I hear more horror stories than success stories

[CaliD]

djbfxtrader, You're still young. Stabilize your hair loss with Minox and/or Finasteride. Remember a happy customer will tell 2-3 people. An unhappy customer will tell 8-10. I'm happy and I don't really talk about my transplant much. Best of luck.

[Spex]

Welcome to the world of hair transplantation. Im UK based and a HT veteran of 12 of the bad boys.

Do NOT rush in and take your time. Listen to the show and get a field for it all.

If I can help feel free to reach out.
Regards
Spex

[jamesst11]

It's no surprise that you'd see a load of horror stories on the net - people who are just averagely satisfied with any sort of product/service/whatever don't usually take to the internet to shout about it. You tend to hear from people who are very happy or very pissed off with something.

This is true, however, there are still places like Bosley that are doing an enormous amount of transplants a year. As I stated in another thread, I believe that at least 90% of those that undergo HT surgery and are unhappy with it are those that go to places like this. The leading IAHRS docs have a real reputation to uphold. They are not some McDonalds that work in sheer quantity. Places like Bosley are just concerned with the quota, not the patient. I am sure they invest hundreds of thousands just in lawyers to fend off and mute the patients that are upset with results.. this is where the population of unhappy HT victims comes from.

[allTheGoodNamesAreTaken]

It's no surprise that you'd see a load of horror stories on the net - people who are just averagely satisfied with any sort of product/service/whatever don't usually take to the internet to shout about it. You tend to hear from people who are very happy or very pissed off with something.

[jamesst11]

if you're in the UK, it's a no brainer - get an online consultation and fly to turkey and go with erdogon or dogonay

[djbfxtrader]

Hi all,

I have been losing my hair since I was around 19-20 yrs old (now 26). I decided to go down the hair replacement route for a while but that wasn't really for me. Along with a lot of guys on here hair loss has caused me major depression and limited my life so to speak fairly extensively.

I have been on this forum researching and looking into HT for around a year now as it is something which I am definitely considering as a final option to fix things or gain back a little self-confidence in life. However, I seem to read MORE horror stories and HT's going wrong than I do success stories. Hair transplants have been around for long enough now that one would like to think they are standard practice and fairly advanced however it seems to me that the longer time goes on the more mistakes happen?

When reading online as we all know it is very difficult to find non-biased information. You google "best hair transplant surgeons in UK" or whatever and all those results you see are paid Adwords so thats no good. . I think surgeons can pay to be part of these associations right? I even just read a post on here from a guy, Alan who had his HT with an IAHRS surgeon and its THE most horrific story I have read so far! What does that tell us?

I guess what I am trying to say is that it's so difficult to find through research these days WHERE is even reliable to go for a good HT. Then on top of that there is so much information out there saying that even if you DO find a good surgeon and pay them a sizeable chunk of money for your HT. . EVEN THEN your not guaranteed to get a great result, even then it can cause your hair to fall out or give you constant redness of scalp, or the grafts could not take. . You can be £10k ++ out of pocket to look worse than you did before?!!

If anybody can show me a surgeon based mainly in the UK or Europe but can also be inter national who has achieved consistently good results with no hiccups and horror stories CONSISTENTLY for a long period of time then PLEASE let me know!