Really need advice! Go ahead with dr Gho?

[Gandolf]

Censur,

Regarding nothing to lose but money, yes, there are other risks such as a poor cosmetic result. Again I'm not saying it's likely to happen but that is always a risk with a hair transplant.

Regarding density, Dr. Gho is more conservative than many other doctors so he would likely cover a larger area of your head with a given number of grafts, as opposed to having a small area that is densely packed. He has stated that you can return and add further density between the implanted hairs. This would bode well for you and your use of concealers after having a procedure but still not having your full density expectations met after just 1 or 2 procedures.

Regarding the individual doctors and their skill levels, I don't have the answer to that one but my recommendation would be to contact the clinics individually and ask to see before and after pictures of the patients of each respective doctor. If they are unable or unwilling to do this for you, then I would advise you to be very cautious about moving forward.

[censur]

'If I try to make an appointment now, then I still need to wait three to six months before the surgery actually takes place and then wait another 9-12 months before I get the improvement.'

Waiting lists are not that bad anymore, a month or 2 tops in Eropean clinics or if you do it in Indonesia you can prbbly get it done right away

Thank you.
That may very well be true.
But it is also heavily dependent upon what doctor and team is going to perform the surgery. Dr Gho's first avaliable appointment now is in August, so that's at least 6 months away. But if I am not particular about who is going to perform the surgery, I can get it done much faster.
But...then my questions regarding if the quality may differ depending on what doctor/team at HASCI performing the surgery, still remain.

[Vox]

Regarding the genetic side of things, I really don't have that much hair loss in my family. My father and rest of my close relatives all just have average hair loss due to old age.
However, my grandfather on my mothers side is a NW6-7 and he experienced really agressive hair loss from a young age. I guess this means that I should be prepared to lose almost all my hair, except on the sides, within maybe 5 years or so?
I guess that's the tragic truth I need to prepare for.

I am afraid so. I wrote about it in the first page of this discussion.

My grandfather from my mother's side was exactly like that and he passed to me precisely this kind of genetics. By the age of 28 I saw that something was very wrong with my hair (diffuse and aggressive hair loss in the NW6/7 pattern). In a few years I had the new look. In the pictures you posted you seem to have the same pattern, but no one can really predict the pathway from this point.

[censur]

BUT, let's say Gho's donor regeneration technique actually works: I guess it could actually help me maintain a decent hair cut by filling in with a couple of thousand new grafts every year, as I continue to lose my original hair.
The question is: how many grafts could I actually need in TOTAL if I want to have an acceptable density all over the head, but have lost almost all original hair on the top. 8000? 10 000? 15 000? Or 20 000 grafts?

I don't really know how much 1400 grafts really is, applied to my head. I guess it is much dependent upon the density in which the grafts are placed.

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I have also found out that there are in total four doctors, plus dr Gho himself, that performs these surgeries in Hasci's clinics in London, Maastricht and Amsterdam.
Would you say it is likely that the quality of the result may vary to some extent depending on which doctor I choose for the surgery?
It takes much longer time to get an appointment with dr Gho himself, but I am of course extremely particular about getting the best possible outcome, if I choose to go ahead with this.
So of course it may be worth to wait for one of the doctors with the most skill and experience. But they may all be up to the exact same standard? How can I know?

Does anyone else please have any more input regarding these questions?

[gc83uk]

I'm not sure if I've already responded, but I would say if you've lost everything on top then your probably going to need almost 10,000

However if you have some hair already on top, then you would be surprised how much coverage 5000 can achieve. For most people it would be enough!

[censur]

I have now found out that it is possible for me to do the surgery sometime around april/may if I let one of their other surgeons, and not dr Gho himself, perform it.
Im now pretty sure that I want to give Hasci a try!

I got a reply from them to my question if the quality may vary somewhat depending on which of the Hasci doctors perform the surgery, but they said it would not matter.
But its hard to imagine them giving me a different answer to that question anyway?

Could you fellow forum members that have had your hair done at Hasci please tell me which of the doctors performed your surgery?
If YOU haven't had your hair done and would book an appointment with Hasci now, would you care which of the doctors perform this, or would you just be satisfied with any of them, as long as it is Hasci?
Maybe it's just for me that this is a concern?

[534623]

Could you fellow forum members that have had your hair done at Hasci please tell me which of the doctors performed your surgery?

I had mine with Dr. Mozart - and Dr. Broekhuijse as additional "advisor" the whole day. Besides Jarkata (no idea what's going on there), the Amsterdam or Maastricht teams are very big teams, and I can almost assure you, that it is completely irrelevant which Doc or team you choose.

What's far more essential - be well prepared IN ADVANCE concerning what YOU actually want (hairline etc) and try to be as realistic as possible - and you will really ENJOY the treatment day.