Dr. Alan Feller Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 (edited) So many patients come online or call the office with worries about their growth rate. Here is a video that includes an explanation and video of an actual patient who experienced slow hair growth after HT. It has a happy ending. Feller and Bloxham Great Neck, NY 516-487-3797 Edited August 12, 2015 by Dr. Alan Feller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member haircut Posted August 12, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted August 12, 2015 Dr. Feller, You bring up a good point. I have been through a number of HT procedures 20 years. I too worried about the growth rate. As you point out, things always worked out. I had a hairline revision three months ago. This was my first HT in 15 years. Given my past experience, I am not even paying attention to the growth of my latest procedure. I know from past experience that it will grow when it grows. The moral of the story - A watched pot never boils. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member TakingThePlunge Posted August 12, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted August 12, 2015 Thoroughly informative and enjoyable video! I'm sure it will help put a few worried minds at ease. David - Former Forum Co-Moderator and Editorial Assistant I am not a medical professional. All opinions are my own and my advice should not constitute as medical advice. View my Hair Loss Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member aaron1234 Posted August 12, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted August 12, 2015 Love this result. The difference between the 8 month and 18 month mark is huge. Granted, the length of the hair is longer at 18th months. Regardless, there is an appreciable difference in the texture of the hair in the frontal third. Fantastic work! Keep the hope alive slow growers! Dr. G: 1,000 grafts (FUT) 2008 Dr. Paul Shapiro: 2,348 grafts (FUT) 2009 ~ 1,999 grafts (FUT) 2011 ~ 300 grafts (Scar Reduction) 2013 Dr. Konior: 771 grafts (FUT) 2015 ~ 558 grafts (FUT) 2017 ~ 1,124 grafts (FUE) 2020 My Hair Transplant Journey with Shapiro Medical Group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member irishsailor Posted August 12, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted August 12, 2015 They had to take a few takes as Dr bloxham was too busy posing for the camera:D Good vid though, change in the late months was amazing Hair Transplant Dr Feller Oct 2011 Hair Transplant Dr Lorenzo June 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member lileli Posted August 12, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted August 12, 2015 Excellent video. thank you for the info. It is an important point that not everyone at 6 months will be a hair transplant model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Blake Bloxham Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Irish, I was trying to nail "Blue Steel." What do you think? Did I pull it off?? ; ) Dr. Blake Bloxham is recommended by the Hair Transplant Network. Hair restoration physician - Feller and Bloxham Hair Transplantation Previously "Future_HT_Doc" or "Blake_Bloxham" - forum co-moderator and editorial assistant for the Hair Transplant Network, Hair Restoration Network, Hair Loss Q&A blog, and Hair Loss Learning Center. Click here to read my previous answers to hair loss and hair restoration questions, editorials, commentaries, and educational articles. Now practicing hair transplant surgery with Coalition hair restoration physician Dr Alan Feller at our New York practice: Feller and Bloxham Hair Transplantation. Please note: my advice does not constitute as medical advice. All medical questions and concerns should be addressed by a personal physician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member fortune11 Posted August 13, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted August 13, 2015 Nice one Blake. In fact my first HT from over 10 years ago continued to show growth as far out as 3 years from the date of surgery . Please keep such videos coming . --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FUT #1, ~ 1600 grafts hairline (Ron Shapiro 2004) FUT #2 ~ 2000 grafts frontal third (Ziering 2011) FUT #3 ~ 1900 grafts midscalp (Ron Shapiro early 2015) FUE ~ 1500 grafts frontal third, side scalp, FUT scar repair --300 beard, 1200 scalp (Ron Shapiro, late 2016) http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/185663-recent-fue-dr-ron-shapiro-prior-fut-patient.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Blake Bloxham Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Fortune, Will do! People seem to really like the videos and clearly -- as evidenced by the "blooper reel" -- we like making them. If they help or educate a few people in the process too, that's a win-win! Thanks for watching. Dr. Blake Bloxham is recommended by the Hair Transplant Network. Hair restoration physician - Feller and Bloxham Hair Transplantation Previously "Future_HT_Doc" or "Blake_Bloxham" - forum co-moderator and editorial assistant for the Hair Transplant Network, Hair Restoration Network, Hair Loss Q&A blog, and Hair Loss Learning Center. Click here to read my previous answers to hair loss and hair restoration questions, editorials, commentaries, and educational articles. Now practicing hair transplant surgery with Coalition hair restoration physician Dr Alan Feller at our New York practice: Feller and Bloxham Hair Transplantation. Please note: my advice does not constitute as medical advice. All medical questions and concerns should be addressed by a personal physician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Mick50 Posted August 13, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted August 13, 2015 Great video so many guys including myself expect miracles at the 7-8 month mark encouraging to see how things can improve up the the 18 month mark and beyond thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Alan Feller Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 Great video so many guys including myself expect miracles at the 7-8 month mark encouraging to see how things can improve up the the 18 month mark and beyond thanks again Thank you Mick. Everyone one must realize that every person is different. We can perform the same exact surgery on 5 different patients with the same staff, in the same room, with the same type instruments, in the same time and yet get five very different levels of results. Some patients will grow earlier than others. Some patients may grow later than others. Some patients may not grow as well as others due to the tolerance of the grafts to the mechanical trauma of the procedure itself no matter how well and carefully it is performed. Hair Transplantation is all about the odds and doing whatever you can to massage them in your favor. This is why I favor FUT over FUE every time. The trauma exerted on the graft by FUE is orders of magnitude greater than it is for FUT and thus the odds are lowered by the choice of FUE. But the choice of clinic for your FUT is also crucial. If you go to one with less experience and a lower online track record your odds drop again compared to the more established clinics. And to be sure, there are HUGE variations from FUT clinic to FUT clinic. Same can be said for FUE clinics as well. For example, for the FUT clinic, is HT all they do? Does the staff of technicians work full-time exclusively for that clinic. Are they actually a team? Are "Traveling Technicians" used? And so on. This site has been stuck on FUE for so long it seems to have lost its way as a tool to discriminate between clinics of any kind, FUT or FUE. For now it's just those int he FUE camp chanting "FUE FOREVER" while those in the FUT camp are just disengaging from the site altogether or just contributing the bare minimum. Here, the false impression is that all FUE practitioners walk in lock-step. They do not, and the differences between these clinics should be made transparent by the clinics themselves so the participants and members of this site can make their own evaluations. Likewise, the differences between the ability of one person to grow faster or slower than another should also be made transparent and discussed and evaluated as to how much of the differences of success or failure between patients is due to patient physiology or perhaps shortcomings on the part of the procedure used or even the clinic that performed it. Let's point this site back in the direction of analysis and transparency rather than FUE camp vs. everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Mikey1970 Posted August 14, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted August 14, 2015 For what it is worth, my surgeon, Dr George Kerry says exactly the same as Dr Feller. The words are almost in complete unison. FUT/Strip wins in the reliability stakes everytime.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Mick50 Posted August 14, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted August 14, 2015 Actually if you do a bit of online research you will read that a lot of the top Docs agree with Dr Feller but he is is the only one speaking out about it, of course the cynics will say he is doing out of self interest but of course he's going to defend his business practice and philosophy especially if he feels patients are not been given the whole picture, my view of Dr Feller is he just seems to asking for a level playing ground then people can make their own mind up with all the facts on the table Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Blake Bloxham Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Mick, You nailed it! Give the patients the facts and true informed consent. Dr. Blake Bloxham is recommended by the Hair Transplant Network. Hair restoration physician - Feller and Bloxham Hair Transplantation Previously "Future_HT_Doc" or "Blake_Bloxham" - forum co-moderator and editorial assistant for the Hair Transplant Network, Hair Restoration Network, Hair Loss Q&A blog, and Hair Loss Learning Center. Click here to read my previous answers to hair loss and hair restoration questions, editorials, commentaries, and educational articles. Now practicing hair transplant surgery with Coalition hair restoration physician Dr Alan Feller at our New York practice: Feller and Bloxham Hair Transplantation. Please note: my advice does not constitute as medical advice. All medical questions and concerns should be addressed by a personal physician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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