worlds most renowned FUE surgeon?

[bosco]

Hi Guys

I was wondering if you guys could help me. If i travelled anywhere in the world to visit the worlds best FUE surgeon who would it be. I am in Australi and went and saw Dr Woods so please count him out. Who should i see? Is there anyone concidered the absolute best? thanks for your help guys

[morelocks]

hi bosco,

Dr Bisangi in Brusells seems to be doing very good work. If you need a lot of work and are considering Strip then its H&W. You can also check shaporio for fue is well.


Just one question please, since you are in Austrailia why would you not condier Dr Woods? Have you had a bad experience with him?

[George]

Hey Bosco. I'm from Oz too. What was consult with Dr woods like. Can you recommend a great FUE doctor?

[CIT_Girl]

Not to sound biased, but I would have to recommend Dr. Cole!

He was one of the first doctors in the US to perform FUE, has performed over 2000 FUE procedures since 2002, and has developed his own FUE technique and instrumentation, known as CIT. If you go to our website - type "Cole Hair Transplant" on Google), you can see hundreds of results photos. We frequently see patients from all over the world.

[Winston]

First things first, you should stay within the IAHRS if you’re thinking about a hair transplant of any kind. To be fair, Dr. Woods in Australia did invent FUE and seems to have a good reputation and I have heard Spencer Kobren himself say good things about him. If you go anyplace else check with the IAHRS and see who is the most experienced in FUE.

[gillenator]

Some years ago I truly believed that Dr. Woods was the "world's premier FUE surgeon" largely attributable to the fact that he was one of the few docs doing it competently. He was indeed the doc who invented this technique but since then, a fair number of North American docs are now performing it with some awesome results. I do not believe any one doc has the corner on this FUE technique any more than I believe that one doc has the corner on strip!

I don't see Dr. Poswal recommended for FUE very much any more! Anyone have any ideas as to why?

[KeepTheHair]

Either Dr. Cole or Dr. Feller.


They are hair transplant GODS. Only about 1/1000 HT doctors are this good if you ask me. They are truly skilled. If I had the money I would get a few thousand grafts from Dr. Cole via FUE... the results on his website are amazing.

[Jeffrey Epstein, MD]

FUE work is quite detailed work, and takes an experienced team to provide predictable and consistent results.
Personally, I greatly enjoy these procedures, doing the majority of them with hand held punches, rather than a drill. With the 3 to 4 FUE procedures I perform weekly, I advise patients to expect a somewhat lower percentage of growth, typically 80% or so, unlike the 90 plus % rate of growth seen with strip grafts.

Jeffrey Epstein, MD, FACS
Miami and NYC

[HairRobinHood]

Dr. Rassman

Not to sound biased, but I would have to recommend Dr. Cole!

He was one of the first doctors in the US to perform FUE, has performed over 2000 FUE procedures since 2002, and has developed his own FUE technique and instrumentation, known as CIT.

If you go to our website you can see ...

Excerpt:

"Now that more than one physician appeared to be having success with the procedure, Dr. John Cole, MD began a more in depth evaluation of the procedure.

At the same time Dr. William Rassman, MD was promoting follicular unit extraction or FUE itself. Dr. William Rassman, MD and Dr. Robert Bernstein, MD practiced their version of FUE or follicular unit extraction for 1 ½ years before they presented their technique to the world.

They delayed presentation so that they could collect their scientific data on their procedure. After their data was presented, we found that it was possible to successfully perform CIT® on many individuals who were FOX negative."

"1 ½ years before" - What exactly does it mean?

I mean, Dr. Rassman is claiming that he started developing FUE in the mid-90's and that he just was unwilling to publish it "for grandstanding purposes". That's exactly what Rassman is saying. So what?

[shanti]

I know the answer to this one I've had surgery with the three mentioned.

The most "renowned" is Dr Woods. He is famous for inventing FUE and has been around for a long time. He was the original FUE pioneer. He is a very good doctor and his "do no harm" and patients rights policy was a step in the right direction. He achieves excellent yields through careful placement but his artistic eye for hairlines isn't the greatest. His sister (also a FUE doctor) is better in this regard.

However the "best" and current leader is Dr Feller ... and by quite a margin. Dr Feller produces a cleaner and better healing recipient than Woods. His hair angulation and artistic placement is also streets ahead. Growth is probably on a par with Dr Woods. They both achieve excellent yields.
He's continually refining his technique, realistic of FUE's potential and not just cashing in on megasession FUE etc.
He invents and openly shares the tools to improve FUE for doctors and patients alike and his transparent approach is refreshing. He's absolutely the new FUE pioneer in my opinion.

Dr Cole isn't in the same league as either of the above. He's a excellent doctor and you're in good hands but his technique is clumsy and the results weak compared to the above two.

[Spex]

Great to see you back Shanti - hope you are well! Any pics?

[gillenator]

I know the answer to this one I've had surgery with the three mentioned.

The most "renowned" is Dr Woods. He is famous for inventing FUE and has been around for a long time. He was the original FUE pioneer. He is a very good doctor and his "do no harm" and patients rights policy was a step in the right direction. He achieves excellent yields through careful placement but his artistic eye for hairlines isn't the greatest. His sister (also a FUE doctor) is better in this regard.

However the "best" and current leader is Dr Feller ... and by quite a margin. Dr Feller produces a cleaner and better healing recipient than Woods. His hair angulation and artistic placement is also streets ahead. Growth is probably on a par with Dr Woods. They both achieve excellent yields.
He's continually refining his technique, realistic of FUE's potential and not just cashing in on megasession FUE etc.
He invents and openly shares the tools to improve FUE for doctors and patients alike and his transparent approach is refreshing. He's absolutely the new FUE pioneer in my opinion.

Dr Cole isn't in the same league as either of the above. He's a excellent doctor and you're in good hands but his technique is clumsy and the results weak compared to the above two.

Shanti,

So did you have a FUE procedure with Dr. Cole and if so, how was your experience and what do you think of his punches?

[shanti]

Hi Spex I'm away from home at the moment but photos will be on the way next week.

I had FIT or whatever Cole called it. My experience was ok. Its a fairly typical surgery setup and I had no complaints about the staff but the result was poor. I had a poor yield but what did grow looked natural. There just wasn't enough of it. Cole used a 1mm punch which is too big. My donor took long time to heal compared to my other FUE surgeries and I do have noticeable FUE scaring from Coles session when shaved down.

I went to Cole as he had the reputation of producing very natural hairline and this is what I needed. What did grow was fine and I'm sure he gets good results but compared to Feller and Woods his technique was less refined, he used bigger than necessary punches, more trauma was caused ... and for what? The end result was worse than Feller and Woods managed with smaller tools.

[uselessgomez]

I would say Feller, but there are a bunch of Doctor's creeping up behind him.

Umar, Harris, True, Dorin, and The Shapiro's are also great FUE doctors with a lot of results posted online.

[HairRobinHood]

creep up on somebody (something)

I would say Feller, but there are a bunch of Doctor's creeping up behind him.

Guys, excuse me, I don’t want to interrupt your chit-chat about “who has the bigger penis in this field”. But I’m curious to know from “natives” (English is not my native language) what exactly “to creep up” actually means, especially in the context above (quote). Seems that the usage is not that common (rather rare?). Anyway, I just found the following …

creep up on somebody (something)
if a feeling or idea creeps up on you, it gradually increases; to sneak up on someone or something; to begin to affect somebody, esp. before they realize it.

… and now I’m more confused about this issue than before.

Sure, it seems in which context someone is using it, but concerning the related context (quote 1 above), this could mean almost everything suggested in quote 2. Interesting ...