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Garageland

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  1. This looks like nice work congrats to you. Look forward to following his results.
  2. Firstly Se7en I have been in contact with directly and I am pleased to see your 4 month photos things are moving in the right direction and I am keen to see your progress in person when I get back to the UK. Ht soon, I am very sorry to hear this and if there is anything I can do to try to help and change your views of the clinic please let me know. I am in Vancouver for a couple of months and would be happy to help if you wanted to contact me directly. Same goes to you mav if you wish to make contact with me.
  3. Spanker, You are right and I edited my post. Coverage is possible but getting the density to be cosmetically acceptable is the challenge. Thanks for the comments.
  4. This patient came to see Dr Wong with the goal of achieving as much coverage as possible in one session. He had a very large area to cover and it was a challenge for Dr Wong with his fine donor hair to be able to get effective coverage over the the entire area. Dr Wong was able to harvest 5446 grafts in one session to address the entire balding area from the hairline to the back of the crown. For many Norwood 6 patients coverage of this area with acceptable density is rarely a possibility. The photos represent close to the 1 year mark from surgery. The patient started Proscar a few months before surgery. 1228 singles 3480 doubles 748 multi hair grafts
  5. If you care about your hair then you are not too old. We have had patients in their 70's and they can make good candidates. I wish you all the best whatever you decide.
  6. Citizenkage, It was great to put a face to the handle and chat with you on Thursday. You can call me David that's fine. I hope your journey back was ok. I think it is going to make a really positive change to your pre op situation. Please keep the forum and the clinic updated with your progress and I am here if you have any questions. All the best.
  7. Thanks for posting your story it was a good read and look forward to following your progress.
  8. Again I thank everyone who has contributed to this thread. I don't wish to hash through all the comments any further here as I don't see it being productive to this conversation. What does matter is that Corey remains unhappy and it certainly is apparent that his expectations were not met. Dr Hasson saw this on his 3 follow ups to the clinics. He wanted Corey to wait to see the full growth. It seems from Corey's postings and talking to Dr Hasson a misunderstanding has occurred. Dr Hasson offered Corey a free surgery or partial refund at the 17 month stage as Corey was still unhappy with the growth despite Dr Hasson showing him the photos like we have in this thread that the growth had been consistent with the placement for the area. As I pointed out in my first post on this thread that we take patient complaints very seriously and I have spoken again to Dr Hasson and Doug this morning and we all want to work with Corey to resolve his continued dissatisfaction so he can move forward. Corey, please expect a call on Monday morning when we are back in the clinic to discuss this matter and I hope we can reach an acceptable resolution.
  9. I thank everyone for sharing their thoughts on this case. I have spoken to Dr Hasson in depth regarding Corey's situation and his version of events differ to Corey's. Despite Corey being on Propecia for a number of years before surgery he was still loosing hair - a fact that he admitted on his consultation form at the clinic. His loss was not stable and Dr Hasson believes that he has probably lost hair since the surgery and will continue to lose more hair in the future. I have attached two photos which indicate the extent of where Coreys loss may progress to. It would not be appropriate to transplant his crown with high density and consume a large proportion of his donor. Dr Hasson did not plant this case at high density (he went for coverage which is the realistic goal for most patients when addressing the crown). The crown does not benefit from the same shingling that the hairline does so it is not possible to create that illusion of density that you can achieve there with a similar number of grafts. Had Corey not had a much larger area of visible thinning into the crown Dr Hasson might have felt it appropriate to plant at a higher density, but it would not be right to use up 50% of someone's donor hair just to provide higher density into the crown. What would happen when the rest of the crown opens up or the mid scalp? POTENTIAL AREAS OF LOSS HIGHLIGHTING NEED TO BE CONSERVATIVE WITH PLACEMENT. This was never a dense pack case and Corey had a large number of single hairs the breakdown is as follows. Singles 855, Doubles 1328 and 208 multi hairs. IMMEDIATE POST OP. To get the appearance of density that would come close to resembling Corey's native density that surrounds the thinning area Dr Hasson would of had to use over 4000 grafts. Corey unfortunately does not have the donor to use over 4000 grafts into the crown alone when you take into consideration his potential hair loss pattern. Corey visited the clinic for a 13 month assessment as he was unhappy with his growth and couldn't see for himself much of a visible difference from his pre op situation. After inspecting his scalp Dr Hasson agreed that the growth had been slow up to this stage but under magnification he could see a number of new miniaturized hairs that had recently come through and pimples to indicate new hairs still sprouting. Dr Hasson asked Corey to be patient and come back to see him as he knew that the result would improve. Corey asked Dr Hasson what would happen if growth didn't come through as promised. Dr Hasson said that if it didn't improve then he would refund Corey's money. Dr Hasson did not offer a full refund at that time because there was a lot of immature hair coming through in the crown area. Crowns take longer to see full growth which is why Dr Hasson asked him to come back again when the growth had matured. If you view the side by side photos taken at 13 and 17 months you can clearly see that there has been more growth. The 13 month photo shows baby fine hairs, bare areas of scalp and a number of pimples. The 17 month photo shows that there has been a filling in of these areas with transplanted hairs and still some pimples indicating that some more growth might be possible. Dr Hasson went through in detail the growth from the surgery and the improvement from the 13 to 17 month photos with Corey and his wife and he seemed to accept this was the case. While Dr Hasson was happy with the growth it was still clear that was Corey was still unhappy. Dr Hasson offered to do another surgery for 1000 grafts or that he could have a partial refund as it seemed his expectations were not aligned with the reality of what the number of grafts placed into a his crown would achieve and Dr Hasson took responsibility for this. For all those posters that have expressed an opinion no one has asked a crucial question of how large the area was and without this information no one can make a proper judgement on the success or failure of the transplant. The size of area will affect the density- for example the density of a 8cm bald spot would be double that of a 12cm transplanted with the same number of grafts. The high resolution of our photos enables you to identify every single transplanted hair that grew irrespective of minor changes of lighting and hair length. COMPARE MONTH 13 TO MONTH 17
  10. Wow! Looking great Fortune at 6 months. Really happy for you. Great work by Dr Shapiro.
  11. Good luck with your surgery today with Dr Wong. You are in very safe and capable hands. Now I am in Vancouver I shall come in and introduce myself and see how you are getting on.
  12. It sounds like dead grafts that never grew and I have seen this before although very rarely. In fact we had a patient complaining about this last month and sure enough he had a dead graft on his scalp. It was easy to remove the hair though so I can't understand why you can't take them out with tweezers. Not sure that a skype consult will do much you need to be seen under magnification or very high resolution photos taken to be sure what is going on.
  13. Initial thought? It looks great and I think your expectations are a high which would worry me if I was your surgeon and attempting to address a thinning crown that you say you are going in for a 4th session? I can't see your crown from the photo but high density into a crown is more difficult to achieve because of the surface area and lack of shingling that is possible like you can get in the hairline. I would talk this through again with your surgeon, does he or she know you are not that happy with the density of the hairline?
  14. Thanks so much for posting this update you look great and it has without doubt taken at least 10 years off you.
  15. As I mentioned earlier in this thread I reached out to Corey53 and he is now in conversation with my colleague Doug regarding his situation. We will do all we can to work with him to address his concerns. We do not feel that the photos that have been posted so far reflect the result fairly and only when posting photos in the same lighting angles can you honestly make an assessment on the crown area. If anyone assesses their own crown in the mirror due to the nature of the surface area the density can appear to increase or decrease quite significantly due to lighting and the angle of your head as it catches the light. I wanted to post these photos earlier but we have been changing our servers to our new website so it has not been possible. The photos are very high resolution side by side and with a slider to present the most accurate representation of the growth and identifying the transplanted hairs in the post op photos. Doug will be talking further with Corey53 now he has seen these photos and I will update more here when that has happened. Corey 53 Photos
  16. Thanks for all your comments regarding this case I just don't think you get much better than this in terms of hairline density and that is part down to the placement by Dr Hasson and part due to the patients characteristics. For those concerned about the patients future Dr Hasson has not placed nearly 3000 grafts into the first two cm of his hairline if you look at the placement photo you can see that the work extends much further than that. His donor density, family history and hair loss pattern would have been assessed before using this number of grafts into this area. No indicators that he will progress to a high Norwood were evidenced from inspecting his scalp he also has exceptional density to cover further loss into the mid scalp when that happens. Shera- I like your comment 'badass gangsta' maybe I should have used that in the title.
  17. Voxman, I liked the video and the hair looks good. I was away when you made your post regarding your new role with Dr Bhatti. Congrats to you for what it is worth you come across as a decent genuine guy online and I enjoy your posts.
  18. Densedream, I read through your previous posts and whilst you have had a lot of grafts especially into the crown under normal lighting your hair looks great. I do agree with others that chasing a dream of full density into the crown was probably unrealistic and Dr Beehner advised that at the time. I can understand your frustrations after so many grafts and being consistent on Propecia. Taking photos with wet hair under bathroom spotlighting is only going to lead to disappointment and is not a realistic way to judge the true state of your hair. I don't think you should be looking for the next surgery to address the mid scalp until you really need it and hopefully that day won't happen. Keep your grafts in reserve for now I think you need a break from surgeries for now. All the best you are looking good.
  19. Thanks for the response and posting some more photos. After looking at those the donor is even more limited than I first thought. I do think that framing your face would be cosmetically beneficial to you and I think you will require body hair if you want to get anything into the mid scalp. You have quite a contrast between hair and scalp and this will make the job harder to look natural and provide any illusion of density which you are just not going to get. I still think you would be better shaving and not going through with a procedure. If you are determined then you should 100% see some cases in person similar to yours before you take that step. Seeing in person is so important for you. I wish you all the best.
  20. This patient in his early 30's came to see Dr Hasson from Italy to address his hairline and frontal area by adding much greater density. He has excellent hair characteristics with high density and coarse hair. He is not taking any medication. Dr Hasson used 2967 grafts to dense pack the frontal zone. Singles- 927 Doubles- 1875 Triples/Quads- 165 Free Consultations in San Francisco July 15th - 18th Toronto July 20th -21st Calgary July 24th-25th New York August 4th-7th
  21. PMA, That would be great I am actually in London tomorrow doing consults and meeting with a few patients bit short notice though!. I am then off to Vancouver for a couple of months but would love to meet up when I am back to see how your hair is looking and have a few beers with you.
  22. I concur with the others. PMA looks great congrats I am really happy for you.
  23. This patient in his late 30's from Ireland came to see Dr Wong with a goal of improving the hairline and the top of the scalp. Dr Wong transplanted 3999 grafts in one session to address the areas of concern. I met up with the patient in Dublin on my last trip in November 2014 to assess his results at the 10 month stage. The patient is very happy with his transformation and was happy for me to share them with the community. Patient is not willing to take Propecia but has a good donor area for more work in the future if and when required. Singles 829 Doubles 2735 Triples/Quads 435 Total 3999 Grafts Please note before photos were taken at the clinic. After photos were taken by myself in a very well lit meeting room with a Nikon D3200 24mp camera so all the detail of the work can be seen which explains what appears to be a slight colour change of the patients hair.
  24. I would take the fact that you have been turned down by all 3 clinics as a sign that perhaps surgery is not the best route for you to go down. Have you tried shaving your head to see how you get on? If not try this for a while before reconsidering the surgery. I am sure you do not need to be told that you are a marginal candidate with limited donor hair, thinning into the nape of your neck. There will be clinics that will provide you with surgery but it is most likely not in your best interest. It is tough to hear when you want hair but most likely you have only enough to restore the very front of your hair unless you have a big budget and a wealth of good beard and body hair. If you are happy with a sparse amount of hair on the front just enough to frame your face and keeping it very short a small FUE session might be possible it depends what your expectations are?
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