Dr Zioga - anyone been to her?

[jimbobby]

So I've been debating about a hair transplant for quite some time, and visited quite a few doctors including Dr. Reddy.   I was most impressed with Dr. Zioga and was just ready to go ahead.  But I've just found this site today, and she is barely mentioned and not in the recommended list - although reading the small print the recommended list appears to be sponsored by the surgeons.  Please let me know if you have any experience

thanks in advance

[Portugal25]

@jimbobby the only option in the UK is Dr. Reddy but you have doctors getting better results at a lower price outside of the UK.

Look into Dr. Bruno Ferreira (2.5€/graft) in Portugal and Dr. Ximena Villa (2.5€/graft) in Madrid.
They both worked with the icon Dr. Lorenzo so they have the same technique which is DHI the only difference being that Dr Bruno does 1 patient per day and Dr. Ximena does 2 patients per day.

You can check Dr. Ximena dozens of great results at the Spanish forum recuperartupelo.

Dr. Bruno is still working at Dr. Lorenzo clinic so he’s not promoting his own clinic in Porto where he charges half the price of Lorenzo’s clinic (2.5€/graft instead of 5€) but you do have 1 result thread here at HRN from  @Rolandas

It will be difficult for you to find doctors with this highly skilled technique and experience charging this price.

If you have extensive hairloss you should consider FUT and request a diagnosis  to Feriduni and Hattingen who are the best in Europe for FUT (they also do FUE) but more expensive than Ximena and Bruno.

If you are on a budget and don’t mind a flight to India then Dr. Arika at Eugenix (1.8€/graft w/tax) is getting great results and they are known as the best for FUE mega sessions. 

Wish you all the best with your research. 

Edited April 24, 2020 by Portugal25

[jimbobby]

Thank you.  I'll check them out.  I don't want to go to India, but Portugal is fine,  I'll research them.  I had only researched the UK and Ireland options and had started with HRBR as they seemed to have alot of celebrity clients.  Then it seemed that Dr Reddy and Dr Zioga were the main two that do DHI/mFue which is what got my attention.  I believe they both used to work at the same clinic. 

[Portugal25]

@jimbobby even though Reddy is the most recommend surgeon for someone dead set on doing a HT in the UK the consensus here at HRN is to avoid the UK all together because the best option (Dr. Reddy) is over priced and cheaper surgeons like Ximena, Ferreira or even Eugenix are getting equal or better results.

Edited April 25, 2020 by Portugal25

[Craig2412]

On 4/24/2020 at 10:55 PM, jimbobby said:

So I've been debating about a hair transplant for quite some time, and visited quite a few doctors including Dr. Reddy.   I was most impressed with Dr. Zioga and was just ready to go ahead.  But I've just found this site today, and she is barely mentioned and not in the recommended list - although reading the small print the recommended list appears to be sponsored by the surgeons.  Please let me know if you have any experience

thanks in advance

This won’t help you much but I had a consultation with Dr Zioga in London in 2016 and she said I wasn’t ready for a transplant even though my hairline had receded quite a lot and was thinning throughout most of the top. So I totally respected her honesty and they wasn’t just trying to take my money. I ended up going abroad in 2019 at the age of 32 for a transplant. 
This forum is a great source of knowledge and information and has lots of real patient reviews by various doctors.

Edited April 26, 2020 by Craig2412

[Melvin- Admin]

Dr. Reddy is an excellent choice. Money comes and goes, but you only have one donor supply. Look up Mike Thurston on YouTube and life of steve. Both of them got excellent results. I would definitely recommend him.

[LloydChristmas]

I’ve also had a consultation with Dr Zioga and was impressed. Similar to @Craig2412 I went to her back in 2017 and she said I wasn’t a suitable candidate and advised Rogaine and supplements etc., so she is not just chasing the cash. It is odd that there are no results on the forums, though this could equally be that results are generally good so people just go on with their lives and don’t post. 

I see the automatic recommendation for Dr Reddy but that isn’t helpful without explaining why he is better than Dr Zioga. 

Surely someone here has either had a procedure with Dr Zioga or knows someone who has? 

[jimbobby]

20 hours ago, LloydChristmas said:

I’ve also had a consultation with Dr Zioga and was impressed. Similar to @Craig2412 I went to her back in 2017 and she said I wasn’t a suitable candidate and advised Rogaine and supplements etc., so she is not just chasing the cash. It is odd that there are no results on the forums, though this could equally be that results are generally good so people just go on with their lives and don’t post. 

I see the automatic recommendation for Dr Reddy but that isn’t helpful without explaining why he is better than Dr Zioga. 

Surely someone here has either had a procedure with Dr Zioga or knows someone who has? 

I ended up going with her.  You are probably right in that once done if no problem then people just get on with their life and don't post.  I did it one month ago and haven't visited any hair loss site since then.   I just got an alert about the post to this thread on email, hence my reply.

I find Dr.Zioga excellent, reassuring and very professional.   The procedure takes a long time but is very low pain.  You do need to follow the post procedures so make sure you read these before doing the procedure.  They are easy to follow but may impact your lifestyle, for example you have to spray your hair every 30 minutes for the first week etc.   The donor areas also look a bit bruised, so I would say while you could go back to work the next day, if you have one week off it will be alot  easier, and you can get away with telling everyone you just had a marine haircut!

As for results.  It's too early to say.  I have a significant amount of small hair in the areas that were completely hairless.  The donor areas have all healed and now looks normal.  I did the unshaven technique, but the donor areas still get shaved to a 0.  I am optimistic and quite excited how it will turn out.  Feel free to post or PM if you have any questions.  Or ask me again in a few months when I can better rate the results.

 

[Melvin- Admin]

On 8/2/2020 at 2:12 AM, jimbobby said:

I ended up going with her.  You are probably right in that once done if no problem then people just get on with their life and don't post.  I did it one month ago and haven't visited any hair loss site since then.   I just got an alert about the post to this thread on email, hence my reply.

I find Dr.Zioga excellent, reassuring and very professional.   The procedure takes a long time but is very low pain.  You do need to follow the post procedures so make sure you read these before doing the procedure.  They are easy to follow but may impact your lifestyle, for example you have to spray your hair every 30 minutes for the first week etc.   The donor areas also look a bit bruised, so I would say while you could go back to work the next day, if you have one week off it will be alot  easier, and you can get away with telling everyone you just had a marine haircut!

As for results.  It's too early to say.  I have a significant amount of small hair in the areas that were completely hairless.  The donor areas have all healed and now looks normal.  I did the unshaven technique, but the donor areas still get shaved to a 0.  I am optimistic and quite excited how it will turn out.  Feel free to post or PM if you have any questions.  Or ask me again in a few months when I can better rate the results.

 

Never heard of this doctor, but you should start a thread, I’d love to follow your progress.

[vechain42]

Any update @jimbobby

[jimbobby]

15 minutes ago, vechain42 said:

Any update @jimbobby

It's 10 weeks now.  I have alot more hair than I did.  The bald area was completely clean befoe the procedure, now there's lots of hair there but not thick at all.    So at this point it's taken me back a few years, but still looks balding.   I am told it takes 6-12 months to see the full results.  I have some hope as I was told that you often lose the transplanted hair and then it grows back stronger, although to me it just seems there's not enough there.  I think Melvin had 3, and I may be tempted to do another later, as the procedure was painless and the post-care wasn't too bad.  It seems it's not the magic I was hoping for.

[vechain42]

Thanks for the update and keep us all posted. I am no expert but I don't think that you can judge the density at this stage albeit appearing that there's not enough hairs there. Out of interest how many grafts/hairs did you have implanted and what are you on the Norwood scale? And do you think that enough grafts have been transplanted or do you feel you may have been better off paying for surgery in Turkey or elsewhere where you'll get a lot more grafts for your money?

 

[jimbobby]

I did 6,000 hairs, unshaven technique.  I guess I was a Norwood 5V.

I was fortunate that money wasn't a consideration.  I had tried PRP before, and this was the last throw of the dice!

I'm very happy I didn't go to Turkey.  The post care for one week, you can't drink, you can't go out in the sun, you can't wear a baseball cap so theres no relaxing by the pool!  It also doesn't look very pleasant so I wouldn't want to be surrounded by others with the same ugly scalp!

The first 6 days I had to spray saline solution on the hair every 20 minutes.  You can't sleep on your hair so you sleep with a cushion under your neck.  I was much happier to be in the comfort of my own home and bed.

Dr.Zioga requested morning and night photos showing the area dry and wet, and gave good feedback every day for 4 weeks after procedure.  Pre procedure she was also very thorough and insisted on blood tests and an ecg beforehand.  She also wants follow up appointments after a couple of months, which I would not have been able to do if I got it done in Turkey

[vechain42]

I hope that this throw of the dice pays off for you! 

I hear you on the Turkey front, it's not ideal having to go abroad to undergo a procedure and perhaps better suited to those on a budget. At least you are getting good post-procedure care from your Dr. 

[vechain42]

How are things progressing @jimbobby?

[jimbobby]

All going well.

There's alot of hair growing there. It's still what I'd describe as thin, but there was no hair at all previously. I am going grey though at the back and sides and so alot of transplanted hair is also grey. Plus due to more hair I can also use a toppik if I want to which would have been impossible before.

I don't really have any way to judge it, but would say the whole procedure was quite straightforward, and I would do it again. In fact reading around alot of the super looking transplants have often been 3 times.   Previously I had tried 4 sessions of PRP because I wanted to try to avoid the post care, but it was far more painful and didn't work at all.

[Melvin- Admin]

On 2/14/2021 at 1:30 AM, jimbobby said:

All going well.

There's alot of hair growing there. It's still what I'd describe as thin, but there was no hair at all previously. I am going grey though at the back and sides and so alot of transplanted hair is also grey. Plus due to more hair I can also use a toppik if I want to which would have been impossible before.

I don't really have any way to judge it, but would say the whole procedure was quite straightforward, and I would do it again. In fact reading around alot of the super looking transplants have often been 3 times.   Previously I had tried 4 sessions of PRP because I wanted to try to avoid the post care, but it was far more painful and didn't work at all.

Can you start a thread with pictures?