Transplant Cost
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July 02, 2010, 01:49 PM So I’m considering a transplant at some point. I wouldn’t say I NEED it right now, but it could help thicken up what I have and help me to stress less. And I want to stop using minox, but don’t thjink I could deal with the stress of the shed I would go through. I’m curious to how much a good transplant costs nowasays. I know a few years back the average was around 5 or 6 thousand. Where is it at now? OMG, if you don’t mind me asking. How much were yours? |
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[ # 1 ] July 02, 2010, 09:54 PM I’ll be putting away about $50,000 for it, just in case. Seriously. |
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[ # 3 ] July 03, 2010, 12:27 PM I went to a doctor in chicago…cost $5000 for 1600 grafts about 5 years ago..came out very good, but it was the old method, left a noticeable scar on the back of my head…not bad…but I can’t cut my hair shorter than a 3 with a razor or else it shows |
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After 5 months of nothing, my new regimen as of mid December 2011 is below:
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[ # 4 ] July 03, 2010, 12:27 PM If I can get the money together I’m planning to do another 1500 or so in the near future |
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After 5 months of nothing, my new regimen as of mid December 2011 is below:
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[ # 5 ] July 03, 2010, 02:46 PM yanks1… My first one at the beginning of the last decade was something like $6400 for 1200 grafts, and the one from Dr. Cooley was 10k for 2500. I think I could have gotten a much better price for the first one. Man, if you can afford it, the time to get it is NOW. EVERYONE would be so much happier if they got one. For some reason, people associate a transplant with “giving up” or “failure” or something -that’s not reality, though! That’s the only way to get back to HOLY CRAP hair like in my avatar! MJ… if you do it again, use a transplant scar device! If I shaved my head, you might be able to see a little line or something, but it’s absolutely undetectable now because of it.
I freaking hate this picture, by the way! lol… You can tell that I have pink eye in my left eye (from the damn cats…. they always have some sort of conjunctivitis). -O.M.G. |
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[ # 6 ] July 03, 2010, 05:16 PM Dude, you are a laser freak!...but we love you for that |
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After 5 months of nothing, my new regimen as of mid December 2011 is below:
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[ # 8 ] July 04, 2010, 03:37 AM The cost will vary on whether you choose FUE (essentially modified punch graft) or FUT (strip method). FUE can be twice as much as strip although I’ve seen it for close to the same. Just browsing sites for some top surgeons in North America I think the average cost is around $5.00/graft. After you reach a certain amount of grafts say 2500 or so the cost per graft might go down after that. The total cost is determined by how many grafts you need. |
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[ # 9 ] July 06, 2010, 04:55 PM Am I totally wrong about a transplant not being for everyone? |
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[ # 10 ] July 06, 2010, 09:56 PM Yeah, would recommend finding a way to stabilise your hair loss first, letting it sit for at least 6 months and then looking into a ht. Definitely not something to rush into and you’ll want to have a regimen sussed out beforehand because it’s so damn easy to get complacent with treatments when you can look at yourself and say “hey man, nice hair!” lol |
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[ # 11 ] July 07, 2010, 03:29 PM Well I’m holding off mostly because seeing how much progress transplant surgery has made in the past 10 years or so I’m confident they’ll prefect it even more in another 5 or 10. So if I can hold of til then I may not have to worry about getting any kind of scar as I like to keep my side hair short and I like shaving my head here and there. Plus I’m thinking the price may go down a bit. |
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[ # 12 ] July 07, 2010, 09:04 PM You wouldn’t get a scar with FUE now bro but if you can hold off then sounds like you’re on to a good thing. If I could wait 300 years I’d get robot legs, but I probably won’t be alive that long. |
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[ # 13 ] July 14, 2010, 02:12 PM Ok I’m thinking about taking the plunge within the next few months. Can you guys reccomend a doc good with FUE? Preferably one in the Northeast? I’m in New Jersey. And I’m looking to save $ as best I can. I’m not in the best financial situation right now, but normally payment plans are offered right? And there aren’t any loopholes to get insurance to help out are there? |
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[ # 14 ] July 14, 2010, 02:47 PM Ok I’m thinking about taking the plunge within the next few months. Can you guys reccomend a doc good with FUE? Preferably one in the Northeast? I’m in New Jersey. And I’m looking to save $ as best I can. I’m not in the best financial situation right now, but normally payment plans are offered right? And there aren’t any loopholes to get insurance to help out are there? |
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[ # 15 ] July 14, 2010, 05:52 PM Hi Yanks1, I was thinking of Dr. Ron Shapiro or Paul Shapiro myself. They are known for doing excellent strip work, but they have been performing FUE in the last 3 years or so (I think). They are really good priced for FUE grafts @ $6.00 / graft (their strip grafts are $5.00/ graft). Some places are $10 or more / graft FUE. You might want to wait a little while for the Shapiro Clinic to show some more grown out pictures though. Their are a few downwfalls of the FUE procedure, mainly being that it tends to have a higher transection rates (meaning there is potential for less transplanted hairs to grow). Some clinics claim that their FUE transection rates are comparable to strip….so you might want to ask about the yield when inquiring or during consultation. If you need alot of grafts done at one time then go for strip as FUE is around 800 grafts per procedure, meaning you might have to get work done over period of days to get the graft count right. Some other FUE doctors in US are: Not sure how good the above are but these ones seem to come up over and over again in my research anyways. Apparently one of the doctors was blacklisted by this site and not viewable…sorry. |
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[ # 16 ] July 14, 2010, 06:35 PM most places do offer payment plans, but they’re not through the institution themselves, but rather through outside credit agencies..which usually means higher than average interest rates, but not always. But Yanks you need to consider a few things before you get a transplant… how much hair have you lost already and what’s your potential for future loss? The first part meaning that if you’re only thinning, but not bald, a transplant may not be a viable option because having too much hair actually puts existing follicles at risk during the procedure. And the second part has to do with the fact that a transplant doesn’t cure anything, it just covers up loss you’ve already suffered. If you’re young (under 40) you still have the potential to lose a lot more hair and a hair transplant may only cover up your problem for a few years..which may degrade the “artwork” of the surgeon over time. I had a transplant at age 32, and I’m glad I did it, but I wish I would continued with propecia or some other process like LLLT because about 1 year later my thinning began to show again….during that year my hair looked great so I foolishly chose to stop all other hair treatments. It’s 5 years later and now I have it under control, but I wish I would have acted sooner…I have a partially reconstructed hairline and behind one part of it I have a very thin area…it looks strange if I don’t use topik or something to fill it in…so just a word of caution….if you go through with it, make sure to keep up on all your other treatments to prevent future hair loss. |
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After 5 months of nothing, my new regimen as of mid December 2011 is below:
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[ # 17 ] July 14, 2010, 06:36 PM Yeah, he’s blacklisted for a BIG REASON, too. lol… Anyway, you’re right about the FUE procedure having less success -how much less I’m not sure, but Chore Boy actually had a pretty botched FUE surgery where I believe very few grew in. I may be operating off of old data though with the success rates… they may have improved it a good bit. In recent news about FUE, Dr. Bauman is one of the few using the “NeoGraft FUE” (“No-scalpel No-stitch”) machine. Since he’s a facebook friend of mine, I get bombarded with info on it all the time. lol… Here is a clip that he posted: 
This was worthy of a thread, and it’s still certainly worthy of a news article, so I’m sorry I’m slow to act on this. Here is a blurb on it:
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[ # 18 ] July 15, 2010, 04:05 AM Anyone have any thoughts on Armani? His hairline work is the best I’ve seen but no one ever talks about him. |
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[ # 19 ] July 18, 2010, 10:14 PM a while ago i had came across a site that actually had some type program on it that allowed you to simulate a transplant..meaning that you would choose the desired density in various areas on an animated scalp and then it would give the amount of grafts needed to achieve the desired density and the approximate cost as well. is anybody familiar with the site? i have googled and googled but cant seem to find it. |
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[ # 20 ] September 25, 2010, 11:42 PM Ok I’m thinking of going with the strip surgery. I don’‘t think it’s totally necessary at this point, but I’ve thinned out a decent amount since stopping minox a month and a half ago and want to be able to lose the stress of all of this. I think the transplant will help significantly in this area. For the scar I’m going to use lasers, 5min x 3 times a day (that’s ideal right?) and apply iosol iodine topically. I’ll also be taking a lot of colostrum and internal iodine. Anything eles anyone can think of t help here? And what doctor would be my best option, not considering FUE anymore, in the Northeast? Im in New Jersey. |
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[ # 21 ] March 05, 2011, 06:38 PM Guys, Do you have any suggestions for when its a good time to consider this? I was thinking that around 30 would be ideal, but I have no idea. Also, I’m a bit confused about how this works as there seems to be two different procudures: FUE and and strip. Any recomendations on this matter? Has one method truly become the “golden standard” yet? Finally, how did you decide which doctor to go to?? I feel like the whole process of “shopping” around for doctors seems crazy given the fact you are having a procedure done on your own body. The entire process seems a bit scary to me and any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks guys. Calbruin |
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[ # 23 ] March 26, 2012, 03:05 AM Clearly you didn’t read the posts above, but anyhoo, the surgeons charge by-the-graft. So the total cost will depend on how many grafts you need. The typical cost is $4-8 dollars a graft. A graft is technically 1-4 hairs, but typically 2-3 hairs. Some surgeons will also offer a deal where the first 1000 grafts is $5, and every graft after that is $2.50 etc. Go to this site and check out all the surgeons: www.hairtransplantnetwork.com Just to give you a reference, 1000 grafts will drop a dense hairline down about a quarter inch. |
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