Dr Rogers has hair transplant

[Guest]

Just letting you know of my own experience of having a hair transplant. I had strip surgery, just a small, quite closely packed session of 851 grafts in an egg sized area.
My surgeon was Dr Stevenson of our London branch.

It was mostly better than I thought, although I didn't like the "numb" sensation and was pleased when it wore off, even though it then hurt a bit.

At day 4, I'm nearly back to normal. I'll post some pictures when I've worked out how!

This is a link to the day 4 photo.

http://www.rogersclinic.co.uk/newsview. ... our=CAD5E6

 

[Mahair]

Ya did,
Conf\gradulations.
So did Larry Lee Bosley. I'm gonna get another now. You know before it gets noticable.
$hit for brains we all know marketing here. I had 50 plugs on my testicles and noone even knows. E-S-A-D.
The only thing I hate worse than Simsom avitars are doctors .. had to chuck, that use them.

 

[Mahair]

Wait .. I did a search. I gueuss there are 2 . One has a train that goes in circles the other puts his patients in cycles...

The first is dead So nthat narrows it down. I thing the egg is on your face not your head eh laddy.

Piss off.

 

[Optimist]

800 grafts isn't going to do anything for that bald patch. I'm glad to see that some action is being taken though; I've always found it somewhat ironic that some bald docs don't have enough confidence in their product to try it themselves.

 

[Optimist]

Also, I would say that in general this is a bad place to advertise because the people here are pretty informed. If you can't beat the performance of top docs it probably makes better business sense to not show photos and just offer cheaper services.

 

[Hans Gruber]

i dont think its a big deal Dr Rogers posting here,most people in the market for a hair transplant in the uk know of him anyway


Mahair as usual being his nice polite self

:lol:


good luck Dr Rogers,happy growing

 

[Dalek]

It's time Mahair was thrown off this forum. Unhelpful, nasty and downright abusive comments don't belong here. Go away and educate yourself with a better vocabulary.

 

[Nick4441]

Great to hear Dr Rogers and sounds like it went well.

I assume the scar is much smaller for strip is that why you went for a smaller number of grafts?..is there some advantage with doing smaller number and maybe multiple ops (I think its mentioned can have up to 6 ops?)

Would have though you had gone with a much larger number like 2000. With a couple of ops at that you would have full head of hair again.

 

[Guest]

I didn't think I was that bald, Nick :lol: There goes my self delusion!
In fact, I'm not bothered by the recessions but I didn't like the very thin forelock where the hair "parted" down the middle. I just wanted some definition back in the centre.
I may have another later but it's enough for now - it's hard to sit in the chair and let someone else do it!

 

[LookingGood!]

Also, I would say that in general this is a bad place to advertise because the people here are pretty informed. If you can't beat the performance of top docs it probably makes better business sense to not show photos and just offer cheaper services.

So will that be your response to all docs that may post here in the future?

I dont see why it's such a crime for the guy to post his experience. You do remember I shared my case and you called me a shill and this and that. What is with you? Why so cruel? I dont see how the forum or you for that matter benefits from this.

 

[s.a.f]

Who better than the surgeons to answer some of our questions?

 

[LookingGood!]

I agree SAF. WE need more input from surgeons so that they can provide insight and help with the hair transplant decision.

This part of the site is lacking in that kind of traffic.

 

[Optimist]

hmm, OK, maybe I was rude. I was kind of turned off by him a while ago when I looked at his site and it has pics of dudes with perfect heads of hair (likely didn't have transplants) as if that is what he can offer and then his actual before/after pics show slight improvements (more realistic of course). I'm not sure what the point is of putting pics with guys who have perfect heads of hair on the site when it is doubtful that they even had transplants, unless it is for the purpose of either making men feel bad that they do not measure up, or to make them think they can achieve something similiar. Neither reason is appealing.

Anyways, I just have a thing about that kind of marketing. Of course that doesn't excuse being rude, but I was really just trying to give business advice in accordance with what I perceived to be his marketing strategy and unfortunately it came across as rude.

 

[coolguy]

Omg... Dr. Rogers offers scalp reduction!!! He is a butcher!!!

http://www.rogersclinic.co.uk/galleryvi ... our=E5EBF3

 

[Optimist]

Omg... Dr. Rogers offers scalp reduction!!! He is a butcher!!!

http://www.rogersclinic.co.uk/galleryvi ... our=E5EBF3

Lol, he's bringing back the 70's. Careful though, you are apparently not allowed to critcize doctors on here.

 

[Guest]

I don't mind constructive criticism, Optimist Everybody is entitled to an opinion.
But, it's worth keeping an open mind too.
I rarely recommend scalp reduction - only a handful of patients each year choose it and I refer to Dr Patrick Frechet, who is excellent at performing it. He is also choosey about who is suitable.
Basically, if you have very thick texture hair, with very good density, stable hair loss, over 40+ years and a crown (only suitable for crowns) which isn't too large, then scalp reduction can be very effective. It is a procedure which gives quicker results and in some ways, better results.
But, big BUT! You have to be a good candidate. In the past, scalp reduction was oversold to too many unsuitable candidates, which is why it now has a bad name.
Of course, good scalp reduction candidates are also good hair transplant candidates and many people prefer the slightly less "invasive" aspect of hair transplant.
It's good to have a choice, even if you think that particular choice is wrong for you. FUE vs strip is a choice. Back in the old days, the only choice people had was punchgrafts.
Anyway, what's wrong wrong with the seventies, great music!
(Dreadful dress sense though :lol: )

 

[Mahair]

I will have to review your site again as it shows the guy as a full blown N/W 5 in his before and a relatively full but thin pate in the after.
The other points are salient as far as the hair models go and the glorifying / glowing dialog on your site. But then it is a business ....
If you are screening your patients I applaud you . Usually they are brought in with their unrealistic expectation.

 

[LookingGood!]

hmm, OK, maybe I was rude. I was kind of turned off by him a while ago when I looked at his site and it has pics of dudes with perfect heads of hair (likely didn't have transplants) as if that is what he can offer and then his actual before/after pics show slight improvements (more realistic of course). I'm not sure what the point is of putting pics with guys who have perfect heads of hair on the site when it is doubtful that they even had transplants, unless it is for the purpose of either making men feel bad that they do not measure up, or to make them think they can achieve something similiar. Neither reason is appealing.

Anyways, I just have a thing about that kind of marketing. Of course that doesn't excuse being rude, but I was really just trying to give business advice in accordance with what I perceived to be his marketing strategy and unfortunately it came across as rude.

What is your view of Armani's marketing? He is quite slick dont you think? :wink:
Everyone knows that all Docs or any business for that matter will always place the "cherry Picked" patients/models b/c it's appealing. Ie: Coors lite and the twins, Lincoln Mercury and that hottie spokeswoman just to name a few.
What's your take Mahair?

 

[LookingGood!]

I don't mind constructive criticism, Optimist Everybody is entitled to an opinion.
But, it's worth keeping an open mind too.
I rarely recommend scalp reduction - only a handful of patients each year choose it and I refer to Dr Patrick Frechet, who is excellent at performing it. He is also choosey about who is suitable.
Basically, if you have very thick texture hair, with very good density, stable hair loss, over 40+ years and a crown (only suitable for crowns) which isn't too large, then scalp reduction can be very effective. It is a procedure which gives quicker results and in some ways, better results.
But, big BUT! You have to be a good candidate. In the past, scalp reduction was oversold to too many unsuitable candidates, which is why it now has a bad name.
Of course, good scalp reduction candidates are also good hair transplant candidates and many people prefer the slightly less "invasive" aspect of hair transplant.
It's good to have a choice, even if you think that particular choice is wrong for you. FUE vs strip is a choice. Back in the old days, the only choice people had was punchgrafts.
Anyway, what's wrong wrong with the seventies, great music!
(Dreadful dress sense though :lol: )

Come on Doctor, the clothes were hip. I was really young but the terry cloth short shorts on gals was quite revealing. The look came back here in the states for awhile. I might agree w/ you as to the 5 inch platform heels the men wore.... :hairy:

 

[Guest]

Dr. Rogers,

Thanks for participating in this community. I have held some dialogue with some of your past and future patients every now and then and heard some good things about you.

Would you clarify your statements for me on a couple of points? First off, let me respectfully say that IMO, the post-op pic of your recent small procedure really does not show anything other than your frontal zone thinning and loss. You make reference to the crusts falling at day four, but the single pic does no justice because it does not magnify the recipient area. It's pretty hard to judge when there is no close up view of the area.

In addition I am wondering why you did not show us the sutured area where the strip was excised. Do you have a pic of that?

Dr. Patrick Frechet has been around a very long, long time. He was also affiliated as a MHR doctor with Dr. Leavitt and featured in their catalogue. I am not sure if he is still affiliated with MHR. Dr. Frechet's advancement in scalp reduction methodology employs his patented "Frechet Extender" which IMO, greatly reduced the amount of highly visible scarring from the former methods of scalp reductions. The predominant approach many years ago was the infamous "Mercedes Method" which was herendously unsightly and IMO, an act of desperation to reduce the recipient area. Really no other benefit to it. Many of the guys that had the archaic Mercedes scalp reduction were destined or already at very advanced classes of hairloss and should have never had these procedures done.

They simply were not candidates "whatsoever" for surgical hair restoration any way you look at it. But also remember, 25 years ago, most guys could clearly see that open donor methods were very invasive surgery. So patients were hard to come by and there were NO WHERE near the amount of hair transplant surgeons back then as there are today. I HAVE NOT MET EVEN ONE PATIENT IN 27 YEARS THAT WAS GLAD HE DID THE MERCEDES METHOD. What does that tell us? They were in fact sold on the idea so the surgeon had some work! :roll:

Lastly, again in all respect, you leave me somewhat suspect of your motives to post your own personal hair transplant pics. Why? Because IMO most well intended docs with pure intentions would not use their own clinic as the springboard to draw patients to your website, in forum posting actvity.

I'll use myself as an example. I am not a physician nor a hair transplant surgeon however I am a hairloss advocate and well known in the hairloss community. Last September, I had my fourth procedure and had it with Dr. Ron Shapiro with 2488 strip grafts. Had I gone on any forum with my pics AND at the same time, provided a link directly to his website, THAT WOULD BE HIGHLY UNETHICAL!

Why? Because I would be guilty of using my own work to lure others to Shapiro's website for commercial purposes. NO GO!

Yes I could put up my pics and state who did my work, but adding links to lure patients to him? I think not. In fact, IT'S BECAUSE I WORK IN THIS INDUSTRY that I did not post my pics at all ANYWHERE. Would it have been possible to put up your pics without including the link to your own business? See what I mean? :roll:

Don't get me wrong. I am not accusing you here. Just thought it was interesting what you did and the way you did it. But again, I have heard some nice things about you so I did not think you are one of the bad guys or I would say so.

Thanks again for your participation. :wink: