I believe Prohairclinic (FUE only) in Belgium,should be considered f0r recommendation over half of the strip doctors on here.

PGP,

I agree with the first half of your statement and we are considering Dr. De Reyes for potential recommendation. Bart and I talked about this some time ago, and now that we have been seeing consistency, we are almost at the point of polling our forum members for input. We are just waiting for some additional follow ups to some of the immediately postoperative pictures posted many months ago. In my opinion, Bart should be commended for going the distance and putting up with my criticism. But we can't make this easy can we?

Al that said, I do not agree with your second statement.

Those who are recommended here have shown us that they perform quality follicular unit hair transplantation. Many of them however, don't have a lot of online visibility because they have not used the internet to the full extent in showing their patient photos. In my opinion, this is unfortunate, but this is their loss.

But If you have a specific experience or know of someone who had a bad experience with one of our physicians, feel free to contact me so we can evaluate it. Those physicians who no longer meet our standards for recommendation are promptly removed.

Best wishes,

Falc

I am of course biased as to whom I work for
but there are several great docs who can do this type of work with great results....my question is why are you set on FUE when the newer strip closure techniques are amazing!? I understand if you just need a few hundred grafts but if you need more you might want to consider strip.

Spex,

Just for the record, because somebody asked on this thread for Dr. Feller examples of photos, I see no problem with you posting the links to them.

I just wouldn't want to see you do it initially after a "who's best" question without any inquiries of your physician. At least in my opinion, that's the difference between answering a patient's inquiry (which you did here) and promoting your physician (the latter).

Hooray for hair, I agree that you look great! Pat Hennessey, Publisher of the Hair Transplant Network just recently visited with him in the last week. I will be interested to read his evaluation that will eventually be in the Visits to Leading Hair Transplant Clinics section of the forum.

Best wishes,

Falc

That was just my opinion and thats only based on what Ive seen from prohair and what I havent seen from others.
I havent seen any bad results from the recommended doctors.
I just think the results they are getting are just as good as the conservative [1500-2500 a session} strip doctors without the scar.
They are not in my top 5 but have creeped up slowly into top 10.

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That was just my opinion and thats only based on what Ive seen from prohair and what I havent seen from others.

That's a fair statement. Pat and I are making great efforts to encourage our physicians to get more regularly involved in our community - hopefully in time physicians will see the great value in sharing their results online on a regular basis.

Remember though that FUE has scarring, it's just a different kind of scarring. I have seen some excellent strip and FUE scars and I have seen some bad ones for both. Risks exist either way.

Falc

Your right but that different kind of scarring is much easier to hide compared to a stretched strip scar. Both of those types of scarring are becoming nonexistent.
Fue is awesome for smaller sessions ,and a clinic that uses small tools and achieves a high yield is hard to beat.
It sounds funny to say a great scar but I also agree that Ive seen plenty of them
Its great that there are some clinics that do both even if the fue is only for small graft counts. Bspot has just announced that SMG has began offering fue for temple points and scars.
How great is that?
You get a top strip doc that will almost guarantee a pencil thin scar with near 100% growth up top with maximum numbers and also has the capability to perform fue for a little touchup or to breakup the scar.
A pencil thin scar doesnt really need fue but if the patient wants it almost completly undetectable a minimal number of fue grafts will acomplish that

PGP,

I'll be interested to see what Dr. Shapiro thinks of performing FUE. He is clearly a talented surgeon with strip, but like anything else, it takes time to learn to be proficient at something new.

I hope that Dr. Shapiro will share some of his FUE findings and work with us as he develops more experience with it.

Best wishes,

Falc

Please Grow - I must have missed that announcement by BSpot, so I will have to look for it and see if they have any post-op and grown-out photos.

Monday May 19, 2008 7:05 PM


I like the idea of using .8 .9 and 1.0mm when needed. I am of average density 85-88 fu's cm/2 in the donor, but mostly 2-3 hair grafts, so I should be a good candidate for a .8-.9mm punch.

Dr. Shapiro has begun to offer FUE for those who wish to repair bad scars or simply break up a good scar and the .9 and 1mm punch has produced excellent results to date.

However, we are only doing 200-400 extractions spread out over the donor are, BUT the donor sites are closing well. It will be a bit before any pics of this are available, but so far so good.

Dr. Shapiro is working toward offering temple points/hairlines via FUE for those who are candidates, but it is not currently being offered yet.

I do not believe that anything larger than a 1mm punch should be used and nothing smaller than a .75.

Take Care,
Jason

PGP,

M&M made a good point. Where (if at all) did B Spot announce this? I can't seem to find this posted on our forum.

Falc

HaHa You think I may have made it up? Come on Falc. Im a little crazy but not insane .Janna would castrate me if I ever lied about SMG.
http://www.hairlosshelp.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=78687

No No, not at all PGP.

I know you didn't make it up!

I heard it directly from Dr. Ron Shapiro himself - but didn't mention it because I didn't know when they were officially starting.

I just figured that Jason or Janna would have made a big announcement when Shapiro Medical started to officially offer it. I just don't see it anywhere on OUR forum.

Best wishes,

Falc

Well I dont think that was an official announcement since it was just part of a thread and its also just a very small part of what they do. It looks to be just for a guys who are at the end of their restoration journey .
Who knows how this will change in the future. Its just nice to know another top doc has added this to his arsenal.

I haven't gotten around to announcing this on HTN, but since PGP beat me to the punch

Yes, for patients seeking scar repairs or they are no longer considering strip and wish to simply "break up" their current good scar, Dr. Shapiro is offering FUE.

I do not have any pricing, but the next time I speak with Dr. Shapiro, I will clarify everything.

As PGP noted, there will be many happy people to hear that Dr. Shapiro is offering FUE--- I do not have a timeline for when Dr. Shapiro will be offering hairline/temple work---my advice to anyone seeking a Shapiro Hairline/Temples, but only want FUE call the clinic and let them know your interested.

I am very excited, as are many others about Dr. Shapiro offering FUE, not only for scar repair patients, but for those needing other work as well.

I do not have any grown out results, but I will try to find some immediate post-op pictures when Dr Shapiro gets back from Europe.

Take Care,
Jason

Sorry Jason I couldnt resist.
This is great news!!
Between this and both Chicago baseball teams being at the top of their division and the Chicago bulls getting the first pick in the draft its been a great week.
Welcome Derrick Rose

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I am very excited, as are many others about Dr. Shapiro offering FUE, not only for scar repair patients, but for those needing other work as well.

B-Spot. I am happy to hear this . It's been a long time comming since I first registered here that more top quality docs are now offering FUE. Wishing the Shapiro clinic all the best!

Jason,

Given the importance of this news, I recommend also starting a new thread to share this information. I'm certain that many would be interested to kknow this.

Regards,

Falc