GregK Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 After a lengthy search, I decided to use Shapiro Medical Group for my FUE procedure. I'm going to keep this short, but wanted to share my experience. I am a surgeon myself, and am quite familiar with what constitutes a great experience when undergoing a procedure. An old question comes to mind which was polled in our local newspaper years ago: If you were to need a surgery and you had the choice of the highest skilled surgeon with a below average bedside manner, or an average skilled surgeon with the best bedside manner, which would you pick? To my surprise, many people chose the surgeon with average skills. 8 days a week and on Saturday and Sunday I would pick the highest skilled surgeon and could care less about bedside manner. When I originally heard this question, my first thought was "Wouldn't it be ideal to have both?" Well, that is exactly the experience I had with Dr. Ron and Dr. Joe, and actually the entire staff at Shapiro Medical Group. Initially, I spoke with Matt (patient care coordinator). Matt answered all of my questions via phone calls and emails. He is extremely knowledgeable, and has worked there for 25 years. By the way, most of the staff has been there for many years as well. Next, I scheduled a phone call with Dr. Ron, who thoroughly answered all of my questions and gave his recommendations. He spent as much time as was necessary, and never felt rushed. My actual procedure was completed over 2 days. On the first day, I met with Dr. Ron and he again answered my questions as well as made his suggestions on how to best proceed. We discussed my hairline and desired results. The rest of the day he made most of the initial incisions. The entire day took around 4 hours in total. On day two, Dr. Joe and staff first did the harvesting of the grafts. For those wondering about the pain level, my experience was extremely comfortable. Injection of the local anesthesia was done with the aid of vibration, which almost completely masks any pain from the injections. If I had to quantify it, I would say 1/10, with a rare 2/10. It was much less than what I though it would be. The grafts were then placed into the existing incisions. Along the way, Dr. Ron was watching the procedure, and he made new incisions as needed. I asked him to make my hairline just slightly lower than what we initially decided. At this time, we decided to not do any work on the crown area but rather to try meds first and see how it goes from there. My procedure was done on a Monday and Tuesday. I ended up staying in Minneapolis from Sunday - Saturday, though there was no need to stay that long. I could have returned on Wednesday. For those of you from out of town, I highly recommend staying at the Four Seasons. It is a brand new hotel (opened last summer). There are many hotels closer to the facility, but this hotel was phenomenal. Many people from the local area stay there as a stay-cation. Whole Foods is directly across the street, and Uber was always accessible in under 10 minutes. The clinic was around 20 min away via Uber. Although expensive, the hotel offered 3 nights for the price of 2. So even though I stayed 6 nights, I only paid for 4. Lastly, please go to Martina restaurant (or have Doordash deliver). Trust me on that one. My experience was excellent from start to finish. Technical skills of the highest level, combined with the best bedside manner make this a world-class clinic worth traveling to from any location. Coming from a fellow surgeon, I cannot speak highly enough of Dr. Ron, Dr. Joe and the entire staff. Cheers 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member BurnieBurns Posted January 25, 2023 Senior Member Share Posted January 25, 2023 Thank you for sharing. The lesson of not judging a surgeon but their level f 'friendliness' can't be stressed enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member HappyMan2021 Posted January 25, 2023 Senior Member Share Posted January 25, 2023 15 hours ago, GregK said: I am a surgeon myself what type of surgery do you do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregK Posted January 25, 2023 Author Share Posted January 25, 2023 I'm an ophthalmologist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Dillpickle123 Posted January 25, 2023 Senior Member Share Posted January 25, 2023 Any pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregK Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 Some pics before and same day or post op day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Dillpickle123 Posted January 26, 2023 Senior Member Share Posted January 26, 2023 Looks great right amount of grafts and great placement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member HairEnthusiast101 Posted January 26, 2023 Senior Member Share Posted January 26, 2023 I will be following. Do you have any donor pics after the procedure. The work up front looks clean and for that amount of grafts…wow! I’m certain it will be a homerun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregK Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 Some pre and post op donor area pics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member HairEnthusiast101 Posted January 26, 2023 Senior Member Share Posted January 26, 2023 12 hours ago, GregK said: Some pre and post op donor area pics Wow. Incredible extractions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member stephcurry30 Posted March 4, 2023 Senior Member Share Posted March 4, 2023 Any update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member needmyhairback Posted March 26, 2023 Regular Member Share Posted March 26, 2023 interested in an update too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member ALittelTeal Posted June 1, 2023 Regular Member Share Posted June 1, 2023 Would love an update! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregK Posted October 18, 2023 Author Share Posted October 18, 2023 Updated pics at 9 months. Extremely happy with the results 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valued Contributor Gatsby Posted October 19, 2023 Valued Contributor Share Posted October 19, 2023 Wow.🤩 Great results @GregK. Thanks for the update! 👌 GATSBY 'UNPLUGGED!' 15,671 (3 surgeries) Grafts FUE+BHT Dr. Sethi Eugenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valued Contributor Steeeve Posted November 5, 2023 Valued Contributor Share Posted November 5, 2023 @GregK incredible for 9 months! Can’t wait to see what 12 months brings!! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregK Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 Pics from June (5 months) and today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Rynomite13 Posted November 7, 2023 Regular Member Share Posted November 7, 2023 Very nice result Greg! Do you have any pics before the procedure at a similar angle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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