Some of you guys should chill out a bit.sorry

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richie

pleasegrowplease you make the most sense. I have not seen jawdropping results from epstein and your reason satisfies me.

dewayne and dekota, are you two the bobsey twins? When ever one shows up, the other is never far behind and you two say the same exact things.

doc epstein may be a nice guy, but there's a reason irish homer went to doc feller after he already had surgery with doc epstein. No playing on words or ganging up is going to let you twist around that reality. And he didn't have to go to feller. he's not the only great doc out there. He could have gone to hasson or wong or either (paul) or (ron) shapiro. No matter which, he chose not to go back to doc epstein and that says alot without saying anything.

Bruceman,

You are entitled to your opinion, but let's keep it real: it's your opinion. Many others obviously disagree with you.

Many patients are enamoured with hair transplant megasessions of over 3000 and even 4000 grafts, and in many cases, rightfully so, but these aren't appropriate for every patient. The majority of Dr. Epstein's displayed work here on the forum is between 2000 and 2500 grafts which certainly isn't going to "wow" anyone who is only "wowed" by larger sessions. Dr. Epstein however, does do larger sessions of over 3000 grafts when appropriate for the patient. He has never been in the practice of posting results on a regular basis and now since Aaron has just come on the scene, hopefully we'll see more of these.

But none of this means that he doesn't perform high quality work. In my opinion, he is consistently producing high growth yields and cosmetically pleasing natural results.

Falc

Bruceman,
I appreaciate your position on docs showing lots of honest pictures. I get it and support it. But please don't make comparisons like the irish homer one. They serve no purpose and only polarize the people on this site, which in the end makes coming on here unpalatable.

Furthermore, your comparison is an invalid one as my work was in addition to Dr. Epstein's prior work and as such benefitted from it. Who knows what my transplant on him would have looked like if he were a virgin head? It might have been exactly the same.

I've read your posts and you seem to be very "show me oriented",but I must say that some of your opinions are bit beyond the pale of the industry's abilities.

Please keep posting and contributing constructively to this community, there are many newbies out there who are not as knowlegdable as you and may become confused by some of your writings. Please try to keep that in mind in the future. You would have my sincere appreciation as would this community.

Thank you,

Dr. Feller

Interesting thread.

I see nothing wrong with anything posted here whatsoever.

It is any doctor or doctor representatives right to use this forum to display their results---- We WANT the results as patients, We clamor for more doctor participation and in order for doctors to do this, most need to hire someone to take care of this for them.

It seems there are those who want more doctor involvement as long as it does not overtly benefit the clinic--- that is not a proper train of thought, especially given the time necessary to maintain an online relationship with the various communities.

Pat is 100% right that clinics who provide world-class results and maintain an online presence continue to have patient after patient mentioning them, whereas other docs who do great work are not.

It is not the clinic who is proactive who should be castigated for this, rather, like Pat said, it should be the clinic who is content to share very little and subsequently never face true criticism who should be called to task.

Additionally, we are very critical of new doctors and their work, which some doctors are unwilling to face--- A good example of how to begin a relationship with this community is Dr. Lindsey-- who has been very involved and open to questions about his work and general questions.

It has been pointed out that Dr. Feller is very active online.....and why not? When you have a good product--a consistent product that is able to provide the transparency necessary to withstand the criticism of laypeople, it is educational AND good business.

On another note: The criticism leveled at Dr. Epstien is unwarranted and not correct. You don't make it very long within the online community without being very good at what you do and making sure you take care of your patients.

There are many results that I see that I say, "Well, the guy could have gotten more grafts," or "Maybe higher density would have served this patient better" --- that can be said about even the greatest doctors from time to time.

What sets the BEST doctors apart is the FINISHED product AND whether the patient is happy with the results.

Helping patients find a great doc is what this site is all about---as long as that is the end result, there should be no problem.

Well said B.

Dear forum members,

The difficulty we face is maintaining a delicate balance between running an open discussion forum and keeping it from becoming strictly promotional. Where should the line be drawn if one should be drawn at all?

On one hand I firmly believe that clinics who get involved online are an asset to this community. I also have no problem with promotion as long as honest results and information is being shared. After all, patients are seeking information and want to see real results.

But is there a point where too much clinical involvement will overrun patient involvement? Do we want a patient driven community or one that is mostly clinic based? How can we maintain a delicate balance between them to be fair both to our recommended clinics and patients?

I have tried to help maintain this balance by asking physicians and clinics to stay clear of "who is best" type threads. Though some agreed with this, others did not. And in the interest of keeping things as open as possible to everyone, I have lifted the rule.

At the same time, in my opinion, it is in poor taste to promote on these types of threads for a number of reasons. One, it may drive doctors to feel that they must compete against one another for patients which can lead to a lack of respect for one another, and two which in my opinion is even worse, the prospective patient is forgotten and lost.

Case in point, what ever happened "kiss" who started this thread? Has he been completely forgotten? I'd love to hear from him as to whether or not this thread has been helpful or harmful to his research.

Generally speaking, I don't think there is a perfect answer to this conundrum. So for now, I encourage doctors and consultants to feel free to post, but do so in the interest of patient education and be respectful to your peers.

Feel free also to add your thoughts on the topic posted by Pat entitled: Getting Leading Physicians Active on this Forum.

Best wishes,

Falc

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Posted by DR Feller .Please keep posting and contributing constructively to this community, there are many newbies out there who are not as knowlegdable as you and may become confused by some of your writings. Please try to keep that in mind in the future. You would have my sincere appreciation as would this community.

The very fact that bruceman is ripping DR.E's work proves that he is not very knowlegable. Anyone w/ any sense at all would relize that he is more conservative than other docs which will not win any prize in the picture catagory. However graft for graft I'd put him up against the best and feel he would hold his own! Im sure that he wouldnt still be a member of the coalition if he had numerous unsatisfied patients. As far as pictures go maybe he doesnt post here as often as we would like to see, but do you really think it's because he's not proud of his work?

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originally posted by B-spot. It has been pointed out that Dr. Feller is very active online.....and why not? When you have a good product--a consistent product that is able to provide the transparency necessary to withstand the criticism of laypeople, it is educational AND good business.

If this is in referance to what I had said a few posts back I would like to make it clear that I have no problem w/ the fact that DR Feller is very active here. In fact I find him very knowlegable and interesting to read. I was simply saying that if someone shows interest in your services I feel as though they should take presedense over posting and to not respond to request's for consultations cant be good for business.

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dewayne and dekota, are you two the bobsey twins? When ever one shows up, the other is never far behind and you two say the same exact things.

Who's the Bobsey twins? Maybe a bit before my time!

Your turn Dewayne, Just Copy and Paste! LOL

Who are the Bobsey twins? Must be after my time!

Regarding Dr Feller not responding,

All I know is that I had sent several pictures in and even got in contact with Marcia to confirm that the pictures had made it through.
She told they had and that Dr. Feller would be letting me know his reccomendations soon.
Bottom line is I never heard a thing

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Originally posted by justgrow:
Regarding Dr Feller not responding,

All I know is that I had sent several pictures in and even got in contact with Marcia to confirm that the pictures had made it through.
She told they had and that Dr. Feller would be letting me know his reccomendations soon.
Bottom line is I never heard a thing

I'm not defending them, but I have come to realize the extreme high volume of inquiries these clinics receive on a daily basis.

I'm usually one who changes my mind quickly when I get a bit of bad 'customer service', but I think these places get hundreds and hundreds of calls, emails, etc. weekly.

So, I tried to cut them a little slack when I was searching around as I realized this.