UK Recommendations

[Phillis_x]

Hi All,

I went and had some consultations back in November 2022 and decided as I hadn’t started medication to wait. Pics are then and now, I had a lot of improvement on meds so glad I waited.

I think it’s time to go forward with the surgery, looking for recommendations on which UK surgeons to have consultations with as I’m not sure how thoroughly I researched back then and any new developments.

I was on 1mg finasteride oral however I dropped to 0.5mg due to side effects and for the last 9 months I’ve been taking 2.5mg minoxidil oral as I wasn’t using the topical frequently enough and was concerned about my cats being harmed by it.

I saw Maitland Clinic, Dr Raghu Reddy, Surgery Group UK, Harley Street Hair Clinic, Wimpole Clinic and Dr Bisagna.

I didn’t like the vibe I got from Maitland or Dr Bisagna. 

I’ve heard mixed reviews on Surgery Group UK.

I can’t find any info about Harley Street Clinic.

I’m leaning on Reddy or Wimpole however I’m not sure if Reddy will be in my price range.

 

Would love some opinions and advice as I’m a bit overwhelmed.

[jjalay]

Dr manni mittal is another option you should consider in the uk. With dr reddy and dr ball these are the best options in the uk i think.

[SuperHans]

I'll second Dr Mani Mittal. If I recall there are only 3 IAHRS approved members in the UK.

Dr Mani, Dr Ball (Maitland) and a Dr Ted Miln, who seems promising but relatively unheard of, I have my eye on those, Dr Mani does seem to have the best results. Dr Ball is a little conservative but very natural looking and Dr Ted has some good stuff on his Instagram, but very little in the way of impartial feedback, so far - though I believe he has worked in Harley Street and HQ in Cardiff. 

Dr Reddy and Dr Farjo also seem on point in the UK. 

Out of interest, what was it about Maitland that turned you off? I had a consultation with them (David Anderson) back in 2020, I decided to wait it out but they seemed to be a slick, professional outfit.

[Phillis_x]

10 minutes ago, SuperHans said:

I'll second Dr Mani Mittal. If I recall there are only 3 IAHRS approved members in the UK.

Dr Mani, Dr Ball (Maitland) and a Dr Ted Miln, who seems promising but relatively unheard of, I have my eye on those, Dr Mani does seem to have the best results. Dr Ball is a little conservative but very natural looking and Dr Ted has some good stuff on his Instagram, but very little in the way of impartial feedback, so far - though I believe he has worked in Harley Street and HQ in Cardiff. 

Dr Reddy and Dr Farjo also seem on point in the UK. 

Out of interest, what was it about Maitland that turned you off? I had a consultation with them (David Anderson) back in 2020, I decided to wait it out but they seemed to be a slick, professional outfit.

I’ve emailed and booked a consultation with Mittal.

When I was looking into transplants in 2022 I contacted Dr Farjo and the team never answered my email or my follow up emails so I’m hesitant to give them my business.

I found Maitland to be very dismissive and didn’t seem to want anything to do with me regardless of the fact I live less than 30mins from the clinic so on paper they would be ideal.

Dr Bisagna’s team really put me off by how impolite and unprofessional his secretary was including accusing me of not filling out the forms or having paid a deposit the night before my appointment despite the fact I’d done it all weeks beforehand. I was also concerned with how they cut some of my hair at the consultation in a visible place when none of the other Dr’s had done so, they also left me walking around central London with marker pen all over my forehead as they didn’t bother cleaning it up after demonstrating. I also felt a bit out of place as all of the people waiting for consultations were crammed into a hotel lobby and I was the only one with non-afro hair so I’m not sure if I’m outside of his specialism.

Dr Reddy was great though other than not having a secretary or anyone working in the clinic so myself and another person arrived for our consultation and had to wait around at a locked door for him to arrive from outside without anyone checking us in or telling us where to wait.

[SuperHans]

That's disappointing to hear that the most convenient clinic was dismissive of you, I'd definitely consider giving them a second bite of the cherry if things don't work out with Dr Mani - yhe person you spoke with might have been having a bad day! 

That's odd that they cut your hair in the Dr Bisanga consultation, I would not worry about not being his specialism, I think that might have just been those in attendance that day - his results speak for themselves. Would the surgery have been in London or Belgium? If you're willing to travel there are some wicked surgeons I've seen on this site in Spain and Portugal, though I'd let others comment on them as I've only come across them since (recently) joining the site. 

Also... Should have mentioned in my original reply but medication has done you wonders! If I'd have responded that well I'm not sure I'd be in the market for a transplant! 

 

 

[Silent123]

Hey man, if considering the UK, I’d stick with the IAHRS registered surgeons only which are Ed Ball, Manni Mittal and Ted Miln. All great and proven surgeons. 

[Phillis_x]

22 minutes ago, SuperHans said:

That's disappointing to hear that the most convenient clinic was dismissive of you, I'd definitely consider giving them a second bite of the cherry if things don't work out with Dr Mani - yhe person you spoke with might have been having a bad day! 

That's odd that they cut your hair in the Dr Bisanga consultation, I would not worry about not being his specialism, I think that might have just been those in attendance that day - his results speak for themselves. Would the surgery have been in London or Belgium? If you're willing to travel there are some wicked surgeons I've seen on this site in Spain and Portugal, though I'd let others comment on them as I've only come across them since (recently) joining the site. 

Also... Should have mentioned in my original reply but medication has done you wonders! If I'd have responded that well I'm not sure I'd be in the market for a transplant! 

 

 

Thanks, maybe I’ll give them another chance.

I definitely wouldn’t give Dr Bisagna another chance though, very put off by my experience. It was in London at a hotel but I was prepared to travel to Belgium.

I would consider western Europe as I regularly drive around Europe so would be a good excuse for a week away.

Thanks for your help! My main concern with the medication is that it’s doing wonders for my midsection and crown but the hairline hasn’t had any improvement just more thicker hairs where there were already some hairs, I’m basically looking to just restore my hairline to an appropriate level for someone in their early 30s and then fill in the gaps between that and the midsection.

[Phillis_x]

12 minutes ago, Silent123 said:

Hey man, if considering the UK, I’d stick with the IAHRS registered surgeons only which are Ed Ball, Manni Mittal and Ted Miln. All great and proven surgeons. 

Thanks, I’ll definitely look into them and give Maitland a second chance.

I have seen some good work on reddit and a bit on here from Dr Dayah and am currently leaning towards him.

[SuperHans]

1 hour ago, Phillis_x said:

Thanks, maybe I’ll give them another chance.

I definitely wouldn’t give Dr Bisagna another chance though, very put off by my experience. It was in London at a hotel but I was prepared to travel to Belgium.

I would consider western Europe as I regularly drive around Europe so would be a good excuse for a week away.

Thanks for your help! My main concern with the medication is that it’s doing wonders for my midsection and crown but the hairline hasn’t had any improvement just more thicker hairs where there were already some hairs, I’m basically looking to just restore my hairline to an appropriate level for someone in their early 30s and then fill in the gaps between that and the midsection.

No problem mate.

Completely understand what you mean about the hairline, not knocking yours, just saying it is always the most difficult to bring back from the dead because it's usually the first to go and by the time most get on meds it's unrecoverable without surgery.

I think you'll be in good hands with Dr Mani. Not heard anything positive or negative about Wimpole, just been Googling them and if they're anywhere near as good as their website tells us they are, they could be decent. I'd check the others in their top 15 out before them though, as someone previously said - those 3 approved by the IAHRS (Mittal, Ball, Miln) are probably the best we have in the UK.

Good luck! 

Edited February 7 by SuperHans

[Lenzman]

On 2/7/2024 at 5:12 PM, SuperHans said:

No problem mate.

Completely understand what you mean about the hairline, not knocking yours, just saying it is always the most difficult to bring back from the dead because it's usually the first to go and by the time most get on meds it's unrecoverable without surgery.

I think you'll be in good hands with Dr Mani. Not heard anything positive or negative about Wimpole, just been Googling them and if they're anywhere near as good as their website tells us they are, they could be decent. I'd check the others in their top 15 out before them though, as someone previously said - those 3 approved by the IAHRS (Mittal, Ball, Miln) are probably the best we have in the UK.

Good luck! 

Why are there not more UK surgeons in the IAHRS? I see there’s only the 3 above who have made it in. Is it a very selective process vs the other organisations? 

[SuperHans]

On 2/9/2024 at 7:35 AM, Lenzman said:

Why are there not more UK surgeons in the IAHRS? I see there’s only the 3 above who have made it in. Is it a very selective process vs the other organisations? 

It does appear to be very selective: 

 

Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than me can say exactly why as I believe there are a small number of other UK based surgeons that have very good results and are not on there, Dr Farjo, Dr Tam and Dr Reddy for example. 

I've only just started my research journey but IAHRS seems to hold more recognition over other societies.

Someone, please correct me if I am wrong. 

Edited February 11 by Melvin- Admin
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[ScottishGuy21]

On 2/10/2024 at 3:27 AM, SuperHans said:

It does appear to be very selective: 

 

Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than me can say exactly why as I believe there are a small number of other UK based surgeons that have very good results and are not on there, Dr Farjo, Dr Tam and Dr Reddy for example. 

I've only just started my research journey but IAHRS seems to hold more recognition over other societies.

Someone, please correct me if I am wrong. 

Lists can he useful but I wouldn’t let them be your final deciding factor. That should always be your own eyes (this is where research of cases is key) and the feel you get from a surgeon. As above plenty don’t appear on these lists who are world class operators.

For example on the IAHRS website there’s 1 surgeon from Spain and none from Portugal. It’s an open secret those regions are blessed with some of the best surgeons in the world.

[Melvin- Admin]

On 2/6/2024 at 1:22 PM, Phillis_x said:

Hi All,

I went and had some consultations back in November 2022 and decided as I hadn’t started medication to wait. Pics are then and now, I had a lot of improvement on meds so glad I waited.

I think it’s time to go forward with the surgery, looking for recommendations on which UK surgeons to have consultations with as I’m not sure how thoroughly I researched back then and any new developments.

I was on 1mg finasteride oral however I dropped to 0.5mg due to side effects and for the last 9 months I’ve been taking 2.5mg minoxidil oral as I wasn’t using the topical frequently enough and was concerned about my cats being harmed by it.

I saw Maitland Clinic, Dr Raghu Reddy, Surgery Group UK, Harley Street Hair Clinic, Wimpole Clinic and Dr Bisagna.

I didn’t like the vibe I got from Maitland or Dr Bisagna. 

I’ve heard mixed reviews on Surgery Group UK.

I can’t find any info about Harley Street Clinic.

I’m leaning on Reddy or Wimpole however I’m not sure if Reddy will be in my price range.

 

Would love some opinions and advice as I’m a bit overwhelmed.

This is a good reason why you should start medication between surgery. You saved yourself thousands of dollars. 
 

Here’s our full list of recommendations:

https://hairtransplantnetwork.com/best-hair-transplant-surgeons

[Britanium]

The list was created to advertise certain Dr's that are willing to pay the fees. Don't listen to any one person or totally trust any list, regardless of who's saying it. 

Same for the recommendations here, it's a guide and not a exhaustive list of the only Drs that should be considered. 

Sure they can all be used to gather information, but there are plenty of sub par Dr's on every single one of those Abbreviatied lists, yes even here on this forum. And plenty of the elite that are not. 

As always it's actual patient results that matter, and those that can actually be seen! Do you're own dillegince on who's doing the best work here in the UK, trawl as many results as you can find for each Dr. 

Edited February 10 by Britanium

[Melvin- Admin]

I agree with what has been said, lists are not definitive. Patients must to do their due diligence and research carefully. 

We have curated a list of surgeons that have been approved by our community. That said, there are excellent surgeons that aren’t on the list, so just because a surgeon isn’t on the list doesn’t mean they’re bad. 

We do our very best to scout the best surgeons, and keep the best surgeons based on all of the knowledge we’ve acquired over 20+years. It’s always better to listen to patients and their experiences, rather than focus solely on a list. 

[Berba11]

I'm slightly surprised to hear you say that Dr Ball & David Anderson at Maitland were "dismissive". I've had a consultation with them myself and I found them to be thorough and not at all pushy. In fact Dr Ball openly recommended at I seek additional consultations and there was not a hint of trying to get me in the chair. If anything, they were more keen that I pursue other avenues first to address problem areas and not at all keen to have me part with my money in haste. I appreciated that a lot. I can't speak to your experience, but I do wonder if what you interpreted as dismissiveness could simply have been a reluctance to push you down the surgical route?

[RTC]

On 2/6/2024 at 9:22 PM, Phillis_x said:

Hi All,

I went and had some consultations back in November 2022 and decided as I hadn’t started medication to wait. Pics are then and now, I had a lot of improvement on meds so glad I waited.

I think it’s time to go forward with the surgery, looking for recommendations on which UK surgeons to have consultations with as I’m not sure how thoroughly I researched back then and any new developments.

I was on 1mg finasteride oral however I dropped to 0.5mg due to side effects and for the last 9 months I’ve been taking 2.5mg minoxidil oral as I wasn’t using the topical frequently enough and was concerned about my cats being harmed by it.

I saw Maitland Clinic, Dr Raghu Reddy, Surgery Group UK, Harley Street Hair Clinic, Wimpole Clinic and Dr Bisagna.

I didn’t like the vibe I got from Maitland or Dr Bisagna. 

I’ve heard mixed reviews on Surgery Group UK.

I can’t find any info about Harley Street Clinic.

I’m leaning on Reddy or Wimpole however I’m not sure if Reddy will be in my price range.

 

Would love some opinions and advice as I’m a bit overwhelmed.

What was the issue with Maitland Clinic out of interest?

Edit: seems you answered above already.

They are very non-salesy - perhaps that is what you may have deemed as dismissive as someone else suggested

Edited February 11 by RTC

[HairFunk]

Dr Edward Ball, Dr Bessam Farjo, Dr Ted Miln and Dr Manni Mittal are doing some of the best work in the UK presently. Great surgeons. 

[Lenzman]

On 2/12/2024 at 4:09 PM, HairFunk said:

Dr Edward Ball, Dr Bessam Farjo, Dr Ted Miln and Dr Manni Mittal are doing some of the best work in the UK presently. Great surgeons. 

I had a good look into all these surgeons and they all look to be top of their game. Dr Ted Miln especially having gone through his Instagram channel and results. 

[Marko7t4]

Dr Ball did Jimmy Carr’s transplant, which looks really natural. 

[Phillis_x]

I had a telephone consultation for Mittal and got completely put off by the salesman, his patter was straight out of an East End pub. Loads of nonsense “how often do you drink”, “I don’t”, “not good enough, we need to pump those numbers up!”, “what about cigs?”, “I quit last year”, “why on earth would you do that, my Dr said I’d die from shock if I quit smoking - I’m on a 20/20/10 diet, 10 coffees a day, 20 beers a day and 20 fags a day”.

Then he started going on about how his mates say he’s like Ricky Gervais and started to practice his comedy routine on me.

It was truly a bizzare experience, I felt like I was on some sort of prank call show.

 

I’m off to Harley Street tomorrow for consultations with Wimpole and HSHC. I’m unlikely to go with HSHC as I can’t find anything about their surgeon Dr Vida. Dr Dayah from Wimpole looks promising though!

I had a telephone call with Dr Moussa and he seemed very professional if a bit conservative with with number of grafts, his experience as a neurosurgeon was reassuring though.

[Phillis_x]

On 2/16/2024 at 11:59 PM, Lenzman said:

I had a good look into all these surgeons and they all look to be top of their game. Dr Ted Miln especially having gone through his Instagram channel and results. 

I’ve not seen Miln before, will DM him.

[Phillis_x]

On 2/11/2024 at 11:44 PM, RTC said:

What was the issue with Maitland Clinic out of interest?

Edit: seems you answered above already.

They are very non-salesy - perhaps that is what you may have deemed as dismissive as someone else suggested

Going through my notes from my last consultations back in late 2022 ready for these ones also reminded me I was disappointed in how conservative his approach was. He quoted a maximum of 2000 grafts back in my pre-medication stage in my original post in the red shirt, which was nearly half what I was quoted elsewhere and definitely wouldn’t have left me with much density and a too conservative hairline for early 30s, maybe if I was 10 years older.

[Al - Moderator]

You got a lot of improvement from just using meds. I'm impressed with those results. 

 

[Lenzman]

19 hours ago, Phillis_x said:

I’ve not seen Miln before, will DM him.

Definitely go and consult with him if you’re going Harley Street tomorrow. Let me know what he’s like in person please. I’m thinking of heading over there myself