it comes to hair restoration surgery. Unfortunately I can vouch for the fact that this reputation is well deserved, as a repair patient myself I have been victim to a couple of them. For this reason I posted an account of my experience on the other forum to help prevent others from making the same mistakes that I did. Actually I consider it my duty as a hairloss sufferer to do this. Soon after posting I discovered that I was not the only person to have this idea, in fact I discovered that there are quite a few other posters out there with the same experiences as me and some of them are members of this site also. Getting to the point, the reason I'm posting on here is because of a place in the UK known as the Norton clinic. I had surgery there and ended up with a very bad result as you can see from my pictures below. Bad scarring in the donor area hardly any growth and a very unnatural appearance, also I received nowhere near the amount of grafts that I had been quoted. The entire experience was traumatic both physically and mentally. Several other forum members have also posted their experiences with Norton, All of them bad, one patient was left with nerve damage and all were badly scarred and had barely any growth, which is the general outcome from this clinic Several complained but none received any compensation or even an apology. In fact I've yet to hear a single example of someone who got a good result from them. They are the UK equivalent of Bosley! I understand that there is a web site - Bosleyviolations.com, perhaps there should be a Norton one. Anyway the SALESMAN for NORTON - (Jeremy Isherwood) posted a response on the thread asking for posters to contact him directly and stated that he was unaware of any complaints. Very shortly afterwards the thread was locked due to the inevitable mayhem it would have created as numerous posters are well aware of this clinic and its disastrous reputation. Unfortunately then a thread that had been running for months with dozens of responses was deleted completely, which in my personal opinion is a terrible shame as now other uneducated HT readers could make an uninformed choice and go there not knowing about the experiences of previous patients. As members of hairloss forums do we not have the right to try and expose these bad surgeons/clinics who are ripping people off and leaving them looking disfigured and feeling traumatised. After all it is only our experienced opinion? Are we only supposed to comment on surgery when it goes well and not when we get butchered? Do these clinics have the right to get away with this without consequence??? The whole purpose of these forums is to share information to help each others whether that is information about drugs/treatment available or discussing who is the best HT surgeon to use. I would be interested to hear your views especially if you have been unfortunate to experience surgery at the Norton clinic. It will also be interesting to see if Jeremy Isherwood has the audacity to post a response on a forum as well established as this one. Links to other victims i have found on here: http://www.hairlosshelp.com/forums/messageview.cfm?cati...49&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE= http://www.hairlosshelp.com/forums/messageview.cfm?cati...79&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE= http://www.hairlosshelp.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=38075 http://www.hairlosshelp.com/forums/messageview.cfm?cati...04&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE= http://www.hairlosshelp.com/forums/messageview.cfm?cati...59&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE= http://www.hairlosshelp.com/forums/messageview.cfm?cati...74&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE= I know of several guys on the various forums who have posted their experiences and I hope that more will come forward.

It wouldn't hurt to check out some other rated clinics, Feller medical, hassan & wong. I'm sure one of them would have some experience of this. Never heard of anyone having to have a test procedure or not guaranteed results. Sounds like they are trying to cover their own backs.

Its not so bad, more information would be useful. Have you had any work done before, are you still receding/thinning, how old are you, has the hairloss happened quickly or over many years.

Sounds and looks like your procedure is almost identical to mine. I was done by Dr Feller on may 12th. Post op appearance looks pretty bad doesn't it especialy all the staples (Frankenstien !!) Luckily I stayed in NY for a few more days recovering and didnt get any hassle at the airports. No problems so far either.

Relax I'm pretty sure that you have not ruined your grafts. After a few days the follicles will be pretty much settled into your scalp. I know how bad the itching can be but after 10 days its likely that all you scatched off were scabs. The scabs tend to hold the hair shaft in place, and these hairs that came away with them would have shed anyway. Unless the actual follicle (not the root) came out with as well. In which case there would have been bleeding and you would see it as a fleshy lump (it happened to me with 3 of them) there is no cause for concern.