Hey Newplayer, I couldnt find a place to take the same magnified pics for proper comparison. Good news is I'm moving to Geneva soon and will be able to meet with the clinic there.
My take on things:
Does it worth 5k?
No, at least given I don't think it made any difference at all for me. Not sure about the more expensive clinic.
Do I regret it?
Yes, at least at the moment. Ultimately, I feel foolish buying into a hyped/hopeful/unproven thing before seeing results. The ~$5500-6000 I spent total for procedure, flight in and out would become a lot in an index fund over time… and additionally the time I cut short on my vacation in Europe (and remainder that was somewhat out of commission from the procedure) sacrificed more than I wish I did.
Maybe it will still pan out to have an effect over time, maybe much of my feeling of shedding since was from starting finasteride as well. In the end, I wish I just had a cooler head about finasteride which has actually been going totally fine vs. my earlier experience with the drug. I imagine it's making the biggest impact on my now ~8 month later decline in shedding from the procedure that I wish I gave a better shot before I quit after only a month roughly one year ago today.
Additionally, I think the loss of fat tissue has made me more prone to bruising on my oblique and abdomen.
Will it save you?
Doubtful, but maybe the FDA study will shed better light on it when not interacting with other treatments
Is it a scam?
I ultimately can't truly comment. I don't believe it to be very effective, and they're selling a procedure without being able to prove much in terms of efficacy to customers, but it also didn't seem to be fly by night. The surgeon in Serbia flies around the globe and is generally regarded as an expert on bodily fat so I wouldn't compare it to the risky hair transplants around the globe, but part of me still feels kind of duped even if I don't think they're being nefarious.
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All that said, who knows -- I could have just screwed my entire perception of what's been going on with my head by getting it shortly after quitting minoxidil and restarting finasteride when I got home. Maybe in another year or so when the effects of finasteride have settled more maybe I will find myself with better regrowth than most have with finasteride and it would be a result of this. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I still think that most people should wait for the study though, given the general lacking of proof/results by the people who went for it.