1513 strip / dr marco barusco / jan 6 2011

[Adam7]

Please tell me what you think

[antmn]

how old are you man?

[Davidmr]

question

I am not experienced enough to comment on quality although I'm sure it will look good. My question is are you on propecia or what is your plan to prevent further loss behind the transplanted region over the years ?

[Adam7]

im 26....im not on propecia but i will start taking it now....because obviously it would behoove me to since I made the investment in 2 hair transplants

[antmn]

wow, well thats exciting to hear about you being so young and doing it, i read alot of docs frown upon it but im with you, fix it now, enjoy. would it be weird to know like ball park figure what it cost you?

and best of luck brother, do what makes you happy in life as long as it doesnt infringe in others right

[Adam7]

wow, well thats exciting to hear about you being so young and doing it, i read alot of docs frown upon it but im with you, fix it now, enjoy. would it be weird to know like ball park figure what it cost you?

and best of luck brother, do what makes you happy in life as long as it doesnt infringe in others right

thx bro...for 2 transplants both cost 14,300 total

july 2009 1490 grafts january 2011 1513 grafts


yes it would of been cheaper to do a bigger session but its also more risky and i did not know i was goin to want to lower my hairline and add more density till after the first one....that being said....its worth every dollar

[Davidmr]

Follow up results

Dear Adam 7,

how is the healing coming along, you are two weeks out now from HT correct ? Are you able to go out in public or is the HT still very easy to recognize ? Would be great if you have time to post follow up pictures. I am really interested to learn about the 2-4 week post-op period and when things start to look back at baseline (you know, when does the swelling, scabs and redness go away so you look like you did before the procedure). Thanks.

[nemack85]

In May 2011, I had a fine head of hair but have always been very self-conscious. I work hard to maintain a good body and skin to look sexy so I decided to have a little transplant to fix my front line. I didn’t know anything about hair transplants and had a bad result and lost more than what they(a doctor in FLORIDA) transplanted (600 grafts). I was shocked (I was 25 years old) and I decide in June 2012 to have another surgery to fix the bad results of the first procedure. I was wrong.
I went to Marco Barusco thinking a more expensive doctor and a larger procedure (1800 grafts) was going to fix my problem, plus Marco was very nice. He promised to reduce the scar that the first procedure left me and he promised to fix the results of my first procedure and improve my overall look.
I trusted him and decided to go through with this second procedure which cost $8,500(all my savings). Initially I used Toppik to cover the shock loss post procedure. Nine months after the surgery my hair looked even worse than after the first procedure. I became addicted to Toppik and could no longer go without it because the scar on the back of my head was red, thick and noticeable. The front line where the transplant was had lost a lot of density and was very thin(and look weired).
After a few months Dr. Barusco opened the scar up again and re-stitched it shut in an effort to make it thinner. The result was the same as before so after a few months and another payment of $1400 I did FUE on the scar which also had a bad result. He tried again and again the results were still very bad.
In May 2013 I told him I was done having surgery on my head as nothing was working and I asked him very kindly for my money back(the most hard period of my life). After all of the mess and unsuccessful procedures he told me that he agreed it was not successful and would help me get my money back.
I stayed in constant contact with Dr. Barusco as I expected to receive my money back in a timely manner. After a couple months of promises for answers and still not hearing anything Dr. Barusco told I needed to gather opinions for other plastic surgeons regarding my situation to prove the procedures were not successful. As expected, they all agreed with me that it was NOT successful. I complied in a timely manner and waited to hear a response.
Today, six months after I initially requested my money back, I received a call from an attorney saying that they are NOT going to give me my money back and instead offered more surgery. I informed them I am not interested in surgery as every time it has proven unsuccessful. I also received a message from Dr. Barusco saying that he doesn’t want to talk to me anymore and if I want to talk I have to call his attorney.
I’m very disappointed in this experience because I trusted Dr. Barusco and didn’t receive the results I was promised or my money back because of it. His message today was the final nail in the coffin – I felt betrayed.
Worst mistake of my life, it has been a nightmere for me.
Learn from my mistake and be very careful if you decide to have a hair transplant with him. Unfortunately there are a lot of people out there that don’t really care about their patients.

[nemack85]

2 years and half ago, i use to be such an happy person, seems to be a million years ago, is ironic how such a thing can really change your life. My head of hair used to be so much better than today but in between i spent 12k to improve it and other money for propecia and other stuff. So what im left eith today is a huge scar very noticible (so embarrassing) and very wired hair line with hair direction not natural at all, very ugly to look at, so after all the money i spent today im a slave of toppik to look decent for friends and family and work. Nightmere nightmere nightmere What really hurts is that this people done that and not enough left me like you will leave a piece of trash alone, as soon as i asked some money back a lawyer contacted me. Be very carefull from this people, them and all the other hair transplant doctor are very well protected by law, you risk to be in my same situation with not to much to do, scarred forever, stolen of your image, self confidence , money , happiness, and many more. Im writing this with all my hearth, nobody deserve to be treated like this people treaded me. They seems so nice to talk to, and thats why i trusted at first .

[nemack85]

there you go back before this nightmere in 2011 and today

[nemack85]

I have way better pictures but they are to big to upload [Personal contact information removed]

[nemack85]

ahh man, unfortunately there is not too much to say about it, at first I promised me that with the trichophytic closure he was going to make my old fine line scar disappearing, and after I had a 4/ 5 time thicker scar completely bold, after he told me that with another openin and closing procedure he was going to improve it by 30 % but just got worst, the scar became more red and bumpy, after he told me to pay him again to do fue 1400 dollars but the result was still bad, and after he propose me to do again fue at no cost and some hair grew but really just a few, all of this took so much time of my life, they really send me to depression this people, I still cant belive I allowed this to happen to me, I really trusted this people , I cant belive it.

Today I cant even speak to the doctor, I have to speak first with his attorney, isn't this horrible?

STAY FAR FROM THIS PEOPLE!

[win200]

Turning back to the original poster, I'd love to see his growth and development. To my eye, it looks like Barusco transplanted too far back into existing hair--I wouldn't be surprised if there was really nasty shock loss.

[nemack85]

that's what happened to me, in the first pictures you cann see all my original hair before the surgery, the last pictures you can see all my original hairs gone to be replaced by those few hair from the back.

[win200]

that's what happened to me, in the first pictures you cann see all my original hair before the surgery, the last pictures you can see all my original hairs gone to be replaced by those few hair from the back.

Did you lose a lot of hair behind the grafts immediately following surgery?