Questions to ask BEFORE a hair transplant #1 Dr. Lindsey

[Dr. Lindsey]

scar d... I feel for you. I see that crap every week...where either the first doctor didn't plan for the future AND/OR executed poorly, the patient refused to plan for the future...worst case scenarios as far as hair goes (A LOT of young guys say they just want hair now...and when they are old..and they say 35-40..they don't care what repercussions there are), or BOTH doctor and patient plan poorly.

There are often options for improving a scar, I have several videos showing exactly what we do. But you are far more likely to cause "collateral" damage with big FUE than a well done strip.

Dr. Lindsey

[scar d]

scar d... I feel for you. I see that crap every week...where either the first doctor didn't plan for the future AND/OR executed poorly, the patient refused to plan for the future...worst case scenarios as far as hair goes (A LOT of young guys say they just want hair now...and when they are old..and they say 35-40..they don't care what repercussions there are), or BOTH doctor and patient plan poorly.

There are often options for improving a scar, I have several videos showing exactly what we do. But you are far more likely to cause "collateral" damage with big FUE than a well done strip.

Dr. Lindsey

I have to disagree as I said without a nice smiley scar you can trim the sidesdown to a number 1 and make the top look thicker. My doctor was one of the apparent best around and is a member of the IAHRS for a long time. The scar is not wide but when you stretch the skin to close the wound its like taking a cut out of a tshirt and sewing it back together on the same size person, the shirt will obviosly have a thin spot where it has been stretched if that makes sense.

How come you didnt push your son into getting a big smiley face scar on the back of his head if it is such a great proceedure? Please stop pushing this barbaric proceedure. Perhaps doctors should look at ways to stop hairloss or multiply hairs instead of limited donor transplants.

[Dr. Lindsey]

Because my son needed 300 grafts...not 3000. And because he scars very poorly...we were transplanting into a scar. No doubt about it...if any of my relatives or friends needed a bunch of hair and weren't proven poor scar formers..I would strip them.

My average scar on a virgin head winds up about 1 mm wide. I get 8 per year that are tough to find with a shave head and 4 crappy scars. The trouble is I don't know who those 4 guys are preop. I've posted at least 1000 of my scars...good bad average...all kinds, over the last 9 years of being online. If someone is that opposed to a linear scar....well then I'm certainly open to FUE...its just not going to be the result a strip yields...on average. But we do plenty of FUE cases on military guys. At this moment, we're repairing a crappy FUE result, done by a well known FUE guy...on a military guy with very fine hair. All he got for his 12k that he paid elsewhere is a bunch of white dots on his donor region, requiring him to keep a longer hair length anyhow...and a bunch of wispy hair up front. We're putting 2500 via strip in and hopefully he'll get a result that we can be proud of...and his hair length won't have to be any longer than it is to cover all those white dots.

And he found me as I did exactly the same thing for one of his military buddies 3 years ago...fixed a low yield FUE.

Scar d...neither FUE or strip is perfect. But with proper and honest education, patients make the best choice for them. Its guys who fast sell stuff that bring the entire field down.

Dr. Lindsey

[scar d]

I agree that neither proceedure is perfect, far from it and until hair can be regenerated and decent density achieved a hair transplant will always be an illusion and never look 100% natural. Especially with the thick caliber hair from the donor region transplanted into the hairline as nature diddnt intend.

But as of 2016 FUE is slightly better then a smiley scar in the back and side of the head. Just ask the many people who regret getting a transplant.

[southeastguy]

I got a 25cm scar from Dr. Feller that is .5cm wide for only 1,600 grafts in 2007 as a 20-year old. I can't cut my hair to a number 5 without this scar showing. Even the best strip Doctors aren't so great. Now I begin the process that Northeastguy just finished. At the time of the surgery I was told by Dr. Feller I wouldn't be able to shave my head. A number 5 isn't shaving your head. Strip scars are pathetic and take advantage of young guys who are desperate for instant gratification. If I had done an FUE my life would be normal and I could shave my head without requiring future repair surgeries. You think a little hair loss is bad. Try walking around with an exposed 25cm scar on your head and see how you feel. I have a beautiful wife and baby and am successful, and I am depressed over this scar. Feller told me I had a proper surgery and nothing was done wrong. He seems to be the only Doctor who feels that way.