Dr. Alvi Armani Follicular Unit Extraction Cost Per Graft.
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warnietheoldpro
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Personally I think the practice of operating on 20 somethings and giving them a low dense hairline makes for great before and after picture opportunities but may not stand up to long term scrutiny.
I don't know if I could justify top dollar fue with a doctor who made his name in strip under those conditions.
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I don't know if I could justify top dollar fue with a doctor who made his name in strip under those conditions.
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s.a.f
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warnietheoldpro said:
Exactly I've pointed this out before, but so many (shortsighted?) posters see these low dense nw1's and hail Armani as some kind of hair transplant messiah.
Renagade said:
FUE is not an option for such an exccesive degree of hairloss. They would need about 6/7 full day sessions.
s.a.f
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Most surgeons would seriously advise them to just go for strip instead as that way it would be done in possibly 1 and max 2 sessions. Fue instead of strip for a NW6 would be a mammoth task, like trying to cut a lawn with scissors when there is a lawnmower available.
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warnietheoldpro said:Personally I think the practice of operating on 20 somethings and giving them a low dense hairline makes for great before and after picture opportunities but may not stand up to long term scrutiny.
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Yes its an incredibly stupid idea using all the donor hair building a low dense hairline, for obvious reasons.
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Optimist said:
Gee the average age of his patients is coming down.
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haggis said:warnietheoldpro said:Personally I think the practice of operating on 20 somethings and giving them a low dense hairline makes for great before and after picture opportunities but may not stand up to long term scrutiny.
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Yes its an incredibly stupid idea using all the donor hair building a low dense hairline, for obvious reasons.
I wonder if they really use as much donor supply as it seems since they use only single hair grafts for the hairline. It seems to me that this practice could mean that their quote of 3000 grafts could be the equivalent of 2000 or less from a doctors that uses multi-hair grafts. Just a thought.
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I don't understand why anyone would get strip. If the results are not what you want and you want to shave it all off, you have all those scars. It's just not worth it.
I don't know why everyone is saying the rates are so high for Dr Armani. I just locked in $7 per graft for 6500 grafts - this is with Dr Armani, not his associates. (4000 the first session and another 2500 in the second session). Would anyone please specify why FUE is not the way to go? I think I will eventually progress to a NW6 based on my family history, but my goal is to restore the hairline, and no strip scars so that if I do go to a NW6 later, I can shave my hair down.
SAF - why do you say it would take 6 or 7 sessions to do this many grafts? I think they have a lot of people working on you at once, that is how they are able to get so many grafts done at once.
SAF - why do you say it would take 6 or 7 sessions to do this many grafts? I think they have a lot of people working on you at once, that is how they are able to get so many grafts done at once.
Follically Challenged
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HatPrisoner91 said:
Lack of money, ignorance, or a lack of donor hair to do the job without doing a strip (I've read more hair can be harvested with a strip.)
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EANYC said:
Probably because you're getting so many grafts they give a discount but even at $7 this is around $50,000!! :freaked2:
I don't know about you, but I just don't have this kind of cash laying around. Most average guys don't.
It would be nice if money was no object but $50,000 is a lot of money to spend on a cosmetic procedure that may infact fail or at least ultimately fail based on your hairloss genes. Big risk. Not just finanically, but emotionally.
ITNEVERRAINS
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Again, I have to argue that if you've been mapped for miniaturization, failure is so rare that its simply not an option. It's the needle in a haystack mentality. As long as your not the needle, go for it. I think Dr. Armani will be fantastic. 7 bucks a graft he better be!
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You seem to be supposing that NW7 is really rare. I have the impression that guys starting to lose hair in early 20's (or earlier) have a significant chance of ending up with that level of hair loss. Also, depending on donor characteristics, many NW6 and NW5 guys are really bad candidates, as well.
ITNEVERRAINS
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I would argue that full blown nw7 is rare. Most guys when they hit NW4 start shaving it. I would also argue most guys do start male pattern baldness in their 20's, but that age doesn't determine norwood. My buddy thought he was going bald at 19 because he got the V mature hairline. 13 years later, exact same hairline, crown, and overall density. Meanwhile I kept an adolescent hairline until 23, here I am at 32, 3 hair transplant's to date.