worlds most renowned FUE surgeon?

[Spex]

Great to see you back Shanti - hope you are well! Any pics?

[gillenator]

I know the answer to this one I've had surgery with the three mentioned.

The most "renowned" is Dr Woods. He is famous for inventing FUE and has been around for a long time. He was the original FUE pioneer. He is a very good doctor and his "do no harm" and patients rights policy was a step in the right direction. He achieves excellent yields through careful placement but his artistic eye for hairlines isn't the greatest. His sister (also a FUE doctor) is better in this regard.

However the "best" and current leader is Dr Feller ... and by quite a margin. Dr Feller produces a cleaner and better healing recipient than Woods. His hair angulation and artistic placement is also streets ahead. Growth is probably on a par with Dr Woods. They both achieve excellent yields.
He's continually refining his technique, realistic of FUE's potential and not just cashing in on megasession FUE etc.
He invents and openly shares the tools to improve FUE for doctors and patients alike and his transparent approach is refreshing. He's absolutely the new FUE pioneer in my opinion.

Dr Cole isn't in the same league as either of the above. He's a excellent doctor and you're in good hands but his technique is clumsy and the results weak compared to the above two.

Shanti,

So did you have a FUE procedure with Dr. Cole and if so, how was your experience and what do you think of his punches?

[shanti]

Hi Spex I'm away from home at the moment but photos will be on the way next week.

I had FIT or whatever Cole called it. My experience was ok. Its a fairly typical surgery setup and I had no complaints about the staff but the result was poor. I had a poor yield but what did grow looked natural. There just wasn't enough of it. Cole used a 1mm punch which is too big. My donor took long time to heal compared to my other FUE surgeries and I do have noticeable FUE scaring from Coles session when shaved down.

I went to Cole as he had the reputation of producing very natural hairline and this is what I needed. What did grow was fine and I'm sure he gets good results but compared to Feller and Woods his technique was less refined, he used bigger than necessary punches, more trauma was caused ... and for what? The end result was worse than Feller and Woods managed with smaller tools.

[uselessgomez]

I would say Feller, but there are a bunch of Doctor's creeping up behind him.

Umar, Harris, True, Dorin, and The Shapiro's are also great FUE doctors with a lot of results posted online.

[HairRobinHood]

I would say Feller, but there are a bunch of Doctor's creeping up behind him.

Guys, excuse me, I don’t want to interrupt your chit-chat about “who has the bigger penis in this field”. But I’m curious to know from “natives” (English is not my native language) what exactly “to creep up” actually means, especially in the context above (quote). Seems that the usage is not that common (rather rare?). Anyway, I just found the following …

creep up on somebody (something)
if a feeling or idea creeps up on you, it gradually increases; to sneak up on someone or something; to begin to affect somebody, esp. before they realize it.

… and now I’m more confused about this issue than before.

Sure, it seems in which context someone is using it, but concerning the related context (quote 1 above), this could mean almost everything suggested in quote 2. Interesting ...

[ark]

What about Dr Armani? Either Alvi or his sister Sara?

[Spex]

A great deal of controversy surrounding those... Do your research extensively

[Hussain]

I'm wondering why Dr Bijan Feriduni's name hardly ever gets mentioned when discussing FUE. I think his FUE work is outstanding, even as good as Dr Feller's work. He is also a member of the IAHRS. Surely, he should be up there with the best FUE doctors in the world, no?

What does everybody else think?

[ark]

Thanks Spex. I was thinking of getting a procedure done from Armani so this is research. Can you please elaborate on the controversy? You could send through a private message if that suits better. Much appreciated.

[TennisPlayer]

Ark, go on the Hair Restoration Network forum and do a search on Armani.