Recommendation and price in the US?

[Ancelotti2013]

Hi all, I am new to the forum and was wondering based on your experience and what you have heard or seen here, can you guys share what the actual prices (FUT and FUE) are for surgeons here in the US? I just wanted to know if this is something I can afford.

 

Thank you all.

[Spanker]

4 to 8 per graft fue and 4 to 6.5 a graft strip is the normal range. There are some outliers to that.

 

If you cant afford the top range of that, you can't afford a transplant IMO. You should shop based on the surgeon you like and trust, not price per graft.

[aWidowsPeek]

Spanker i have to disagree with "If you cant afford the top range of that, you can't afford a transplant IMO."

 

Price is what kept me from getting a transplant from about 2008-2005. I just didn't have $10,000+ laying around to get my hair fixed. (also i didn't want a strip scar)

 

If i had known i could get my hairline fixed for only $4000 I would have had it done years ago and i wouldn't have had to live with the insecurities of a receding hairline and giant forehead for so long. My doctor has the cheapest FUE prices I've seen and yet does excellent work. Then again some doctors on here do at best a mediocre job yet they charge a ton of money.

[JON86]

Trying to go cheap is a recipe for disaster. Research as much as you can . Do not trust any one person on a forum ever to make a decision for you. Do your research and come to the decision that feels best.

[Mick50]

Tricky one this ,I've seen some pretty mediocre jobs from the the top [expensive] surgeons and some great work from docs in Turkey like Dr Yaman and Dr Erdogan, yes I include Erdogan because compared to the UK and the USA he's still pretty competitive at 2.5 euros a graft, even taking travelling expenses into account . Price is always going to be a factor for a lot of people in the real world, thank god there are affordable recommended Docs out there.

[Ancelotti2013]

thank you guys for your replies. but who are the best surgeons here in the US and how much do they charge?

[Ancelotti2013]

AWidowsPeek, Wow i saw your videos and your results are amazing. very impressed

[Spanker]

Widows Peak, feel free to disagree. Its just an opinion. My point is that if you have to choose your doc based on price, you could be setting yourself up for failure. The price of the surgeons often come.based on supply and demand. If there is a high demand for a doc, their prices tend to go up. The demand rises with displayed skills, marketing, and happy patients over a period of time that are visible to the public through websites like HTN.

 

Your results look good. I'm not saying that you have to pay that top rate, I'm saying that it is risky to shop with price being the top vetting issue.

 

OP, just search the word TOP in the search function in titles only on this site and you will see a bunch of threads on the subject.

[Ancelotti2013]

4 to 8 per graft fue and 4 to 6.5 a graft strip is the normal range. There are some outliers to that.

 

If you cant afford the top range of that, you can't afford a transplant IMO. You should shop based on the surgeon you like and trust, not price per graft.

Spanker, since you are an online representative for Dr. Konior, can you share his price per graft (FUE/ FUT)?

[iq732]

Widows Peak, feel free to disagree. Its just an opinion. My point is that if you have to choose your doc based on price, you could be setting yourself up for failure. The price of the surgeons often come.based on supply and demand. If there is a high demand for a doc, their prices tend to go up. The demand rises with displayed skills, marketing, and happy patients over a period of time that are visible to the public through websites like HTN.

 

Your results look good. I'm not saying that you have to pay that top rate, I'm saying that it is risky to shop with price being the top vetting issue.

 

OP, just search the word TOP in the search function in titles only on this site and you will see a bunch of threads on the subject.

 

Spank - totally agree with you that this type of decision should not be based primarily on price. Cosmetic surgery, for some of us that care about how we look, should not really factor cost as a decision maker in the process although with the prevalence of HT and the advance techniques it definitely becomes a small part of it. I have had 3 HTs myself and the first 2 (Elliot & True and Bosley) totaling about $25K and then my third with Dr Nader who had a more advanced technique and imo was more artistic about the procedure only cost me less than $5K. I did my research before Dr Nader. I reached out to folks on this forum and actually consulted with a local SF Bay Area Dr that is highly recommended on this forum and for what I received with Dr Nader, I would have had to shell out $16K. $14K for FUT scar repair, hairline definition and density with another $2K for temples. I actually paid him $1K to hold my date of surgery but backed out after I decided with Nader.

 

I personally think there's too many dynamics that can lead to a good HT result vs bad. I've read too many unsatisfied stories with patients coming from the so called "coalition" recommended Dr's. For me it came down to the patients I traded emails with and their results from Dr Nader and the experience I received through the process that would make me recommend him today. The results I'm getting are on par if not better than some of the guys here posting their results with the same number of grafts. I would say do your homework and keep your mind open to it. Not every great HT Dr will reside in Europe or Turkey nor will a HT necessarily cost you <$15K in the US to get one.