I have only recently been thinking about a hair transplant and not too sure on what i really need so wanted to get some advice and i found a few links through google to here. I have quite a lot of loss i think you would call it a norton 5 and the hair which is hanging on in the crown is very thin unfortunately.


I am looking into hair transplant and just really started and just booked a consultation with the Regency Crown Clinic who i saw in the back of the News of the World paper on Sunday. Their web site is here www.regencycrown.com.
I see they offer scalp reductions though http://www.regencycrown.com/surgical.htm Is this not classed as a very old technique as i am now a bit worried as to what is what as seen some horrible pictures in the internet?

Also i see on there the same picture here http://www.regencycrown.com/gallery3.htm as on the Farjo page that i found through search engine http://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com/Consult-a-Physician/Doctors.asp?DrID=626

My main enquiry here is that the Regency Crown Clinic has the same office address and picture seen above as the Farjo clinic in Manchester.

http://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com/Consult-a-Physician/Doctors.asp?DrID=626
http://www.regencycrown.com/gallery3.htm

The addresses are the same also.

http://www.farjo.net/contact.asp
http://www.regencycrown.com/what.htm


Regency Crown and Farjo have the same address and i was going to get a consultation lined up with Farjo clinic as well so now i am very confused can anyone help as i see they get mentioned here.

Are these clinics all the same, Regency Crown and Farjo,as they have the same pictures and same office addresses? Any information will help as i am very confused already. Does the same doctor perform surgery for all these clinics?

Even more confusing is i just found the same picture on the Hospital Groups web site.
http://www.thehospitalgroup.org/hairGallery.aspx

Thanks in advance.

When I was first looking into getting a HT I rang up Regency Crown for a consultation. When I went for the consultation it was actually Farjo and Mick Mchugh that gave me the consultation. I thought it was a bit strange at the time too

Do your research carefully, there's nothing worse then ending up on a T.V. reality show about surgeries gone bad!

Hi there
I will clarify for you.
Regency crown is owned by the Drs Farjo and are the same.
As for the Hospital group they are a totally seperate company and you should do more research before considering them as imo they are very poor.

You need to do a lot more research before deciding on a HT if you are a good candidate.

You can also do online consults on here with a variety of good doctors.

Hope this helps and good luck

Farjo are NOTHING to do with the Hospital Group. I do not know the relationship between Farjo and Regency Crown but it does appear they are the same. That picture gets used a great deal on many UK clinics web sites for some reason. I think everyone had a go on him at some stage and they all think its good work. The picture of Greg is 10 + years old though so i don't know why its still used so regularly as i would have thought all the UK clinics that use it would have much better pictures to show of solely their own CURRENT work..

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I see they offer scalp reductions though http://www.regencycrown.com/surgical.htm Is this not classed as a very old technique as i am now a bit worried as to what is what as seen some horrible pictures in the internet?

Scalp reductions are VERY VERY old school - AVOID!!

Research , research , research!!!

Dear forum members,

I have emailed Mick about this forum thread to give a more detailed reply however, he is away until next week. I trust that he will post a reply with more information when he returns.

Thanks for asking,

Falc

Thanks for the reply. So you went to Regency Crown for a consultation and it was done by Mick Mchugh, is he a doctor for Regency Crown then? I see he is a doctor for Farjo from reading several posts here.


It does make a bit more sense but still confused why they would own both companies but they are basically the same. Very confusing to me. Nothing seems straight forward with hair transplants from my reading so far. Really got me anxious now.


I see Farjo are recommended here though in the coalation. Are Regency Crown recommended in the coalation as well as i couldn't see them. Is Mick Mchugh a doctor that performs the surgery if he is doing the consultations?



Can anyone recommend anyone else in the UK also?

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Originally posted by confusedhair:

Can anyone recommend anyone else in the UK also?

Is this place close to where you stay?

Farjo Medical Centre - Manchester
Arthur House, Chorlton Street
Manchester
United Kingdom M1 3FH
0870 7555 495


Also, doesn't Feller come through the UK for consults. He's in NY but I've heard he has a sattelite office or something there. Take a trip if you're not too comfortable with the UK. You could go to Vegas, Arizona, North Carolina, New York, Virginia, or Canada and get a world-class transplant.

With a traveling deal from the doc, you would probably be about even on the cost plus get a little R&R....

confused hair,

I've been in touch with Dr. Bessam Farjo who plans on posting a reply to this thread in the very near future.

I believe this will answer all your questions including the history of Regency Crown and their affiliation.

Stay tuned,

Falc

Hello every one, I’m Dr Bessam Farjo and Mick has asked me to put a response on this thread because he is away this week. I am using Mick’s alias because I don’t have one.

There is no mystery. It’s a long story but I will try and give you a brief history. I can imagine that it might confuse some which is why I am elaborating below perhaps a bit more than necessary.

Regency Crown was first established in 1978 as a business that basically hired doctors to do the work. Several years ago, they approached Farjo to discuss business matters. The reason they did that was because they noticed that both them and Farjo had surgeries in London and Manchester (Regency also had Dublin) where the business was exclusively hair transplantation. The idea was to save money on overheads. As a matter of fact around this time a few other well known clinics of that time approached Farjo to discuss common ground and surgery work.

A few years ago, we (Farjo) actually bought out Regency Crown and now fully own it. The logic was that Regency was a well established company with a large database of patients for surgery and hair loss treatments. This was also the time when Farjo had stopped advertising in the press. It was hoped that Regency staff and doctors would get updated by Farjo on training in latest techniques etc and promote follicular units, microscopes etc.

What happened was that we, the doctors, found it firstly difficult to dedicate sufficient time for this project as opposed to performing surgery under the Farjo banner, and secondly our instinct was to provide all patients with the then ultimate standards. As a result we ended up doing more and more of the surgery themselves. Now all the previous Regency staff and doctors are gone and all patients Regency or Farjo are treated the same and by the same team

Because of how busy we are, Regency’s advertising has been wound down drastically to a level that simply keeps the name alive. After all it’s been around for 30 years. As a result it is a relatively small part of our business. Whether the whole situation will change in the future it remains to be seen.

The Regency website has not been updated for a while. There is a brief description of scalp reductions because Regency offered this in the past by other doctors when we took over. I agree it is now considered an old technique and certainly we don’t recommend it for straight forward pattern hair loss. However, sometimes we see loss due to injuries, burns, accidents, etc where transplantation is not sufficient or appropriate. In these cases other techniques may be considered.

I believe Mick has explained about ‘Greg’ before who also appears on the Hospital Group website. Greg had surgery from Farjo in 1996-1998 I believe. He then acted as a model for us and when Regency Crown came on board as above, Greg was the ideal person to manage its London office and introduce prospective patients to the principles of hair restoration. After a while he left and joined the Hospital Group (then known as the Wellesbourne). They claim they did some minor hairline work to justify how they can claim his result as theirs. We did complain to them at the time but a long time ago we decided it was not worth our while to pursue it further. As someone mentioned in this thread the work represents 10 year old surgery anyway and we have moved on as you can see on our Farjo website. We still show his photos to make a point.

One more thing and this is to confusedhair.
Mick is not a doctor and does not claim to be. He acts as a patient advisor for us. If you like he mediates between prospective patient and doctor e.g. telephone and email enquiries. Although you would meet him at consultation, all medical and surgical recommendations and decisions are done by one of the doctors.
best wishes, Dr Farjo

Hi confusedhair,
You certainly do seem to be confused which is understandable with the wealth of information to take on board.
However if you are going to have consults you could check out Dr Rogers in the UK as well.

If you are limited for whatever reasons to travelling long distances you could always get the Eurostar to Belgium and get some consults there.

Whatever you decide make sure you do plenty of research and try to meet patients of whichever doctor you choose.

Hope this helps and good luck.

Dr. Farjo,

Thank you for your detailed post on this subject. Providing a detailed account of the history to present as you did clearly answers many questions.

Oh and confusedhair, since Chucky mentioned Dr. Rogers, I wanted to offer my input.

It does appear that Dr. Rogers in the UK may be doing quality work today (we would need more evidence to make this an absolute statement) however, upon last inspection (see Pat's visit to Dr. Roger's clinic here), microscopes were not being used to dissect the follicular unit grafts from the strip. As a result, at the time, he could not be recommended on the Hair Transplant Network. See our high level of recommendation standards by clicking here. However, from discussion only, it does appear that he has started to adopt to using microscopes for dissection of the grafts.

In the coming months, I hope to be able to talk with Dr. Rogers to see how his work has evolved over the last year.

I'm not discouraging you from consulting with him, only pointing out why he is not currently recommended here.

Best wishes,

Falc

Hi confusedhair

How are you getting on with your research.

I trust all the confusion re the clinics you mentioned is now clearer to you.
Have you had any consults yet.

Cheers Chucky

I appreciate all the replies and have done a great deal of reading since i first found this forum. It has been very helpful i must say. I am going to hold off and continue reading for a while as that seems to be the general advice. I need to learn more before i have any consultations as i didn't realise there was so much information here.

confusedhair,

I agree that taking your time to research your options is highly viable.

Good luck with your continued research and let us know if we can help you further.

Falc