Best Hair Transplant Doctor in NY/NJ ?

[Melvin- Admin]

Visit Dr. Feller. He's in the Long Island town of Great Neck, not NYC. He's a cut above and a class act. Thousands of patient results and he puts out current photos all the time.

 

It's Feller and Bloxham, there is no choice in the matter, you will be worked on by both no matter what, so it's incorrect to mention only Feller.

[mrkellymac10]

Did she tell you that you would meet with Dr Feller or just Dr Bloxham?

 

What makes you ask this question? I called and spoke to the office to set up an appointment for a consultation. I spoke to the front desk and made a time.I don't care who I get for the consultation as long as its a doctor and not a salesman and I was told they don't even have any. If I get one or the other doctor I assume its because the other is working or has the day off. Who cares. Why do you care? I know you don't want anyone to go to NY doctors but I'm not interested in going to Canada and I have no interest in your doctor. Dr. Feller has a great reputation and great results and I feel comfortable with him so far. If my consultation goes off well then I will have my procedure with him. Im very much looking forward to it and from what I have read so far my experience with him will be much different than the one I had and a lot better.

 

You are beginning to remind me of the marketers for my first doctor who said whatever they had to to sway me to him which included doctor bashing. This happens in my business to and it shouldn't be done because it brings everybody down. I'll come back and post on what happens.

[esrec]

What makes you ask this question? I called and spoke to the office to set up an appointment for a consultation. I spoke to the front desk and made a time.I don't care who I get for the consultation as long as its a doctor and not a salesman and I was told they don't even have any. If I get one or the other doctor I assume its because the other is working or has the day off. Who cares. Why do you care? I know you don't want anyone to go to NY doctors but I'm not interested in going to Canada and I have no interest in your doctor. Dr. Feller has a great reputation and great results and I feel comfortable with him so far. If my consultation goes off well then I will have my procedure with him. Im very much looking forward to it and from what I have read so far my experience with him will be much different than the one I had and a lot better.

 

You are beginning to remind me of the marketers for my first doctor who said whatever they had to to sway me to him which included doctor bashing. This happens in my business to and it shouldn't be done because it brings everybody down. I'll come back and post on what happens.

 

Perfect example of someone that does not want help even when they ask for it.

[Melvin- Admin]

This thread is very odd, OP asks for surgeons in the NJ/NY area almost instantly decided upon Feller, and almost instantly begins praising his office in this thread and commenting on several others, Dr. Wesley is a great physician I don't think he was even acknowledged. Should change the title to "why I chose Feller and Bloxham"

[esrec]

This thread is very odd, OP asks for surgeons in the NJ/NY area almost instantly decided upon Feller, and almost instantly begins praising his office in this thread and commenting on several others, Dr. Wesley is a great physician I don't think he was even acknowledged. Should change the title to "why I chose Feller and Bloxham"

 

Exactly. I referenced Wesley early on-skipped right over.

[mav23100gunther]

What makes you ask this question? I called and spoke to the office to set up an appointment for a consultation. I spoke to the front desk and made a time.I don't care who I get for the consultation as long as its a doctor and not a salesman and I was told they don't even have any. If I get one or the other doctor I assume its because the other is working or has the day off. Who cares. Why do you care? I know you don't want anyone to go to NY doctors but I'm not interested in going to Canada and I have no interest in your doctor. Dr. Feller has a great reputation and great results and I feel comfortable with him so far. If my consultation goes off well then I will have my procedure with him. Im very much looking forward to it and from what I have read so far my experience with him will be much different than the one I had and a lot better.

 

You are beginning to remind me of the marketers for my first doctor who said whatever they had to to sway me to him which included doctor bashing. This happens in my business to and it shouldn't be done because it brings everybody down. I'll come back and post on what happens.

 

Looks like HairJo posting as one of his aliases Bill was talking about?

 

Seeing you know better than everyone, not sure why you even bothered asking your initial question seeking advice. Good luck nether the less, although you comment about not caring which Doctor you get shows your ignorance and shows you have not done nearly enough research.

[mrkellymac10]

Perfect example of someone that does not want help even when they ask for it.

 

Esrec, it's not that I don't take help when its offered, but the help I asked for has not been offered. Instead I am being pushed by pushy people. A few have helped though. I asked for recommendations in NY and NJ. I'm moving to NJ and nobody even suggested a doctor there. And most of the people on here just bash the NY doctors. Yes I read about Dr Wesley and am not impressed by him or his photo gallery. I like Dr. Feller because he has been in business for much longer, has many more patient photos and patient references online. There are thousands of posts about Dr. Feller and all of them good. There aren't nearly as many for Dr. Wesley. I googled both doctors and Feller's search result came up with endless pages all good. Dr. Wesley and the other NY doctors came up much less and little of what did come up had to do with their actual transplant results. Feller had many more. So Dr. Feller makes the most sense of them all. Do a google search and see for yourself.

 

I read your own posting in another topic that you were worried about your growth with the Shapiro clinic. It brought back bad memories for me because I went through that myself 10 years ago. I was convinced to travel by marketers to get my transplant but when I was worried about growth like you are now I couldn't just drive and visit my doctor. So I'm not going to make that same mistake now for this one. That's why I want a local doctor. Maybe if you had gone to a local doctor you would not be stressing out like you did on your other posting. I saw that the Shapiro clinic sent on a representative to make you feel better, but that would not be enough for me, I would want to go and visit the doctor if I have a worry. So going local makes more sense. I also think that if I am local the clinic will give me a bit more effort because they know I can just come back anytime. How much concern can a clinic far away have if they know you live far away and can't just come in if you have a problem. Not much. And even if they are concerned, what can they do from so far away? Not much at all. Except send a representative online to say everything is going to be ok. How do they know without seeing you? I don't want to deprive myself of being able to get care when I need it within a reasonable drive time.

 

So I get a very bad feeling when people come on here to push me to a doctor far away because that sales technique was used on me and it didn't work out very well at all. Since there is nobody with a reputation and gallery as good as Dr. Feller's in New Jersey and New York I am so far picking him. But that decision will have to wait until after I meet with him or Dr. Bloxham. There is no one or two miracle doctor. I think there are many good doctors of equal ability and talent so when I read that someone keeps pushing their doctor claiming they are a miracle worker and bashes just about everyone else all I see is a salesman.

[home1212]

I dont think anyone on this forum would be "pushing" you one way or another, but just providing their advice based on experience. At least that's what this forum is supposed to be about. If you want to stay local, you can't go wrong with Dr. Feller. I've also consulted with him, met him and think he's a passionate, experienced and top notch surgeon in his field. Best of luck.

[mrkellymac10]

Looks like HairJo posting as one of his aliases Bill was talking about?

 

Seeing you know better than everyone, not sure why you even bothered asking your initial question seeking advice. Good luck nether the less, although you comment about not caring which Doctor you get shows your ignorance and shows you have not done nearly enough research.

 

What happened? Not such a caring guy now? I don't agree with you or buy into your pushy and obvious sales pitch for your doctor and I'm ignorant? It must be great to be all knowing like you. I asked for help with NY NJ doctors and instead you bash all NY doctors and try to push me to your doctor in Canada. I'm not interested and you get all upset and show your real colors. I checked out your doctor and I'm not interested. He is way over market oriented You need to change your sales pitch bro. And I am nobody else but myself. But you I'm not so sure about.

[Melvin- Admin]

Esrec, it's not that I don't take help when its offered, but the help I asked for has not been offered. Instead I am being pushed by pushy people. A few have helped though. I asked for recommendations in NY and NJ. I'm moving to NJ and nobody even suggested a doctor there. And most of the people on here just bash the NY doctors. Yes I read about Dr Wesley and am not impressed by him or his photo gallery. I like Dr. Feller because he has been in business for much longer, has many more patient photos and patient references online. There are thousands of posts about Dr. Feller and all of them good. There aren't nearly as many for Dr. Wesley. I googled both doctors and Feller's search result came up with endless pages all good. Dr. Wesley and the other NY doctors came up much less and little of what did come up had to do with their actual transplant results. Feller had many more. So Dr. Feller makes the most sense of them all. Do a google search and see for yourself.

 

I read your own posting in another topic that you were worried about your growth with the Shapiro clinic. It brought back bad memories for me because I went through that myself 10 years ago. I was convinced to travel by marketers to get my transplant but when I was worried about growth like you are now I couldn't just drive and visit my doctor. So I'm not going to make that same mistake now for this one. That's why I want a local doctor. Maybe if you had gone to a local doctor you would not be stressing out like you did on your other posting. I saw that the Shapiro clinic sent on a representative to make you feel better, but that would not be enough for me, I would want to go and visit the doctor if I have a worry. So going local makes more sense. I also think that if I am local the clinic will give me a bit more effort because they know I can just come back anytime. How much concern can a clinic far away have if they know you live far away and can't just come in if you have a problem. Not much. And even if they are concerned, what can they do from so far away? Not much at all. Except send a representative online to say everything is going to be ok. How do they know without seeing you? I don't want to deprive myself of being able to get care when I need it within a reasonable drive time.

 

So I get a very bad feeling when people come on here to push me to a doctor far away because that sales technique was used on me and it didn't work out very well at all. Since there is nobody with a reputation and gallery as good as Dr. Feller's in New Jersey and New York I am so far picking him. But that decision will have to wait until after I meet with him or Dr. Bloxham. There is no one or two miracle doctor. I think there are many good doctors of equal ability and talent so when I read that someone keeps pushing their doctor claiming they are a miracle worker and bashes just about everyone else all I see is a salesman.

 

I find this response and this thread highly suspect, why would you ask for opinions when you already thought feller was your best option?

 

Your logic makes no sense I went to a surgeon who's not local I love my results, plenty of other members fly to have surgery and have wonderful results, distance has absolutely nothing to do with the actual work/result.

 

It seems to me this was a thread made solely to praise feller, first response was from a suspect account, then instantly your decision was made, I had my doubts in the beginning but this response along with the fact that you don't care which Doctor performs your procedure raises red flags to me. One doctor has a proven track record with 20+ years experience, the other Doctor graduated medical school a year and half ago and doesn't have matured results yet. Not saying Dr. Bloxham is bad he's a lovely guy but I think anyone would prefer to have a doctor with more experience.

 

Good luck either way but you should really re-title this thread to " Feller and Bloxham the best surgeon in NY in my opinion"

[mrkellymac10]

I dont think anyone on this forum would be "pushing" you one way or another, but just providing their advice based on experience. At least that's what this forum is supposed to be about. If you want to stay local, you can't go wrong with Dr. Feller. I've also consulted with him, met him and think he's a passionate, experienced and top notch surgeon in his field. Best of luck.

 

Thanks home1212. That really helps. I'll meet with him or Dr. Bloxham and see for myself but I think so far you may be right and I'm looking forward to finally addressing this hairline once and for all time. I'll post my visit on here.

[esrec]

Esrec, it's not that I don't take help when its offered, but the help I asked for has not been offered. Instead I am being pushed by pushy people. A few have helped though. I asked for recommendations in NY and NJ. I'm moving to NJ and nobody even suggested a doctor there. And most of the people on here just bash the NY doctors. Yes I read about Dr Wesley and am not impressed by him or his photo gallery. I like Dr. Feller because he has been in business for much longer, has many more patient photos and patient references online. There are thousands of posts about Dr. Feller and all of them good. There aren't nearly as many for Dr. Wesley. I googled both doctors and Feller's search result came up with endless pages all good. Dr. Wesley and the other NY doctors came up much less and little of what did come up had to do with their actual transplant results. Feller had many more. So Dr. Feller makes the most sense of them all. Do a google search and see for yourself.

 

I read your own posting in another topic that you were worried about your growth with the Shapiro clinic. It brought back bad memories for me because I went through that myself 10 years ago. I was convinced to travel by marketers to get my transplant but when I was worried about growth like you are now I couldn't just drive and visit my doctor. So I'm not going to make that same mistake now for this one. That's why I want a local doctor. Maybe if you had gone to a local doctor you would not be stressing out like you did on your other posting. I saw that the Shapiro clinic sent on a representative to make you feel better, but that would not be enough for me, I would want to go and visit the doctor if I have a worry. So going local makes more sense. I also think that if I am local the clinic will give me a bit more effort because they know I can just come back anytime. How much concern can a clinic far away have if they know you live far away and can't just come in if you have a problem. Not much. And even if they are concerned, what can they do from so far away? Not much at all. Except send a representative online to say everything is going to be ok. How do they know without seeing you? I don't want to deprive myself of being able to get care when I need it within a reasonable drive time.

 

So I get a very bad feeling when people come on here to push me to a doctor far away because that sales technique was used on me and it didn't work out very well at all. Since there is nobody with a reputation and gallery as good as Dr. Feller's in New Jersey and New York I am so far picking him. But that decision will have to wait until after I meet with him or Dr. Bloxham. There is no one or two miracle doctor. I think there are many good doctors of equal ability and talent so when I read that someone keeps pushing their doctor claiming they are a miracle worker and bashes just about everyone else all I see is a salesman.

 

Please don't twist the words of my own post-op review. I stated I have a long way to go, which I do at 4.5 months. I don't appreciate that move man.

 

Honestly, I can't help you because you don't actually want to be helped. You're not seeking our feedback, but our confirmation. That's unfortuate. You've also chosen several times to ingore the fact that Dr. Feller is now Feller and Bloxham. Hopefully you come to understand how critical this change is. I implore you to dig deeper.

[mav23100gunther]

What happened? Not such a caring guy now? I don't agree with you or buy into your pushy and obvious sales pitch for your doctor and I'm ignorant? It must be great to be all knowing like you. I asked for help with NY NJ doctors and instead you bash all NY doctors and try to push me to your doctor in Canada. I'm not interested and you get all upset and show your real colors. I checked out your doctor and I'm not interested. He is way over market oriented You need to change your sales pitch bro. And I am nobody else but myself. But you I'm not so sure about.

 

You've got a terrible attitude bro, especially towards people trying to give you advice. Advice which you asked for. If you go back and reread my posts, you will see that my advice was to expand your search out of state, and I threw out a few names (unlike others who only ever throw out one name like HairJo does). If you don't want to listen to the advice, then don't, but no need to be rude about it. In addition, I have not bashed all NY NJ doctors, just stating my opinion that there may be some better options elsewhere. I'm actually a fan of Dr Feller and Dr Wesley's work. I had the luxury of consulting with Wesley in person, and thought he was the nicest and most thorough Doctor I met. Like I said, it wasn't Feller's work that was the reason for not consulting with him, it was his bedside manner on this forum, which should be the absolute last reason you eliminate a surgeon, but I did anyway. Got no skin in the game with my surgeon, and don't get any financial compensation at all. If you are accusing me of being a salesperson, then please substantiate your accusation. I'm just trying to help others by providing my own opinion. Like you, I live in the NY/NJ area, so can relate to wanting a clinic local. The reality is that if something goes wrong after 2 months, there really isn't much the clinic can do for you. Sure if you go in, they can inspect your hair, but I guarantee that they will almost always tell you to be patient and wait it out, the exact same advice the clinic will be able to give you if you send them pictures. So although I emphathise with you wanting a local clinic, my own opinion is that it's not as big a deal as you think. Good luck with Dr Bloxam or Dr Feller. Btw, when you got all pissy with me about my question re the consultation, I was genuenly curious as to which Doctor they were assigning you to. You keep mentioning Dr Feller, but as others are pointing out, it's now a Feller and Bloxham team, so was just wondering if you knew which one would be taking your case.

Edited February 19, 2016 by mav23100gunther

[JON86]

I guess we all have our favorite doctors. Have to disagree with your big four. I've done extensive research and can say without doubt that Feller is the best in the United States. I hardly see results from Cooley, Gabel, or SMG. Feller puts out results almost weekly. He's not afraid to put it out there which concerns me about other doctors who hardly put up their work. Konior is good and I put him in the same class with Dr Feller but I would like to see more patients put up by him.

 

Not going to lie I laughed so hard when I read this post I had soda shoot out my nose.

[mrkellymac10]

You've got a terrible attitude bro, especially towards people trying to give you advice. Advice which you asked for. If you go back and reread my posts, you will see that my advice was to expand your search out of state, and I threw out a few names (unlike others who only ever throw out one name like HairJo does). If you don't want to listen to the advice, then don't, but no need to be rude about it. In addition, I have not bashed all NY NJ doctors, just stating my opinion that there may be some better options elsewhere. I'm actually a fan of Dr Feller and Dr Wesley's work. I had the luxury of consulting with Wesley in person, and thought he was the nicest and most thorough Doctor I met. Like I said, it wasn't Feller's work that was the reason for not consulting with him, it was his bedside manner on this forum, which should be the absolute last reason you eliminate a surgeon, but I did anyway. Got no skin in the game with my surgeon, and don't get any financial compensation at all. If you are accusing me of being a salesperson, then please substantiate your accusation. I'm just trying to help others by providing my own opinion. Like you, I live in the NY/NJ area, so can relate to wanting a clinic local. The reality is that if something goes wrong after 2 months, there really isn't much the clinic can do for you. Sure if you go in, they can inspect your hair, but I guarantee that they will almost always tell you to be patient and wait it out, the exact same advice the clinic will be able to give you if you send them pictures. So although I emphathise with you wanting a local clinic, my own opinion is that it's not as big a deal as you think. Good luck with Dr Bloxam or Dr Feller. Btw, when you got all pissy with me about my question re the consultation, I was genuenly curious as to which Doctor they were assigning you to. You keep mentioning Dr Feller, but as others are pointing out, it's now a Feller and Bloxham team, so was just wondering if you knew which one would be taking your case.

 

Sorry, I didn't mean to upset you. I just thought you were saying I wasn't real. I do appreciate the advice I'm just not agreeing with you. We can do that without a fight can't we?

 

It seems like there are a few people on this sight that always come down on Dr. Feller and that seems like a set up to me. I'm not saying that you are doing this but I can see what is going on here. Do these people think we are stupid?

 

I think travel for an HT is a mistake. I did this and do not recommend it. Ten years ago a person may have to travel far, but not now with so many good hair doctors around. I also don't believe in the miracle doctor idea. There is no one doctor that is so great and above everyone else. I have check out many of the galleries on here and many doctors are putting out incredible results. So I don't see what you need to travel, or travel far for a good doctor. I traveled and got a bad one. I see in another section of the sight that you are talking about travel for hair transplant. I will just go on there.

[bunsenburner]

Mrkellymac:

 

Was your previous procedure FUE or FUT? I did not see this information before. Which are you considering now?

[HairJo]

travel is great for some and some people do have to travel because they don't have good HT doctors everywhere so in that case you would have to travel. I just know I couldn't do it no way I'd have to be home and comfortable in my own bed I guess I'm a wimp I applaud people who can do it.

[esrec]

One of the most difficult aspects of this process is getting out of your own way. So many of us come here looking for confirmation versus feedback. I think its important to challenge your beliefs even while you advocate for them.

 

Whatever decision you make, try your best to step outside your comfort zone-whether that means taking a flight for a consult, or simply speaking with more doctors than you intitially intended. You'lll be thankful you did.

[HairJo]

Thanks for your advise it's always good to face your fears I usually do it in baby steps though.

[mrkellymac10]

Mrkellymac:

 

Was your previous procedure FUE or FUT? I did not see this information before. Which are you considering now?

 

It was a strip procedure. FUT. I am looking to get an FUT. I don't want the FUE because they are for people with great donor areas and I don't have that at all. I also have the scar from the surgery I had years ago. The scar was the best thing about my transplant so I'm guessing I still have some good hairs around it. I'll listen to what the doctor suggests but I just want my hairline back or just a more natural hairline. I will report what happens on here. I am getting very excited to address this problem. For the passed ten years I really did not want to deal with it but now things have changed and there are more good doctors out there who do good work. I am so thankful for this sight.

 

Which hair transplant will you be getting if I might ask?

[YouOnlyLiveOnce]

Along with the other, I agree 100% against limiting yourself to local doctors. I didn't read through the whole thread, so I don't know how you chose your previous doc. I wouldn't let that bad experience dictate your decision making moving forward, though. There's a wide variety of very skilled surgeons ALL over the world. I suggested doing research on top docs and do an online consultations with all of them, just to get a feel and see how their opinions vary. I traveled to Canada and had great results by one of the doctors others have suggested in this thread. Also, If you had a bad experience in the past, I can't understand why you'd be so set on feller, who has a first year doctor with no real track record who could up doing your procedure. Blake has been great around this place and I'm sure he'll be a great surgeon in time ( might even be already ), but IMO hair transplantation is not a skill that's developed overnight. As for Feller- He's clearly at the top when it comes to doctors. I personally would never use him though. He's too aggressive, especially when it comes to patients that aren't completely satisfied with results and express it in the forums. Too many melt downs where he's attacked patience.

[napavalley]

I agree not to limit your chose because of travel, but make sure you have a great dermatologist in your area in case you need him or her. I travel 2,000 miles for HT not knowing that I had active frontal hairline LLP and lost every graft in the right temple area about 650 grafts in the 8th month. If I had known, I would have lived in the office of best dermatologist in my area, but it happened so fast. I'm now in a holding pattern and working with my dermotologist to calm the scalp. It's so disappointing to see the grafts vanish and having another HT is risky but I'm sure I'll be back but I'll be more prepared this time. When you travel make sure you work with your dermotologist. Let them know what your doing and make sure they are willing to be aggressive on treatments if something happens.

[HairJo]

Sorry to hear about that Napavalley you gave great advise and I hope your problem clears up and you can get another procedure . Best of luck.

[mrkellymac10]

I agree not to limit your chose because of travel, but make sure you have a great dermatologist in your area in case you need him or her. I travel 2,000 miles for HT not knowing that I had active frontal hairline LLP and lost every graft in the right temple area about 650 grafts in the 8th month. If I had known, I would have lived in the office of best dermatologist in my area, but it happened so fast. I'm now in a holding pattern and working with my dermotologist to calm the scalp. It's so disappointing to see the grafts vanish and having another HT is risky but I'm sure I'll be back but I'll be more prepared this time. When you travel make sure you work with your dermotologist. Let them know what your doing and make sure they are willing to be aggressive on treatments if something happens.

 

This is what I was trying to say Napavalley. You traveled and spent so much money and then ran into a problem for which you could not visit your hair doctor. Instead you had to visit a skin doctor in your area to get treated. Wouldn't it have been easier and safer just to have the procedure done in your area? Your story as sad as it is supports my position that travel is not a good idea. And didn't your hair transplant doctor know about your skin condition? By the way what is your skin condition I don't know what LLP is. Does it just pop up? Did you tell your hair doctor about it? I hope you can get treatment and your hair can grow back.

[esrec]

Where are you located in the Midwest? Not trying to convince you to travel--I'm not sure there's anything that can be said to change your mind.

 

But, if you're a quick flight or drive away from Minneapolis or Chicago you'd be crazy not to consult with SMG or Konior. At minimum, to get 2nd and 3rd opinions and confirm your decision to choose an NYC surgeon. It's just a wealth of knowledge at your disposal.