Neograft with Dr. Finger in Savannah???

[dudewheresmyhairdude]

Hi,

So even though I know the good HT surgeons and the pitfalls of neograft, my mommo wants me to consider her plastic surgeon. I've met him, he's a great guy and a very successful plastic surgeon. He said he has partnered up with a team that does neograft (he doesn't do the procedure), so basically it's that situation where I'd be having a tech do the FUE care of neograft. Here's my question, if a highly regarded plastic surgeon puts his name on something like this, doesn't that put a seal of quality on it and make it much more likely it'll turn out fine and not to panic? :eek::cool:

 

2nd: Does anyone have any ACTUAL experience with neograft under Dr. Finger...?????? Cuz that would be the ultimate feedback I'm looking for.

[TygerD]

Stay away bro. Particularly because this plastic surgeon seems to do hair transplants as a side gig because of the advent of the neograft technology and doesn't do hair transplants exclusively. The jury is still out on neograft,, it seems they'll always be some proponents although it seems few. Having experienced neograft first hand and seeing the result, I would never go near that machine again. In a recent consult with a recommended hair transplant surgeon on this site, it was explained in depth to me to me why it's not suitable for ethnic hair due to the diameter of the ethnic hair shaft. I wouldn't say it's completely obsolete because a few hairs did grow but overall that machine plays Russian roulette with graft survival in my opinion. Just look at it this way, my surgery took only 5 or 6 hours to complete and had over a 1,000 grafts placed. It would certainly cut the labor intensive effort of a hair transplant surgery down dramatically if a surgeon had such a tool in his arsenal yet not many surgeons use this technology. Tells you something.

[KO]

This is a poor idea. That's all. Do your research and find a good FUE surgeon.

[GreatPelo]

Run in the other direction!!! This is the perfect example and danger that this scenario creates. A company that sells them a machine and offers doctors that are not trained in hair to get an empty room producing revenue without the doctor lifting a finger and jeopardizing patients with techs that are not licensed to harvest nor make sites. These are the doctors that need to be sanctioned by State medical boards.

 

There are plenty of specialist in hair located in Georgia or Florida for you to choose from.

Edited May 19, 2013 by GreatPelo

[Torip]

I do not believe in the neo graft machine. I think it is cumbersome to hold the tool precisely in the direction of hair due to its bulkiness. It requires using both hands and on top of that it has a tube connecting to it. This would make it hard to maneuver the tool there by increasing the chances of transection. In my opinion the tool should be made obsolete especially after the availability of the ARTAS FUE system.

[Mickey85]

I personally think the Neograft machine is not pleasant(this is my being polite) on the grafts. The videos I have seen(there is one in my "Everything FUE" thread) show the the grafts are sucked out of the tissue rather expeditiously in a way that could sever the follicles due to the insanely fast suction that separates the bottom of the graft from the tissue. Further exacerbated by the graft container where there extracted grafts are vacuumed into and where a constant rush of air flows due to the suction mechanism. This can lead to drying out of the grafts if left for too long. I'm not a fan personally.