ειδα ενα post απο τον epileptic sceptic στο hairlosshelp που μου αρεσε πολυ και ειπα να το βαλω εδω για να το δειτε ολοι. Καποιος νεος ρωτησε αν υπαρχουν καποιοι που ειχαν bad transplant απο τους καλυτερους γιατρους...η απαντηση ειναι εξυπνη και πολυ σοφη και πρεπει ολοι να την εχουν υποψη για να μη περασει η αντιληψη οτι οι top γιατροι στο εξωτερικο ειναι τιποτα μαγοι μονο και μονο επειδη οι εδω στην Ελλαδα ειναι αχρηστοι και τα παντα θα ειναι ολα τελεια και ολοι ειναι χαρουμενοι μονο και μονο επειδη πηγαν σε αυτους.
ειναι καλο πληροφοριακα και περιεχει μεγαλες αληθειες οσον αφορα το τι μπορει να επιτυχει η μεταμοσχευση και ποια ειναι τα ορια της. Αυτο που θα προσθετα εγω και δεν το αναφερει ο epilepticsceptic ειναι και ποσο καταλυτικη ειναι η θεραπεια με propecia, regaine και ποσο ρολο παιζει στο τελικο αποτελεσμα...
So what exactly do you mean by "bad transplant" ? If you mean to ask are there any instances from top docs where the service provided is sub-par, then I think that will probably be near impossible to find. But if you are looking for patients who went to a top doc and feel they have had a "bad outcome", then I think you may very well find more of those patients than many hopeful newbies here would like to believe.
From my 5+ years of exhaustive research on HTs (both on this site and others, as well as in real life) I have come to the following conclusions:
1) The differences in "hair texture" between the placed grafts and the existing native hair is a HUGE reason why many feel they have had a bad outcome from a top doc. These are usually patients between the ages of 20-35 who got a HT to "chase" their baldness and try to maintain the illusion that they were never losing hair to begin with. So they reserached here, found a top clinic, and took the plunge only to discover 3-4 years down the road that they made a "big mistake." That big mistake they are talking about is the native hair thinning behind the transplanted hair in the front hairline, and the OBVIOUS texture differences between the two. This has led me to conlude that if your balding/thinning pattern has not had enough time to sufficiently develop, then you should EXPECT complications as the year move forward with the appearence of your hair. Therefore, "chasing" your hairloss with a HT is probably a real bad decision based on many threads I have seen here lately corroborating that position.
2) If you are a diffuse thinner, and ESPECIALLY if you are an under 30 year old diffuse thinner, then a HT where the grafts are placed between existing hair all throughout the scalp is probably a real bad idea. Why? Because as the remaining native hair inevitably thins further the transplanted hair will stick out like a sore thumb, and it will be placed too far apart in the scalp to look natural.
3) KNOW thy "hair characteristics" well !!! For those with coarse, dark hair on light scalp you are pretty much guarunteed a result that will NOT mimmick nature nearly as well as somone with finer hair and a lower contrast of hair to scalp color. So, no matter who the doc is and how perfect the work is, you will probably end up with a "spottable" transplant to the discerning eye. If you are the type who can live with that, then go ahead and do it! But HOW do you really know YOU are the type who can live with that, UNTIL you do it and it grows out ?
4) If you look at all the best transformations and HT "rock star" stories out there (Nic Nitro, Futzyhead, Bobman, Wassup, Joetronic) they were ALL without exception people who were not "chasing" the hairloss. They had pretty much lost everything already, the pattern had fully developed, and almost all of the hair on top of their head was planted from the donor area in megasessions. Thus, there are no "contrast" issues to worry about between HT hair and native hair, and these patients are all very happy with the outcome.
These are all very serious points to consider before comtemplating whether a HT is, or is not, for you. In my personal case I am now 40, have medium fine slightly wavy brown hair on tan scalp, a Norwood 3 vertex, and my native hair that remains on top is NOT diffuse thinning, but normal density hair. I've even plucked hairs from my donor and native hair area to compare texture and shaft diameter, and they are virtually identical. If ALL of these things weren't adding up in my favor for a natural result, then I would not even in the slightest still be considering this procedure.
ειναι καλο πληροφοριακα και περιεχει μεγαλες αληθειες οσον αφορα το τι μπορει να επιτυχει η μεταμοσχευση και ποια ειναι τα ορια της. Αυτο που θα προσθετα εγω και δεν το αναφερει ο epilepticsceptic ειναι και ποσο καταλυτικη ειναι η θεραπεια με propecia, regaine και ποσο ρολο παιζει στο τελικο αποτελεσμα...
So what exactly do you mean by "bad transplant" ? If you mean to ask are there any instances from top docs where the service provided is sub-par, then I think that will probably be near impossible to find. But if you are looking for patients who went to a top doc and feel they have had a "bad outcome", then I think you may very well find more of those patients than many hopeful newbies here would like to believe.
From my 5+ years of exhaustive research on HTs (both on this site and others, as well as in real life) I have come to the following conclusions:
1) The differences in "hair texture" between the placed grafts and the existing native hair is a HUGE reason why many feel they have had a bad outcome from a top doc. These are usually patients between the ages of 20-35 who got a HT to "chase" their baldness and try to maintain the illusion that they were never losing hair to begin with. So they reserached here, found a top clinic, and took the plunge only to discover 3-4 years down the road that they made a "big mistake." That big mistake they are talking about is the native hair thinning behind the transplanted hair in the front hairline, and the OBVIOUS texture differences between the two. This has led me to conlude that if your balding/thinning pattern has not had enough time to sufficiently develop, then you should EXPECT complications as the year move forward with the appearence of your hair. Therefore, "chasing" your hairloss with a HT is probably a real bad decision based on many threads I have seen here lately corroborating that position.
2) If you are a diffuse thinner, and ESPECIALLY if you are an under 30 year old diffuse thinner, then a HT where the grafts are placed between existing hair all throughout the scalp is probably a real bad idea. Why? Because as the remaining native hair inevitably thins further the transplanted hair will stick out like a sore thumb, and it will be placed too far apart in the scalp to look natural.
3) KNOW thy "hair characteristics" well !!! For those with coarse, dark hair on light scalp you are pretty much guarunteed a result that will NOT mimmick nature nearly as well as somone with finer hair and a lower contrast of hair to scalp color. So, no matter who the doc is and how perfect the work is, you will probably end up with a "spottable" transplant to the discerning eye. If you are the type who can live with that, then go ahead and do it! But HOW do you really know YOU are the type who can live with that, UNTIL you do it and it grows out ?
4) If you look at all the best transformations and HT "rock star" stories out there (Nic Nitro, Futzyhead, Bobman, Wassup, Joetronic) they were ALL without exception people who were not "chasing" the hairloss. They had pretty much lost everything already, the pattern had fully developed, and almost all of the hair on top of their head was planted from the donor area in megasessions. Thus, there are no "contrast" issues to worry about between HT hair and native hair, and these patients are all very happy with the outcome.
These are all very serious points to consider before comtemplating whether a HT is, or is not, for you. In my personal case I am now 40, have medium fine slightly wavy brown hair on tan scalp, a Norwood 3 vertex, and my native hair that remains on top is NOT diffuse thinning, but normal density hair. I've even plucked hairs from my donor and native hair area to compare texture and shaft diameter, and they are virtually identical. If ALL of these things weren't adding up in my favor for a natural result, then I would not even in the slightest still be considering this procedure.