Hair Transplant Surgeons You Recommend In The Uk??

[mothernature]

Slippery slop i know

Ok, im 24 and i want a hair transplant seriously as i am a NW3 with temporal recession. Ive been on finasteride for 3 months and have no idea if it has done anything although my pre-finasteride shed has continued to this day.

I've done a bit of research and it seems that most people recommend going to the US/Canada for it but right now this isn't an option for me as it will be more expensive and take longer time to travel there and back.

Who are the best UK surgeons? I've noticed Dr.Farjo (farjo medical centre) and Dr.Rogers (harley clinic) name quite a lot on forums although the later has some mixed reports. Who would you recommend I go?


What about the HDC Medical technology centre in London??
http://www.hair-transplant.org...nt_consultations.html

What about crownclinic??
http://www.crownclinic.co.uk/about-us.php

what about the hair clinic in croyden london?
http://www.the-hair-clinic.co.uk/hair-transplant.htm

Are these places worth giving a second look?

I really would appreciate some advice

 

[GeminiX]

Dr. Rogers is not part of the Harley group, he has his own practice and is the surgeon who performed the two procedures I've had (photos on my site).

I have seen it mentioned that Harley Group have used his services, though when I asked him about a case in the past he said it was the first he had heard of it.

edit - It's a complete myth that you have to travel to the US for the best transplants, though beware there are hacks and bad surgeons everywhere so it's good to do your research.

 

[mothernature]

hi gemini, thanks for your reply. I added you to msn if you dont mind as i wanted to get more information from you. Do you know where Dr.Rogers is working now? Because i looked up his stratford clinic and its not there anymore?? And his site on google doesn't work.. so where is he working and how can i get a consultation with him?

 

[s.a.f]

edit - It's a complete myth that you have to travel to the US for the best transplants, though beware there are hacks and bad surgeons everywhere so it's good to do your research.

No its not the BEST hair transplant's can only be found outside of the UK. Not all clinics are terrible just 90% of them. But there are NO UK clinics that would make it into the top 20 worldwide (that includes Rogers who happens to be the best one in the UK).
If you really care about how your hair transplant ends up you will go to one of the best big name surgeons.
Nearly all of these are in either Canada or the U.S with the exception of guys like ********.
Try and convince people that we are all shills but there is a good reason for the UK's bad reputation Norton, Nobel clinic, Wimpole Clinic, Harley medical group, FUEclinics .... these are some of the biggest and most successful clinic in Britain and they are all butchers. You are the only person in all my years on these boards who is happy with a UK hair transplant and your situation is not the same as everybody elses. All I have heard from the UK is horror stories and a few of them from former Rogers patients.
Feel free to promote Rogers but dont tell newbies that the UK is ok and just as good as the the big name surgeons on the world stage.

 

[mothernature]

saf what do you think about dr.farjo? and what do u think of HDC?

http://www.hair-transplant.org.uk/hair_ ... rices.html

They have london offices but i believe the procedure is carried out in cyprus, i saw a few before/after photos and didn't look too bad.

 

[s.a.f]

I like the look of HDC's work the surgery pics look very clean/neatly done but the end results are just ok. Farjo is not so good IMO I've seen some bad work from him in the past although he has made the effort to update his techniques in recent years. But if I was going to travel to Cyprus you might aswell go the little extra and travel outside of europe to the likes of Rahal, Feller, Shapiro, Cole or Hassan and Wong.
Let other people find out if the lesser known guys are any good, stick with the ones who have long since proven their reputation. Any decent surgeon will have 100's of good testimonials on hair transplant forums. Dont listen to 1 person shouting loudly about any one one surgeon. :whistle:

 

[GeminiX]

Dr. Rogers moved his clinic from Stratford to Rugby about 12 months ago, he also has a clinic in Harley Street in London.

I completely stand by my statement that it's a myth that you can't get some of the best transplant work in the UK and speak from my own personal experience, not just repeating the weasel words of shills on the internets.

Yes there are bad clinics in the UK, just as there are in *EVERY OTHER COUNTRY*, we also have less of the best clinics, but we are also a much smaller country.

The pictures of my procedures speak for themselves, Dr. Feller's own representative in the UK said that it was not possible to achieve the hairline or density that I have without shaving me bald, yet Dr. Rogers managed to do just fine.

edit - Don't be too put off by SAF, he's a really nice guy but he had a number of bad hair transplants in the UK many years ago and now believes that all UK surgeons are bad, understandable I think. He keeps repeating that I'm calling him a shill, but I'm not. If you dig into the forum topics from a few forums you'll see that some years ago a shill did show up and made claims that Dr. Rogers did a bad hair transplant on him, however when Dr. Rogers himself joined the forum and challenged him, the shill soon disappeared. Sadly even lies can stick, and people still repeat this as if it's a fact that Dr. Rogers did a bad job (usually ignoring the threads which discuss how Dr. Feller and Dr. Rogers have worked together and use similar techniques).

I'm also far from the only satisfied Dr. Rogers client as SAF is suggesting, in fact the only reason I heard about him was from other reviews on this very forum.

SAF and I seem to have this exact conversation every few months, I should just start copying and pasting the last one

 

[s.a.f]

But you must admit you have no way of knowing how your hair would look without the medication you are taking. Your results are not down purely to Dr Rogers, no one else can expect to go from NW6 to full head of hair from him.

I've never disputed that there are terrible clinics all over the world not just here, but to spread the idea that this is not a highly specialist industry and that its ok to 'go local' does nobody any favours, (except the poor clinics) who make a living from giving uninformed punters 2nd rate work.
He might be the best option in the uk but the surgeons I mentioned are known about across the world and every single week people travel across the world to have them operate.
I would advise anyone having a hair transplant to make sure that the surgeon they are using is the absolute best available, because its too late to have any regrets once its been done.

 

[GeminiX]

Actually, I would argue that hair transplants are no longer particularly specialised, though the surgeons involved don't want that known.

hair transplant procedures and techniques are well documented and the reality is that most good cosmetic surgeons can perform a hair transplant if they need to (this does not mean any hack with a scalpel). In fact, many of the best hairlines and transplants I've ever seen were not performed by specialist hair transplant surgeons at all.

As for my case, I don't claim Dr. Rogers was responsible for the hair which I've regrown due to medication, only my temple region and *new* hairline. For the relatively small numbers of grafts I've had I've never seen a better result.

Dr. Rogers gave me an extra inch of hairline and a new more feminine shape where previously *NO HAIR* existed, even before I went bald; that's nothing to do with Finasteride.

edit - Don't mis-understand me, I would still go to a highly regarded hair transplant specialist if that was the only procedure I wanted; its just not the mysterious dark art it was a decade or so ago.

 

[s.a.f]

Actually, I would argue that hair transplants are no longer particularly specialised, though the surgeons involved don't want that known.

edit - Don't mis-understand me, I would still go to a highly regarded hair transplant specialist if that was the only procedure I wanted; its just not the mysterious dark art it was a decade or so ago.

I would say the opposite as the procedure becomes more known about, more and more of the faceless cosmetic surgery companies are adding it to their lists. And the have ago surgeons who do everything from boob jobs to facelifts (badly) are seeing it as another form of income.
The industry leaders who've performed literally 1000's are going to always be in a different league to the ones who perform once a fortnight in between doing other procedures.

 

[GeminiX]

Of course the more experienced clinics will generally do a better job, but that margin of quality will always reduce as others catch up.

It's the same with almost everything in the world; cars, televisions, surgery etc. especially when there is a limit to what the end result can be and no more room for improvement.

Take my own career; right now I'm right at the top of my game, only a handful of people in the world can do what I do and my experience allows me to keep pushing the curve and coming up with new ideas until the technology can go no further. Eventually though it will slow down and other people will catch up; today's Lexus LS600h is tomorrow's Ford Focus Popular

The hair transplant industry pretty much peaked (as far as I can tell) five or six years ago and there is no-where left to be unique for the best surgeons and lots of other surgeons are catching up.

 

[mothernature]

Dr. Rogers moved his clinic from Stratford to Rugby about 12 months ago, he also has a clinic in Harley Street in London.

I completely stand by my statement that it's a myth that you can't get some of the best transplant work in the UK and speak from my own personal experience, not just repeating the weasel words of shills on the internets.

Yes there are bad clinics in the UK, just as there are in *EVERY OTHER COUNTRY*, we also have less of the best clinics, but we are also a much smaller country.

The pictures of my procedures speak for themselves, Dr. Feller's own representative in the UK said that it was not possible to achieve the hairline or density that I have without shaving me bald, yet Dr. Rogers managed to do just fine.

edit - Don't be too put off by SAF, he's a really nice guy but he had a number of bad hair transplants in the UK many years ago and now believes that all UK surgeons are bad, understandable I think. He keeps repeating that I'm calling him a shill, but I'm not. If you dig into the forum topics from a few forums you'll see that some years ago a shill did show up and made claims that Dr. Rogers did a bad hair transplant on him, however when Dr. Rogers himself joined the forum and challenged him, the shill soon disappeared. Sadly even lies can stick, and people still repeat this as if it's a fact that Dr. Rogers did a bad job (usually ignoring the threads which discuss how Dr. Feller and Dr. Rogers have worked together and use similar techniques).

I'm also far from the only satisfied Dr. Rogers client as SAF is suggesting, in fact the only reason I heard about him was from other reviews on this very forum.

SAF and I seem to have this exact conversation every few months, I should just start copying and pasting the last one

hey the link doesn't work.. i dont understand why ever single one of his sites is not working??

 

[GeminiX]

You're right, it's down and I'm getting security alerts when I try to access it. The only site still up is the drug store, but that's not directly linked to the hair transplant clinic.

Looks like the site has been attacked, I'll drop the clinic a line later and see what I can find out.

 

[mothernature]

You're right, it's down and I'm getting security alerts when I try to access it. The only site still up is the drug store, but that's not directly linked to the hair transplant clinic.

Looks like the site has been attacked, I'll drop the clinic a line later and see what I can find out.

ok thanks, do u know in the meanwhile which number or email i can use to contact him directly and book a consultation at his rugby clinic? Do u know how much it will cost and when the earliest appt would be?

 

[GeminiX]

The central number is 08444 822 023, there are other direct lines for the various offices but that one is the "official" line to reception.

I just called the clinic and they are aware of the site problems, apparently things started going south on Friday (though they seemed to be fine earlier).

As for availability and cost, I can't say but if you contact the clinic for a consult you'll meet Dr. Rogers for a face to face. He prefers to meet clients personally rather than use a salesperson.

 

[GRI_GRI_MAN]

My Dad had two strip procedures with Dr Rogers in 2001 and in my opinion, had very good results.

I'm looking at having 3000 FUE with Dr ******** at the end of the year. The reason I'm not going with Dr Rogers is because the impression that I got was that he's more comfortable with strip or FUE <1500.

I've also met Nadeem at the Harley Street Hair Clinic and George at HDC.

 

[Ro66ie123]

Well how to start.. First off I am not going bald or balding, I simply had a high forehead from birth and it bothered me a lot so in 2004 I had a hair transplant to bring my hairline forward at Nobel clinic and was very happy, but it was obviously not as thick as my existing hair line.. I still had to have my hair forward all the time...now I have a new job I can afford to have another go at it and was looking at Nobel clinic and found out it has stopped trading under that name and gone with the name GNHRC...I have read the horror storys but can't understand how surgery from the early 90s can compare to 2004 when I had mine done, and the leap forward from 2004 to 2011....I have the money to go anywhere now and I'm gonna stick with gnhrc because the work done on my head is very good.

 

[s.a.f]

Nobel are quite possibly the one of the worst clinics in the world!

I had surgery there in 2006 and they totally butchered me. The techniques used dated back to the early 90's. They could'nt do FUE or even sessions above 1500 grafts.

I later discovered the 2 women performing it do not even have basic surgical qualifications.

I've never before in my 6 years on hair transplant forums found a single satisfied customer.

My reasons for posting on here are simple:

To promote the worlds best surgeons and to put the worst ones out of business. By spreading the false theory that hair transplant's are generally all of the same standard you allow the butchers to remain in business.

People get robbed and disfigured, butchers get rich and hair transplant's remain a joke to the public in general.

 

[GeminiX]

I had often wondered where you had your transplant SAF; sounds like I dodged e bullet too as they were on my short list back in '04

 

[s.a.f]

I had 2 at Norton clinic beforehand they were even probably worse. So after 3 terrible hair transplant's my chances of correcting things to a acceptable standard were pretty much gone.

2 hair transplant's with done by a guy who works at an A+E unit followed by 1 by women who hold only basic nursing qualifications. And these were at the time the 2 biggest and most established clinics in the UK.

Fact is if you dont go to a well known name this is the type of people who could be operating on you.