These are really good tips. I would add as a red flag a place that does multiple surgeries per day. The more surgeries they do, the less consistency there will be. Moreover, you won't be able to compare results you see online, as you don't know who exactly did these surgeries, and most importantly, WHO will be doing your surgery.
I don't usually post comments, but I have to express my gratitude to you, Gary. I underwent a surgical procedure about ten days ago, and initially felt uncertain when my doctor stepped away midway, after 5 hours into the operation. I had assumed he would handle everything from the extraction to the graft planting. But instead, he worked on the extraction process alongside another team member. After a brief 20-minute meal break, my doctor performed all the incisions (3000 grafts), while three other individuals handled the hair implantation in different areas. Still, my doctor made sure to check in on me and the team every hour. Now I realize this collaborative approach is standard and not something to worry about. I appreciate your assurance, Gary.
I remain subscribed in order to support you and your wonderful family. I prioritize my time and spend very little online ( many interest, run an animal rescue, etc.) Congratulations! On the # of subscribers that have increased since last summer. Happy for you.🎉🥳 👍 Best
Sounds like this Dr is put for your very best interest and with hair loss being so devastating it great to see a Dr who really seems to care and understand 😀
Hi Gary I had my FUE back in Feb in the UK and the results are really starting to show. I had 2300 grafts and thankfully had none of the red flags you talk about here. I travelled north to the city of Nottingham to have the procedure as having the same treatment in London ( just 50 miles up the road from me) would have cost me 2 or 3 grand more. All of this great stuff, all of it, is because of yourself and my listening to your advice. I knew what to look for and what to avoid. The hairline they did is absolutely brilliant, I'm 57 and didn't want a 22 year old's hairline. The doctor was so happy that i insisted on pushing the lines further back (not a lot but he matched from my widows peak to my sideburns perfectly). I too am chuffed (happy...said 'happy' too much already hence 'chuffed-!) I made that decision. It really is starting to fill out and my confidence is through the roof...after years and years of fretting I can't tell you how much pressure has been released since the op. I no longer wear hats. I no longer feel scrappy and thin haired. The money it cost is completely offset by my happiness and finally meeting up with the old me again. This operation is so much more than simply a vanity thing. You know this as do 99%of the folk subscribed to yourself. If I was a New Yorker I would have stumped up the money and come to you 100% but I think i found a fantastic company here in the UK. Thank you. Thank you for all the help you gave me in making this massive step from thinking about it to doing it. You absolutely rock sir. QUESTION. How will I know when the Finastiride is no longer needed? I'm 57 but bloody Scotty from Star Trek had a nipper at 80 years old! (Not a Star Trek fan, just amazed that he wasn't firing blanks at 4 score years old as it were). To anybody here who is debating whether to have the procedure. Take the Dr's advice above and make sure every box is ticked even if it's more expensive to go with the right company, but DO IT. If you have suffered mentally from thinning hair have the procedure. I feel like a completely different bloke. Cheers again doc and keep the vids coming.
@@vanillacreem816 superb mate. Anybody who is umming and aahing about doing it should just do it. My hair will be thickening out for another 6 months and i'm already blown away. Best thing i ever did for myself. Good on ya matey
Heads up, if you want the doctor to answer your question, why type him a novel? Make it short and brief and get to the point. He's a busy man and doesn't have time to read a dissertation.
@@Danimal77 i was writing to anybody who is interested in having the procedure and telling them how great it is to actually go through with it. Mate, people like yourself should just scroll on rather than try to fuck negative vibes into my morning.
Hi mate, love the positivity from this! I’m from Nottingham and I’m currently considering having the surgery. Where did you go for yours and do you have any other advice mate?
Amazing tips. 👏 saving the general public with these videos and at the very least even your biggest critic has to appreciate you are bring the discussion
Dr Gary… totally love your presentations about many procedures available in your practice.. I’m not a hair transplant candidate but if l were, I’d consider none but you and your team. Your straightforward and honest manner is top notch .. thank you ! 🙂
#1 didn't turn out to cause a negative experience. Many years ago I had a hair transplant procedure done in Aventura, FL and spoke to a consultant. While I only saw the main doc a few times, it was all done professionally and the results turned out great.
Is it true that you have to use Minoxidil and finasteride and a bunch of other pills and medications and shampoos indefinitely after getting a transplant procedure done?
@@liamgallagher406 I’m no expert but from my knowledge it depends on the person. A 50 year old who’s never had the procedure would unlikely need to continue with medication as they’ve likely reached the maximum extent of their hair loss. I’m 23 and am going for a procedure soon. It’s not advisable to get it young as you are still likely to carry on losing your original hair. For that reason I will likely have to continue with medications to prevent further hair loss. I’m willing to take that risk and I’ve chosen a clinic that won’t deplete my donor area too much so I can have further procedures done if needed. I would have continued taking finasteride but I was scare mongered into stopping treatment. With more research and new topical finasteride I’m happy to take it again. The side effects of fin and min are minimal and in most cases are not present at all. I’ll be taking both as a topical solution sprayed once a day before bedtime. A small and convenient price to pay for prevention of further hair loss.
My surgeon never raised medical therapy, so I asked for it. He said there was no need for it because, as you said, my pattern had been stable, I'm older (39 at time of surgery), and I wasn't going to lose any more hair. Edit: I've since been taking high-dose DHT and can confirm he was right, no shedding.
Hi! good to hear your situation, i am 35 with norwood stage 2 baldness , my hairloss per day is minimal but it is there , should I get on the meds and get a transplant ?
@@akapandeo yes absolutely. It's amazing what it does for your confidence. I got carded by a teenage girl buying smokes two days ago. A few months back a group of my friends (8 of us in total) went to a nightclub and I was the only one who got carded.
Dr Gary, I had hair transplant 4 years ago and will need to get another one for density. You never talked about taking some folicules from the chest or the beard and what do think of the hair that comes from this area. And I love you videos they are eye opener 😍 Many thanks 💕
Just wanted to say I love your channel man and I am gonna go to turkey for a hair transplant because it's so cheap and I don't have a lot of money but I wish you was my doctor because I just trust you to do the best job because it seems like you really care abought your job and aren't just doing it for money which scares me abought turkey doctors
Thank you for these very important tips. I had a doctor almost kill me with medical malpractice. God was with me, but it's been a fight financially and psychologically. People be very careful of any medical practitioner.
Regarding your first point- this must’ve happened with Greg Doucette’s girlfriend. They traveled all the way to Turkey to find she wasn’t a HT candidate.
Hey Doc, I love your videos. Thank you for all of the great content. I wanted to ask your opinion on Bosley? Are they any good or should you stay away?? Would really appreciate the help! Thanks!
Just hearing about transplants is upsetting. Had mine back in 1977 and it was a nightmare.Four sessions and Im now bald with scars all over my head and wispy back hairs.Looked okay for a few years and then lost hair not transplanted.Remember baldness will keep going and areas not transplanted will fall out as you age. Ive worn wigs for over 30 years to hide scars.
In 2002 I was an Active Duty Navy Corpsman working the Mid shift 15:00-23:00 in San Diego. During the day 0:700-14:15 I worked for a prominent Plastic Surgery Group in La Jolla CA. The Dr’s would do the incisions and oil atop a of Tummy Tucks but I would sew the patients closed. Sometimes for hours. Belt lipectomies we’re the worst. Seeing all around a patient. Literally 30- 36” of skin to close. I got really good at it to say the least. The Dr’s would see patients in clinic but that was only a room over from me. It got to the point they could see 5-6 Consults as I sewed. I miss those days. I’m 51 now and Unable to work due to getting hit by a car that ran a red light and T boned me at 50mph on my Harley. My point. Doctors do the necessary work but a good Surgical First Assistant is an absolute necessity. I would rather have a great Assistant and a good Dr than a Great Dr with crappy Assistants. If the day starts off bad the cases usually don’t go well and it wears on the Dr.
I am sorry for such a broad question without any details of the patient . He is white and he has like a widows peak very pronounced but I guess my question is about is the trip from Virginia to Turkey have too many red flags like your video , thanks again Peer
I had 3200 Graphs FUE hair transplant done in the Bay Area last year in November. I am on my 9th month and feel like I am in the ugly duck stage. My hair is thin and doesn’t look anything like 3200 graphs at all. When I had my ht done, I have only seen the doctor when I checked in then twice to do the incisions. There was about 4 ladies in the room, 2 removing the graphs and the other two housing the graphs in some tray and spraying water on them. I am hoping I am just a slow grower because I was told I should see 90% of my final results at 8 months.
I hope you can check on the number of grafts . With all of the men hating going on with these women today there is no way I myself would have had a hair transplant with women working on me . I am sorry to say but it is a reality now that women will do a lot to hurt men nowadays . I had really nice hair until about a year ago when I had a few people over and a women used my restroom that I shower in and then the very next time I showered my hair was damaged bad thin and very fly away and got very oily in no time at all and also my face got very oily in no time at all . I hope you can have your grafts counted.
Thank you so much Doc.. I have a question for you.. what's ur perspective on natural methods.. like.. Onion hair oil.. Bringharaj oil.. Saw palmetto.. does this really work.. or its a myth?
Dr gray I really want to book an appointment with you but . It's difficult for me to get into the us cause I'm Nigerian. You've really enlightened me on hair transplant and I'll want you to do the operation. I really don't care how much it cost
Hello Dr Gary, l really like your channel. Great information! And can you please do a video on Sir Cliff Richard. As l would like to know if he has had a hair transplant?
Im a little confused when Doctor Gary mentions the surgery takes 12 hours . How many graphs is he referring too ? however he also mentions that 2000 graphs at a time should only be performed at a session which takes 4 to 6 hours. Can someone elaborate please, and clear this part up please. Ty
Hey Dr.Gary My clinic asked if i wanted ozone therapy during my operation. What are you're thoughts about this? Thanks for the videos they do give a lot information :)
Had a awful transplant from Dr.Lee in Atlanta at Anderson Hair. I was promised a certain design at the consultation and seemed promising so I went with it. The day of surgery was changed to something quite higher and he refused to look at the pictures from consultation or any of the original reference pictures. They already had me on something like a xanax and from never having something like that before. I had no fight in me from feeling so off, that at some point I guess they just did the surgery with no recollection from me how they even started... Originally I had a thick hairline and was not receding just was high from youth with photo's for proof. Ended up getting around 500 grafts out of the 2200 I paid for and it looked like he splattered them on randomly. I went for a second opinion somewhere else the day after due to how little grafts were implanted to verify the butchery. After 3 years they still won't grow more than a few cm before breaking off and are wiry. Avoid Anderson clinic and Dr.Lee like the plague. I was 33 then, now 36 and looking for a clinic to repair the job. Currently I keep the transplanted area shaven since it's so bad.
I had my transplant done in Gilroy California by Dr diep. His videos claim he is the best especially with his artistic approach to the hairline. It's very expensive in California and he did not do the transplant, his nurses did it and I hate the results. Is it normal for the Dr to not do any transplants
I have been recently looking into a hair transplant and had my consultation last week. it was with Bosley in philadelphia. They have a huge name of course so i thought they would be a safe choice. I met with the consultant who is basically the sales person who answers questions, so I dont think there is any way to meet the surgeon before the procedure which worries me because when i show up for my procedure this person has never seen my head before. Would Bosley be a safe choice because they are so well known or should I search for other doctors in the area. if anyone has suggestions please comment. or if anyone knows anyone around the Philadelphia area.
The bottom line is getting the results that the patient wants , the location of the clinic , the surgeon and the price mean nothing if the end results is not what the patient wanted . If someone goes to a clinic in a very expensive city where the cost of living is very high , the patient usually pays a very high price regardless of which surgeon does the implant surgery , it doesn't always work out that the patient will end up with the best result . In just about every country in the world prices for cosmetic surgery is often the highest in the major cities or the capital cities of the countries while surgery done in less larger cities of the country are often cheaper and just as good , the only difference being the overheads in larger cities are higher so the patient pays more for the surgery .
That happen to me but this people came from a different city and i saw the dr twice he just swing by but didnt perform anything . Something i didnt like i ask them to lower my hair line more , said no because its not age appropriate i am 31 im not that old wtf
Hello, I live in France and a a surgeon in Paris 16 count not with graft unit but hair unit. So for example for 6500 hair he transplant 1300 graft with a ratio of 5 when doing FUT. Is he a cheater ? Thanks for your opinion !
A client that need all the elements you have mention wont find a clinic that will take them. We are seen as bags of money. Why would they waste time with one person asking for a doctor a team etc....knowing many more will come and shutup. It's you and your luck.
Hello. I have an oblong face shape. Is it possible to change it into a rectangular face shape? What would thre procedures be? Would I have to change my chin, mandible, cheekbones and forehead?
I got few PRP sessions and the started on Minoxidil Now I have stopped minoxidil and hair have thinned really badly on the hairline . How to move ahead?
Are you a professional troll, ‘YT Sux’? I just had a HT from Dr. Linkov and it was a wonderful experience. A 12 hour process with the Dr., not a hiccup, and while it was certainly more expensive than going to Turkey, it was not overpriced, and directly in line with other US doctor’s costs. Underpriced for the level of service and perfection, imo.
My son wants a hair transplant and wants to go to Istanbul for the cost and experience . He wants to go in about six weeks and I am trying to research a little . He is 38 years old with a strong view of what he thinks it will be like . Do you have any tips that he might not have considered or I should push to consider , Traveling with my son sounds great but I would like to have a nice memory and a nice flight home . I started a list and made one call but it was 9 pm and my list of questions is not complete , thank you if you if you have any suggestions , Peer de Silva
Hi iv got a question it sounds crazy but can your surgeon fake giving you a transplant I had a second fue for density but feel they just depleted my donour area and didn't transplant the hair in the thinning areas sure I had the puncture marks in the recipient area but as it's growing four month in it looks just like it did before the surgery can they fake giving you the procedure? Thanks
I personally would not listen a word this guy says. If he is wrong on one thing how do we know he is correct on others. For example it took 4 different people doing the hair transplant. So all four of them should be there having consultation with me??? I had very good experience in my hair transplant in turkey, and great results at the fraction of the cost and I met with the doctor at the day of the surgery, pictures were send and reviewed thru WhatsApp
Hey Gary - I fear I may have fallen to trap #2. The Doctor was only involved in checking up on how the procedure was going, rather than doing it himself. I had 1500 units transplanted, which wasn't enough to cover the crown or the temples. I also noticed that there was poor hair survivability. Out of the 1500 transplanted, I firmly believe only 65% (or less) had survived. I'm faced with looking for a second operation - Do you think the loss of 1500 units (700 perhaps if we consider 50% death rate of implacted hairs) will impact the future outcome of another surgery?
@Dr Gary. Can a transplant work on Scar Tissue? I was the victim of hit and run and required a Craniotomy. I had a full head of hair but now have scar tissues and hair did not grow in that area. I grew hair longer and conceal it but would love to repair and have what I had before the drunk driver nearly killed me.
I was told no in Florida. I have some money saved. I have so many questions and would love to look into getting this fixed. It is has been 3 years since my surgery.
The doctor is in surgery for 12 hours 😳 gosh that's stamina I can't even contemplate. It's good there is a whole team. Well if you pick the proper clinic.
Thanks for the info. As a transgender woman who has always had a big forehead. I looked into transplants however I’ve decided to make my own customised hair pieces and sometimes human hair wigs. I feel like I have to be happy with what I have. Life’s too short short to rely on hair that probably mostly falls out. Micro-pigmentation is a waste of money too.
