FUT of 2144 grafts with Dr. Dorin August 12, 2015 pre-op and post-op

[Borromeo1517]

Hi, everyone. Thanks for reading.

 

 

This post is really overdue. I had an FUT surgery of 2,144 grafts with Dr. Dorin in New York City back in August - on Wednesday, August 12, 2015. I left a post in my blog, but never here, where there is more traffic. Right after surgery, I was swept away by an incredible teaching course load at the local university, where I teach, which prevented me from maintaining contact here. Better late than never with posting my review and experience.

 

 

 

I have been suffering with hair loss in the frontal third of my head since 2008, when I was twenty-four years old. I think you can consider me Norwood 3A. I am one of those people who did not think traveling was necessary in order to get a hair transplant, so I stuck around in Massachusetts, and got two smaller, definitely sub-par transplants.

 

 

 

The first was with Dr. Robert Leonard of Newton Centre. He never revealed the number of grafts, and the results were pluggy and disappointing, as I had "sprinkles" of hair rather than something significant. This doctor had no bedside personality, even raised his voice at me one during the procedure, and frequently made me feel rushed while I was visiting with him.

 

 

 

The second procedure was with Dr. Mark DiStefano of Worcester. While DiStefano is a friendlier and more generous man, the FUE of 1,100 grafts produced barely any yield - and I mean barely - after more than 10 months. The majority of both procedures was entrusted primarily to technicians. After the second procedure, I was emotionally devastated, and have not felt right emotionally for a looong time.

 

 

 

Let my story be an example to all of you thinking about "settling" on a non-coalition doctor: DO NOT DO IT. I repeat: DO NOT DO IT. Do your research (I did not do the proper research), and be prepared to travel, whether that is to Vancouver, Ottawa, New York City, or wherever. Never let distance you back.

 

 

 

New York City is where I went to seek the assistance of Dr. Robert Dorin. After consulting with coalition doctors in the States and in Canada, I decided Dr. Dorin was the one I wanted to entrust with my hair. I was impressed with his published results and his clear knowledge of the latest developments in hair restoration. I felt like I had a good rapport with him on the phone, and definitely did in person. He expected 1,800 to 2,000 grafts would greatly improve the condition of my hairline and behind it. He and his amazing staff removed the old scar left by Dr. Leonard, and were able to extract 2,144 grafts from it! He decided that the best course of action for the multi-grafts hairs moved into the immediate hairline was to camouflage them rather than remove them and place them elsewhere. You can see in the photographs what my hair condition looked like at that point, and what Dr. Dorin did with it. Peter at True and Dorin informed me that they removed the following numbers of grafts:

 

 

786 singles

1,328 doubles

30 threes

 

 

Dr. Dorin and his staff were amazing. Dr. Dorin was intimately involved in pretty much each and every step of the transplant process. He must have spent an hour or so making the 2,000+ incisions; the other doctors took maybe ten minutes at most doing that. He was very careful with the scar, and able to remove most of the old one. He was letting a doctor-in-training shadow him, and I remember how he was explaining to this young man how imperative it was while making the incisions that they be made in certain ways so that the hair could grow just so. Dr. Dorin is clearly an artist and scientist all in one. He struck the perfect balance of friendliness and professionalism. His staff was extra-supportive and caring. I purchased the ATP spray, and used it when I was supposed to. Dr. Dorin and the others urged me to come the morning after the surgery for the scalp cleansing (something great do do post-op), which removed a lot of the bloody guck from the scalp, and readied me for my long bus ride home.

 

I was very impressed with True and Dorin. You can see my photographs. I'll be posting my 4+-month photos ASAP.