cant decide wats best

[irish1083]

hi im a 26year old guy from irelend.have suffered hair loss since early twentys and wasted plently of money on laser treamtents..is there anyway in ireland to get a good ht.thanks would appciate any help or advice

[bUZZED]

Living in Ireland myself and from my research on here and other sites it seems there aren't any recommended clinics in this country

[irish1083]

i would be willing to travel to have a ht but dont want to end up regeting making arash decison

[Janna]

Hi Irish1083,

 

I know Dr. Maurice Collins does very nice work in Dublin but I also know he's charging around 8 Euros a graft.

 

The best thing to do is take pics of your hairloss situation and send them to top clinics you've researched. Then perhaps make your decision based on the consults and feedback you get from the doctors. Best of luck.

[Maxxy]

Save the extra ??500 mate and travel, do your research, spend time on this forum researching doctors and asking questions.

 

It should even work out cheaper to travel. Of the clinics I've seen in Ireland, they are more expensive by far than most of the clinics recommened by this site and others. They also don't come close when it comes to positive feedback.

[hairdoyle]

Dr ,Collins actually charges 11 euro per graft!

[AMR1]

11 Euro's!! a slight rip off!!

[AMR1]

Irish1083, at the age of 26 and depending of the amount of hair you have lost needs to be reviewed, if you just started to loose hair then my advise would be to wait a few years for further loss so then you can have 1 major surgery which is more cost effective and will look better as you will not again loose hair rapidly and have the island effect's that I had,

 

But on the other hand you have lost a lot of hair already and think that you wont loose a great deal more then plan your HT in stages allowing for further transplants, it is very unlikely that 1 Ht is every enough so plan it financially. If you want a good job but cheap and are willing to travel for 48 hours then I recommend Dr Humayun Mohmand in Islamabad Pakistan ( please do your own research on this forum and google as this is my personal recommendation as I had good surgery there)for about 3000 grafts you will end up paying approx 2000 Euro Inc flights and hotel etc, that about 0.66 Euro per graft!! I guess you can see the big difference, and they will arrange everything for you, I was in and out in 48 hrs, or less, I actually flew in at 8.30pm then next day surgery, then next morning flew back so really approx 40 hours, the experience was good and they have done many European customers, I flew from UK and must say that after my past 2 surgeries in UK, Dr Humayun was much better!!

[Leeson]

Ammars,

In you post, "going rate for HT," You stated it was 1 Euro per graft. Now your discounting it 33% and throwing in a free flight from England and a hotel.

[Hair of the dog]

Hi Irish

 

I am from the UK and was in a similar situation to yourself, and was just looking for clinics in England. That was until I found this great site.

The more time you spend on here, I think you realise that by traveling, you improve your chances of getting a top rate HT from a world class surgeon.

Don't be put off by the travel aspect, and as many people have implied on here, you will most probably get a far superior result (IMO) and pay less overall, even including travel costs.

I am 13 weeks post-op with Dr Alexander in Phoenix and had the same worries, but the travel and experience was a piece of cake in the end. Dr Alexander's staff made things very easy for me, arranged and paid for my hotel accommodation (in a very nice hotel) and also offered me a travel incentive/discount to help with the cost of the flight.

A 10 hour flight is a small sacrifice for a great result.

 

All the best.

[irish1083]

thanks guys.. so glad i have this site before i wasted alot of hard earned money..would have no problem traveling..have done a bit of reseach on ht in america seems to have the most postive results.mostly worried about the recoverly time after the ht.should i consider getting on some meds in the mean time..my hair loss is mostly in the front and temple region... only 17days to paddys day..

[Hair of the dog]

In my opinion it's best to get on meds early to preserve what you have and hopefully improve things (which it did for me).

 

After my procedure with Dr Alexander I was back at work after 2 weeks (with the help of some Dermatch) and no one suspected a thing.

Dr Alexander didn't insist on shaving my recipient area and this was a massive help for me in disguising I had had work done.

 

Cheers