Failed FUE surgery ??

[DepressedByHairLoss]

DepressedByHairLoss:

Don't take this the wrong way man, we're all here because we feel down or even sad by our hairloss. It's completely out of our control and we wish we had it otherwise. We see people who are self-confident or even arrogant, they act like total jerks, they take what they have for granted and we feel we might've deserved to keep our hair more than they did.

But you know what? When I read your post about "the enormous burden of baldness", "prayers not being answered" and "injustice" I really wanna slap some sense in you. Seriously man you're 32 years-old.

80-85 % of the people in the world (both bald and full of hair) are born in poverty, hunger, war or enviroments which give them absolutely no chances for the future. Other people are born with - or get the 'enormous burden' on a later stage in life - some terrible physical or mental handicap/disease which excludes them completely of starting a normal family or social life. Neither one of their prayers will ever by answered.

Yes, it's sad we lost a big part of our identity and our good looks, but you know what? Put your money where your mouth is and go run those 10 miles a day, go work out in the gym and be mindful of your clothes and half the chicks won't even care if you're bald.

We're all here because we hope one day to see (even just a small part) of our hair back. But if you're depressed because you can't be billionaire or bang tons of hot chicks you need to get real or man up.

Man, I just noticed this reply because it was posted more than a month after I made my original post. I don't know if you mean any offense or not, but don't ****in tell me you wanna slap some sense into me or I need to "man up". That is total bullshit, especially since you don't know me at all. You're frankly full of shit when you make comments like that.
I never wanted to be a billionaire or bang tons of hot chicks; I was simply trying to make the point that good things happen to bad people and vice versa with no rhyme or reason whatsoever. And guess what, I go to the gym all the time (I'm lifelong power-lifter currently at 240 pounds) and I'm always mindful or how I dress and shit like that, but attractive women really do look down upon baldness. If this wasn't the case, then hair restoration would not be a 3 billion dollar industry. Hair plays a huge part in a person's attractiveness, confidence, quality of life, and overall well-being.
Sure people have other burdens in life like being born into hunger, poverty, etc. and no one ever argued that these were less serious than hair loss. But that does not mean that hair loss is not a huge emotional burden as well. Sure it may not be as extreme as being physically disabled, but it's still an emotional burden and "a silent epidemic of biblical proportions", as Spencer so aptly puts it. I think that's why Spencer even created the American Hair Loss Association, this message board, and devoted his life to helping people with hair loss: because hair loss IS so emotionally devastating and is a "disease of the spirit".
I'm even looking at your hair loss situation right now and it is not that bad and does not even fall into a Norwood category. I'm wondering if you would feel the same way if you were a Norwood 5 or so (thankfully I'm not close to being there yet). Hell, when I was still a Norwood 2 or so, I still felt that I looked good and I could disguise my hair loss pretty well. Back then I wasn't nearly as depressed as I am with my hair loss, and I certainly didn't view it as a disease at all. But when I lost even more hair, I started to feel much differently. I really think you'd feel differently too if your hair loss continued past the point that you're already at.

[CriticalObserver]

There are only three IAHRS surgeons in Europe:

Feriduni, Mwamba & Dr Farjo.

Dr Farjo doesn't do FUE, so that leaves Feriduni & Mwamba.

I believe Feriduni uses a 0.9mm punch wheras Mwamba uses a 1mm, so I think this was Dr Feriduni.

[Follicle Death Row]

There are only three IAHRS surgeons in Europe:

Feriduni, Mwamba & Dr Farjo.

Dr Farjo doesn't do FUE, so that leaves Feriduni & Mwamba.

I believe Feriduni uses a 0.9mm punch wheras Mwamba uses a 1mm, so I think this was Dr Feriduni.

Oh man I hope not. If so it just goes to show that even the top guys have cases that don't work out.

[CriticalObserver]

I hope not too - I plan on undergoing FUE with Feriduni.

I could be wrong, of course, it could be Mwamba - just guesswork.

:-)

[sausage]

So either Dr Feriduni or Dr Muamba screwed this guys hair over?

This is not good news.

[Folly]

There are only three IAHRS surgeons in Europe:

Feriduni, Mwamba & Dr Farjo.

Hold on, where is the IAHRS list stating that these are the only 3 registered practitioners in Europe ?

[sausage]

Hold on, where is the IAHRS list stating that these are the only 3 registered practitioners in Europe ?

Theres someone in Turkey isn't there.

You had it done in Turkey?

[Still-Researching]

So based on Foly's reaction - guess it is not one of the mentioned, and probably not even a IAHRS.

Appreciate your concerns Critical Observer - but be careful when you throw around guess work... people joining the forum later might read more into it and make the wrong judgments.

I am sure the top docs also have below average outcomes sometimes, but you limit your risks significantly by going to a top doc.

During my consultation with Feriduni - I asked him specifically about this and he was very clear about his previous performance, especially his past 3 years with FUE, which was one of the reason I ended up choosing him.

[CriticalObserver]

Hold on, where is the IAHRS list stating that these are the only 3 registered practitioners in Europe ?

http://www.iahrs.org/hair-transplant/

Apologies, there are 4, but I've never heard of Melike Kulahci in Turkey (not saying she's not good), and she has only 2 posts on here, I know you mentioned that the doctor in question has posted lots of good results here.

Still-Researching, I agree, and apologise - I'm not trying to damage any reputations - that's why I reposted to say I was guessing and could be wrong. I too picked Dr Feriduni because I believe him to be the best, certainly in Europe.

[CriticalObserver]

(and 99% of Turkey is in Asia)

[Folly]

My bad, turns out my surgeon is not IAHRS registered. Apologies.

I'm dissapointed people are trying to guess the surgeon, when i've mentioned in numerous posts that i don't want to mention it yet.

[sausage]

You could have told as they were not IAHRS registered ages ago and that would have saved a lot of panic.

[Folly]

Yeah sorry, only just realised. Assumed he was because of good reviews.

[ejj]

Hope yer ok Folly , have you got any updated pictures ? whats your thoughts at the moment ? I hope you are doing ok mate

I think that it may be a good idea for anyone having a procedure to start a blog with immediatly before , after and a couple of days later pictures , followed by monthly updates , I think it takes the ` heat` off the patient so to speak if things dont turn out as expected , you could tell your Dr before surgery, say at the consult stage that you are a member of the forums and want to start a blog detailing your progress to share your experience with the community , I think this would make it easier for the patient should things not turn out as expected .Just a thought .

regards

ejj

[Folly]

Hope yer ok Folly , have you got any updated pictures ? whats your thoughts at the moment ? I hope you are doing ok mate

See my progress at 11 months post-op. Only my left temple area is shown, but the work done was symmetrical. Red boundaries are roughly the transplanted areas. Lets assume that i had NO native hair in that area post op, which isn't the case. Would you call that good growth ? Trust me, at least half of the hairs in that area are native. They're thin and miniaturized, which i can see with my USB scope. Even if i had grown well, 1,250 grafts probably wouldn't have given me a dense hairline, but i was expecting a lot better than this.

I thought i was over-reacting and maybe it was an average result, but i've shown a couple of other surgeons and at least 3 HT reps and they agree, the results are poor for 11 months. I know a lot my transplanted hairs re-grew and fell out for whatever reason from months 3-9 (my HT surgeon confirmed this), so maybe they will regrow. Probably not though, as I reckon the follicles are damaged. I was going to visit my HT surgeon next month (1 year mark), but i'll probably give it another 6 months to see if the grafts re-grow.

Problem is, i have very fine hair. So it may seem like i have a lot of hair in that pic, but it's impossible to style. It goes apeshit in the wind too, which always exposes my receeding hairline.

Seeing Dr. Feller in London in May, so quite excited about that.