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dazza uk
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Hi All,
Well this has been one hell of a long HT journey, 4 HTs in total.
This was my first HT with Dr R Shapiro. I will give brief history of my other HTs at end of my write up.
Once i had decided to go to smg, i searched around the web for the best prices i could get for flights and got a great price through expedia, £363 for a return flight and it was a direct flight. And i stayed at the La Quinta Inn which was only about 4mins from smg. V nice place to stay, friendly staff, big clean rooms and free shuttle to and from airport.
Skip forward to landing in the US and matt from smg picked me up from the airport, thanks. That eve just relaxed and watched tv in my room.
The next day i went to The Mall of America via the free shuttle, and wow what a hugh place it is. 4 floors of shops and restaurants with a fair in the middle of the mall !! Make sure you take plenty of extra spending money. Got back to the hotel and rested up for the following day, surgery day.
Woke around 7ish, had breakfast, shower and then my nerves kicked in! Janna called as she was gonna pick me up but got caught up in traffic, they had major snow storms but said Dr Ron would pick me up. 10mins later the Doc picked me up and 4mins later at his office.
At smg Dr R and i had a chat about what i wanted to achieve, there was no rush, he gave me options and his manner puts you at ease, so i was feeling alot less nervous.The plan was to remove the whole of my top scar and add 1500G to and around the hairline to make it more natural looking also to remove the 2hair grfts from the hairline plus lazer them to make sure they dont come back. By this time the techs were in and i spoke to Janna, who i have to say was a star in helping make my 4th HT possible.
So the surgery itself was pretty much painless, but to be painless you need the injections. They used a vibrating tool as they injected, so it didnt sting to bad, plus you get a massage at the same time! The only problem i had during surgery was that i was a bleeder even tho i had no alcohol for 2 weeks prior surgery and had none of the medications i shouldnt of. Most people know what happens during surgery so i will skip that part. At the end of surgery the dr made sure i was happy with the hairline etc and all looked good. I came back the second day and as was planned on the first day i had some coarse ht hair in my left temple lazered out, the plan for this is that when it grows back it should have a smoother texture, also had a hair wash. Came back on the 3rd day for another hair wash, had a chat with Dr Ron and hopefully will go back in a year or so to tackle my big low scar from my 1st HT.
To sum things up, my experience at smg was fantastic, to have had Dr R Shapiro one of the worlds leading HT experts do my HT im confident my results will be great.
Big thanks to Janna too, who answered all my Qs and helped when ever i had a problem.
1st HT- Hospital Group-march06-750g, left me with BIG low scar!
2nd HT Dr Rogers-nov06-1500g
3rd HT-Dr Feller-oct07-2000g
4th HT-Dr R Shapiro-1500g
Dazza uk
Well this has been one hell of a long HT journey, 4 HTs in total.
This was my first HT with Dr R Shapiro. I will give brief history of my other HTs at end of my write up.
Once i had decided to go to smg, i searched around the web for the best prices i could get for flights and got a great price through expedia, £363 for a return flight and it was a direct flight. And i stayed at the La Quinta Inn which was only about 4mins from smg. V nice place to stay, friendly staff, big clean rooms and free shuttle to and from airport.
Skip forward to landing in the US and matt from smg picked me up from the airport, thanks. That eve just relaxed and watched tv in my room.
The next day i went to The Mall of America via the free shuttle, and wow what a hugh place it is. 4 floors of shops and restaurants with a fair in the middle of the mall !! Make sure you take plenty of extra spending money. Got back to the hotel and rested up for the following day, surgery day.
Woke around 7ish, had breakfast, shower and then my nerves kicked in! Janna called as she was gonna pick me up but got caught up in traffic, they had major snow storms but said Dr Ron would pick me up. 10mins later the Doc picked me up and 4mins later at his office.
At smg Dr R and i had a chat about what i wanted to achieve, there was no rush, he gave me options and his manner puts you at ease, so i was feeling alot less nervous.The plan was to remove the whole of my top scar and add 1500G to and around the hairline to make it more natural looking also to remove the 2hair grfts from the hairline plus lazer them to make sure they dont come back. By this time the techs were in and i spoke to Janna, who i have to say was a star in helping make my 4th HT possible.
So the surgery itself was pretty much painless, but to be painless you need the injections. They used a vibrating tool as they injected, so it didnt sting to bad, plus you get a massage at the same time! The only problem i had during surgery was that i was a bleeder even tho i had no alcohol for 2 weeks prior surgery and had none of the medications i shouldnt of. Most people know what happens during surgery so i will skip that part. At the end of surgery the dr made sure i was happy with the hairline etc and all looked good. I came back the second day and as was planned on the first day i had some coarse ht hair in my left temple lazered out, the plan for this is that when it grows back it should have a smoother texture, also had a hair wash. Came back on the 3rd day for another hair wash, had a chat with Dr Ron and hopefully will go back in a year or so to tackle my big low scar from my 1st HT.
To sum things up, my experience at smg was fantastic, to have had Dr R Shapiro one of the worlds leading HT experts do my HT im confident my results will be great.
Big thanks to Janna too, who answered all my Qs and helped when ever i had a problem.
1st HT- Hospital Group-march06-750g, left me with BIG low scar!
2nd HT Dr Rogers-nov06-1500g
3rd HT-Dr Feller-oct07-2000g
4th HT-Dr R Shapiro-1500g
Dazza uk