u/valkaress

Long waitlists are a big concern for me, but I still want to go to an excellent doctor. With that in mind, do you think this plan would work?

I want to create a shortlist of 10 or so great doctors from around the world (thankfully I do have the flexibility to travel anywhere at any date).

Then, I'd message them every week or every two weeks, hoping that someday they'll have just had a cancellation, at which point I'd snatch it and book the surgery and pay a deposit or whatever.

My only concern is, am I allowed to book a transplant without paying for a consultation first? Paying for one consultation would be fine, but paying for ten would become problematic.

Long waitlists are a big concern for me, but I still want to go to an excellent doctor. With that in mind, do you think this plan would work?

I want to create a shortlist of 10 or so great doctors from around the world (thankfully I do have the flexibility to travel anywhere at any date).

Then, I'd message them every week or every two weeks, hoping that someday they'll have just had a cancellation, at which point I'd snatch it and book the surgery and pay a deposit or whatever.

My only concern is, am I allowed to book a transplant without paying for a consultation first? Paying for one consultation would be fine, but paying for ten would become problematic.

O top 3 pra mim me parece meio óbvio. Dr. Pittela em Vitória, e Dr. Thiago Leal e Dr. Alan Wells em SP. Nessa ordem.

Mas eu não faço ideia quem que deveria vir depois em termos de talento/conhecimento/etc.

O top 3 pra mim me parece meio óbvio. Dr. Pittela em Vitória, e Dr. Thiago Leal e Dr. Alan Wells em SP. Nessa ordem.

Mas eu não faço ideia quem que deveria vir depois em termos de talento/conhecimento/etc.

Like the doctors in the list people in this sub have gracefully curated. Specifically the more affordable ones in Southern Europe, Latin America, Thailand and Turkiye.

• What's like the average/median wait time? Like the time between first reaching out to the clinic and finally doing the transplant?

• Are there any reliable tricks to decreasing the wait time? Can you keep calling in every week and asking if there was a cancellation, or is that not a thing that people do? Or does it rarely work?

• Can you book a transplant with multiple surgeons, to give yourself multiple shots at an early cancellation? Or is this a bad idea because all the good doctors have large unrefundable deposits?

Like the doctors in the list people in this sub have gracefully curated. Specifically the more affordable ones in Southern Europe, Latin America, Thailand and Turkiye.

• What's like the average/median wait time? Like the time between first reaching out to the clinic and finally doing the transplant?

• Are there any reliable tricks to decreasing the wait time? Can you keep calling in every week and asking if there was a cancellation, or is that not a thing that people do? Or does it rarely work?

• Can you book a transplant with multiple surgeons, to give yourself multiple shots at an early cancellation? Or is this a bad idea because all the good doctors have large unrefundable deposits?

Like what % of hair transplant patients after 12 or 18 months regret vs would recommend the surgery.

Would be interesting to break it down by country too, like what the % is if they had it done in the US vs in Europe vs in Turkiye.

Since hair mills by definition deal with a very high volume of patients, and most patients don't do their due diligence, one would expect the % to be much worse in Turkiye, but who knows.

Like what % of hair transplant patients after 12 or 18 months regret vs would recommend the surgery.

Would be interesting to break it down by country too, like what the % is if they had it done in the US vs in Europe vs in Turkiye.

Since hair mills by definition deal with a very high volume of patients, and most patients don't do their due diligence, one would expect the % to be much worse in Turkiye, but who knows.

I live in the US but I'm debating getting a hair transplant in Brazil (where I'm from, and visit yearly) vs Turkiye (for obvious reasons).

I was wondering exactly how good/reassuring it is for your surgeon to be a diplomat with the American Board vs a member of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery.

Do you think one is much better than the other, or they're about equally as good?

Do you think being in both is much better than just one?

Or do you think these are only small benefits, and there are other more important factors to research when choosing your surgeon?

I don't mean to eat at a restaurants, I mean to eat at home. Is that a thing?

Kinda like we can go to Pitaland and bring home some good pita.

I'm planning to get a hair transplant and I'm wondering what's the best place to start reading and learning about the procedure.

Eu e minha mãe moramos nos EUA, e minha vó (de 80 anos) e meu primo conseguiram o visto pra passar um mês aqui conosco.

Só que minha mãe não pareceu muito interessada em se preocupar com um seguro de saúde pra minha vó, o que pra mim me parece insano.

Algum de vocês tem alguma experiência com isso? Me pergunto se seria melhor eu e minha mãe procurar aqui nos EUA um seguro temporário pra contratar pra minha vó, ou então se seria melhor procurar pelo Brasil mesmo algum tipo de seguro de viajante.