Regular Member trigger50 Posted January 17, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted January 17, 2010 Just returned home after receiving 1023 fue grafts with dr feller. My story so far- gradual mpb since 18, receding at top and temples. Started looking into ht about 2 years ago. Discovered this forum and excellent results from fue. I'm currently 28 and a norwood 3a. I taking a extremely conservative approach and my goal was to thicken the frontal forelock. I was initially scheduled for 1200 however on the morning of the ht doc said 1000 would be plenty. My payment for the procedure had still not went through on the morning of the op, my wire transfer had failed and I had to transfer the funds across to credit card and wait for them to clear. Dr feller could have easily sent me packing known that I could jump on a plane never to return. The willingness of dr feller to procede known this is further testament to the reason he does this in the first place- to change peoples lives for the better and to put a smile back on their faces. If anybody thinks money is his primary objective you are very much mistaking. We drew in the hairline and I recieved the first injections about 8.45am. Next dr feller and technicians removed the grafts. Then dr feller numbed recipient site and made incisions for grafts, the technicians then placed the grafts and I was finished at 1.30 pm after recieving 1023. Got 23 free ones by the way. The primary reason I chose dr feller and travelled from Europe is knowing that after I walked out the door having recieved a hair transplant and regardless if for whatever reason my result may not be satisfacory my conscience will be clear. I will know that I went to the best fue doctor in the world and I will not look back with regrets and say " I wish this" and " I would have done this ". I would rather sleep well at night knowing I made an excellent choice in choosing dr feller. As we have all seen from the forum the repair work that has been done due to the poor work of other doctors. Bottom line - research, research, research and more research. If you pay peanuts for a hairtransplant there's no doubt there is a monkey on the end of the scalpel! Hopefully the doc will post pics! We drew in the hairline and got going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member JimJohnson Posted January 17, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted January 17, 2010 Congrats, hope you get the result you are looking for! How much was the total cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member trigger50 Posted January 17, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted January 17, 2010 $10 a graft- $10,000 23 free ones when considering a hair transplant, I did not let money be a deciding factor in which doctor I would choose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member notjustyet Posted January 18, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted January 18, 2010 The techs are just as important as most docs with the way HT are done. Also the Doctor had you by the legal balls.. it would have been easy to get a judgment. congrats, 23 free hairs. Looking forward to seeing your pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill - Seemiller Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Also the Doctor had you by the legal balls.. it would have been easy to get a judgment. notjustyet, Please explain the above statement? Honestly, it just looks like you are attempting to rain on this patient's parade for whatever reason. I'm awaiting your explanation. Trigger50, Congratulations on selecting an excellent physician to perform your hair transplant. I hope you or Dr. Feller will share some photos with us. Best wishes, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Blake Bloxham Posted January 18, 2010 Senior Member Share Posted January 18, 2010 I agree with Bill ... If the patient was from out of the country, he could have easily left without any repercussions. I think Dr Feller was just being trusting and putting the patient first. "Doc" Blake Bloxham - formerly "Future_HT_Doc" Forum Co-Moderator and Editorial Assistant for the Hair Transplant Network, the Hair Loss Learning Center, the Hair Loss Q&A Blog, and the Hair Restoration Forum All opinions are my own and my advice does not constitute as medical advice. All medical questions and concerns should be addressed by a personal physician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member trigger50 Posted January 21, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted January 21, 2010 I am now nearing 6 days post-op. Healing is going well. thanks to Spex for posting the pics and keeping in touch. Donor area is still slightly red. Recipient area is still red and slightly tender. All scabs are gone! If anyone has any special tricks in reducing post op redness besides witch hazel would be great to know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK Syd Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 All the best for the healing and the growing out, Trigger50. You've certainly gone to one of the very top surgeons. I have a question however. I'm sure I read one or two posts from Dr. Feller previously where he stated how tiring it gets extracting and implanting more than 500 grafts by FUE in one session. Is this one of the biggest FUE sessions he has done and how did he manage it? Regards, Syd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member trigger50 Posted January 23, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted January 23, 2010 Thanks uk syd. From my research I felt dr feller was the best for fue for me personally dr feller said I was ideal candidate for fue, nearly 100% extraction rate! Thegrafts were literally popping out! If you a do a search on thus site for feller fue it will give you plenty of examples. He has done 1200 and 1500 fue sessions as well I do believe. Dr feller will always do what is best for the patient and remove the appropiate number of grafts safely. My surgery taking under just over 4 hours from start to finish!I was an easy fue candidate though. If your physiology is not suited to fue then it may take a whole day just to remove 700 grafts. Do a search of dr feller on this site or get in touch with spex and he will put you in the picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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