HT55

I need about 700 grafts put in my hairline. I was just thinking about it and was wondering how exactly it's done.

I guess the any grafts from the strip would have to be split into single hair grafts ?

I need about 700 grafts put in my hairline. I was just thinking about it and was wondering how exactly it's done.

I guess the any grafts from the strip would have to be split into single hair grafts ?

Originally posted by Thinman123:

I am already on propecia...The HT wont help???????

You need to do A LOT OF RESEARCH. Yes the HT will help but you have diffuse thinning which makes it much harder. Even in the best hands you may get some shockloss and in bad hands it could be quite a bit.

You are also going to continue to lose hair as you age so you will most likely need multiple proceudre before you are 30.

I would not let anyone touch your hair except H+W, Shapiro and Dr Feller

As Dakota said you need EVERY GRAFT you can get and IMO FUE is not an option for you

Originally posted by dakota3:

Are you on propecia? If not get on it ASAP! While I agree w/HT55 that you have quite a bit of hairloss at such a young age in the same sense you have age working in your advantage. Hopefully in the next 5-10 years hair cloning will be an option. It appears you are a NW6. With this NW level you can achieve a very good result after a couple of surgeries. If you advance to a NW7 than hair cloning will be really your only hope to have a decent coverage over your whole head. Either way I would shave your head down for a year get on propecia for a while and do several consults w/ some of the docs on this site.

You can't get a HT HOPING that cloning will be out in 5-10 years when there is no reason to believe that whatsoever. In 2000 HM was 5 years away or so we thought.

As far as the transplants remember he has dark hair. The NW6's we have seen like Jotronic and Bobman have light hair which makes all the difference in the world when it comes to density.

You also have a guy here talking about going to the Dominican to save $$ on his surgery so I doubt he has the 40K to drop for the multiple surgeries he would need.

I would forget it and shave your head. IMO you have way too much hair loss at age 22 to get a transplant

Good Choice. How much are you paying per graft ?

From what I have seen strip gives much more density than FUE

Kev,

I pointed you to my photos in the Rogaine/Propecia thread. Look at my 12 month and 16 month photos and you will see a big difference. No way all of that was the drugs but more than likely a good amount was my HT growing in from months 12-16.

I can honestly say if I had surgery done the day I had the 12 month pics taken and it looked the way it does today I would be 90% satisfied. Instead I waited and the hair filled in itself.

I am the guy in the red shirt and my hair is much thicker now at 20 months post op than it the after photo taken at 16 months in this link

http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/showthread.php?t=149286

Bill,

The only issue I have with him doing multiple surgeries per day is he went put of his way to state he doesn't do them. Dr E said he only does follow ups and consults during the surgery. If he said he did multiple surgeries I would be fine with it.

Since he said he did 513 in 2007 obviously more days than not he is performing multiple surgeries.

I hope he didn't "misremember" like Roger Clemens said of Andy Petitte, lol

Originally posted by thanatopsis_awry:

55, that thought came to my mind, as well, though I assume it's still just a slip of the tongue, or a mild exagerration while being fiery and defending himself. Nonetheless, if he *is* now performing multiple ops in a given day it would be good to know for sure.

 

Then again, and I just noticed this, he actually does specifically state above "513 for the year 2007", so....?

As I said in my post he has stated this 3 times and now has an exact number of 513 which if he worked 5 days a week would involve ~ 2 surgeries a day.

I don't care if he does more than one but when he claims he doesn't I have an issue with it.

Originally posted by nm315:

ht55,

u seem really after the doc... concentrate on real issues..

I find that funny because I have been on HT forums for years and never heard of him so I could not possibly have an issue with him.

BTW I find a DR claiming to do 517 procedures in one year at one procedure a day a REAL ISSUE for obvious reasons.

Maybe we should let the Dr answer for himself. What do you think ?

Originally posted by Jeffrey Epstein MD, FACS: As I am not performing multiple procedures a day, and only seeing some consults and follow up visits, I can assure you that I am actively involved in each patient's procedure, committed to giving them the very best results.

 

Finally, I always stand by my work. Perform 500 procedures a year, there are always going to be I approach this entire procedure process.

 

Respectfully,

Jeffrey Epstein, MD, FACS

www.foundhair.com

www.womenscenterforhairloss.com

Miami and NYC

Dr E I was going to let this slide as a typo on your part but you have stated in three seperate posts that you perform 500 procedures a year.

Now you say you don't perform multiple procedures per day.

Could you please explain how it's possible even working 7 days a week in a leap year to perform 500 procedures in a year only doing one procedure per day ?

Originally posted by notgoing2gobald:

stupid, but true thought:

I don't like the fact that the 'techs' were giggling trying to remember who danced w/who at the club the night before and how MANY *drinks* they had, perhaps they were still tipsy the next morning or had a horrific hang-over (?)...

 

I would be shi$$ing in my pants and all over the dreaded CHAIR if I heard such a discussion while they were handling my precious follicles...

 

I'd probably grab my grafts from them and run out the door w/my 5,000 bloody slits all over my head, run to AMPM buy some ice, and try and insert them myself...

Why would they be doing surgery on July 4th anyhow ?

Originally posted by notgoing2gobald:

I have also talked to Dr. Epstein in detail and confirmed with a few other leading physicians including Dr. Ray Konior and Dr. Sharon Keene of the Coalition about the possibility of a hair piece slowing down or even more rarely stunting hair growth.

Why didn't Epstein inform TTDS this at the time of his surgery then?

While the rest of it sounds calm, cool, and level headed....I dunno. Four or so patients who have significant concerns who are all at 6 months+ post op? They should be at 60% growth by now, let alone TTDS 9 month (?)...In addition, while post-op pics would be 'helpful' for TTDS, it really isn't that important, in that he was totally BALD prior to the procedure. We should be able to tell if 2,500 (or however many) grafts are growing out of his BALD head? What does it matter where they were placed? Unless Dr. E put them in his side burns or beard or something, it really doesn't matter----

he was *BALD*...

It was previously sited that 4-5 patients w/poor growth a year is a "meager" 5% of his annual clientel; and that the 'x' factor was attributed to be the culprit, in discussions w/other experts in the industry (i.e. Feller & Matt Shapiro's patient educator) they claim there is NO 'x' factor, w/the exception of grafts "thinning" on those patients who have 'quirky' genes. Even still, it is no where near 5% (?)...and the 'thinning' phenomena is SURELY not what is happening w/these patients. they simply are not GROWING the grafts that were placed...

Sure, it all sounds level-headed: we want to give him the benefit of the doubt, the patients aren't *fully* matured yet, etc. etc...

-BUT-

I dunno...four or five patients ALL w/the same problem, that is *no* growth, and one of them is already NINE months out? Most, if not all, of the grafts should already be visible on his scalp, they would merely not be matured yet...too many 'bad' coincedences as far as Im concerned...

I'm not defending him but DR E said 3-4 of the 500 patients he works on a year have problems so that would be less than 1% with growth issues not 5%.

Originally posted by PLEASE GROW PLEASE:

Originally posted by nobuzz4me:

Well said NG,

 

I for one care more about a patients scalp than any doctor's reputation. This patient feels bad enough as it is with the poor HT result (so far), and should he now feel guilty for damaging a reputation? I cerainly hope not.

Thats EXACTLY how I feel. Im here to help my balding brothers and thats it. Top 2-3

Yea I saw that top 2-3 qoute from DR E. I have been on forums for years and never even heard of the guy

Originally posted by Jeffrey Epstein MD, FACS:

DEAR FORUM MEMBERS- I AM IN TOTAL SHOCK- HOW MY REPUTATION OVER THE COURSE OF 5 PAGES HAS GONE FROM ONE OF THE 2 OR 3 TOP SURGEONS IN THIS SPECIALTY TO ONE WHO NEARLY EVERY POSTER IS QUESTIONING MY INTEGRITY, MY DEVOTION TO MY WORK, AND MY WORK. THIS IS TRULY A TRAVESTY.

 

I HELD OFF ON ENTERING PUBLICLY THIS FORUM AFTER REPLYING TO MY PATIENT IN THE PROPER WAY A PHYSICIAN SHOULD- PRIVATELY AND WITH DEEP SINCERITY. I REASSURED THIS PATIENT THAT I DID NOT KNOW THE CAUSE OF HIS LESS THAN EXPECTED HAIR GROWTH AT THIS TIME- BUT WAS CONSIDERING SEVERAL REASONS, THAT HE REPEATED- THE MAIN ONE BEING HIS CONTINUED WEARING OF THE HAIR PIECE. HOWEVER, THERE IS AN "X" FACTOR - THAT EVERY SINGLE COLLEAGUE OF MINE, EVERY ONE WHO IS PART OF THIS COALITION- HAS EXPERIENCED. THAT X FACTOR IS THE OCCASIONAL LOWER THAN EXPECTED RATE OF GROWTH THAT, DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORTS, OCCURS FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON- YES, PAT AND BILL ARE CORRECT IN THEORY- IT CAN BE DUE TO POOR GRAFT HANDLING OR DESSICATION (DRYING OUT).

 

 

HOWEVER, HERE IS MY POSITION.

I PERFORM 500 PROCEDURES EVERY YEAR- PERSONALLY, WITH THE SAME TEAM OF 15 ASSISTANTS I HAVE HAD WORKING WITH ME FOR YEARS- SEVERAL HAVE BEEN WITH ME FOR 10 TO 14 YEARS! THESE ARE THE SAME ASSISTANTS WHO WORKED ON JULY 4TH, 2007- ASSISTANTS WHO DO THEIR VERY BEST, UP TO THE VERY HIGHEST STANDARDS, EVERY SINGLE DAY. THERE WAS NO "I WISH I WAS SOMEWHERE ELSE?" THERE WAS NO "DRYING OUT OR MISHANDLING OF GRAFTS BY INEXPERIENCED ASSISTANTS" THERE WAS NO "DR. EPSTEIN IS COMPROMISING QUALITY".

AFTER ALMOST 15 YEARS OF PUTTING MY HEART AND SOUL INTO MY PRACTICE- TO WHERE PATIENTS KNOW THAT THEY WILL TREATED BY ONE OF THE BEST TRAINED, MOST DEMANDING SURGEONS IN THE FIELD- I HAVE EARNED MY PLACE AS ONE OF THE BUSIEST IN THE FIELD OF SURGICAL HAIR RESTORATION.

I INVITE YOU TO GO AHEAD AND ASK DRS. CHARLES, NUSBAUM, FELLER, SHAPIRO, BERNSTEIN, MEJIA, STOUGH, RASSMAN, HASSON, MCANDREWS, HABER, COOLEY, PARSLEY, KNUDSEN- EVERY ONE OF THEM, TO A TEE, KNOWS OF MY INTEGRITY AND THE QUALITY OF MY WORK.

I TRULY FEEL LIKE THIS THREAD HAS BECOME A WITCH HUNT- I THOUGHT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ONLY HAPPENS IN POLITICS- AND I AM NOT A POLITICIAN, NOT "W' BUSH, NOT BILL CLINTON, NOT CHENEY, NOT OBAMA- RATHER A BOARD CERTIFIED FELLOWSHIP TRAINED FACIAL PLASTIC SURGEON, WHO SPECIALIZES IN THIS SPECIALTY PERFORMING 2 PROCEDURES EVERY DAY BECAUSE I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT MY WORK, LOVE MY PATIENTS, AND AM REALLY TALENTED AT IT.

 

I INVITE EVERY ONE OF THE POSTERS ON THIS THREAD TO COME VISIT MY OFFICE. PAT HAS. TO SEE HOW I AND MY TEAM OF ASSISTANTS ALL WORK ON ONE PROCEDURE AT A TIME, EVERY ASSISTANT WITH 3 ICED PETRI DISHES INTO WHICH THEY PLACE EACH INDIVIDUAL 1, 2, AND 3 HAIR GRAFTS. HOW MY 6 "PLANTER" ASSISTANTS- EVERY ONE WHO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH ME FOR A MINIMUM OF 4 YEARS, 5 OF WHOM HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THIS SPECIALTY FOR 7 TO 14 YEARS- PLACE EACH SINGLE GRAFT INTO THE SMALLEST POSSIBLE RECIPIENT SITES, SIZED 0.6 TO 0.8, OCCASIONALLY 0.9 MM IN SIZE, EVERY ONE THAT I PERSONALLY MAKE.

 

I AM TRULY CONCERNED ABOUT THE RESULTS THIS PATIENT HAS RECEIEVED, AND I TOLD HIM THAT. I ALSO TOLD HIM THAT, IN THOSE FEW CASES IN WHICH THIS HAPPENS, I WILL REPLACE THOSE GRAFTS THAT DO NOT GROW, AT NO CHARGE.

DO YOU REALIZE THE ILLOGICAL NATURE OF THE COMMENTS MADE HERE- SOME POSTERS ARE SAYING THAT 2500 GRAFTS IS TOO SMALL- INSINUATING THAT ONLY A FEW DOCTORS ARE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THESE STATE OF THE ART PROCEDURES. I HAVE IN FACT PERFORMED PROCEDURES OF AS LARGE AS 4300 GRAFTS- BUT FOR THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF PATIENTS, 2400 TO 2800 GRAFTS SEEMS TO BE THE IDEAL NUMBER. NOT PLACING ENOUGH GRAFTS WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF THIS PATIENT'S RELATIVELY DISAPPOINTING COVERAGE AT THIS 9 MONTH MARK- RATHER, HE HAS EXPERIENCED A LOWER PERCENTAGE OF GROWTH THAN EXPECTED.

JUST YESTERDAY I PERFORMED A SECOND PROCEDURE ON A MAN FROM SARASOTA- FIRST PROCEDURE I PERFORMED IN MID-SEPTEMBER, 2400 GRAFTS- AND AT 3 1/2 MONTHS HE HAD OUTSTANDING COVERAGE, AND YESTERDAY AT THE 7 MONTH MARK I DID A LITTLE FILLING IN UP FRONT WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK PLACED INTO THE MID SCALP AND CROWN REGION.

DID I DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT ON THIS PATIENT? NO.

 

I INVITE EVERY ONE OF YOU TO GO THROUGH MY WEBSITE- SEE THE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS' BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS. LOOK CLOSELY AT THE HAIRLINES, THE DENSITY, AND READ THE COMMENTS THAT MANY OF THESE PATIENTS HAVE MAILED INTO ME UNSOLICITED.

 

JUST 2 WEEKS AGO, IN SOUTH FLORIDA, AN 18 YEAR OLD TEEN HAVING A BREAST AUGMENTATION DIED ON THE OPERATING ROOM TABLE. ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION. HAPPENS ONE IN EVERY 10,000 CASES. RESPECTED PLASTIC SURGEON- DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG FROM EVERYTHING I CAN TELL, YET HERE THIS YOUNG GIRL DIED.

THIS IS MEDICINE. YOU, AS A PROSPECTIVE PATIENT, CAN ONLY DO YOUR HOMEWORK, AND FIND THE MOST RESPECTED, DILIGENT, HARD WORKING, HONEST, ARTISTIC, DEVOTED SURGEON - AND THEN AFTER THAT, THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED INDIVIDUAL VARIATION. I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL, UNFORTUNATELY, AS TO THE RATE AND SPEED OF GROWTH OF TRANSPLANTED HAIRS, PROVIDED THAT I PERFORM THESE PROCEDURES UP TO THE VERY HIGHEST STANDARDS. THAT IS WHY THERE CAN NEVER BE A "GUARANTEE" AS TO THE OUTCOME. I CAN TELL PROSPECTIVE PATIENTS THAT IN OVER 90% OF MY PATIENTS, THERE WILL BE SOME NICE EARLY GROWTH AT THE 3 TO 4 MONTH MARK, AND THAT AT 9 MONTHS THERE SHOULD BE 70 TO 80% OF THE FINAL RESULT- BUT THERE IS INDIVIDUAL VARIATION. I CAN ALSO TELL PATIENTS THAT I CAN ASSURE THEM THAT THEIR WORK WILL BE PERFORMED TO THE VERY HIGHEST STANDARDS, AND THAT THEIR RESULTS WILL BE NATURAL IN APPEARANCE.

LOOK AT WHAT I CAN CONTROL:

1. ARTISTRY OF THE HAIRLINE- I INVITE EVERY ONE OF YOU TO GO THROUGH MY WEBSITE PHOTOS AND SEE THE AESTHETICS OF MY HAIRLINES. THERE MUST BE AT LEAST 400 HAIRLINES THAT I SHOW CLOSE UP.

2. FINENESS OF THE DONOR SITE SCAR- ALTHOUGH THERE ARE PATIENT VARIABLES IN THIS AS WELL, BUT GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT THE 50 TO 70 OR SO DONOR SITE SCARS THAT I SHOW ON MY WEBSITE.

3. EDUCATING AND CHOOSING OF PATIENTS- JUST LAST WEEK, I CANCELLED A PROCEDURE ON AN IRAQI WAR VET, A 28 YEAR OLD, WHO HAD UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS OF THE SURGERY, AND WHOM I THOUGHT LOOKED QUITE GOOD WITH HIS HEAD SHAVED. HE HAD PAID 100% OF HIS SURGICAL FEE- WHICH I RETURNED, AND LEFT ME WITH A HALF DAY OF 15 PAID ASSISTANTS WITH NO WORK TO DO. NOT EVEN AN ISSUE AS TO WHAT WAS THE PROPER THING TO DO. I FELT HE WAS BEST OFF NOT HAVING A PROCEDURE, AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR SO, UNTIL HE FIGURES SOME THINGS OUT AND UNDERSTANDS THE LIMITATIONS OF THE PROCEDURE.

4. MY REPUTATION- I CAN ONLY LOOK EVERY PATIENT IN THE EYE AND TELL THEM THAT I STAND BY MY WORK, WILL ALWAYS DO THE VERY BEST I CAN, AND WILL NEVER RIP OFF A PATIENT.

 

I DO NOT HAVE INFORMERCIALS. I DO NOT HAVE A YELLOW PAGE AD. I DO NOT DO PRINT, RADIO, OR TV ADVERTISING. NOTHING OTHER THAN WORD OF MOUTH- BY OVER 5000 HAPPY AND HAIRIER PATIENTS, AND BY A NUMBER OF MY PHYSICIAN COLLEAGUES.

 

I HOPE THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU, BEFORE YOU BECOME JURY, JUDGE, AND EXECUTIONER TO MY REPUTATION ALL AT ONCE, CHOOSE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EDUCATE YOURSELVES, AND PROCEED INTELLIGENTLY AND APPROPRIATELY. THESE POSTINGS HAVE DONE LITTLE OTHER THAN TO UNDERMINE THE PHYSICAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP.

I AM ONE OF THE DOCTORS WHO HAS ALWAYS WANTED THIS SITE TO TAKE THE HIGH ROAD. HAVE ARGUED AGAINST PAID CONSULTANTS POSTING COMMENTS ON THIS SITE OTHER THAN PROVIDING NON-BIASED EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION. HAVE PUBLICLY COME OUT IN THE JOURNALS AGAINST SURGEONS PAYING HAIRDRESSERS AND OTHER HAIR PROFESSIONALS FOR PATIENT REFERRALS BECAUSE THEY ARE UNETHICAL. GO AHEAD AND READ THE TENS, IF NOT HUNDREDS, OF POSTS ABOUT ME ON THIS SITE. GO AHEAD AND READ JUST A FEW OF THE HUNDREDS OF PATIENT LETTERS I POST ON MY WEBSITE. COME TO MY OFFICE AND ASK TO SEE THE 4 VOLUMES OF COLLECTED EMAILS AND LETTERS FROM HAPPY PATIENTS.

I WISH TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN THIS SITE AS A POSTER AND EXPERT- BUT WILL NOT STAND BY WHILE MY REPUTATION GETS HACKED AWAY AT. I AM SORRY THAT THIS PATIENT HAS NOT HAD THE GROWTH I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED AT 9 MONTHS. HE IS NOT THE FIRST. HE AND PERHAPS 3 OR 4 OF THE 500 PATIENTS ON WHOM I PERFORMED A PROCEDURE ON IN 2007 I WILL NEED TO BRING BACK TO THE PROCEDURE ROOM AND PERFORM A TOUCH UP OR WHATEVER IS NEEDED, DUE TO A LOWER THAN EXPECTED RATE OF GROWTH. BUT AT 9 MONTHS, IT IS FAR TO EARLY TO DETERMINE THIS.

 

RESPECTFULLY,

JEFFREY EPSTEIN, MD, FACS

WWW.FOUNDHAIR.COM

MIAMI AND NYC

If you post that again with the caps lock off and proper spacing maybe I will read it.

Originally posted by kevkristy:

Hairthere

I think I included the word "average" in Bill's quote. And I do understand that average does not include all.

 

However, 9 months is 9 months. No matter which way you slice it.

 

Additionally, I think my "experience" counts as much as yours, if not more. I'm the one going through the so-called "panic." So I can relate with TTDS.

 

It's a real sickening feeling.

 

I know by now, six full months post surgery, I thought for sure I'd be well on my way, enjoying spring (sans hat), excited about growth and looking forward to what's coming. And I'm sure TTDS feels similarly, possibly worse.

 

Hang in there TTDS. Let us know what you hear back from the doctor.

-KK

Before you panic check out my pics. The first shots were taken in Dr Shapiros office 12 months post op of 1K grafts with Ivan Cohen. The second pic is taken 16 months post op. I doubt all of the regrowth was from foam and Propecia and also included the HT growing in.

I have also thickened up quite a bit since the last photo was taken in Dec of 2007 and will have photos up soon taken from the same angle and lighting conditions

http://hair-restoration-info.com/eve/forums/a/albumcomm...861/m/5281051253/p/1

I would use the foam and Propecia for a year while you research Dr's. At that point you will have a much better understanding of what you want and which Dr you want to do it plus you will have all of the regrowth you are going to get from the drugs and that could save you $$ and grafts

You should check out Shapiro in MN, Feller in NY and H+W before making any decisions.

Strip will save you a lod of dough.

HT's are not fun and take at least a year to grow in fully ( mine took 18 months)so I would get as much work done in one shot as possible.

I bet if you try the Propecia/ Rogaine Foam combo you will get some regrowth.

Hey I was just wondering how long a can of foam is lasting you guys ? I'm getting an average of 17 days from a can. It's working great for me and I have quite a bit of hair (need maybe a 1K graft touchup in the hairline area) an there is no way 1/2 capfull would cover my head. I was just thinking some people may not be using enough as I think I'm using exactly what I need to cover my head from hairline to crown.

If people could post how long a can lasts, where you apply it, how long you have been on it and your results that would be great.

a can lasts me 17 days

I apply it from my crown to hairline

been using it approx 1 year

I have good crown results, great mid scalp results, only been using it on the hairline about 2 months but I'm seeing many small hairs already

Hey I was just wondering how long a can of foam is lasting you guys ? I'm getting an average of 17 days from a can. It's working great for me and I have quite a bit of hair (need maybe a 1K graft touchup in the hairline area) an there is no way 1/2 capfull would cover my head. I was just thinking some people may not be using enough as I think I'm using exactly what I need to cover my head from hairline to crown.

If people could post how long a can lasts, where you apply it, how long you have been on it and your results that would be great.

a can lasts me 17 days

I apply it from my crown to hairline

been using it approx 1 year

I have good crown results, great mid scalp results, only been using it on the hairline about 2 months but I'm seeing many small hairs already

Hi Janna I was going to send you an email with these questions but I don't think I have ever seen them addressed on the forums so many members may not even know they exist.

On my first two HT's the injections into the back of my head to removed the strip were next to painless however the injections into the top of my head for the grafts hurt beyond belief. For procedure #3 Dr Cohen had a hand held vibrating device (ok no jokes guys, lol) that he used on the top of my head while he gave the shots. I'm not sure exactly how it worked but the vibration on my head made those shots almost painless.

My question is does Dr Shapiro offer this ?

After my first two procedures I decided not to get the cortisone shot that was offered to me and had a lot of swelling. On my 3rd procedure I got the shot and had very little if any swelling.

Does Dr Shapiro offer cortisone shots after the procedure ?

I have one more question that I sent you via email.

Thanks

Hi Janna I was going to send you an email with these questions but I don't think I have ever seen them addressed on the forums so many members may not even know they exist.

On my first two HT's the injections into the back of my head to removed the strip were next to painless however the injections into the top of my head for the grafts hurt beyond belief. For procedure #3 Dr Cohen had a hand held vibrating device (ok no jokes guys, lol) that he used on the top of my head while he gave the shots. I'm not sure exactly how it worked but the vibration on my head made those shots almost painless.

My question is does Dr Shapiro offer this ?

After my first two procedures I decided not to get the cortisone shot that was offered to me and had a lot of swelling. On my 3rd procedure I got the shot and had very little if any swelling.

Does Dr Shapiro offer cortisone shots after the procedure ?

I have one more question that I sent you via email.

Thanks

Nelly,

Do you have any pics of your transplant with Shapiro ? I'm going to have some hairline work done with him late this year, probably about 1200 Fu's

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What a read that was. If the blogger omitted the bad language he would be taken much more seriously.

Anyway if what he says is true he may get Cole in trouble and get some cash but he will get nothing from the poor results as he signed his life away before surgery no doubt