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The answer to this questions was written up in Medscape General Surgery, a publication for physicians. Doctors generally do not know the real total costs of a surgical treatment, so this article educates the doctor. The total cost of such an operation runs between $135,000 to a low of about $10,000. The doctors fees range from a low of $4000 up to about $19,000. Much of this is paid by insurance; however, this may not be the case. Medicare pay up to 80% of a pre-approved fee which may be far less than the hospital charges as is the case for the doctors. What the problem is that no one knows what it should cost and if you are a person without insurance, the full fee will be charged to you without a discount. That would break the bank of most folks, so if you find yourself in this situation for any hospitalizations (not just prostate surgery), be sure to negotiate with both the hospital and the doctor or you could pay far more than you need to. Since hospitals negotiate with every insurance company, they will, when forced, negotiate with you. The good news for the uninsured is that hospitals and doctors will negotiate price.

This is the second time I have seen this type of SMP done on the head and I suspect that maybe these men actually want to look like this. This is not in my playbook.

Just look at the distances. This is why it is important to keep away from other people if you want to avoid catching the Carona Virus. If you wear any protective mask and you have the virus, the mask will catch the projected droplets from your breath but the mask may not protect your from breathing it in when you are near someone who is projecting these droplets. The last photo shows microdroplets in a room 20 minutes after a cough by the person on the right. The entire room has circulating microdroplets exposing everyone in the room to potential infection. The last photo is from a video showing what happens in a super market where one shopper coughs and another is caught up in the droplets spread after a single cough in just seconds. In the stagnant air of an indoor market, virus particles spread very easily in the hair if someone is infected coughing.

The team of technicians who worked on the side that did not grow may not have been as experienced compared to those who worked on the side where growth was good.

By the 8th month, if one side grew well and the other side did not, speak with your doctor. Your doctor should make it ‘right’.

Hi Doctor thanks for the great website. I’m currently still trying to pinpoint where the mature hairline exists.

Would you say the ex president George W. Bush, actor Matthew Mcconaughey (post wig/ transplant) and actor Jim Carrey have mature hairlines, this is of course without a personal examination by you. I’m sorry to ask you about celebrities but they are the only people I can really compare my hairline to without being creepy and staring at strangers hair.

I have seen in photos of Matthew Mcconaughey which showed a frontal balding pattern. Whatever he did, it reflects something that is difficult to analyze. Hollywood can create wonderful hairlines in movies and on TV that can completely obscure the absence of a hairline. Another possibility is a really bad photo that is not the most flattering. I actually met Matthew Mcconaughey in person and I can tell you he has not had a hair transplant. While I’ve never met the former president or Jim Cary, I would guess that neither of them had a hair transplant. Jim Cary has a Class 3 pattern on the Norwood scale.

Ronald Regan and Bill Clinton both had juvenile hair lines.

You can search my BaldingBlog (see upper right) for “juvenile hair line” to read about the numerous posts I’ve written. You can also look at this POST. Generally, it is easiest to see the highest crease on the forehead to determine if the hairline is mature or receding. That requires the cooperation of the person being photographed or can be seen if the person being photographed was excited enough to lift his eyebrows up.

This is something you don’t want to say when you think that you are balding (but that is normal for many men). What is much worse is if you had a BAD hair transplant. A BAD hair transplant is even worse because it is absolutely not normal and every one will know what you did isn’t normal looking. Look at the video above (follows this post) and tell me if you would be covering your head up with this man’s result?

Hair transplants breed a new type of tourist in Turkey

In Turkey, revenue from popular procedures adds to country’s $7B medical tourism industry

By Nil Köksal, CBC News

“There is a new way to spot tourists in Turkey or in Iran, and it doesn’t rely on catching a glimpse of selfie sticks, maps or cameras slung around their necks.

Instead, look for the black terry cloth headbands and a telltale triangle of red spots on their scalps.” (hair transplant)

Doctors in Europe are feeling the pinch from competition from doctors in Istanbul Turkey and Iran who have set up hair transplant mills. This is similar to what the Russians did in the 1990s when setting up Cataract Mills for eye surgery. These are all FUE procedures and I doubt the ladies performing the FUE are all licensed doctors. It seems they are offering travel packages that cover air fare, hotel and the surgery for a 3 day stay. Of course, there is no guarantee of quality and there is no recourse if something goes wrong when these people return home after the surgery. Infections, if you get one, will have to be treated by a local doctor and if the procedure was not done right, the patient will not know for 8 months, which is the time that it takes for the hair to grow after a hair transplant. I suspect that the quality of the work ranges from good to poor, depending upon the clinic that is chosen. It is a bit of a gamble. Stay away from politics in either country or your stay may be longer than you planned.

Just wanted to update you all on my hair situation. I’m an amazing responder to minox apparently. I had previously, maybe 5 months ago, regrew my hair after being on min for 8 months. I quit and lost all my gains. Months later I decided to start again and in only about a month I got results.

My Grand-daughter has been told she has alopecia she’s only 4 years old. It started at her neck line in the back, it has now started coming out in the front. She has food allegies and she is on a medication for asthma. Can anything be done to get her hair to grow back?

There are a series of genetic alopecias that show up in young children. IF she has one of these condition, she may go on to develop Alopecia Totalis, which in effect causes all of the hair to fall out. This would include eyebrows as well. She needs to be worked up by experts in this field. Your dermatologist should be able to point you to those experts, but if he can not, send me an email (found on the Contact page).