hi guyz its azza here,

just letting you know that im booked for a 2nd trip to canada to have a touch up procedure with dr rahal.

the focus would be to strenthen the existing hairline and make it somewhat more denser and shouldnt be no more than 1500 grafts.

in my opinion, once this turns out well, it should be good enough to last 5-6 years (hopefully) before i look into getting the crown done.

wish me luck az!

Azza,

Your hair already looks incredible in my opinion with no additional work currently needed. However, we all have different hair restoration goals. I know Dr. Rahal will do another terrific job for you.

Keep us posted.

Best wishes,

Falc

thanks falc for the compliment but me wanting another procedure is nothing to do with the so called 'hair greed' but rather to touch up on what needs being touched up.

as i mentioned, this will be a minor op focusing on a particular area to increase density a little.

thanks

Good luck to u bro,

i hope for u that all will go well and perhaps he is doing more than 1500 grafts.

NW5a

Good luck to you. I know how frustrated you must be.
Dr Rahal is a good surgeon so hopefully things will turn out better this time.

sorry, i have to disagree with falc on this one. azza i would not have been happy with the density from that 1st ht and would definitely want to thicken up with a second ht. while ht #1 improved your situation by framing your face i don't think it gave you the illusion of density at all. i would try for more than 1500 grafts if possible and perhaps spread some of them towards the crown. best of luck with your procedure.

I thought the same thing you probably did when you read Falcs post.
Maybe he made a mistake or didnt want Azza to feel bad ,but I would hate any newbie to think this is an incredible result.
I know the top 5 thing is kind of silly but after hearing Dr Rahal is charging him ANYTHING for this next procedure shows me hes all about the money. Thats terrible aftercare!!
Dr Rahal has been replaced with Dr Alexander in my fav 5.
He gets an A for greed a B for his past work a D for his compassion and an big fat F for accountability.

I don't consider the HT some great failure, and you are a bit of a tricky case, but it certaintly seems like additional work is needed....especially for your age, which is a huge factor that should always be held in account for your gameplan of past, present, and future.

I was under the impression that Rahal was going to do this "touch up" totally on the house, though... I guess not.....

EDIT -- also, and most importantly, what did Rahal end up saying about you and the HT he peformed when he had a chance to closely examine your case?

PGP, don't be too quick to judge. just to clarify, that azza is not being charged for the touch up surgery.
we have been in constant contact with azza and we are taking care of him as we would with any other patient that needs our attention.

adrian, i don't hold any disdain for dr. rahal and feel like he's doing quality work, but i do think this is not one such example. also, a touch up, imo, would be a few hundred grafts to perhaps fill-in a thin spot.

I apologize everyone....

I got Azza confused with another patient which I believe was MP96, who now has a nice and thick natural looking hairline with no signs of loss. I just went to find his blog to link to it, but it looks like he deactivated it for some reason.

I should have double checked his blog before posting.

That said, i do agree that Azza could benefit from more hair density, though I wouldn't call his last hair transplant a failure by any means.

I look forward to following your results yet again Azza. You will be in great hands with Dr. Rahal.

Best wishes,

Falc

guyz,

please do not jump to conclusions before knowing facts.

this is to anyone who is concerned about this and especially PGP-- dr rahal IS NOT charging me ANYTHING for this procedure!

the reason why we are going for 1500 grafts is so that we can leave as much as possible for future surgerys when needed. remember im young lmao!

you must remember that we were going conservative and for my area, 3600 grafts were not many, the main emphasis was on the hairline area which did not turn out as expected..i think falc can support me on this one...the touch up is being down because the hairline could do with some more density...dr rahal has fully been imformed about this matter by myself hence this touch up decision.

hope this makes things clearer

Sorry Azza and Adrian I remember reading on another site that you mentioned you talked to him and he gave you the qoute,and I misinterpreted it as money not an estimate of grafts.
Im ONLY on here for us guys . Im not on here for ANY doctors including my own.
The reason I picked SMG is because of the all around outstanding clinic they have, not just great the results
From start to finish ,and even a 18 months later they are still firstclass, and there for me
Never once put me on the backburner. They have went way beyond the call of duty and I want that for every guy no matter who the doctor is.
I apologize and this tells me ALOT about your clinic.
Thanks for making things clear.
This is how the great clinics handle things because there are thousands of doctors and one particular doctor on here that would rather make excuses then just say come in for free we will fix you up

azza, what did dr. rahal attribute the poor density to?

PGP- glad you understand now. we do live in the world of doctors to whom their pockets are far more important than their patients. but fortunately there are those that care.

hairthere- i guess more than anything, the yield was not up to scratch. and also combining this with possibilites of shock loss and native hair that were due to fall out ccan be explanations. once i see him face 2 face in november, things will become much much clearer.

good luck man.I'm glad you're following up and i hope you'll be happy. You did your research and went with one of the best docs. You deserve a great result!

You look great now. Best of luck on next procedure. Make sure you are not using up too much of your donor for potential future natural loss 10=20yrs from now.
Best of luck.

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Azza,

Best of luck. I hope things turn out well for you. It looks like it may have come in thicker in the temples than in the front center area. Is that right?

the temples were not touched so i guess its just natural

Looks like people ought to get the correct information before jumping to wrong conclusions.Dr Rahal has produced some quality work time and time again, this imo was a dissapointing result but the fact that Dr Rahal is putting it right with 1500 grafts goes a long way to say what decent person he is.

All the best with it azza.