Janna,
you did say "I suppose another answer to your question is that the physician doesn't know what they are doing" in response to Topcat's original post about 2nd strip scars, that got me concerned as I hoped I had chosen a good surgeon, my surgeon tells me from his experience you are better to leave the first scar alone and create a new strip, there are a lot of contradictory messages, maybe the real answer depends on the patient, Dr Path' has seen my head and this is what he advises, if a scar is hidden in the safe zone then surely 2 scars hidden in the safe zone amounts to the same thing, I appreciate your reply Janna but when I first read your post on 2nd scars, I thought no way can I have a 2nd strip HT after reading that, you can see what I mean about contradictory messages.
I will post pic's and be as helpful to any prospective HT patients as I can, what I would say although it's early days, I had a HT in Bangkok 4 days ago, I'm now back in Scotland, I have suffered next to no pain and the swellings almost gone, Dr Path' and his team made the process as comfortable as possible for me, if my results are of the same quality as the treatment I received in Bangkok then I will be extremely happy.
Topcat29, thanks for your explanation, I certainly new the "basics" before having surgery, just about every conversation I had with Dr Path' revolved around me worrying about a scar, the reply I got 85% of scars are pencil slim, the other 15% can be covered quite easily by growing hair a little longer, Dr Path' reassured me several times, I think he thought I was overly worried, Dr Path' did not do the stitching, I spoke beforehand with the Lady who does the stitching she also reassured me and was obvious she took pride in her work, I don't think my clinic left out important information, DR Path' explained to me that through his experience he has learned that 2 scars are better than one, this is a man of 68 years whose carried out 1000's of hair transplants, who's the expert? who do I listen to? on these forums there are some bitter people, bitter because they had a bad experience, these people's view can be helpful but can also be misleading, yes it's good to read up and educate yourself but if you took on board every negative comment then there's no way anyone would ever go through with a hair transplant, I went to a surgeon who has glowing reports online, who has a 3 month waiting list, whose patients come to see him from all over the world, I asked my questions and raised my concerns but ultimately you've got to trust them to do their job, sorry Topcat29 but no "red flag in my book" as you put it, having a strip hair transplant comes with risks, I realised that from the start but decided to have one anyway.
