Senior Member duchaine Posted January 14, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted January 14, 2020 14 hours ago, Abi28 said: Unfortunate how this turned out, 2700 should have given better results, overall your hair situation is not bad but I still can't understand the reason behind the empty pattern. You should demand an explanation from the clinic, was it a mistake? did they run out of grafts? That should not have happened especially at an experienced clinic like Rahal's. The good thing is that the clinic stands by their work and offered you a free touch, anyways good luck and hope you get this fixed. IMHO, 2700 are too little for that area. He needed 3000-3000 grafts. if the doc decided to use 2700, he should have designed an higher hairline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonelyGraft Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 @John Doe update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member John Doe Posted April 26, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 26, 2020 Things have gotten better over the last 3 months. If I had about 3050-3150 grafts instead of 2740, I would be happy and no more transplant for now. Right now, I have to style my hair certain ways to cover the areas. I spoke to Tara and Dr Rahal around the 9 month mark, provided them the pictures and they agreed the issue needs touched up with 200-300ish grafts and would do it at no charge. I am tentatively scheduled to go in August depending on this coronavirus. I attached pictures I took today, wet and dry in different lighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member ITA Posted April 26, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted April 26, 2020 12 minutes ago, John Doe said: and they agreed the issue needs touched up with 200-300ish grafts and would do it at no charge This is synonymous with correctness and ethics, not all doctors do it, someone, despite their obvious mistake, says that everything is ok for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member hairshopeing Posted April 26, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted April 26, 2020 Good on Rhal for standing by his work but that gap was obvious from day 1 and the Hassel and inconvenience caused shouldn’t have happened I would be honest and up front with him about this and expect as a minimum he pays your flights and accommodation along with a free touch up!! Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member John Doe Posted April 27, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 27, 2020 29 minutes ago, hairshopeing said: Good on Rhal for standing by his work but that gap was obvious from day 1 and the Hassel and inconvenience caused shouldn’t have happened I would be honest and up front with him about this and expect as a minimum he pays your flights and accommodation along with a free touch up!! Good luck I will probably bring up at least the accommodations not being charged when I send my 12 months photos. Right now, I need to spend $200 on new bloodwork and $200 on gas because I’ll be driving there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member home1212 Posted April 27, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted April 27, 2020 1 hour ago, John Doe said: I will probably bring up at least the accommodations not being charged when I send my 12 months photos. Right now, I need to spend $200 on new bloodwork and $200 on gas because I’ll be driving there unless they changed their procedure, I had a 2nd procedure with Rahal just about or over 12 months later and they did not require another round of bloodwork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member John Doe Posted April 28, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 28, 2020 Sarah has been great following up with me... Although my circumstances aren’t ideal, I’d recommend Rahal and go back if I experienced further hair loss years down the road based on how I’ve been treated in the 12 months after this surgery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member ITA Posted April 28, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted April 28, 2020 45 minutes ago, John Doe said: Sarah has been great following up with me... Although my circumstances aren’t ideal, I’d recommend Rahal and go back if I experienced further hair loss years down the road based on how I’ve been treated in the 12 months after this surgery This is also what makes the difference between one clinic / surgeon and another / other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member lovinitl9 Posted April 28, 2020 Regular Member Share Posted April 28, 2020 5 hours ago, Egy said: This is also what makes the difference between one clinic / surgeon and another / other. the difference between one clinic and another is one does it right the first time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member ITA Posted April 28, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted April 28, 2020 2 hours ago, lovinitl9 said: the difference between one clinic and another is one does it right the first time surely, but if something goes wrong (the success of the transplant is not a certain thing), do you know how many clinics / surgeons wash their hands? Most of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosmas Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 On 4/28/2020 at 11:18 AM, John Doe said: Sarah has been great following up with me... Although my circumstances aren’t ideal, I’d recommend Rahal and go back if I experienced further hair loss years down the road based on how I’ve been treated in the 12 months after this surgery Any update on your donor area? Is it still noticeable now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member johnto Posted September 4, 2020 Regular Member Share Posted September 4, 2020 Any updates at all??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonelyGraft Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 1 hour ago, johnto said: Any updates at all??? I wouldn’t hold my breath. Less than optimal Rahal threads usually go silent. I’m not gonna say why I think its that way but let’s just say I have a slight idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Montreal Posted September 13, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted September 13, 2020 it's says Guaranteed Natural-Looking Restoration Guaranteed Growth Or Your Money Back on there website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Montreal Posted September 13, 2020 Senior Member Share Posted September 13, 2020 in that case you take the monney and go finnish the touch up somewhere else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member John Doe Posted February 14, 2021 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 14, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member John Doe Posted February 14, 2021 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 14, 2021 The areas where not enough grafts were placed are an issue, but I'm just waiting on the US-Canada border to reopen to get a touchup. I use toppik regularly and only style my hair certain ways. If I comb it forward, it's easier to conceal and not use as much toppik. If I flip my hair up/back as the second picture, the flaws are very noticeable and it takes a while to style and more toppik is needed to cover up. I find myself wearing hats when I don't want the headache Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member John Doe Posted November 12, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 12, 2022 Well I just finished my touchup procedure…. Clinic took good care of me and everything was covered. Just a little over 600 grafts this time so I’m at about 3400 total in the front. Things look good and I’m hoping no more transplants for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member John Doe Posted November 12, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 12, 2022 (edited) . Edited November 12, 2022 by John Doe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Steady45 Posted January 21, 2023 Regular Member Share Posted January 21, 2023 Keep us updated! Great to see Rahal addressed this. Hopefully this will be your last Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member gaz9318054 Posted March 17, 2023 Senior Member Share Posted March 17, 2023 Can we get an update on this? 🙂 Please direct medical questions to medical professionals. NW3, Dr. Rahal, FUE, 3,000 grafts, Summer 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member OliverAtom Posted March 17, 2023 Senior Member Share Posted March 17, 2023 Awesome to see that Dr. Rahal took care of your touch-up. I am sure you will get a great result. And let's see that donor, if they did a good job extracting, it will be better too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Spring15 Posted March 18, 2023 Senior Member Share Posted March 18, 2023 Rare to see a poor result like this from Rahal, second round should give you nice density Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Balding Bad Posted August 17, 2023 Senior Member Share Posted August 17, 2023 Fascinating thread/journey. @John Doe if you're still around, can we get an update??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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