My Hair Transplant Experience with Armani

Hair Transplant
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» » Pats, the hair is looking good!!!
»
» Ditto…the last few FUE HT’s that have really impressed me have come from
» Armanis clinic.

Pats,

Hows the crown work coming along? How about posting some crown pics of the fue work you had done. I agree with the others that your strip HT looks great from the front but everyone including myself would like to see how the crown has progressed. I look forward to seeing these pics.

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Hey Gabriel,

I am a former patient of Dr. Armani’s and I’m 27 as well. I agree with you entirely that the procedure was no where near as bad as i thought it was going to be. Quick question…FUSS or FUE? I had FUSS with incredible results. frankly, most would say i dont even need another procedure, but since ive come so far and i have a better hair line than i did when i was much younger, i figure that a small FUE procedure would not hurt to make the density completely even. what are you thoughts?

» Hi Everyone,
»
» I recently joined this website and thought I’d post my experience on this
» website too.
»
» My name is Gabriel and I had a hair transplant procedure with Dr. Alvi
» Armani on May 28, 2008 Hopefully I can provide insight to other bald men
» that were in my position. Maybe by tracking my results others can make
» better informed decisions which is always important.
»
» I am 27 years old and a male and I began losing my hair at age 22. I
» finally decided to have a hair transplant late last year and decided to go
» with Armani because his reputation and results.
»
» The day of the surgery, I was a little nervous because of the pain I might
» feel and the discomfort as well as the length of the procedure. Everyone
» there was extremely nice to me and very professional the entire time which
» made me feel much better. FYI, they give great lunch selections for the
» afternoon and cookies and juice whenever you want.
»
» Since I was having 3,000 grafts my procudere was scheduled for about 8
» hours. They gave me comfortable pajamas to wear and I was able to watch
» movies throughout the procedure. All in all, it was much better than I had
» thought it would be because they kept me comfortable the entire time and
» were very attentive to my needs.
»
» I have to say that getting a hair transplant is not as scary as some
» people might think. I’m going to be posting some pictures of my results for
» you guys to see and keep track so you guys can see the progress.
»
» I look forward to your questions and comments.
»
» Gabriel

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Hey reddog and everyone else,

I had a FUE, I don’t think Armani was offering strip at the time.

I too was made well aware that my balding would continue, I knew this on my own. I know what to expect since my grandfather, cousins and brother all have the same pattern. I know I will continue to lose hair which is why I want a second procedure. My loan is for 5 years, I won’t be in debt for the rest of my life.

In any case, I hope everyone has a safe and happy new year.

Gabriel

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I think the in debt for life/loan comment was meant if things dont go smoothly. If someone keeps their job and doesnt have any unexpected situations (illness, death of family member ,job loss) then they will have that loan payed off rather quickly with no harm. But if someone even if there 50% paid off loses their job then there pretty screwd. This why you never play with large sums of money you don’t have.

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Hey gabriel81…

I also had a procedure with armani in spetember of this year. I am glad to hear of such a wonderful experience as well. You shouldnt have to explain the loan you have or any other factors to anyone in these forums. We made decisions to go ahead with the procedures with the end result in mind. And I believe the end result outweighs the loan or the money aspect of it. Some people may disagree, but thats their opinion. Just be happy with the results and enjoy your new hair. Don’t bother explaining to some negative people how or why you paid the way you did. Take care.

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» Hey gabriel81…
»
» I also had a procedure with armani in spetember of this year. I am glad to
» hear of such a wonderful experience as well. You shouldnt have to explain
» the loan you have or any other factors to anyone in these forums. We made
» decisions to go ahead with the procedures with the end result in mind. And
» I believe the end result outweighs the loan or the money aspect of it.
» Some people may disagree, but thats their opinion. Just be happy with the
» results and enjoy your new hair. Don’t bother explaining to some negative
» people how or why you paid the way you did. Take care.

I very much agree with what is being said here…

The end result is much more important than the cost.

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Hi Leon and Dan UK,

How’s everything going? Thanks for your comments. Congrats on the hair transplant leon…happy growing…

Gabriel

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» Hi to everyone else,
»
» How is everyone? It’s nice to see familiar faces on this forum too (except
» 2sar).
»
» I’ll be posting pictures here soon, is there a website here too like on
» the other forum? If anyone knows that would be great.
»
» Thanks,
» Gabriel

Hi Gabriel. I couldn’t agree with you more: Having a hair transplant is not that hard, especially at a clinic like Armani where they do their best to make you feel comfortable.

I’m new here too, and I will be posting my pictures soon as well and I’m trying to figure out how. I guess the best way is to put a link to your personal site in your personal signature. :ok:

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Hey Atlantis,

I haven’t figured it out either and I don’t have any website to attach the link to, I guess when I have time I’ll try to figure it out…lol…

When did you have your procedure?

Gabriel

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» Pats,
»
» Hows the crown work coming along? How about posting some crown pics of the
» fue work you had done. I agree with the others that your strip HT looks
» great from the front but everyone including myself would like to see how
» the crown has progressed. I look forward to seeing these pics.

The goal of Armani’s long-term plan is to make the front appear to not be balding but leave the crown extremely sparse. This results in a Christmas wreath effect. Thus, the majority of photos you will see from Armani’s clinic show young guys who haven’t started balding in the back yet. I’ve yet to see photos from Armani’s clinic showing detail of the crown area of patients who have experienced significant hairloss there. I’ve asked Pats to post photos of NW6 and above to back up his claims of Armani’s crown work, but he has never posted the photos. Thus, I’m left believing my claims about Armani’s work are accurate.

The bottom line is the Armanis can place great hairlines. Unfortunately, this uses up a sizable amount of the available donor. At some point, with an Armani HT you have to choose between an extremely sparse crown or a moth-eaten donor. Thus, the Armani technique is limited to working for a very slim period of time before the patient fully matures and experiences significant hairloss in the crown.

Pats has access to all of Armani’s patients’ photos. Thus it would be extremely easy for him to post photos from a few NW6 patients restored with the Armani technique to prove my assertions incorrect. But since my assertions are correct, this will never happen.

Armani specializes in young patients who have not yet experienced significant hairloss. Thus, his technique of thickening the existing hair gives a great effect. Unfortunately, eventually these patients will be left with HT islands in the front unless HM or another treatment can be developed prior to these patients maturing into NW6.

Don’t be fooled by front angle shots only. Especially when the patients shown have not yet experienced significant hairloss in the crown.

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» » Pats,
» »
» » Hows the crown work coming along? How about posting some crown pics of
» the
» » fue work you had done. I agree with the others that your strip HT looks
» » great from the front but everyone including myself would like to see
» how
» » the crown has progressed. I look forward to seeing these pics.
»
» The goal of Armani’s long-term plan is to make the front appear to not be
» balding but leave the crown extremely sparse. This results in a Christmas
» wreath effect. Thus, the majority of photos you will see from Armani’s
» clinic show young guys who haven’t started balding in the back yet. I’ve
» yet to see photos from Armani’s clinic showing detail of the crown area of
» patients who have experienced significant hairloss there. I’ve asked Pats
» to post photos of NW6 and above to back up his claims of Armani’s crown
» work, but he has never posted the photos. Thus, I’m left believing my
» claims about Armani’s work are accurate.
»
» The bottom line is the Armanis can place great hairlines. Unfortunately,
» this uses up a sizable amount of the available donor. At some point, with
» an Armani HT you have to choose between an extremely sparse crown or a
» moth-eaten donor. Thus, the Armani technique is limited to working for a
» very slim period of time before the patient fully matures and experiences
» significant hairloss in the crown.
»
» Pats has access to all of Armani’s patients’ photos. Thus it would be
» extremely easy for him to post photos from a few NW6 patients restored with
» the Armani technique to prove my assertions incorrect. But since my
» assertions are correct, this will never happen.
»
» Armani specializes in young patients who have not yet experienced
» significant hairloss. Thus, his technique of thickening the existing hair
» gives a great effect. Unfortunately, eventually these patients will be left
» with HT islands in the front unless HM or another treatment can be
» developed prior to these patients maturing into NW6.
»
» Don’t be fooled by front angle shots only. Especially when the patients
» shown have not yet experienced significant hairloss in the crown.

but how many HT docs have impressive photos from a NW6 patient? can’t the same be said about a majority of the HT docs on this board? how much donor does a NW6 patient even have?? hell, there wasn’t even going to be a good chance for a NW6 with the first generation of HM from Intercytex… personally i haven’t seen any armani patients with moth eaten/Christmas wreath/whatever side effects. if you have photos to this please post them.

» Unfortunately, eventually these patients will be left
» with HT islands in the front unless HM or another treatment can be
» developed prior to these patients maturing into NW6.

c’mon man, this applies to EVERY HT patient on the planet if not planned properly…not just Armani

forever being in debt, moth eaten donor, etc, lol…i get your point “don’t be fooled be certain angels and good results, make sure you see the entire picture before going to an HT doc, etc” but Armani is not the HT Antichrist…

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Hi James Bond,

I have to agree with Redman, you act as if Armani were the HT antichrist…lol. NW6 patietns are hard to work with I’m sure, and that would go with any clinic and doctor, not just Armani. These aren’t magic tricks they’re doing, they’re doing the best job possible to create a full head of hair for patients.

I say you meet with Armani and ask him all your unanswered questions. I can vouch that all of my questions were answered and I was even able to meet a patient with similar hair loss to mine and the results.

Keep us updated.

Gabriel

P.S. Have you had any procedures done? I look forward to hearing from you.