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Too much good information to just let it go to waste. (As posted by Pat on a previous thread) ______________________________________________ Over the years many doctors, patients and potential patients have expressed concerns about Dr. Armani's ethics, advertising and the end results of his FUE procedure in particular (on and offline). These concerns have not only been expressed on this forum community but on numerous other hair loss forums. I have included a sampling of just some examples of the many threads/topics where these concerns have been discussed. Clearly, I'm not alone in having reservations in regards to Dr. Armani. I invite those who want to learn more about these concerns to follow the below links and then reach their own conclusions. To research topics referencing Dr. Armani on this forum, click on the "Find" button and enter "Armani". ------------------------------ 1. Issue - Densely packed megasessions in the hairline of an extremely young patient. What about the risk of future hair loss and a finite donor supply? http://www.hairlosshelp.com/fo...68&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE= http://www.hairlosshelp.com/fo...18&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE= http://www.hairlosstalk.com/in...rmani+ethics#p426769 http://www.hairlosstalk.com/in...rmani+ethics#p433416 http://www.hairlosstalk.com/in...rmani+ethics#p416686 2. Based on the evidence to date on various forums, there appears to be a lack of compelling evidence that Dr. Armani's relatively new FUE mega session procedure is living up to its promises. Im NOT satisfied with my FUE-result with Alvi Armani! The FUE results aren't up to par Other similar topics: http://www.hairlosshelp.com/fo...DBTABLE=&STARTPAGE=4 http://www.hairlosshelp.com/fo...DBTABLE=&STARTPAGE=1 http://www.hairlosshelp.com/fo...695&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE http://www.hairlosstalk.com/in...ilit=+armani#p438316 3. Issue - Dr. Armani has claimed that the average patient has 15,000 follicular unit grafts available for hair transplant surgery. Yet, nobody seems to have seen any patients with this number of donor grafts removed from the donor area. Dr. Armani's claim has been controversial - http://www.hairlosshelp.com/fo...DBTABLE=&STARTPAGE=4 http://www.hairlosshelp.com/fo...95&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE= http://www.hairlosshelp.com/fo...DBTABLE=&STARTPAGE=1 http://www.hairlosstalk.com/in...rmani+ethics#p394171 http://www.hairlosshelp.com/fo...545&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE 4. Issue - Concerns about overestimating number of grafts needed to achieve desired hair restoration goals. http://www.hairlosshelp.com/fo...150&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE http://www.hairlosstalk.com/in...pic.php?f=13&t=41880 http://hair-restoration-info.c...6060861/m/7301025543 5. Advertising FUE as a non-surgical technique http://www.hairlosshelp.com/fo...95&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE= 6. Using a strip patient to advertise FUE http://www.hairlosshelp.com/fo...95&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE= http://www.hairlosshelp.com/fo...id=32&threadid=74646 7: Concerns about deceptive photo presentation: http://www.hairlosshelp.com/fo...62&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE= 8. General statements about questionable ethics: http://www.hairlosshelp.com/fo...DBTABLE=&STARTPAGE=2 http://www.hairlosshelp.com/fo...68&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE= http://www.hairlosshelp.com/fo...18&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE= http://www.hairlosstalk.com/in...rmani+ethics#p426769 http://www.hairlosstalk.com/in...rmani+ethics#p433416 http://www.hairlosstalk.com/in...rmani+ethics#p416686 http://www.hairlosstalk.com/in...rmani+ethics#p394171 http://www.hairlosstalk.com/in...hilit=+armani+ethics

Since the lawsuit post will be removed soon and no longer part of cyberspace, I feel there should be a new thread for people to complain about the unethical dealings coming from the Armani camp. As Pat stated in the past Lawsuit post: One of my primary and long time concerns about Dr. Armani has been his willingness to pander to young patient's by creating juvinal hairlines by dense packing their hairlines. As most of you already know, many ethical surgeons and educated patients have long shared my concern that when these young patients get older and their hair loss progresses their depleted and limited supply of bald resistent hair follicles will be insufficient to restore the bald area behind their dense packed juvinille hairline. Thus this young patient may some day be a middle aged man with a thick teenage hairline and a large bald area behind it. Since such a pattern of hair loss is not natural the patient would look ridiculous. That is why ethical physicians in my opinion create hair restoration plans that will serve the patient now and in the future, rather than pandering to their immediate desire. In my opinion, Dr. Armani's promotion of his services is deceptive and inaccurate. ___________________________________ Obviously Armaini's main interest is his pocket book and not the client's best interest. Shane and Pats (Armani Reps) have completely disappeared. And now most negative postings will disappear as well. Farell caved and now????????????

Don't worry, you are totally normal. I'm sure a girl who has little boobies notices all the girls with boob jobs.

"The chase is alway's better than the catch" Lyrics well said from the band Motorhead

Almost all doctors will do this, but you have to be in a position to get yourself to the clinic within a few days of getting a phone call from them. Actually a few years ago I went for a consult with Dr. Hasson and he said they had an open date the following day and he would give me a huge discount if I wanted to book the next day. It was a very tempting offer but I just wasn't ready to pull the plugs at that time. Typically you can get 25% +/- off the regular cost.

Here you go http://www.baldingblog.com/2009/02/04/drug-holiday/

Great story Wolfman. I think a few on here are just jealous with how comfortable you are with being shaven. Very inspiring indeed!

There seems to be a debate as to rather a drug holiday is really good for you or not. On Dr. Rassman's Balding Blog site he just addressed this issue last week. Recently I took a 2 week drug holiday and have to say the results didn't seem to work too well. A massive shed occured at the 2 week point. Hopefully some of it will be recovered. If not, I am screwed.

It is possible that the drug holiday may have been somewhat beneficial. I just recently took a few weeks off the meds after many years on. Still waiting to see the outcome.

I just stopped by and kicked them in the balls

When did they start charging $100 for a consultation?

Dr. Rahal is defintely a class act. I just hate seeing these glowing recommendations because the more popular he becomes, the higher his prices. Things are looking good for you. Congrats!

You really can't go wong by choosing him as your doctor.

Smoke a bowl and you will be out like a baby

Thank you so much. I am honored to be selected first for the free transplant. Either Feller, Rahal and H&W will be fine for me. You guys are awesome.

At the Adams Airport Inn, ask for a King Suite. They are much larger than the regular rooms and definitely worth the few extra bucks.

I remember a time when H&W were top dog in the HT rankings. Dr. Rahal's good work and compassion as a surgeon has seemed to pay off nicely. Especially in his pocketbook.

If someone say's something, just get a real confused/surprised look on your face and say "really?" That type of response ususally ends the discussion quickly. I think it scares them off because they realize that they may tipped you off to something serious. How old are you and #of grafts by which doctor?

I really think your transformation is amazing. Big deal if some are complainiong of a comb over. Your change in appearence is huge. You were very bald before and now you are not. How have your friends and co workers reacted?

Dr. Feller Only if you throw a couple hundred FUE into my scalp.

AirForceOne Don't sweat the stress. Dr. Feller always seems to come across as the school yard bully. Honestly his work looks good the majority of the time, but his whole "badass badguy" attitude is actually quite entertaining. Keep up the experiment and keep us all posted. Your time and efforts are appreciated.

Wow, put a couple of these swollen heads in the same room and nobody else would have space to breathe.

How is this doc related to your site? http://www.goodbyebaldness.com/index.htm

I will drink the Kool-Aid sir.