I,m new to posting but have been researching hts from 18 month now on this and many other sites ,i started on propicia and minoxidil supplied from the begraivia centre in london in june 2006 this helped stablise my hair loss through mpb around my crowns ,i have a double crown .i first lost hair ,a 10 pence piece sized patch because of alopicia due to a stressful event when i was 24 ,this led to my friends nick naming me triple crown hahaha .
it never bothered me as my hair was spiky ,styled messy or dyed various coloures an it wasn't noticable ,and because i laughed about it people rarely mentioned it . when i reach my late 20s ,i,m 29 now ,my hair loss became more aggresive due to the inevitable onslaught of male patern sucks like shit baldness ,i had slight temple recesion but my double crown was left very thin due to miniturisation of the folicals ,this looked worse because of the earlier alopicia loss .
i dropped the ********* centre as 250 quid for 3 months supply was alot ,even for somebody who believed money shouldn't stand in the way of feeling good about yourself ,i found this site ,met spex and used dr ashbourn for my 120 quid supply of finasteride .
After aprouching the top hair surgeons around the globe, and even a couple in the UK for advice one name kept coming to the top the pile ,that name was DR ALAN FELLER .
Now i was scared of going to the states for ,what is life changing operation .but you know what ,it was easy ,very dawnting ,but very very easy ,i spoke to spex got the number and just rung the US and they did there best to shift dates to suit me ,i kept laughing at there accent ,but then being from yorkshire ,they kept laughting at mine hahahaha .
What made it even harder for me is that two days after i booked my date ,i had a motorcycle accident ,i'm a uk bike racer and nearly lost the lower part of my left leg at mallory park ,casts ,operations and leg braces didn't stop me going and having the best holiday of my life and hair surgery too .
Feller's staff where amazing ,feller does irony and sarcasm extreamly well for an american and is the most nerdy monty python fan i've ever met even the girls where big family guy fans so we just had a laugh ,the whole stay was amazing . feller askes you to rest the day after ,not me ,woke up feeling great ,had sex will my hot girlfriend then went back into manhatten wearing a cap backwards ,looking like a true new yorker ,did all the sites ,empire states ,broardway ,times square ,statue of liberty ,hard rock cafe ,toys r us and even met the legendary naked cowboy .
Now for the techy bit i know you all like to hear .i arrived at 7.45am i beat even the doc to work ,guess i was excited ,i'd met him the day before so it was relaxed ,we had some photos taken and i sat in the chair ,had some injections ,pinched a little but i've got tatoos so it only like thay that ,then its numb .
I had 2100 grafts by strip in my crown ,dr feller even recreated two new double crown swirls ,i was in surgery from 8am till 2.30pm ,my hot girlfriend visited manhatten on her own and felt safe doing so . new york is safe the bus's ,trains and subways are easier than in london as every thing is numbered .
I stayed at the anchor inn on northern boulevard 2.5 miles down the same road as dr fellers surgery .here,s some good tips,if you take cash visit dr feller the day before your surgery ,this helps you off load you cash and you know where your going ,when you arrive in US change you watch to there time and forget about what time it is the the UK ,this helps stop jetlag ,the bus's ,trains and subways all cost 2 dollars in coins ,not notes ,MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF DOLLARS IN COINS ,then when you get to a main station buy a metro card for 24 dollars ,about 12 UK pounds ,unlimited use for 7 days ,this gets you anywhere and all you have to do is swipe it .
most people in new york are tourists so if you need to ask for directions ask a cop or bus driver ,all the streets are numbered so finding anywhere is easy .
We bought some cereal ,milk ,plastic bowsl and cutrely from a 7/11 to have breaky in our room before hitting starbucks for coffee and heading to manhatten by 8am ,there is so much to see and do so get up early and bed late ,sleep on the planes and when you get home .
i decreatly told and showed the british airways flight crew on board ,and got up graded to business class for the flight home ,i know some of you wouldn't want to do that but is was worth it when we had salmon steaks served with champagne.
Finally thanks to DR feller ,all his staff ,top guys like SPEX and people like PB who genually want to help ,use you common sence guys ,there are dicks on here who are payed to confuse and cause trouble ,for some hair loss is soul destroying and some people and companies will pray like vultures on that .
It's easy and life changinging ,it doesn't hurt ,it is uncomfortable but hey i nearly loss my leg so believe me ,when i say it doesn't hurt ,a couple of UK guys had been during the week and the doc does this every day ,there are littery thousands of men and some women getting this proceedure done every single day .At the moment i've been home 24 hours ,i'm tired and have stopped using the pain killers ,the graft site feels like sunburn and the donor site feels like i've pulled a pony tail too tight but put a cap on and i can do anything i want .
I will get dr feller to send spex my pics and will try to get them posted for you all to view i hope this thread will help and good luck to anybody wanting this done
richie